Well, there is not much to report for November: we have been camped at CJ's RV Repair since Nov. 10th, just to get a few things fixed on the RV. Carl told them that we were not in a hurry and to fit us in-between the rush-jobs, so here we are! It is not very scenic - more like a junk yard - but we are hooked up to electricity and water and we are close to shopping and restaurants and there is a "Kneaders" (on of my favorite Bakeries) in just about walking distance, so we're doing a lot of sandwiches and soups-in-bread-bowls for dinner.

We took two trips to Algodones and got our teeth checked and fixed, and finally I got to tour the Yuma Territorial Prison (what's left of it, anyway), something I've wanted to do for years. And of course, we're watching the gas prices go down - wow, now that we're done traveling for the season, it is hitting rock bottom. Even Propane came down! Whoohoo, for the time being!                                                 

We had a great time traveling in October. We spent a week at Tulelake, CA, from where we made excursions to Lava Beds NM and the surrounding National Wildlife Reserves. Then we moved south of McCloud, CA and re-visited Lassen Nat'l Park and the McCloud River Falls. Since the weathermen predicted a cold front, we decided to proceed south via Walker Lake, where we watched the surrounding hills get covered in snow. After sitting out the cold spell there, we took a turn west to 395 and spent 3 days at Crowley Lake, north of Bishop. Of course we visited the Bakery in Bishop and traveling further south we stopped at Manzanar - one of the Japanese Internment Camps during WWII. Our next stop was one day at Red Rock Canyon State Park and then 7 days at an RV Park in Mojave. From there we got to tour the Borax Mine Visitors Center in Boron and the Tehachapi Loop, where the Railroad track makes a perfect circle and the train crosses over itself, gaining 77 feet in altitude. Then, on our way to Yuma, we stopped at Palm Springs for 3 days to visit with Carl's brother Paul. We had a great time with him and took the tram up Mt. St. Jacinto. It is one of only three trams in the world that rotates while moving up and down the mountain. We arrived at Pilot Knob (east of Yuma) on October 26th to 98 degree temperatures. It has cooled down since then and is now quite comfortable in the 80's. Don't forget to check out the new photos!