DAY 5 OB OUR TRIP WEST 2/29/12

Off to Albuquerque, New Mexico today. Many more miles of land and cattle. All the way through Texas too.

DAY 4 OF OUR TRIP WEST 2/28/12

We head for Yukon, Oklahoma today. Wow talk about miles and miles of NOTHING. Wind farms and cattle. You could see FOREVER and not see a single home. Warm though. We saw robins and cardinals at a rest stop. YEAH

DAY 3 OF OUR "TRAVELS" WEST 2/27/12

I call the wrecker as soon as I found a repair shop. They haul our car away and we wait. I finally call and they tell me that it started right up when they got it to them!!!!!! So they do some extra testing and change the gas filter. It's 3 p.m. When we take off for St. Louis, Missouri.

DAY 2 OF OUR TRIP WEST 2/26/12

We are ready to head out. The Tahoe is packed up, the dogs are in the back seat and we had enjoyed our complimentary breakfast. I turn the key and it grinds but will not turn over.....GEEZ!!!!! We try a few times with the same result. AAA is called to send a wrecker to bring us some gas since we finished the day before with less than a quarter of a tank, so that seemed logical. The wrecker arrived with the driver covered with as many tattoos on his body that I wanted to see and many piercings.....he put a gallon or so of gas in and nothing......so since it is Sunday there are no auto repair shops open since now we are thinking it is a fuel pump. So we stay another night in Merrellville, Indiana. The staff at the LAQUINTA'S a have so nice and accommodating.

GOING WEST TO ARIZONA 2/25/12

Mike and I with our English Setter, Jesse and our Cocker Spaniel, Jenny left Northern Michigan headed for Arizona on March 25, 2012. We have never been west so it was an exciting day. We stopped in Bay City to see my mom and then on our way to our first stop in Merrellville, Indiana. We always stay at LAQUINTA's because they are pet friendly and nice enough.