16 Months and still Loving It!!

Hi all long time no type for Kelly. It has been a strange month and I will do what I can to fill in the gaps. We have been very busy doing everything there is to do. We have been on multiple hikes and have played hours of pickleball. I figured out that if I am not writing the blog it is because I have been to busy living and not making the time to write. So today is the day I write.

On the 5th of January we hiked the North Lykken trail, it was more of  training hike than our standard hikes but still enjoyable.

This Hawk swooped by to check us out

Not a bad view of Palm Springs and the valley

The area we are in has been experiencing abnormal rainfall this year and on our next hike the result of all the rain could be seen.

Following a cow trail up the hill

We had just walked up through this valley

The amount of green grass on the side of the hill was amazing. We did a walk in this area in February last year and it was "Monochromatic" without colour.

The green green grass of Whitewater Preserve

Now this is what a true desert hiker looks like

Yup some things never change.

We still play crib on Tuesdays and Kelly plays Texas Hold'em on Sundays. June has started to play "Mexican Train Dominoes" on Mondays and the rest of the week is taken up with happy hours, potlucks, dances and what ever else is going on.

Our year in review included counting the number of different RV parks we stayed in in 2014  - 76 the number of states traveled in - 18 and 4 provinces. The total kilometres driven - 34,284. We didn't want to calculate the money spent so lets just say quite a bit. You can not put a price on the people we have met, both old friends and new. Thank-you to all of you that have helped us have a great year! Those of you that we missed this time around lookout because in the spring we will be on the road in BC and Alberta.

Take care and thanks for reading our ramblings. Junkel