Foot Loose and Fancy Free on an RV Adventure

Apr 13th Foot Loose and Fancy Free on an RV Adventure

A different Sunday Snippet. Las Vegas, Santa Fe and Zion National Park our First RV Adventure after retirement.

Whew what a year 2024. First let me explain. In December of 2023, my husband finally retired. Yippee. We had planned RV travel for years that we couldn’t complete in one or two weeks in our 38 foot fifth wheel trailer. Figured we wait until retirement, then we’d be footloose and fancy free!

We began in April, 2024. We spent three weeks traveling to Las Vegas, in and around Santa Fe and Zion National Park.

Santa Fe was our first stop on our RV Adventure – There are several good restaurants in Santa Fe. In fact its one of the reasons we stopped in Santa Fe on our way to Las Vegas. We would have tried out more but the parking is difficult towards downtown, narrow streets and small parking places.

We did spend a lot of time driving around and enjoying the scenery.

Harry’s Roadhouse – Great Mexican food. For breakfast you can’t beat their Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with strawberry’s, the best I’ve ever had! FYI -They are closed on Tuesday.

Kinda in the town square is the artisans area. We walked and drove (the streets are not meant for a one-ton long bed pickup) up and down several streets in the area, we did a lot of window shopping. Pssst.. we did buy a few southwestern things. The church in the center of the area was breathtaking. Loved the architectural of the building. The mother of pearl and stained glass above the door was wonderful. Higher on the building was Turquois inlayed. I have to admit, We loved a lot of the architectural building in the area. The houses also were build or remodeled to fit in to the southwestern style, blending with the city. Next time we’ll spend more time in Santa Fe exploring.

Then it was time to gather up our stuff and point the truck and trailer towards Las Vegas.

In Las Vegas, we stopped to visit with friends for a few days. My how their Desert Tortoises had grown. Their habitat took up half okay, maybe only one-third of our friend’s back yard. WOW!

It was unbelievably hot, in the upper 90’s, according to our standards, but not theirs. We’re cold weather people.

Which is why we are having trouble planning a visit to the Arches. By April it’s in the 90s. Walking around looking at rock formations in over 90 degree weather isn’t high on my list. But traveling from Colorado to Utah in February and March, when the weather is cooler, is a recipe for snowy disaster. LOL Especially, with the wild weather swings Mother Nature is creating. But we will figure it out.

Zion National Park was interesting. The rock formations were more varied in color than in Colorado. But I guess having lived all my life in Colorado, I was a little under whelmed by Zion National Park. But I’m glad we went there and saw the area, which did have a nice KOA Campground. So for now, I’ll leave you with pictures of Zion. Enjoy. Next week our second RV Adventure into the midwest, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Please check back.

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