schellsontheroad2014.blogspot.com: Back in Arizona

I haven't posted on the blog for a couple of weeks -- have you missed me? ha!

We left Moab as planned on Monday, 8/25, and had a beautiful drive to Williams, AZ. It was about 350 miles on some state highways, through the Indian Reservation, and through Flagstaff, AZ where we picked up I-40 to Williams.

Settled into a 'new to us' RV park in Williams that is connected with the railroad that takes people to the Grand Canyon every day. We have taken that train before, and it's a fun day, but we decided not to do it again this time. This is quite a complex with the train depot, the RV park, a hotel, a couple of restaurants and gift shops. Occupies about a city block. Williams is along the old Route 66 so a very touristy town and seems to always be busy, especially over the holiday weekends (Labor Day when we were there). Our oldest granddaughter and her now husband, live in Williams and so we spent some time with them while there and just generally 'hung out' enjoying the cool weather knowing that once we 'came down the mountain' into Phoenix the weather would definitely warm up. In fact, some of our neighbors at the park were doing exactly as we were doing…….hanging out……for a few weeks before coming to the Phoenix area for the winter. We stayed in Williams for a week last year so we didn't do the same things again this year…….Bearizona (fun animal park), and the Grand Canyon train ride. We just took some rides through the mountains and nearby lakes, and a trip or two into Flagstaff.

We came to Phoenix on Wednesday, 9//3, and stayed at our normal RV park here in Sun City for a week to attend the wedding and activities connected with that, take care of doctor and dental appointments and squeeze a visit in with friends here. It was over 100+ when we arrived and the air conditioning has been running pretty much non-stop since we arrived. Ugh!!!

The wedding was Sunday and was lovely. We are very proud of Amber and her husband, Doug, is a very nice young man. She has been in the grocery business for about 8 years now (bakery department) and he has recently started the police academy so when that is done, they don't know where he'll be assigned here in Arizona but they're hoping for the Flagstaff/Williams area as they love the four seasons versus 'one' season here in Phoenix.

We will leave Sun City tomorrow (Wednesday), and head back up to Williams for a week or so before going to Cottonwood, Arizona (near Sedona) for a couple of weeks. Then October 1, we will move to Benson, Arizona which is east of Tucson for two months. December 1 we will move to Yuma, Arizona for two months and then February through April we will be back here in Sun City. This is pretty close to our routine from last year and we enjoyed the change, versus staying here in Sun City for six months.

You probably saw on TV this week that Phoenix had quite a storm Sunday night into Monday morning with lots of flooding. All of that was true and we were very fortunate in this part of the valley that we had a lot of rain but no serious damage here in our immediate area. It was quite a site in many areas as this desert ground just cannot handle all that water in a short time. However, today, you would never even know it rained.

I will probably not post much to this blog throughout the winter but will check in now and then to tell you what we've been up to. Thanks for following along all summer and we wish you a wonderful fall and winter season ahead.

I will attach some pictures of the last few weeks as well as a couple from the wedding.

Coming south out of Moab on US 191.

Near Monument Valley where a lot of movies are filmed

Arizona Indian Reservation - not very scenic

Wildflowers blooming near Flagstaff. Didn't help Dick's allergies at all.

Labor Day weekend parade in small town USA, Williams, AZ.
This is a local group called Bill Williams Mountain Men, which are a group
of business men, doctors, etc. who re-enact the life of fur trappers in the 19th century.