Rattle snakes,Gilla monsters and Scorpions..OH MY!

I'm sure everyones mother taught them that if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything.Right? Tucson,hummmmmm.What could I say about Tucson ? Oh screw it ! Anyone that new my mom would know that even though she taught us that lesson, she didn't always live by it.(specialy in restaraunts and the line at the cash register at AJ Wrights) TUCSON SUCKS!!!!!! IT's ugly,and everything is poisonus! There is no such thing as grass here. The ground is covered in brown prickery stuff that we can't let the dogs walk on 'cause it hurts their feet.Lizards crawl all over the trees. We kill moths day and night, endlessly. Do you know how annoying it is to have a moth fly around your face when it is 94 degrees and your trying to cook dinner in a big silver baked potato in the desert that has been sitting in the sun allday?????? Do you even have a clue???? Ok I'm done. That felt good. Don't be allarmed if you don't here from me for a few weeks. I probably wont blog again until after thanksgiving. I sure hope the Maccaroni Grille is open for Thanksgiving,'cause thats where I'll be !! LOVE TAMI

We're not in Kansas anymore TOTO..I mean TIA

A series of unfortunate events

Hi. We finally made it to Tucson ! After we left Colorado Springs we Headed for Durango Where we wanted to spend some time but the weather was really bad. cold and rainy so we just left and figured we would make it back there next time. It is 94 degrees here today. Needless to say, we are shut up indoors with the ac on.Being that itis the desert,the temperature drops like a rock the second the sun goes down. That is when we will again attempt to find the Costco and gather much needed supplies for the rest of the week. Our unfortunate events began in Co. Springs when we had to have new brakes for 1,300.00 . A rock hit our windshield in the painted desert and made a little chip. We stopped in Flagstaf to get it fixed and the guy made it worse and still made us pay 55.00 . It is now a ten inch crack with six little holes in it right in front of the drivers face. Next we lost all 12volt power in the bus and couldn't figure it out for two days.This meant that the TV antenna amplifier did not work. NO TV. The ceiling fan in the bedroom froze up and kept poppin' fuses. The fan is still not fixed. Next ,Ricky left the toilet water running on accident and we didn't notice it until it had filled the poop tank and the toilet and flooded the entire back end of the bus.For some reason, this also triggered a water pump valve to go that also caused headaches I'm not going to list.Ricky had a bright idea to hook up his little coleman cooker to the bus propane so we wouldn't have to buy anymore of those littlte tanks.Now,if your getting the picture yet, you would know that he broke the propane supply line to the bus.This means no cooking, no hot water.Cold showers.So.....last night we prepared to go for supplies to fix the bus and to have something to eat. We started to drive away and the steps wouldn't come in.Ricky tried for about an hour to fix them and couldn't so we said screw it we'll go tomorrow. Mind you,we had very little food on board.The best we could do for dinner was Ramen Pride noodles and Margaritas. Those margaritas hit the spot! Miraculously the steps worked fine when we got up this morning. Like nothing was wrong with them.We are considering this a gift from God.I guess we weren't supposed to leave yesterday. We have an hour and a half befor the sun goes down and we try again. Wish us luck.

The painted Desert

Catching up.

Hi everyone.I've been sitting here trying to download some rodeo pictures and cant seem to get them in because of the poor internet reception I'm getting.So......You'll just have to listen. We are in Colorado Springs Visiting family.Thats mainly what we've been doing for several weeks now.After we left the big Pendleton , Oregon Roundup Rodeo we headed for Colorado. We stopped in the thriving metropolis of Rifle to see Toni and Doug and Susan(father and step mother). We went to the HotSprings pool a few times but not much else. Its Rifle,Colorado....theres realy nothing eles to do.Yesterday we went to Cripple Creek with my aunt GooGoo and lost our shirts at the slot machines.That was a bummer. Later that night we went to dinner with a long lost aunt and uncle from my fathers side.Uncle Don and Aunt Cathy Toft.We went to a great mexican restaraunt where girls in big pretty dresses did traditional mexican dances balancing candles on their heads.It was cool.We'll be here for a fwe more days because we need to get the bus brakes checked out befor we continue our journey through the Rocky mountains and it may take a few days to find somewhere to do the job.I'll try to get some pictures on in a day or two and let you know. We hope all is well for all of you and welcome to our blog,Greg Turner,Mike and Jackie and Don and Cathy !

Hi Camdyn and Camillah !

After the trip up and down the coast we pulled in to Boni and Cory's front yard and stayed a week.They have a beautiful piece of land far up in the clouds in Hillsboro,Oregon which is south west of Portland. They also have three very friendly dogs we fell in love with.Well, Ricky and I fell in love with,our dogs not so much.Oh yah, did I mention these two realy cute kids ? Most mornings they would show up at our door and come in and try on all of our hats and sunglasses and push every button and turn on and off every light. Millie would drive and say "ready guys" and we would say "ok" This would go on for about an hour. We enjoyed our stay and maybe next time we go Boni's business will be bought out for 3.7million and we can spend more time together.