WHAT'S DOWN with the BREHMS, 16 JAN. 2012

Yep! we're back on the road again. We had a very nice Christmas, and New Year holiday. We are back with our good friends at the yearly Salton Sea fest. We will probably be here for 6 weeks.

DIANE & DARLENE RESTING at the FMCA RALLY

The FMCA, a family motor coach club, has a rally every January at the DateFestival/Riverside County Fairgrounds. It's always enjoyable, with all the vendors, new motorhomes, seminars, and fellow RVers. We attended this years event, and here Diane and Darlene

FMCA RALLY, 2012, INDIO

Just a shot across the fairgrounds. We actually got by fairly cheap this year. One thing I did splurge on, is a tire pressure monitoring system that will tell me, from a monitor on the dash of the motorhome, the individual tire pressures of all 6 of the motorhome tires, and the 4 on the tow car. After our blow out on the tow car a couple of months ago, this system became a priority.

WESTSHORE BEACH

The Salton Sea is exceptionally low this year, but it's still there. Progress on reconstituting the sea as a recreational area seems non-exisitent.

FORMER YACHT LAUNCH

The marina at Johnson's landing. Now an example of the ravages of time.

SUPER SALTON SEA PARAPLANE

The campground here at Westshore RV. has a nice flat take off and landing ramp about the size of 3 or 4 footbal fields. Lot's of activity here on the weekends for parachute planes, ultra-lights, etc.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We wish all our family and friends a joyous Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous
New Year. God Bless America

WHAT'S DOWN with the BREHMS, 11/7/2011

GREETINGS FROM BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN JAMUL

DIANE, ANDY, AND LINDA

Yes, we are back for part of the winter, at least until early January. We couldn't pass through Yuma without stopping for a visit with good friends Andy and Linda Clarkson. We had a wonderful couple of days with them. They are the ultimate hosts.

Well, what a wonderful year, all the way to Nashville, a great visit with my sister & Bro -in- law. Lots of side trips, hikes, tours, boat rides and good friends along the way. We are pretty much unscathed, no health problems, a little hot water problem, a blown tire, and a cracked windshield. Not bad.

A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN IN YUMA

Good friends Andy and Linda own a beautiful place in the Foothills of Yuma. Full RV hookups, a one bedroom apartment, and a great garage/workshop/storage shed, plus walled in yard, gated entrances, and a sunroof. Like staying at a resort. Thanks guys.

CLARKSON RIG ON THE CLARKSON ESTATE

Andy & Linda's Monaco Dynasty behind the compound walls.

OUR COACH AT THE CLARKSON ESTATE

Our rig in the Clarkson compound.

Hope you all had a wonderful summer, and hope to see some of you during our stay here in Jamul. Blogging will be a little sparse while here. This our rest up and repair time, so nothing you'd be interested in. Love you all, and hope you have good old AMERICAN Thanksgiving, and CHRISTMAS. They can save the holiday trees and winterfests for those offended by American Traditions. He He......................

WHAT'S DOWN with the BREHMS ON 30, OCT. 011

AN ILLUSION OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Yes, this is the Bisbee Welfare Office, but like so many other words used as an accurate description, but offended the liberal mind, they have been renamed. Hence "Community Provider of Enrichment Services".

We are still having a wonderful time here in Bisbee with friends Mike & Marsha. We have gone into Sierra Vista several times, Tombstone a couple of times, out to the firing range, and yesterday, went to Ft. Huachuca to see the Museums, particularly the Buffalo Soldier Museum.

THE INN at CASTLE ROCK, BISBEE, AZ.

Bisbee is a very colorful little town. Kind of a hippee art villiage. Not much traditional art, but art just the same. The town is built on steep cliffs, so it sets on many different levels. The "INN" actually sits below road level. The Copper Queen Hotel can be accessed from the rear at several stories from the street level. That's how steep the road is. Many of the buildings are painted in bright contrasting colors.

GRAND HOTEL, BISBEE, AZ.

"STACKEDVILLE"

As I said earlier, the town is stacked on itself. Bisbee was built by the same copper mining company that built Jerome AZ., Phelps Dodge, so there are many similarities, between the two.

We will probably be leaving here on the 4th, and head to Yuma, where hopefully we can visit with friends Andy and Linda Clarkson. From there, on to Pio Pico in San Diego County. Will look forward to rendesvous with our friends there.
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BUFFALO SOLDIERS, a major force at Ft. Huachuca

We were particularly interested in visiting the Buffalo Soldier Museum at Fort Huachuca. They have a long history of service and leadership at the Fort, from 1877 to 1945. Buffalo Soldiers contributed significantly to Army Intellegence at the Fort and as deployed. And on several occasions served as Commanding Officers of the fort.

BUFFALO SOLDIERS on the TRAIL

I particularly liked this old photo of the "wild West" Buffalo Soldiers.

Everything is fine with us. We have a few things to do at Pio Pico to get ready to go again, but we are healthy, happy, and raring to go............

Geronimo, captured by, and encarcerated Ft. Huachuca

The illusive old Chiricawa Apache, Geronimo

lived and marauded this area. He was captured by soldiers from Ft. Wuachuca, and returned to the fort for encarceration. These were some of his weopons.