Because it’s NOT Texas! We made it through the panhandle of Texas and two thirds of Oklahoma before coming to rest at Okmulgee State Park for the night.

One of the CCC or WPA structures built in the Park during the Depression of the 1930’s.

Today, Wednesday, we drove almost the complete widths of the states of Arizona and New Mexico! In between driving stints and naps I awoke to the beautiful rock formations behind the bright, bold advertisements near a rest area.

The rest area.

The animal statues strategically situated on the rock.

The tourist attraction (not so attractive!).

We started our trip east on Monday, March 3 in rain and snow flurries. We made it to Walker Lake, NV after dark to camp for the night. The next morning was bright and sunny as we drove the length of the state of Nevada.

As we descended the Spring Mountains into the Las Vegas Valley we got glimpses of the tower, the Statosphere, in the distance.

Leaving Las Vegas we took the new bridge over the Colorado River past Hoover Dam. You get a nice view of a cement barricade and barren mountains in the distance!

On Feb. 26 we arrived in Bend after a loooooong 2 day drive from Borrego Springs, CA. We will embark on the second part of our winter journey soon, without the appendage trailer behind us. We are dropping off the trailer with the Jeepster so we can more efficiently travel to the east to visit friends and relatives. Meanwhile we are experiencing just a tiny bit of winter here!

An overnight snowfall of only an inch or two dusted the camper.

Mirror Pond in downtown Bend was very picturesque.

Some friends met up with us out in the desert and we all went into town, Borrego Springs, to experience the nightlife ‘uptown’. We went to the old Hoberg Resort , now The Palms Hotel, for cocktails and had a grand time! They have a cute little gallery off the lobby and I experimented with my camera.

A gourd sculpture without flash.

The same with the flash.

Another gourd art piece without flash.

The blue color really pops with the flash!