We left Las Vegas on Monday, November 5th, and
spent a couple of nights at one of our favorite state parks, Buckskin State
Park, Arizona. It is located right on the Colorado River between Lake Havasu
City and Parker.
Then we drove to Tucson and spent a couple of nights at the
Davis-Monthan AFB Family Campground.
After spending Friday night in Las Cruces, New Mexico, we
drove to El Paso where we spent all-day Saturday at the Freightliner shop. They
resolved a “check-engine” light we had on our motorhome. It turned out to be a
faulty manifold pressure sensor on our Cummins diesel engine. We spent 8-hours
at the Freightliner dealer…not fun waiting.
We arrived in San Antonio on Monday, November
12th, for a nearly three-week stay. We spent time with Julie’s mom
the first week of our stay.
Early on Saturday morning, November 17th,
we flew out of San Antonio to San Francisco. There we connected with our long
flight to Taipei to see our son Paul, his wife Ying, and our grandson Connor. We
left San Francisco on Saturday around 1:30PM, but lost a day crossing the
International Dateline and arrived on Sunday night around 7:30PM.
We thoroughly enjoyed our week in Taipei
visiting Paul, Ying and Connor and also Ying’s parents. We rode the MRT,
Taipei’s subway system, every day as we explored the city.
We visited one of Taipei’s night markets, the Shilin Night
Market, last Friday night, November 23rd. Although it was crowded,
it was fun to see all the food stands and various items for sale.
On Saturday we visited the Bitan Scenic Area on the edge of
Taipei. It was a nice scenic spot with good mountain and lake views. "Bitan" literally means "green lake",
referring to where the Xindian River widens to form the lake. There is a
well-known suspension bridge that is used only by pedestrians. We walked across the bridge and I was surprised on how
much it moved as you walked across.
We flew home on Monday,
November 26th. We departed Taipei at 10:30AM, but arrived in
San Francisco at 6:00AM on Monday, the same day. We got back to San Antonio at
4PM, just in time for rush hour.
We’re finally starting to
get over the jet lag, waking up in the middle of the night. We head out
tomorrow, Sunday, the best day of the week to drive through Houston.
Steve & Julie
Cornelius
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