Spring Trip to Europe

 March '08. We cruised from Florida "crossing" the Atlantic. 
Enjoyed port stops @ Lisbon, Gibraltar, Malaga, Palma  ...
then on to spend a few days in Barcelona. 

We flew to Frankfurt, Germany ...and picked up this little apt. on wheels !

Drove south thru France to Pont du Guard

Arrived at this 13th century fortress...just as it was way back then!

Impressive !!

On to visit wonderful, charming towns 'n villages in Provence

 French Riviera.. in early spring!

the Nice Spice Market

.....on to Monaco

along the Med. Sea to the Cinque Terre, Italy !!

on to stay in Florence ...and Pisa, too

 Visited many places in Tuscany area....Orvieto is above

Drove from Tuscany to Southern Italy.....saw the Pompeii + Paesteum ruins.
This was our "turn around" point.

Back up north to.... Rome ~ for a week ! 
After that, on to see the smallest country of San Marino

then spent several days in Venice, before continuing north... over the Alps to Austria

Of course, a visit to the Neuschwanstein Castle and then east to Salzburg.
 The "Sound of Music" place!  We camped upon a hillside with views of the city below. 

   Leaving Saltzburg we followed along the Danube River ... 
above is a favorite memory / tour of fabulous Melk Abbey.

 Continued east along the Danube. Then we left our camper,

 to train in + spend several days in lovely Vienna.

 

Vienna was our turn around point. Headed west along the Danube again, 

 to Hallstatt + camped on that picturesque lake.

 Driving north on the Romantic Road ..lovely areas, scenic villages !!
Leaving our camper again, we went into Munich + enjoy their interesting sites !

We continued driving north to Rothenburg, the walled city above.  
Then a ramble south thru the Black Forest of Germany.

.....continuing on into Switzerland for "a'bit of a stay".

Camping + watching Para sailing off the mountains into the valley.

                        Sadly we left Switzerland to drive north into France.
                      Our "route" was thru/by many colorful villages +  
                       castles in the Alsace region. Views above 'n below...

                                ~  Route du Vin ~ our route north
                             
                               Then turning west, we drove across France and...

                             
                    Ahhhhhhhhhhhh,  it's Paris !!  Fabulous of course!

We quickly became "residents' of this grand city + 
saw everything we could for several days.

                                Oh yes, we had to leave the enchanting city
                                         Drove east/ back across France and...

                          Again just rambling along...stopping here'n there.

                        So...it was up the Mosel, but then down the Rhine.

           Our last stop was @ Frankfurt where we turned in our camper car, 

             flew to London + back to the states.  What a grand trip it was !

Fall Trip to Canyon Lands

Fall trip thru the Utah Parks on our way to AZ for the winter months.

Hiked up to Delicate Arch..can you find Jim? (figure on left edge)

Camped at Moab and did some hikes.

Spectacular vistas in Monument Valley

Drove over to Durango, CO and toured Mesa Verde !

.....then spent time at Grand Canyon,

 + Canyon Land + Zion + Bryce.  
Next... it was on to AZ 

Mt. St Helens

James and... his new friend.

Fall Trip to E.WA

Ahhhh, Leavenworth !

RVing down the Baja

Our caravan departed from San Diego....

....with 22 rigs in our group.

We were a fun group, traveling together.

Seeing interesting places....

Camping beside the Sea of Cortez....
and even on the airport landing strip !!

The trip highlight ??
Being amongst the whales in a 22 ft. panga /  boat 

They were allllllll around us !

What an awesome experience .....

....being with those whales 
in the gray whale nursery lagoon @ Guerrero Negro 

Cabo San Lucas !!  Where we turned around 'n drove back up north to the U.S.border

A great trip...and we returned safely !