Year – 2 – RVGAMEVSTAME

Visited 4 national parks in Utah
Spent Thanksgiving in Lake Havasu then Suzanne’s birthday in Sedona
Canceled dentist trip to Yuma due to concerns over Covid
Spent Christmas and New Year in Tucson – our youngest son flew to Tucson to spend a couple of weeks with us – he quarantined in an AirBnB for the first week until his 2nd test came back. Had Zoom call with family during Christmas.

Visited Nevada with RV for the first time. Spent 10 or so days with Suzanne’s Parents in Reno.
Visited our friends in central Oregon.
Visited our friends near Portland. Our two sons & girlfriend came to visit for a day of picking grapes, drinking wine and eating gourmet lunch.
Visited Suzanne’s brother and family on the Columbia Gorge. Our youngest son had a friend from Colorado visit for a few days.
Went back to Reno and spent another week with Suzanne’s parents.

Graham went backpacking with his Boulder friends for five days in Maroon Bells
First major jeep trail near Ouray – Yankee Boy trail
Traveling through Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, Northern New Mexico and Northern Arizona and Nevada
First time driving through the Rockies. Hwy 160 from Alamosa to Durango was beautiful. We should have detached the Jeep going over Wolf Pass. Million Dollar Highway from Durango to Ouray was spectacular but a little too exciting
Fixed rock chip with Jeep; waited too long for the Vista – crack now about 18″
Bought first fishing license for Colorado in Estes Park
Saw our first Elk herd in Estes Park
First National Park of the year – Mesa Verde (just missed visiting Rocky Mountain and Great Sand Dunes National parks – will need to come back in August or September)

Hoping that National Parks open during the summer
Traveled through Atlanta (2 nights), Nashville (7 nights) and other towns along I 70; will travel 1250 miles in four days.
Traveled through Tn, KY, IL, MO and KS to Colorado
Visited Hilton Head, SC
Made reservations for Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Arizona, Utah, Nevada for the summer (May-Sept)
Started canceling campground reservations for the New England trip
Met Rebecca and Ken from Savannah; Met Donti and his fiancee
Decided to hunker down in Savannah for a month

Saw first-ever Space X launch for ISS
Graham joined us in Mims
Shelter in Place, Social Distancing and business closures became the new norm; started changing our behaviour after visiting Pine Island. Government parks started closing down.
Met Jean and John from Philly area – in Cedar Key
First trip to Florida
Dealing with COVID-19 and Oil wars – financial markets and health scares

Learned quite a bit about the Wall, local politics and how the wall will impact local communities
First trip to South Texas – met a lot of Winter Texans
Snowed in Las Cruces whilst we were there
Was able to visit June and Larry for a few hours after they got back from their Middle-east cruise… saw pictures of their cruise plus Maritimes. Spent time to schedule Maritimes campgrounds. Also, started planning for the 2021 Alaska trip with June and Larry
Visited Yuma so that John could visit Dentist for broken tooth. Only needed a couple of days, but had booked for a week.
Really loved our time in Borrego Springs – have already booked a month-long stay in January 2021
A couple of nights in Desert Hot Springs – love the KOA hot springs – loved visiting Joshua Tree again
Quick stop-over in Bakersfield
Trip Details

Finally got the plan for NorCal to Florida, then Florida to NYC. Will work on Summer 2020 somewhere along the way.

Spent a week in Morgan Hill working on final chores and errands as well as getting RV reservations figured out – needed to work around a week-long visit to Yuma, AZ for a dental visit to fix John’s broken tooth.
Spent a week in Pescadero area for a week for New Years. Graham took an aptitude class spanning two days. Got to see our friends again. Really got to enjoy the coastline from Carmel to San Francisco.
Spent the holidays in Reno and Danville. Cameron & Graham will be joining us. David and his family will be joining us for Christmas. Dave and Yvonne have been very gracious in letting us spend so much time @ their houses. Visited Jimmie and his family along with Mike, Marsha and Jerry. Visited with Tiger, Cindy and Cody for a nice dinner in Saratoga and got to visit the Camaro. Jimmie helping us sell Joanne’s Subaru as well as helping us sell the ski boat. Finished a lot of errands and chores in the area.
Suzanne and I went to Maui to celebrate her 60th birthday in December. Graham joined us for five or so days. Had a great time. Really enjoyed the Kihei area.