Hello all:

While our truck is being repaired, I thought I would update with a few pictures. We visited family in Oregon, and then on to California. We stopped in Idywild, a mountain, 6,500 feet, east of Hemit and northwest of San Diego. The temperatures in Hemit was in the 100s +, but never got above 85 during the day and into the 40s and 50s at night in Idywild. We needed to drive off of the mountain to visit my brother, in Hemit, and Darlene's cousins in San Diego. Here is the view from Idywild.

My Sister lives in Stevens Ranch, CA, north of LA. We meet in San Diego for a weekend and found the California version of the green flash.

We made one more trip to San Diego to visit Darlene's cousin. The gave us a nice tour of San Diego. Here are some pictures.

Arizona was next on our list to visit brother Dale in Phoenix. It was hot in Phoenix so we went to Flagstaff and camped in the national forest, again 6,500 + feet. This is where Dale does some of  his hunting. We went with him as he scouted out the elk situation. We got up before dawn, hiked to a mound of rocks and started looking for elk. 

After Dale left, we moved into a regular camp site in Flagstaff. We took a drive around Flagstaff and visited Oak Creek Canyon. Again the photos don't do the vistas justice.

 

We are now in Albuquerque waiting for our truck to get fixed. We took a hike to Sandia Crest. This is called the 10k hike, not because it is 10k but 10,000 feet in altitude.

And the leaves are changing at the higher altitudes.