Author: Mike Pekrul

After a special request from one of our biggest fans, here are the rocks Susanne had sawed in half. Nothing special, but interesting nonetheless.

I picked out all of these campgrounds long ago, as much as a year or more for some of them. I look at Google maps, I use the satellite views, I check their web pages, I scrutinize pictures they provide, I read the Google reviews, making sure to look for current reviews. Well, this time…

Spent the day in Hines Oregon. Not much happening here, it’s a very tiny town kinda combined with another not quite as tiny town, Burns Oregon, to add up to a small town. We visited an old rock shop, been there for 60 years, and Susy was able to talk rocks with the old gentleman…

We made it to Oregon today. It’s absolutely beautiful here. Mountains, rivers, lush farmland, crops and cattle everywhere. We’re going to be in this state for over two months now (other than a short two week visit to Northern California), bopping around from one place to another. But OMG! Fuel prices are crazy here! 75…

Today was a moving day, and on our way, we took a side detour to see Shoshone Falls. Described as the Niagara of the West, it didn’t quite live up to my memory of Niagara Falls, but it was absolutely worth the visit. The Snake River Canyon comes out of northern Utah and runs across…

We’ve been visiting Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve for the last several days. I’ve always wanted to come here, been close a few times, but it never worked out. Well, now it finally did and here we are. It’s…. ok. Starting 15,000 years ago, continuing off and on till about 2000 years…

We went to Promontory Point today to visit the Golden Spike National Historical Park, the site where the transcontinental railroad linked the east and west. On May 10, 1869, crews from the Central Pacific Railroad coming from California and crews from the Union Pacific Railroad coming from Omaha Nebraska joined up. A golden railroad spike…

We moved from Provo to a place about 90 minutes north of Salt Lake, to another set of hot springs near Garland Utah. Once again, “hot” is a generous description. Maybe 93 degrees, it gives a very comfortable bath water feeling. The “campground” looks GREAT on the web. Hot springs, activities, snorkeling and scuba diving…

Susanne’s daughter Rease and her husband Michael came to visit us this week. They brought us a care package from home, some mail, some forgotten items, and some stuff that had been shipped to the house after we left. Susanne finally got her replacement rock tumbler, so there’s rumbling in our basement again. Rease’s birthday…

Didn’t go visit anything today. Didn’t go walking. No sight seeing, no working on the camper. Didn’t get up early. Didn’t go out to eat. Didn’t go shopping. Susy played with her rock treasures, I just watched. I read a book. Sat in the pool with some friends we met at Grand Canyon. Watched the…