We finally made it out of Lazydays RV Park. It was so fun to drive in the Journey and I am so glad that Shay came and got the Hippo so I could ride with Terry. It drove just fine--in fact, Terry thought it was a little boring because there were no gears to shift or exhaust brake to keep turning on!
By the time we got to Verde Valley, our next Thousand Trail park, Elaine and Larry had already been there for a week and a half. They had gone and seen a lot of sites, most of which we had done in the past years. But we got to visit with them. We actually hit a craft sale so we even did Scentsy while we were there for the rest of the week.
One place we did go with Larry and Elaine was the Tootszigoot National Monument. We had been there before, but it was still fascinating to me.
I think it would be amazing to live back in the days of these people who had such a simple, but industrious life. They figured there were about 250 people who lived in these dwellings at one time. Most of the rooms were built in tiers on this mountain and got into them by ladders coming in from the ceilings.
There were some ancient rock corn grinders in one of the rooms, so Elaine and I played "ancient women grinding corn!"
There was an add in the clubhouse for a car dolly for sale, we went and looked at it. It was in good shape and the price was right, so we bought it. Our neighbors kind of laughed at us after we mounted our bike rack on it! They told us to expect some funny looks from people. We did--the ranger at the gate coming into Lake Powell the next day said "I think you may have lost your car!" Terry told him to look a little closer and told him that the closest thing to an automobile we had were bicycles. The Ranger said, "Well then, I guess I can officially tell you to go park and ride!"
When we left Verde Valley, we also parted ways with Elaine and Larry. They left to head towards Oregon and we left to go towards Utah and Idaho. We had a really good time traveling with them, and also with Elaine's sister, Fron, for a while. They are fun to travel with and were always ready and willing to do anything we suggested. They hauled us around in their nice little car and Elaine even put up with Terry giving her a bad time once in a while! We will look forward to seeing them again this July at McCormick Park on the Snake River in Hells Canyon.
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