23 - 27 April '99

Folks,

We arrived at the Oklahoma City East KOA at 6 PM.  It was raining and the winds were picking up.  We were dog-tired from fighting the weather all the way from Chanute and were planning to just spend the night and press on.  The next day it got worse.  The weather was impossible to drive safely in so we were stuck for another day.  All evening we heard tornado warnings and travel advisories.

The next morning there was a short break in the storm fronts.  We decided to make a run for Amarillo to try to drive ahead of the next group of storm fronts.    A massive storm front could be seen south of us midway to Amarillo.  It looked like a giant tornado leading the edge, and was buffeting us with tremendous gusts of wind.  We managed to outrun it, but just barely.  Several days later that storm would hit Oklahoma City with devastating results. 

Remember that shimmy I had going to Chanute?  I had planned to get it checked out in Oklahoma City, but because of the weather, decided to get it checked out in Albuquerque instead.   Had we stayed we would have been involved in the big storm and tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City a few days later.  G.A.s again!  Whew!

Amarillo had really grown since I had last seen it 20 or so years ago.  We spent the night and pressed on to Santa Rosa the next day.  On arrival we set up in a park that was no more than a parking lot.  One thing we noticed as we proceeded west on 40 was that as the countryside changed to desert the parks were just as sere. 

I didn't connect Santa Rosa with the famous Blue Hole.  It's a really clear deep lake that is a Mecca for inland Scuba diving.  But since we were leaving in the morning, and it was a little too cold yet for diving, we pressed on without checking it out. 

Topics yet to write:

Oklahoma city and the storms 23& 24 April

Run to Amarillo West Park 25 April

Santa Rosa Blue hole!

Albuquerque a rest!

Sandia crest!

The rims, tires, and the dually valve stem extenders!

The Pueblos, and the Bandalier cliff dwellings  2 May

Los Alamos

Santa FE

The dealership and the rims

The winds

OOOps turned 47!

Cinco de mayo Gordunos

Bob the trip planner and Balloon Pilot.

The new radio and antenna

On the road to Holbrook Arizona and the petrified forest 8 May 99

Dehydration!

On the road to Williams and the Grand Canyon.

At Grand Canyon

Railside Ranch RV Park 9 may - 17 May

Las Vegas and Nellis Famcamp

Sam's Town 18 May

The strip

The rim and Jerry at Dodge

Almost a wreck! Flat and

Michelin Tires

Another rim!

Beaver Utah And Daves place 23rd-25th Maria's Cantina No Smoking BYOB

Salt lake city 25 May - 1 June

HillAFB Famcamp - Howard

The last rim?

Doyle and NTB

Antelope Island and eating Buffalo

Temple square and the tabernacle

Idaho falls 2 June

West Yellowstone Snow! 3 June - 7 June

Deer Lodge 7 June

Montana and the Hail Storm 8 June

Glacier Park and Columbia Falls 8 June- A/C Fails 15 June!

Rooseville and Canadian Customs 16 June

First camp in Canada - the resort 16 JUne Dutch Creek

Banff Park Tunnel Mountain Park 17 June (Elk)

Jasper The national park 18 June

Runaway Rig! 19 June Jasper Ice Fields Lake Louise

Prince George and route decision 19 & 20 June -

Dawson Creek - Mile 1 of the Alaskan Highway 21

22 June Good Neighbor Inn Mike and the boats and Horses Yamaguchi

Muncho Lake J& H RV Resort23 June

Watson Lake BC 24 Jun Signpost forest

Whitehorse 25 Sourdough RV Park last two spaces Dennis Bob's bud

Back in the USA!26 Jun Border City RV Park

Tok 27 &28 Jun

Fairbanks 29 Jun 6 July

Denali Carlo Creek Park 6 July Failed Running Lights

Anchorage 8 - 14July Elmendorf Fixed running lights, Farmers Market, the toilet starts to leak

Soldotna 14-28July

Boondocking!

The Red run

Jackie and Glen, John, Joe and Dorothy,  Tanna, Carl and Vel and Canning.

Seward -  28 July - 4 Aug The lottery and walked right in!

Halibut! and red snapper ? Sea Lions, otters, Bald eagles- The Glacier view Capn John and Jeremy Bob and Gloria 15 mins.

1st Aug second Lotto trip caught 19 salmon 2 sea bass, Capn Gregg/Sheila's party

The Army Resort,

Tony and Judy

The Exit Glacier

the sailboat

4 Aug fedex'd fish home.

4 Aug Back to Anchorage and Elmendorf.

6 Aug to Valdez

Silvers, Pinks and Bears

Diamond willow

No Internet again!!

Carl, Vell,  Warren and MaryAnne, The Eagles rest RV Park (Jeff and Laura)

Finally get the hang of filleting Salmon

Randy and the Cash Slot

Bud and the Sea Ray

Warren and the Folboat