Escapees RV Club

Thursday, June 13, 2019

June 5-9 Escapees Tri-Chapter Rally

Wednesday June 5 we drove the coach down to Celina Ohio to attend the Escapees RV Club Tri-Chapter (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan) Rally.  Pictures can be found at the link below.
skpchapter6.blogspot.com

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Spring 2019 trip east

We left North Ranch on Wednesday 5/8/19 and took Vulture Mine road south out of Wickenburg down to I-10. East on I-10 then south on AZ-85 to Gila Bend where we stopped at Holt's Shell to fill the coach with diesel. Then I-8 east to Casa Grande where we rejoined I-10 east to Benson where we stopped for 2 nights at Butterfield RV Resort, 270.9 miles.
While at Benson we went over to SKP Saguaro RV Park to visit with Michigan friends that stay there.



Friday 5/10/19 we took I-10 east 175.7 miles to Escapees Dream Catcher RV Park in Deming NM to stay 2 nights. We had planned to visit  friends but by the time we got setup they were not home.  Saturday morning Carole was to tired to visit anyone.

Sunday 5/12/2019 was a long 347.3 miles up NM-26 to I-25 to US-380 to US-54 to Santa Rosa RV Park in Santa Rosa NM for one night/

Monday 5/13/2019 was a shorter day 168.1 miles by I-40 to Overnight RV Park in Amarillo TX.

Tuesday was another 188.9 easy miles across I-40 to Wanderlust Crossings RV Park in Weatherford OK for one night.

Wednesday was 188.1 miles I-40 to US-81 to the KOA in Wellington KS.


Thursday was 270 miles up I-35 to I-435 to I-470 to I-70 to Great Escape RV Park in Higginsville MO

Friday was 207.9 miles to Granite City / St Louis NE KOA for 3 nights to visit with son Mike and family.

Monday was 292.5 miles on I-70 to I-465 to I-69 to Anderson / Muncie KOA in Chesterfield IN.

Tuesday was 220.7 miles on I-69 to I-469 to US-24 to I-75 to Camp Lord Willing RV Park where we will spend the summer until the end of October while Carole continues her treatments for Lung Cancer.



Sunday, April 28, 2019

Ride thru the mountains.

We are still here in Arizona for another week and a half and it is getting very hot,  So yesterday we took a drive up into the mountains to get out of the heat for a few hours.
We left North Ranch and headed north on AZ-89.
thru Yarnell, Peeples Valley, Kirkland Junction, Wilhoit. and Prescott National Forest
to Prescott
East on AZ-69 in Prescott thru Prescott Valley where we stopped for gas.
East on AZ-169 at Dewey
North on I-17 to AZ-260 Southeast thru Camp Verde, Coconino National Forest, Tonto National Forest
South on AZ-87 thru, Strawberry, Pine, Payson, Rye, and Sunflower
West on AZ-202 at Mesa
North on AZ-101 at Tempe
North on I-17
Stopped for dinner when we got off  I-17 at AZ-74
West on AZ-74
Northwest on US-60 to Wickenburg.
North on US-93
North on AZ-89 back to North Ranch and got home just before 9pm.



Monday, April 22, 2019

Easter dinner

Easter dinner at Jim & Maralyn's with Dwayn Sharp & Jan Tenpenny, Chris & Neal Campbell, Mary Pelley & Jane Corchane.
 Jane & Chris were in the house when I took the picture, didn't realize it until after.
If you click to enlarge the picture you can see part of our Motorhome parked on the other side of the garage.
Patton Family favorite desert

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Escapees annual National Rally

Escapees Escapade March 17-22, 2019
Pima County Fairgrounds
Tucson Arizona

We arrived at the fairgrounds on Friday March 22.  We were to man the table for Great Lakes Chapter 6 on what is called the "Row".  The Row is where Chapters, BOFs (Birds of a Feather), and member owned Co-Op RV Parks have tables to tell rally attendees about our various groups.
More explanation and pictures -> Escapade 2019
We had a great week seeing old friends we have not seen in a few years and making a few new friends.  We went out to dinner a few times with our friends Vic and Taree Schrubb.  The Lifetime Member dinner Wednesday evening we sat with Vic and Taree and with Wayne and Beth Roberts who are former Escapade Directors.  We worked some of the Escapades Wayne and Beth Directed, great people.


More pictures and info about our time on the "Row" are on the Great Lakes Chapter 6 page.