Our December Vacation in Mexico!

"Got Out On Time!" Whew!

See that firetruck next to our motel in the big picture...

Issac sent me that picture of the firetruck he found in the "twitter.com"

Whoa! That mudslide/flood from the Boulder creek hit the road!
We got out on time just before it happened!

We were supposed to sleep one more night in the motel.

WHEW! Thanks to Issac for forcing us to get out.

Otherwise we would be stuck there!

How Many Miles?!!!

 June 15, 2013

September 15, 2013

End of the Journey!

 At Last! Me Home! 

Exhausted!

What I need: EXERCISE! SMOOTHIES! MEETING FRIENDS!

My "Rabbit" VW is great!

Betcha it is HAPPY to be HOME! LOL

From Santa Fe to Phoenix, Az

Wow Clouds Above and Below Mountains!

Near the End of New Mexico State!

ARIZONA! 

Wish we would go to Sedona! :)

Cactus Everywhere! 

Hot Weather! 

From Colorado Springs to Santa Fe, NM

 BEAUTIFUL Morning! BLUE Sky!

Huh Ohhh...Cloudy! 

 

 Bad Weather Coming! 

This pix was taken at the rest area near New Mexico state line.

 RAIN Again! 

Crossing New Mexico State Line

 KOA Santa Fe Campground

Nice! Lots of Trees Around the Campground!

What a Night! 

Thunderstorms...Lots of Lighting! Cold...54 Degrees! 

Behind me is the cabin where we slept...sorry the picture is too dark.

Ready to leave for Phoenix, Arizona!

Coming Soon...More Pictures!

Pictures from Colorado Springs to Santa Fe, New Mexico...

From Santa Fe to Phoenix...

HOME! In Arizona!

Yes!!! We are hoooooome now! 

 Exhaused!

Come back again to look at pictures! :)

From Johnstown to Colorado Springs

 Going South from Johnstown on Highway 25
See the long line on the other side...Going North on Hwy 25 was closed due to the flooding! 
The drivers had the choice of turning around and going south 
or staying and waiting in Johnstown until the highway was opened.

 Glad to be away from Johnstown...

Crazy weather all the way down south on Hwy 25

 Rain off and on...Still Crazy!

 Pah...Sunny Near Colorado Springs!

KOA Colorado Spring South...

Nice Cabin! Huh oh...Next to the River!

*Not a Flood*

Whew!

"Rain For the Past 7 Days"

PAH! Out of Flooding Areas!

We are now at KOA Campground 

-South of Colorado Springs-

We are fine...

Pictures (from Johnstown to Colorado Springs) will be posted soon.

Good night! 

TRAPPED! Stuck in Small Town in Colorado!

We left at 5:30 am to avoid the rain and flooding in Boulder and to go to California!

The weather in California was sunny and nice...we wanted to be there!

Also we wanted to spend time with my mother and sister/brother in law for few days!

We drove on Foothills Parkway...

after few miles the truck was skidded out of the lane and stopped sideway of the road. 

We had to get off and used Airport Road and several roads to get back on Foothills Parkway.

Huh ohhh, the road barricade on Foothills Parkway! 

We had to use other roads to get to Highway 25!

Water everywhere! Both sides of roads! Some flooding!

Finally we were on Hwy 25 and the traffic was terrible! Moving very slow!

Huhh ohhh no! We all had to get off the highway and entered that exit...it leaded us to Johnstown.

I drove to many different roads trying to get to other highway, 

but most roads were closed.

We had to go back to Johnstown and stayed there. 

All roads around the town were closed!

Then we were told to be at Roosevelt High School to stay and wait until the roads were opened again.

We had rain and rain all day...waited and waited for hours to know if roads were opened.

At last the only road, Highway 25 South is open. 

We decided to drive south and go home in Arizona!

Emergency Announcement Every Few Minutes on TV!

OFF we go! We left just before 5 pm! What a long day! 

Flood! Evacuation! Broken Records!

UNBELIEVABLE!

Rain...Rain...Rain...Rain...Rain for 3 Days!

We had to evacuate our hotel room since there would be a huge flood coming! 

We are staying in Issac's small "home" (he is renting a friend's house)

STILL RAIN when I am doing this blog tonight! 

Click HERE for the news! Please read...Very Interesting! 

BROKEN RECORDS!

Below is the first part of the news: 

Boulder has set a record for its wettest 24-hour period. Ever. Prior to Wednesday, the single wettest day on record was July 31, 1919, when 4.80 inches of rain were recorded, according to Bob Henson, a science writer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Henson said that the latest official readings for Boulder show that from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 9:15 a.m. today, 7.21 inches of rain have fallen in Boulder, with amounts likely varying from a bit lower in northeast areas of the city to higher than that to the southwest. Additionally, the last three days of rain are more than Boulder has experienced in any month on record. Since the rain kicked in late Monday afternoon, Boulder has recorded 9.61 inches of rain, topping the 9.59 inches recorded in the entire month of May 1995. It is also by far the rainiest September ever for the city. 

Another Full Day with Issac!

We were walking down the lovely creek which is next to our Motel!

Most of the day it rained and rained and rained! 

We had our coffee and a treat in the morning...

Alvin and Issac had a "Tea" tour while I was in the library working on my project...

Then we rested and stayed inside...we went to Issac's "home" again for dinner.

Very nice time! 

First Smoooothie Since Maryland!

Yah! At last! I drank my favorite smoooothie this morning! 

(Wednesday, September 11)

Right after the DSA Baltimore Conference I stopped drinking smoothies...

We were "On The Go" all the way in our trip! 

Now I can make smoothies here and hope I ll make more on the trip to California!