Ramblin' Man

Lord, I was born a ramblin' man

Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can

And when it's time for leavin'

I hope you'll understand

That I was born a ramblin' man

Do you know/remember who wrote and recorded that song?  I'll tell you at the end of this blog, but what this blog is about is the first half of our seven-day whirlwind travel to Colorado to arrive at our Workamper destination in Canon City, CO.

We left Gardnerville, NV on April 12th and our first stop was in Beatty, NV right outside Death Valley National Park.  The highlight of this one-night stand was the local tavern, Sourdough Saloon.  We went there for some pizza and beer.  OMG, it was so much fun.  First off, you have to love a state that allows open-carry.  For you Californians that means you can wear a gun on your body that is visible to all.  So here we are in  Podunk kinda-nowhere and in this bar are three older gents dressed in cowboy duds all sporting six shooters on their gun belts.  Gotta love it!  Gary and I do anyway.

Here's a photo of the outside of this fine gun-toting establishment.

 

This is a picture of the bar.  See all the dollar bills stapled everywhere?  The whole bar was filled with dollar bills.  People wrote messages on them in black marker.  Quaint.  Our bar tender was also the pizza maker.  He was like a one-armed paper hanger and stayed very, very busy, but he was great.  We gave him a BIG tip because he was quite impressive in his ability to juggle a whole bar (that wrapped around in a horseshoe) as well as making pizza for people at the restaurant and those who called in to-go orders.  Simply amazing!

 

 

Another place we saw on the road was Lake Mead.  We didn't have time on this trip to stop at Hoover Dam, but we did get a glimpse of Lake Mead through the car window.

Our next stop was Kingman, AZ (April 13th) where we stayed overnight at Blake Ranch RV Park and Horse Motel.  Here are some photos of that fine establishment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part of our route included stops on Route 66.  This is a menu from a diner we stopped at on the road in Arizona.  It's not the first nor was it the last time we intersected Route 66, the "Mother Road" (as she is so often fondly referred to).

 



Next stop?  Williams, AZ and the grandest canyon of them all, The Grand Canyon!

 

Oh yeah, and for all you song buffs out there, Ramblin' Man was an Allman Bros. original.

 

Ruth 1:16-18
But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.  "Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me."