ANTENNA JACK AND ANOTHER HOT AIR BALLON

Our campsite at Verde Valley is on the edge of the Verde River, and some mornings, a balloon tour passes overhead. Here, our antenna ball (Jack) checks it out. Jack has been traveling with us for 10 or 11 years, and has his own album of places he's been.

ROSS

This is how the old coyote spends most of his time these days. He turned 19 years old last Sunday, and just barely gets around. Don't think he has many wake-ups left.

AUSTIN

Our "Fulltime" Traveling Buddy.

WHAT'S DOWN WITH THE BREHM;S ON 6/19/11

Old town Prescott. Whiskey Row to the right.

THE PALACE HOTEL AND SALOON, OLD TOWN

Sometime during the past week, the Maschka's and we, had a calling to seek out he nearest COSTCO. We located it in Prescott Valley, and set the Garmin to find it. Somewhere along the way, the demonic GPS took us to "Whiskey Row" in old Prescott. We inocently parked the Jeep and were lured into the Palace. A little lunch and some beverages later. we explored the rest of Whiskey Row, and headed on to Costco. Lifes's been tough for us, but somehow we perservere. Hope you're doing the same. Love and God Bless..............

The hole in the wall gang...............

BALOONS OVER VERDE VALLEY

If you are willing to get up around 6-7:00 am, you might catch one of these creatures passing right over your campsite. Diane took this picture. Needless to say, I was still in a spiritual state, solving galactical disturbances.

BEST PIECE IN TOWN

This sign hangs outside Belgian Jennie's Pizzeria" in Jerome.. wonder what else is on the menu?

GHOSTS OF THE PAST

This is all that remains of the Clark Hotel in Jerome, AZ

TIN PENTHOUSE

This caught my eye. It appears to be a tin shack placed on top of a turn of the century brick apartment house. Jerome is loaded with strange concoctions of all types, and most of it is considered art by the locals.

MS. JEROME

This lovely lady adorns the slippery banks of the Jerome landscape.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Yes, these are members of the world renown "Flamingo Society". Only in Jerome, or maybe Bisbee, these magnificent birds survey the vast Arizona landscape.

WHAT'S DOWN WITH THE BREHM'S, JUNE 5, 11

RED CLIFFS OF COCONINO

This is typical scenery along hwy 179 heading into Sedona. We are now camped in Verde Valley, Thousand Trails Reserve. The last time we came here our motorhome burned to the ground on the highway. We came a different way this time. We came in on I-40 to Flagstaff, then down 17 to Verde Valley. Weather is cooler here, mid 80's and 10-20 mph winds.

Yesterday we took a little drive. Went to the Cliff Castle Casino, I lost $2 but Diane won $200. That made for a nice start. We left the Casino and took a nice little country drive in to Sedona. Many changes since our last visit. Ended our drive in Old Cottonwood for lunch at the Tavern Grill. Hope you are all doing well, God Bless...

The Gambler and her lucky charm..

HOME IN THE DESERT

DESERT ORCHIDS

there are many of these type of bushes here, and they are all in bloom. This one is right by our campsite.

HIKING PATH

This is one of the many hiking trails in Verde Valley. We are too late for all the beautiful cactus blooms, but still enjoyable. You can see Squaw Peak in the backround.

CAMP VERDE POOL AREA

SHADOW STUDY

I was intrigued by the shadows off the lattice at the pool area.

WHAT'S DOWN WITH THE BREHM'S AS OF 5/30/11

RIM DRIVE, AZ SIDE, PARKER

Hope everybody has a nice, peaceful and reflective Memorial Day. Things were just dandy here during our second week on the river. Lots of rigs flying "Old Glory", Indy 500 was a good race, and the weather was breezy but comfortable. We are going to depart 6/2 for Verde Vally. Will stay there through the 4th of July. All kinds of activity over here, but the party's almost over, folks are packing up, and hittin the road. Hope to bump into to some of you along the way.

God Bless.....Ray & Diane

LOTS OF MONEY ON THE RIVER

You can almost see the dollars coming out of the exhausts on these water toys. $32,000 for the boat, $10,000 for a super trailer, $47,000 for a tricked out truck to tow it, skis, repairs, upgrades, and fuel to burn..............

YOU GO 787!

OOOOPS! HOW DID THAT GET IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA??

CLEAVER BOAT NAMES

I always get a kick out of the cleaver names people call their boats, so I have included some here. My favorite, which I could not take a photo of, was a pontoon party boat, with stereo, coolers, plush sofas, barbeque etc. It's name was "PORTA-PARTY".

WHERE'S JACK?

SOO, THAT BOAT IS FASTER THAN YOURS?

WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?

MEGA BIRD

Diane went to Safeway to buy groceries for dinner. Here is what she wants me to grill tonight!

HAPPY PARKER COWBOYS

Just happened to bump into this guy on the mini-golf course.

GETTIN DOWN WITH THE BREHM'S IN AZ. 5/22/03

THREE GUESSES WHERE WE ARE............

We made it! Feels good to be on the road again. We arrived thursday, 5/19 after putting the coach in the shop to get the dash air working again. There is an electrically driven vacuum pump located in the engine compartment which was kaput. Replaced it, cost mostly covered by warranty. We spent the night at the shop and left the next morning. Since our last adventure, we purchased a Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland. It had to be setup for towing behind the motorhome. Mechanical base plate, electrics, and air brake mods. I did it all myself, so the test was on. Mission accomplished. Everything worked great. Hope you are all doing well....

God Bless, Bert & Betty...............

DAT OLE MAN RIBBAH, HE DON'T DO NOTHIN.....

Looking north up the river. Next weekend, Memorial Day, is typically a zoo here. Can't wait. Lot's of fun.

DRY HEAT AND WET WATER

The good old Colorado River at Parker, right behind our campsite. River levels are high, no sand bars, and surprizingly, not a lot of water traffic.

SOUTHSIDE POOL AREA

As you can see, the pool is not crowded at all. It is about 11:00 am on Saturday. Temp probably about 92.

OASIS BAR AT POOLSIDE

The pool area is really neat. There is a full size pool, a kidie's pool and a hot spa on either side of the bar. The bar serves beer, wine, and mixed drinks, plus pub grub, dinner, and breakfast. Beer's are $1.00 for 16 oz. Sports are always playing on the TV's and lot's of karaoke in the evenings.

CAMP EMERALD COVE

This is our campsite at Emerald Cove in Parker, AZ. It's what they call a "Super Site" due to it"s size. I'm pretty sure we could get two 40 footers, and a tow car in here at the same time.

WHAT'S DOWN WiTH THE BREHM'S as of 2/20/2011

BACK IN JAMUL

After a great month and a half at the Salton Sea, we are back at our winter site in Jamul. We actually departed Johnson's Landing a few days earlier than planned, but the looming weather patterns motivated us to get over the mountains before the storm. Glad we did! We were all tucked in and cozy when the storm hit. Check out the pictures of hydraulic Pio Pico.

Our health has been pretty good, Diane had some sort of itchy rash for a few days, but it's all gone now, and I managed to get my back out of whack again, but the VA is coming to the rescue.

I've been getting the Jeep all set up for towing, should be done in plenty of time for our summer trip to Tennessee. As some of you know, our typical travel pattern is, drive 6 hours, park for 2-3 weeks, see the sights, then move on another 6 hours away. It will take us months to get to Tennessee, but that's the way we like it. Hope all is well with all of you. Be patient, Spring is on the way.

Love and God Bless...........

Ray, Diane & the fur brothers

SEASONAL CREEK

Behind our winter site at Pio Pico, is a dry creek bed (usually). Today, it is a raging creek, run off from the mountains, especially Dulzura summit.

FORMER ROAD CROSSING

The dry creek bed crosses the road in two spots at Pio Pico. This is one of them after the rain. YeeHaw! white water rapids.

DOWNSTREAM

Looking downstream from our campsite.

UPSTREAM

Upstream from our campsite.

BIRD SANCUARY

This dove, seeking shelter from the storm, roosted outside our bedroom window, under an awning.

MAIN ST.

Ussualy a dusty road going by our campsite, now a paved river.