Not yet but, Almost ready to go

Well Carmen and I are going on another vacation and letting you in on all our excitement with our blog.  We are traveling on a bus tour with Trafalgar on their “Scenic Parks Explorer” trip.   The trip does not go to all of the National Parks in the west as the title may imply, but we will visit many of those in Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, and Colorado.  At least the tour we are on will stop at as many as we can in 12 to 13 days. 

The parks we’ll visit include Zion, Bryce Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Little Big Horn, Black Hills (which includes Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse memorials), Arches, Moab, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, and the Grand Canyon. 

We’ll also make overnight stops in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Billings, and Denver.  We did a tour similar to this about 15 to 20 years ago and wanted to do another similar trip.  This time we’ll go to a few different places.

Of course, while in Billings we plan on going to an authentic (at least that is how it’s billed) Cowboy dinner which isn’t complete without the obligatory cowboy entertainer.  I’ll have to see if I have to put on some traditional cowboy duds, at the least a cowboy hat.  Yee Haw!

One of the reasons we are taking this specific trip is the stop and visit of Monument Valley.  I am hoping we’ll get to see the iconic views of the Valley where John Ford made many of his cowboy movies in particular, John Ford’s “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” which had scenes just below the Mittens.  I’d love to get my own picture of the Mittens. 

No pictures today except for the trip route for the tour we are taking.  We fly to Las Vegas on May 31^st, where we begin our tour and we plan on posting at the end of each day if we have an internet connection; if not, we’ll catch up on the postings when we can.  Also, because I try to limit the number of pictures to about 8-10 (or so) on each day’s posting, I may do two postings for the day with the second post having just pictures.

Oh, by the way, if you haven’t seen any of our other travel blogs here they are:

https://www.blogger.com/profile/02504216977029606085 which is our first major trip in the motor home after Carmen and I both retired.  It is a trip across the country from Maine to Florida via Montana and California.

http://bobandcarmengowalkabout.blogspot.com/ is a blog which recounts our trip to New Zealand, Australia and Fiji.  I know not everyone is a Lord of the Rings fan, but while in New Zealand, we traveled through many areas where filming of the movie took place.

http://eis-irisheyes-scottishbrogue.blogspot.com/  relates our trip blog to England, Ireland and Scotland (EIS). 

Bob and Carmen.