Eastbound to the Balloon Fiesta

[tcandt]

From Monday:

Today on our way to Albuquerque was interesting. It started off with T-storms in
the distance. Our hope of avoiding them was lost when we entered a big cell. I
noticed some guy in a robe holding a staff ushering pair of animals to a big
ship out in the field. Rivers of water floating down Interstate 40. I
immediately remembered I forgot to shower this morning.

We stopped in Williams, AZ for lunch after clearing another storm. We had lunch
at Pancho McGuillicuddy's restaurant. Great menu! You could get a corned beef
and cabbage burritto, shepard's pie enchiladas, Irish stew tortilla soup and
much more. I ordered a special Pancho coffee and received a hot glass of Irish
whiskey, tequila, topped with a dollop of salsa. No identity issues in that
place.

We are stopped for the night at OK RV in Holbrook, AZ. This place is OK. We all
have pull through spot together. No one had to unhook toads. Ready for the
barroom shootout at 10 PM. We should be on the road by the crack of 10 AM. Curt
found out they have free coffee and pastries at 8 AM so we will never get out by
9.


Tommy Two Shoes
1995 PT42
Poway Ca

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "tcandt" wrote:
>
> From Sunday:
>
> Today, Sunday, we met at Rod Gallagher's riverside resort on the AZ side of
the Colorado River. Unfortunately, Rod only had 15 toys for each person in our
little caravan. We only could choose between ski boats, off-road vehicles, jet
skis, off-road ready grills, and many more. We took a vote and decided to stay
here for the week but someone had a conscience and we will head to ALB anyway.
>
> When we arrived with Pretty Penny, it was like Goldie Locks and the 3 Bears;
which 50 amp spot would we choose. The one facing south or one facing west at
the river's edge. We tried out a few before settling on a westward view on the
water. Nice sunset.
>
> We have 3 Birds and 3 SOBs heading east in the morning. We plan to stop in
Williams, AZ, for lunch, gateway to the Grand Canyon and the famous Grand Canyon
Railroad. It has a restored section of the original Route 66 complete with an
ice cream shop where one can order a malted or a banana split from the soda
jerks (not the drivers in the caravan).
>
> Tonight, we feasted on fine Southern Italian cuisine prepared especially for
us by the James Beard Award winning chef, Chef Dominos. We enjoyed a fine
preparation of dough, tomato sauce, Italian sausage, peppers, ham, pepperoni,
olives and more. We all were amply sated and will have leftovers for later in
the week.
>
> Taskmaster, Curt Sprenger (I mean wagonmaster) will play Reveille at 0 dark 30
so we can be on highway 40 at the crack of 9 AM. That is 12 hours from now so I
need to sign off and hit the sack.
>
> Tommy Two Shoes
> 1995 PT42
> Poway, CA
>