Merry Christmas

We are spending Christmas at the Imperial Dam Recteation Area near Yuma Proving Grounds. Visiting two different work camping friends in the area. It’s a beautiful area with interesting people. Similar to Quartzsite, AZ. 

Christmas morning breakfast!

Our campsite over Christmas. 

It has been a really fun time! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

Quick Trip

We have 3 days off so we made a quick trip to AZ to check on our house in AZ and to pick up our side by side to take back to Colorado for the summer. Now that we have a toy hauler, our toy can go with us! We are very excited to check out the ATV trails around us on our days off. We have some friends nearby in Colorado who enjoy trail riding also. We are looking forward to some fun!

Here is the last time we took it out at Mustang Island, near Corpus Christi, TX. Too long ago!  

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Isn’t this a wonderful picture? The smoke is finally starting to clear and the air is fresher!

Can’t Catch a Break?

This is the month of NEW TRANSMISSIONS! And you thought it was August! 

The Ford F-250 needs one now! It’s in the shop in Wells, NV. 

Affectionately known as Big Blue, needs a new tranny! This will be the 2nd one for him. Laton plans on having this one beefed up a bit. Hopefully, it will last longer. 

Going Home?

Laton and I had a few days off so we decided to head to Picacho and do a check up on the park model. There had been several inches of rain and a lot of monsoon storms. House was okay, but unfortunately, our car barely made it home. Instead of four days in AZ, we spent eight days while the new transmission was put in our car. We were very lucky to have good friends and our son, Lee, help us out with errands! 

Got to spend some time with our very cute and funny grandson, Ethan. I got 3 months of dust off the floors but still needed to dust the furniture. Ethan scolded me and told me my house was very dirty! Out of the mouthes of babes! 

Ethan and Major struggling to sit closet to me. I felt so loved! Lol

More Laughing With Flowers

The camp sites and fields around are just blooming with color!

Rocky Mountain Iris (part of the Asparagus family)

Arrowleaf Balsamroot (AKA Oregon Sunflowers)



Common Chokecherry ( part of prunus family, peaches plums and cherries) very bitter fruit but edible. 

Thomas Canyon

We had a meeting at Thomas Canyon, about 100 miles away, and it was fun and informative meeting up with other camp hosts and seeing a different campground. 

Thomas Canyon USFS Campground

Here are some great pictures from our day trip. The campground has the prettiest stream flowing through it and many sites at water edge. 

What a difference a day makes!

We had lovely spring weather the first two weeks and then a winter storm moved in. 

Getting Settled

We have arrived and are settling in here at Angel Creek Campground. The campground opens 5-7-21but we opened the gates tonight (it is now 5-6-21) and have one couple in the campground. The water was just turned on 5-5-21, the sites are all clean and bathrooms are sparkling. We worked hard today. If you are passing through please stop and say HI! 

Snow on the mountains and Angel Lake above is still closed. 

We heard wild turkeys gobbling away the last three days. 

A Better View

Check out the next day’s view and weather. Much better. We so enjoy this campground. Very few neighbors, quiet and a good stopping point when we travel to Grand Junction, CO. 

This is near the Hole In The Wall near MoB, UT. 

My Travel View

I’m taking my car this summer so I followed Laton. We had walkie talkies and it made the drive very enjoyable being able to communicate. Traveling with a dog requires several potty breaks. 

The weather through Flagstaff, AZ was rainy, with sleet, hail and snow. Check out this view!

Then once we headed into Utah, this was my view!

Beautiful. We plan on staying at Devil’s Canyon Campground near Blanding, UT. 

Happy Trails

We are getting ready to hit the road again. We will be camp hosting again in Wells NV at Angel Creek USFS campground. Stay tuned for our updates. We are so ready to be out and about again! 

ANGEL CREEK LINK

A New Adventure

I haven’t talked about COVID-19 much. Laton and I have sheltered in place since 3-18-20. After 47 days, we are on the road again. We accepted a camp host position at Highline Lake near Grand Junction, CO. click here

We start working 5-1-20 for a two month stint. It is so nice to be out of the house, away from the news and house chores. The different scenery is great! We drove southeast and plan on going up through NM to CO and take a few days to get there. Something different from traveling through the AZ-UT reservation as there are few places to stop and there is a high COVID-19 infection rate in that area. 

With masks in hand, we have set out on our adventure. NM has state park closures until 5-1-20 so our favorite landing spot, City of Rocks State Park is not available for camping. 

We ended up spending the night at Elephant Butte Lake RV Resort near the town of Truth or Consequences, NM. It was a very nice resort and we ended up getting one of the last spots. Because of COVID-19 mandates they are required to stay at 25% occupancy. Most traveler services like rest areas, truck stops and restaurant drive throughs are mostly open. 

Our dogs are really happy to be out and about again. Temperature are in the 90’s so far. Using the AC requires electricity so we will be doing very little dry camping at this point. Stay with us on our new adventure! 

On the Road Again

We are heading to City of Rocks, north of Deming, NM. One of our favorite places to dry camp. The rocks are stupendous. click here to check out our destination! Keep following for updates on our little adventure!

I’m BACK!

I have been such a slacker about blogging! I’m going to do better! No, really! Laton and I have been busy this summer. 

In May, Laton gave me a birthday trip to Reno, NV to visit our friend Angela! What a fun time! Took the trailer and the dogs. Spent a couple days with our nephew Alan and his wife, Kirsty in Chico, CA. 

Later in the summer we drove to Grand Junction, CO. We met and camped with our son Stephen Hammond and his girlfriend, Biba. We visited with Ty and Debbie, workamper friends. Ty helped Laton fix the air conditioning in our truck. We are so excited to have AC once again.  

The end of August, I flew to Reno and spent 5 days with Angela while Laton went camping on the Rim with the dogs. He picked me up at the airport and took me camping for another week at the Rim. Our good friends, Jennifer and Rob joined us for the week. Lee, Sarah, and son, Ethan joined us for Sunday and Monday. It was a wonderful time. 

Zion National Park

We just got done traveling through Zion NP. What an awesome drive. There is a 1.5 mile tunnel at the east side of the park. Check out   hose switchbacks showing on our GPS. Be sure and put this on your bucket list!