RoadtripsAndCampfires
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Thought I would share my unusual experience to give you something to read.
So...
34 years ago I had a 2 week vacation planned to take off from L.A. with daughter in my Class B and drive with next door neighboor and his daughter who were traveling in a truck camper. Our destination was the grand canyon and I was very excited. That Friday before we were to leave and vacation start I finished work and was traveling down a busy Los Angeles street toward home and just so happy to be leaving in the morning for the G.C.
An uninsured motorist decided she would make a left hand turn right in front of me. My Class B was getting a tune up and I had borrowed my parent's car which did some spinning and landed its center hood on a metal light post. I was stretchered by abulance but able to be released after about 6 hours. I had physical therapy for my neck frequently for a year and a half and major problems for about 10 years and then periodically. I have been known to boil water in the forest, put in the hydro heat pack for 30 minutes, wrap a towel around it and lay on a cot under the trees - a small price to pay for being able to camp. Today I rarely have problems with it as I am careful and know how to take care of it if it shows signs of wanting to give me a difficult time. I do this because if I don't I could be in bed for 2 weeks. If I want to look at the stars at night I lay on a cot instead of look up from a sitting chair.
Fast forward to 2020.
When I was 17 I said I was going to take off and camp and not come home until I had enough. Those 50 years were spent camping on weekends between work days if the weather was good and longer trips on vacations. I had to wait until 2019 before I could realize my dream and hubby and I took off in October for dreams unlimited. We've had a great time and love the life.
Covid-19 made us change our plans and late May/early April we started did a long road trip from Quartzsite (where we had been for most of 5 months) up to Kingman - over past Williams and then back down past Sedona back to Quartzsite. We were staying at KOAs along the way and keeping to ourselves, wearing gloves and masks, etc.
April 1st we stayed at the KOA billed as the Grand Canyon KOA. We had booked one night. I mentioned to the host that it was too bad we were there but the G.C. was closed (the news said the national parks closed April 1st). I was told no, the G.C. was still open! I was SO EXCITED! So we book a second night with plans to wake early and go to the G.C. in the morning. Nope. We got up April 2nd to the news they closed it starting April 2nd.
34 years and I still couldn't go!!!
(Perhaps it saved us from catching the virus but sad just the same.)
Chris
So...
34 years ago I had a 2 week vacation planned to take off from L.A. with daughter in my Class B and drive with next door neighboor and his daughter who were traveling in a truck camper. Our destination was the grand canyon and I was very excited. That Friday before we were to leave and vacation start I finished work and was traveling down a busy Los Angeles street toward home and just so happy to be leaving in the morning for the G.C.
An uninsured motorist decided she would make a left hand turn right in front of me. My Class B was getting a tune up and I had borrowed my parent's car which did some spinning and landed its center hood on a metal light post. I was stretchered by abulance but able to be released after about 6 hours. I had physical therapy for my neck frequently for a year and a half and major problems for about 10 years and then periodically. I have been known to boil water in the forest, put in the hydro heat pack for 30 minutes, wrap a towel around it and lay on a cot under the trees - a small price to pay for being able to camp. Today I rarely have problems with it as I am careful and know how to take care of it if it shows signs of wanting to give me a difficult time. I do this because if I don't I could be in bed for 2 weeks. If I want to look at the stars at night I lay on a cot instead of look up from a sitting chair.
Fast forward to 2020.
When I was 17 I said I was going to take off and camp and not come home until I had enough. Those 50 years were spent camping on weekends between work days if the weather was good and longer trips on vacations. I had to wait until 2019 before I could realize my dream and hubby and I took off in October for dreams unlimited. We've had a great time and love the life.
Covid-19 made us change our plans and late May/early April we started did a long road trip from Quartzsite (where we had been for most of 5 months) up to Kingman - over past Williams and then back down past Sedona back to Quartzsite. We were staying at KOAs along the way and keeping to ourselves, wearing gloves and masks, etc.
April 1st we stayed at the KOA billed as the Grand Canyon KOA. We had booked one night. I mentioned to the host that it was too bad we were there but the G.C. was closed (the news said the national parks closed April 1st). I was told no, the G.C. was still open! I was SO EXCITED! So we book a second night with plans to wake early and go to the G.C. in the morning. Nope. We got up April 2nd to the news they closed it starting April 2nd.
34 years and I still couldn't go!!!
(Perhaps it saved us from catching the virus but sad just the same.)
Chris
