On a grey Tuesday on the train

I’ve said goodbye to Kevin at the station this morning and now back to work, it will be very quiet tonight without Mr Fogg and Kevin.

Counting down to Mr Fogg return on Thursday now…

So Kevin and I are now back in York after a smooth trip.  Unfortunately a drizzly sky and back to a jungle of a garden.
We sooo miss the Las Vegas heat and big skies, so are planning the next trip.

I can see a weekend gardening event coming….

Was it really only 2 weeks??

Today was a 234 mile drive to Holbrook, passing through some small towns in New Mexico and on the I40 following the line of Route 66.

Our stay at the Sandia Peak Motel last night was comfortable but the area itself not good.

On then past lava fields

And The Continental Divide

Stopping then for a quick break at a gas station and this funky sign

Since we were passing we called in via the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest.  Simply beautiful scenery and a lovely drive

One hell of a beautiful road.  Well worth the drive out to Santa Fe.  Here are some awesome pics Kevin took today of our drive:

That’s Mr Fogg above, cruisin’ on his Harley

Plus some pretty roadside flowers

After our wonderful visit to Croc Lile at his studio in Amarillo where Croc transforms the paint flecks from Cadillac Ranch, Croc has posted about our visit on his Facebook site.

This is one gallery not to be missed as you pass through Amarillo!

Today was the start of the road trip from Chicago to Pontiac.  In theory a plain sailing   (Yeah right!) 85 mile navigation out of busy Chicago and down through Joliet onwards to Pontiac.

Kevin and I in the car and MrFogg on the bike.

Which would have been fine until we lost Mr Fogg somewhere on the four lane (and very busy) I294.  Cue a rather stressful hour of “where the hell did he go” until we finally made contact on the phone to find he’d gone a little too far south on the I294 instead of turning off south west into the I55 towards Joliet.  So Kevin and I pulled up in Romeoville and sat watching traffic, counting cars, school buses, Harley’s and cross legged waiting for him.  An hour or so later…..thank goodness, he’d found the route and popped into sight!

On then for a very good run all the way to Pontiac, without us managing to lose Mr Fogg this time.  

With early evening closing in we finally pulled into our motel for the night.  It certainly isn’t the Ritz……nor is it quite the Bates Motel but it’s clean and has beds.

Tomorrow we will go explore lovely downtown Pontiac, a favourite from our last trip.

What’s the best way to scare the living day lights out of Mrs Fogg

We’ll soon see!
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Kevin our little traveling companion has set off back to the land of the cold, rain and dark skies, so what better way to toast Kevin’s departure than a trip to Red Lobster for a feast of lobster, snow crab legs, many different shrimp and broccoli (yes they actually do serve veg here), along with a Marguerita with grand marnier.

Your good health Kevin, it’s been fantastic showing you the sights, sounds and tastes of Orlando.

Unfortunately poor Mrs Fogg has the displeasure of my bugging the hell out of her for the next 3 days before we head home.

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Time for Kevin to head on back, so a round of crazy golf, Walmart and then the Airport

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