Joeann's View

Ahhhhhhh……is the sound of my body appreciating being lowered into a 105° hot spring. One of my biggest delights in travel is discovering a hot spring along the way to relax and balance the stress that comes with hours of driving. On a recent road trip, my husband and I visited four hot springs resorts in southern Montana. We didn’t…

Hawaii has been identified as the happiest state in the US and the most mentioned destination for those with bucket lists of places to visit. If you’ve always wanted to go, but think you can’t afford Hawaii, let it go! I have created this Hawaii Big Island budget guide to share my Big Island insider tips, and some amazing free things to do on…

Our prickly pear cactus are loaded with beautiful ripe purple fruit. This summer bounty produce prickly pear juice and syrup to take us through the year.  This time of the year, I pick the fruit and juice it and then freeze it until I need it for Prickly Pear Lemonade and Margaritas or when I am ready to make prickly…

After returning home from our 2019 summer road trip, I feel like one of the luckiest women in the world to have such a peaceful, wonderful place to live. While all the travel is fun and exciting, when I am home, there is a magical energy that cocoons around me. So, I am just enjoying the good tennis weather with…

July 9, 2019  Day     31        Miles         435            Begin Albuquerque, NM            To Tucson, AZ Roads Traveled  I-40 to lesser travelled two lane roads NM 117, NM 36, NM/AZ 60, AZ 77 HOME Slept in MY OWN BED!!!! The view when I open…

July 8, 2019                 Day      30  Miles          160           Begin    Las Vegas, NM         To.   Albuquerque, NM Roads Traveled.     Interstate 25  Slept at Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm, Albuquerque, NM The view this morning…

July 7, 2019 Day           29   Miles        318             Begin    Victor, CO         To  Las Vegas, NM Roads Traveled  CO Backroads 11, 9, 50, 69 to  I-25 Slept at The Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas NM No Tennis Today Wildlife sitings: 1 deer, 5…

July 6, 2019   Day       28      Miles       128               Begin    Vail, CO         To. Victor, CO Roads Traveled  I-70,  Co 9, CO 24, Us 24, CO 67 Slept in the Elizabeth Báthory Room in the Black Monarch Hotel Tennis Score.  I WIN!!!! 6-2…

July 5, 2019     Day      27 Miles     236                Begin  Saratoga WY           To Vail, CO Roads Traveled  WY 14, WY 125, WY 230, CO 230, CO 131, CO 6, I-70 Slept at  Vail Racquet Club Mountain Resort, CO Tennis. Bub Wins (barely) 6-4 Wildlife…

July 4, 2019     Day   26                     Road Trip Pause in Saratoga, WY Sleeping at The Wolf Hotel, Saratoga, WY Tennis  6-3 The view today starts with tennis from Wimbledon around 6 AM. We see Roger Federer win. Bub is happy to have Cable TV with tennis since we…