Wednesday: Unusual Wanderings Recalled

Starting our day....server just stopped and info lost ---will try again eventually, possibly when I get home.

Terrific Tuesday

Regardless of a snowy farewell to the K Bar S Lodge (it was really beautiful),

a wrong turn out of a 1 traffic light town

and a tire blowout on I-90----it was a terrific day!!

More pix later.

Meandering Monday

Can see 2 of the boys from our balcony. Last night George and Tom were illuminated. (Washington and Jefferson, that is)
Yesterday was Crazy Horse---

Today we went back to see "The Boys" at Mount Rushmore because it was bright and sunny.

Then we took the Iron Mountain Road down to Custer SP and went on the Wildlife loop....

....where the buffalo roam....

....and the deer....

...and the antelope play in the "Black Hills."

...at Custer SP.

Even a few wild burro mamas and babies get in on the action.

Sabbath Sunday

Wyoming wanderings----more with "critters" still to come----from iCloud

 Jeans shopping in Casper, WY

 "Southern" Baptist Church in Huelett, WY

Rhw "white" hairs pondering Devil's Tower

SATURDAY SUMMARY

Winding thru Wyoming toward South Dakota---more later.

Weather at Bay

Weather kept at bay is more like it.....
We seem to be one step away of extreme weather alerts---so leaving Carmel by the Sea with it's morning fog clearing...

....we went to adorable Capitola where Gayle's was the best bakery/pastry find of the trip.

On to San Francisco for Pier 39 lunch

 with views of Alcatraz,

Golden Gate Bridge,  & Bay Bridge....

...and critters---seagulls and sea lions....

...before going to Lombard Street.

We ended up driving down the crookedest street in the world before heading up to Donner Pass where the snow caught us....but we caught sight of a brilliant blue stellar jay so it was perfect. Hope to get brother Buddy's pix of that allusive feathered friend to post later.

Pacific Coast Beauty

Brunch at Monarch Bay in Laguna Beach with Hoptown chums is a great beginning to our "journey" up the coast---

----from Highway 101 and Highway 1 to the 17 mile drive......

Lone cyprus overlooking the Pacific ocean on the Pebble Beech 17 mile loop.

Lunching at "The Bench" on the 18th green at Pebble Beach golf course.

Sunset over Pebble Beach---a BIG western "A-men" to a wonderful day!!

Route 66

How far does this "Mother Road" road go???? One thing for sure we've found a lot of tasty diners along the way. Funky and Fun. Our entire trip has been somewhat that way.

Oops, Dotsy's root beer float got in the picture at Joseph's Route 66 Diner in Santa Rosa NM

 The BEST homemade pies on Route 66 in Williams Arizona....coconut meringue...

 ...and pecan pie a la mode at the Pine Country Restaurant. 

Definitely BEST pecan pie I have ever had---

---and I'm a pecan pie aficionado.

Ever heard of Seligman, AZ. Lots of Harley riders have discovered it. 

Yummy coffee served with "out-dated" pastries.

Does this Route 66 restaurant entice you? I only had a drink but the food looked good.

Seeing God's Hand

God's Presence has certainly been in full view on this trip. Just looking out the window has been a visual feast---sometimes as if we're "tasting" in a foreign country. 

 God in the mountains. God in the canyons. God in the whirlwind. God in the sunset.

God in the clouds. God's Word reminding us of that truth.

Chuech of the Holy Cross built in the red rocks of Sedona, NM.

CANYONS---GRAND!!

Arizona arrival was a visual east.  Petrified Forest and Painted Desert were just a "taste" of all to come. Red Rock and Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona were our morning visual feast---the day was finished off with setting sun views of the Grand Canyon from Bright Angel Lodge.

Painted Desert

Petrified wood in the National Park

 Red Rocks viewed from our hotel at breakfast. A different, but equally impressive view was available right outside our window.

 Red Rock Canyon Sedona, AZ. After morning drive sleet started & soon turned to light snow!

 First Grand Canyon view from Bright Angel Lodge.

Same area---different view----every which way one turns, there's a view.