Well nothing like escaping the cold, wet winter weather of Northern Kali-forn-i-a and heading to the the land of blazing heat, Death Valley. Okay we did not exactly have blazing heat, but I can definitely say it didn't rain. Much.

We have gone to DV in all months of the winter and it is always warm enough to wear shorts. This time, the coats rarely came off. The wheelin' was great except the Zuk was having fuel problems alot of the time and it made for some interesting moments.

Kathy ended up getting the flu and spent New Years in bed while the rest of us celebrated around the fire of neighbor's Dave and Christine. They and their friends Ken and Bebe parked their Monaco 40' Diplomat's on either side of our little Monarch, but we had the Brown's Southwind for backup.

Click on the picture to see other shots. The last two are panoramas and will take a little longer to download.

Well I guess we shouldn't complain about the weather on this side of the states. Here is a shot of Ben out and about in sunny Coventry, Rhode Island looking for a way to cool off. Congratulations to the Patriots and their win today. I know Jack and everyone else back there is happy. Raiders sucked this year! Click on the photo to see more pics from Kathleen's side of the world! (All captions are courtesy of Kathleen

It looks like its down to this home now. Our buyers home has pretty much been sold, so we should be making an offer on this one by the first of February. It sits on top of a hill on 75 acres! Already for mules and mutts too! Click on the picture for a larger pic plus a view from the bluff.