We slept in again today and waited for the clouds to blow out and the rain to finally stop. After breakfast, we braved the elements and headed out for a hike. Although the path was wet, we were able to get in a good hike and see some wild life as well.
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| Clouds and Rain! |
We found a tarantula moving slowly down the trail in our direction, so it gave us a chance to get a picture. Ranger Mark at the Visitor's Center told us that he was a male and was looking for a mate. He also said that following the mating process, the female kills and eats the male. Puts a bad marriage into a whole new perspective.
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| Marching to his death:-( |
We saw that Rene and Jeanette were headed to Lake Pleasant today and they were just too close to our location to not stop by and say hello. I have followed their Blog for quite some time and we were so excited to meet them in person. They are such a warm and welcoming couple and we enjoyed great wine, snacks and conversation in the living room of their beautiful 5th Wheel. It was so great to meet and learn more about them and their wonderful family. There was only one thing that would have made the visit even more perfect, and that would have been if their beautiful Grandson Easton was with them, so that we could have met him in person too. What a great day with a wonderful couple, we hope your time in Arizona is enjoyable. We look forward to getting together with you both again very soon!
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| Rene and Jeanette |
Thanks for stopping by for a visit and we hope that your upcoming Thanksgiving week is a safe and enjoyable!
I love that cloud picture. There is something about clouds that I find fascinating. So much fun to meet up with blogger friends. Someday it's going to happen for us also.
ReplyDeleteThis is our year to finally meet for sure, hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
DeleteIt's good to be reading you're traveling again, but not so good about the weather. I think most of the country got zapped by this cold storm! I know South Texas is darned chilly!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving.
Happy to hear you have two daughters visiting for Christmas.
We are so excited to have both our daughters with us, it will be a wonderful Christmas for sure. Happy Thanksgiving!
DeleteWhen Rving just can't have perfect weather all the time, we just always make the best of what we have, it could be worse, you could be working!
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to meet fellow Bloggers and have a great visit, We hope to meet up with you guys too, at some point this winter as we tour about Arizona.
Weird story about Tarantulas.
ReplyDeleteSure happy to hear you had a nice visit with Rene and Jeanette - a couple of our favourite RV'ers. We always look forward to our visits with them both. We haven't met Easton yet but are looking forward to it.
Somehow, it seems, with all my messing around I lost contact with your posts for a bit. But I've corrected that now and am back on track.
Rick - We had such a great visit with them. I haven't been posting much, but have been following many blogs daily, including yours. Glad to have you back following and have a great week!
DeleteGlad you managed to enjoy the trails even for a little bit. We can't believe how long the rain lasted. I reminded Al he's a lucky man being married to me and not a tarantula....lol. Enjoy your holidays with family....always special times!
ReplyDeleteVery true, hope you guys have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
DeleteJust to say that we truly enjoyed your visit and that we can repeat that again in the very near future. We are now east of you and well settled in Gold Canyon. Lake Pleasant was just that; most pleasant!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd a wet soggy weekend it was. Daughter got married Sat. I thought we might have to rent boats to get to the other side of town.
ReplyDeleteSorry about your camping trip but at least you waited until Monday to leave.