JONESBORO AK.

It's Memorial Day and we are in Jonesboro AK.  It's a very nice county owned campground in Craighead county Arkansas. We left Branson Mo. this morning.  After 4 days we were pretty well "done" with Branson.
 Traffic is horrible in that town and other than shows there was not a whole lot that interested us there.
We did see a great show by the  Dutton family. It's a fast paced show and every member of the family plays 3-6 different instruments.We also did a dinner show with Jacov Smyrnov but were not too impressed with it although the food was not too bad.
The next day we visited the trout fish hatchery at table rock lake and Inspiration Tower.  We enjoyed our visit to both of those places.   We were hoping to do an oil change while in Branson but everything was closed over the memorial day weekend so we will try tomorrow here in Jonesboro.
 Here at Jonesboro we have a great spot overlooking the lake and we will post some pics from both
places,



Mom and Dad Dutton with their 5 kids

 The five Duttons and their families.

Their parents sang and played instruments with them too. 

 Jeri at the fish hatchery with the dam in the background.

 Church built in 1901 and is at Inspiration Tower.

My new Job

 Inspiration Tower

 Zip line from the tower.  Not for Us!

Our new home in Craighead County Park

The view out our window

 

BRANSON MISSOURI

Update!! We finally are back on line with Verizon.We got our new unit in the mail and after another 1/2 hour with Verizon tech service we were told that our laptop needed special drivers and to go to the local Verizon store and see if someone there could help us get it going. We were also told that if that would not work out we could upgrade to an 4G unit .Anyway we took it over and the salesperson there had it going in less than 5 minutes and we are finally back on line.
 Just as a recap 2 days ago we were in El Reno Ok. and were within a mile of where the tornado touched down and as faith has it we had planned to stay at Hinton Ok. at the base of the Red Rock Canyon state park and tere was a tornado touchdown there that wound through the canyon walls, so thankful we weren't there. Then yesterday we stayed at Natural falls state park in Siloam springs Ok. and when we drove in we noticed a lot of debris and the Ranger told us that they had a touchdown there a week earlier.So lets hope that things are quieting down here as Joplin Mo. is only 40 miles from here but the weather is suppose to be pretty good the coming week.We will be here for at least 5 days to rest and take care of a few things. 
 We will post some pics from our latest locations.

Storm Chasers as we arrive...Not a good sign

This is 4:00 in the afternoon and they stopped all traffic both directions on the Interstate

This is a nice park and they only had 3 campers last night

but are full for the weekend.

Another beautiful waterfall

Unfortunately, the state of Oklahoma is closing this beautiful

state park and 6 others on June 16 because of the economy.

I liked the colors in this butterfly

A TALE OF TWO CANYONS

We have arrived in Amarillo Texas very hot, very dry, and very flat here, so we were a little surprised to   find out they have there own Canyon called," Palo Duro Canyon" about 25 miles south of Amarillo. We went for a visit and even though it was not even close to the Grand Canyon it was still quite impressive and we will post some picks for you to judge.

Overview of Palo Duro

 Visitor's center

 Beautiful Prickley Pear Cactus in Bloom

 Yesterday about freezing and today this

Is it Hot enough yet?!!!

Texas longhorns

ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO DAY 2-3

Today is the last day in Albuquerque, we did receive our new wi-fi and after spending almost an hour with technical service they were not able to have it make its own network and to have it connect to the Internet on its own and they are now sending us another one.So again we have to stop somewhere for 3 days for them to have an address to ship it to  .Enough of that - we are very disgusted with Verizon right now.
 Yesterday we visited the Albuq. zoo and aquarium and botanical garden in one visit as they are very close to each other and connected by a train ride.  All for one senior price very worthwhile,  Also that day we made a visit to old town Albuq. that was very interesting and we will post some pics from both places.
Today we drove to the summit of mount Sandia in the Cibola national forest. The mountain was 10,678 ft high and even I felt a little short of breath. I was very proud that Jeri was able to go all the way to the top with me. We had a beautifull view of Albuq. from there and we will post some picks.

My Queen for the Day!

Love Knot

Shark in the Aquarium

Summer Charm Peking Lilac Tree - I smelled wonderful

Ton entering the rose garden

In a very old Adobe Farmhouse

Admiring the Water Lilies

Battle of Albuquerque

Sandia Crest Peak - 10,678

Looking over the City down below

BRRRR - Almost freezing up here

One last look over Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO

We left the Grand Canyon with 30 degree temperatures and snow the morning we pulled out.We have decided to head east for a while and after a visit to petrified forest national park we are now in albuq. N.M.
 We had a great visit at petrified forest it is a beautiful park with many many amazing sites and great views of the painted desert.We arrived with a very strong wind that brought in the cold front and the temps were in the 40's  and dropping. The sky however was full of  combinations of clouds that made for some great pictures.  We will now post some more picks from the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest.

A beautiful wedding on a cliff down from the viewing point.

We could hear the flute the Indian minister was playing and that drew our attention to it taking place.

The snow as we were leaving the beautiful Grand Canyon.

As we arrive at the Petrified Forest Nat'l. Park the wind was blowing and it was getting colder by the minute.  Ton told me to stand by the flag for a picture and when he noticed I had to hold on to stand there, he switched over to movie to get the impact of the wind.

The Beautiful Painted Desert

changes hues and colors

at every turn in the road

The petrified wood blends in the colors

as the wood changes to stone

slowly.....over many years

and

No two look the same 

It's  Gorgeous!!

LAKE HAVASU CITY, DAVIS PARK CAMPGROUND & GRAND CANYON

Well after 3 days of poor Internet reception and 3 days of problems with our mi-fi, it decided today to start up again."Knock on wood" that hopefully it will continue to work.
 We will attempt to post some picks we took over the last couple of days from the Lake Havasu city area and our campground on the Colorado river at Davis state park.
If things are going well with download speed we will post picks from the Grand Canyon south rim that we toured yesterday.
The Grand Canyon is so breathtaking that I believe even a thousand pictures can not do it justice as much as to be able to see it with your own two eyes.

 

swim in Colorado river

relaxing by the river

London bridge

enjoying the day

rest stop along the river

beautiful blue clear water

Things are looking good so here are some pictures from the Grand Canyon