JANUARY COMING TO A CLOSE......2019

We started for home December 29th which was a 

 few days  before our scheduled departure from Flagstaff Arizona

I think we have learned now not to set an actual date 

Our new motto will be...….

Watch for a window of weather opportunity!

Bruce Browning entertained us on our last night at the Browning home

Haven't seen this before where a dog actually has a nap while making sure his tennis balls are still with him

My  birthday flowers stayed behind

First day on the road

We knew there had been a snow storm around Albuquerque New Mexico a few days before

We were now coming into some snow

WHOA

We were now in a mess

Safe but in a mess

Transport trucks overturned by the side of the road

Cars in ditches

Cleanup of accidents

Traffic on the east and west lanes of Highway 40 had come to a standstill

The truck in front of the truck in front of us decided it no longer wanted to 'sit'

Out it went full force to see if it could get through the medium which was full of snow to get onto the west lane

Back and forth it went

Tires spinning

Snow flying

Stop and start

THEN...…..

Our lane started to move

What did the truck do?

Gunned it once more and came back over to the east lane

Some kind soul let it in

And

Sure enough the truck passed us and away it went into the sunset!

Couldn't help but notice cattle in fields

oh...….they must have been cold and hungry

Once we got out of New Mexico it was smooth sailing

No snow to deal with

This was our last campsite before arriving home New Year's Day

Because of the goings on in New Mexico we lost two hours of travel time and also lost two hours to time changes in the different states

We came into this site in the dark which is not my favourite thing to do

Always a surprise though when you wake up in the morning to see your surroundings

Sometimes you have to drive the extra mile to find an RV park that is open year round

We actually came into a park in the dark the night before as well

Upon arriving home the first thing I did was to purchase a new bird feeder

Ha......no birds but we did have squirrels

Must say the birds have finally found the feeder but just in the last few days

This guy could not get the hang of it

Finnigan would really like to be outdoors

The eye is watching their every move

Tulips on the dining room table

Spring will be here one of these days

We took a drive out to Erie Beach and along the Dyke Road to check  Joe's brother's cottage

Very surprised to see a freighter way out in the lake

Beauty of winter nature

Last weekend we drove up along the St. Clair River

First stop

Walpole Island

A tug and a US coast guard ship were struggling to get through the ice

They'd go forward a bit then back up a bit

Back and forth

Driving along highway 40 we saw ice fishing 'huts'

at a pond

We saw Canadian hockey being played on a pond

We were now in Port Lambton

The river was totally jammed

Swans and geese found a little open area in Sombra

Just the other side of Sombra we settled in at the side of the road to watch the Canadian and American coast guard work together at clearing a path for a tug and barge

The tug and coast guard ship that we had seen at Walpole Island reached their destination 

The yellow tug joined in to help 'push'

Nice surprise

Got to see two eagles

My guess is that these chairs will floating down river one of these days

We stopped at this park

The eagles were in this vicinity

You can see where the park has been flooded by the high water level

Hopefully this boat survives the winter??????

This just caught my eye as we drove along

Gotta have our phones wherever we go!

Ending to a good day