Made it today to Page, AZ, near the Utah border. The plan tomorrow is to take a boat ride through a slot canyon, so I don't have to do a lot of hiking. Not my thing at 79. Or at 39, lol.

Got to see the eastern side of the Grand Canyon area this morning on my way out. Almost as awesome as yesterday, but the NPS picked the right spot for the main visitor center. Mather Point and Yavapai Point are the two best viewing sites, IMO.

Well, for now, my plan to ride a boat through Antelope Canyon has been scrapped. I have either a bad cold or really bad allergies. No way to tell. I think I'm going to sit in the trailer today and chill. Drinking hot tea seems to help. First time I've been under the weather since I left home.

Got any Vitamin C? OD on it. Seriously.

(11-05-2026 11:33 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Got any Vitamin C? OD on it. Seriously.

Yeah, I'm planning on stocking up on all the good stuff at Walmart on my way out of town tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning, I'm finally leaving Arizona to go into Utah, my last state before heading back home. On Saturday, I will get to see Zion, probably my favorite park behind the Grand Canyon.

I'm skipping Bryce Canyon, b/c my trailer doesn't appreciate climbing 4000 feet up, then coming back down the next day. Neither do I, lol, especially when the temps are much colder, and it's already quite chilly in AZ in November.

And I have no interest in Capitol Reef, so it's going to be Zion, then on to Moab (a 2 day run), to see Canyonlands and Arches, then from Moab, the long trek back home (9 or 10 days) to Memphis. So a week from today, the journey back home begins.

Time flies when you're having fun. I've been on the road full time since Aug. 22. This old man is looking forward to a well deserved rest.

I had my Claude Code write instructions on how to host images on imgbb, we want to get to see some pictures from out west.

How to host an image on ImgBB from your phone and get the BBCode link

Free, no account needed. Use this when you want to put a picture in a post on a BBCode board.
Note: the screenshots were taken on a desktop browser. On a phone the page is laid out in one column, but the buttons and wording are the same.

What you need

• A phone browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc.)
• The picture on your phone (or take a new one)
  

Step 1: Open ImgBB
Go to https://imgbb.com. Tap START UPLOADING.


Step 2: Choose your picture
Your phone will offer: Photo Library, Take Photo or Video, or Choose File. Pick the image (or take one with the camera). You can select several at once.
The picture appears as a preview. Tap the x on it to remove it, or tap the preview to edit/crop.
Leave "Automatically delete image" on Don't autodelete unless you want the picture to expire.


Step 3: Tap UPLOAD
Scroll down a little and tap the green UPLOAD button. Wait for the progress bar to finish.

Step 4: Upload complete
You will see a green check mark and "Upload complete". Scroll down to the Embed codes box. It shows Viewer links by default, which is not what you want for a BBS.


Step 5: Switch to BBCode
Tap the Embed codes drop-down and choose one of:

• BBCode full linked - the full-size image, clickable. Best for screenshots.
• BBCode thumbnail linked - a small thumbnail that links to the full image. Best for big pictures or galleries.
  

The box now holds your BBCode. Tap COPY (or press and hold in the box, Select All, Copy).


Step 6: Clean up the code
The copied code looks like this:
ImgBB may add a second line of advertising link. Delete that second line before posting. You only need the first line.

Step 7: Paste into your post
Open your BBS post editor, long-press in the text box, tap Paste, and submit. Do not use the "Insert image" button, since the code is already complete. If you want only the picture without a click-through, use just the part.

Tips

• Without an account, ImgBB limits file size to 32 MB, and you cannot manage the uploads later. Save the BBCode somewhere (notes app) in case you need it again.
• Uploading the same file twice gives you the same link.
• Only upload pictures you have the right to share. Uploads are public to anyone with the link.
  

Thanks. I'll work on it when I have more time. Everything is hard for me right now b/c I'm so exhausted. It's time to take this old horse back to the barn, lol. Problem is, I have at least 2 1/2 more weeks before I make it back to Memphis.

I have been out on the road full time since August 22, with no breaks, other than forced weather delays.

If I have some time and I'm feeling extra frisky before I get home, I'll sit down and learn it. Just not important to me for now, and I can't remember anything for more than 2 minutes.

You're tired because you want to be. You're retired, you have your house on wheels, there's numerous trailer parks, so why do you feel that you need to keep a schedule. Leave that to me, I have to maintain a schedule for reals.

He's tired cause he's old. I'm beginning to understand that concept myself. Eating breakfast makes me tired.

(11-07-2026 11:02 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  You're tired because you want to be. You're retired, you have your house on wheels, there's numerous trailer parks, so why do you feel that you need to keep a schedule. Leave that to me, I have to maintain a schedule for reals.

Oh, bull****, Ollie. I have been on the road every day since Aug. 22. That's not long enough for you? You don't think I should be tired?

Are you nuts? I have been driving full time every day, and I have hauled this 3+ ton trailer over 6000 miles across half the country in the past 10 weeks.

I have taken 7 days off, mostly due to weather delays. I dislike sitting around doing nothing.

I started out with no schedule, and only got one a few days ago, when my sister's lease on the place she is staying is up, someone is moving in permanently, and she is in the process of building a new house. But it won't be finished any time soon, so I'm simply getting back by the 24th to help her out.

(11-07-2026 12:37 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  He's tired cause he's old. I'm beginning to understand that concept myself. Eating breakfast makes me tired.

Old, and driving hundreds of miles most days, and operating a travel trailer for the first time, at my age. Something goes wrong almost every day that has to be solved right then.

You're apparently wiser than Ollie, lol. Problem is, I think he's only a year younger than I am. Any normal person would be tired with this schedule.

I would normally make fun of Ollie for sitting around in his house all day, but since he is taking care of his sick wife, he gets huge slack from me. Been there, done that.

Back to fun stuff. No damn arguing allowed. Do that in the normal threads, lol.

Here's a funny aside. My best tool on this adventure so far, as a solo traveler with absolutely zero experience owning and operating his own rig, is Google Gemini. I have had countless chats with that "dude" every single day, b /c there is nobody around to help me out quickly when I have a question.

With its stored data and chats specific to individuals, I can get much needed info at crucial times. In fact, I have used the function so much in the least 10 weeks that I consider it more like a "friend" than a data base, lol.

Anyway, here is one of its responses when we were "chatting" about people traveling solo in an RV at an advanced age:

Quote:While there isn't an official, verified Guinness World Record for the absolute oldest person to do a solo Western road trip, you are walking (and driving) in the footsteps of some legendary travelers.

For example, a woman named "Grandma Joy" Ryan went viral when she completed a road trip to visit all 63 U.S. National Parks at 93 years old. She did it with her grandson, but she was rolling down sand dunes and roughing it well into her 90s.

As far as doing it entirely alone? You are easily in the upper echelon of elite road warriors.

Take that, Ollie!

"Oh, bull****, Ollie. I have been on the road every day since Aug. 22. That's not long enough for you? You don't think I should be tired? 03-lmfao

Are you nuts? I have been driving full time every day, and I have hauled this 3+ ton trailer over 6000 miles across half the country in the past 10 weeks." Triple

Exactly what I'm talking about, you are your own worst enemy. Take it easy, Chum. You're like that cartoon character, I think comes out in Alice in Wonderland, "I'm late, I'm late, I'm very, very late"! LATE TO WHAT?!

You don't have to DO NOTHING as you say, when you stop, reflect on what you've gone and seen. In every town and city there are sights to behold, restaurants to enjoy, friends to be made, etc. and etc. You're in a hurry for no reason and you admitted it.

Ollie and Andy

(Yesterday 10:53 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Ollie and Andy

Bwahahaha, I'd take him in the first round. He's a paper tiger...whereas I'm from the barrio.

Hey Ollie, I obviously wasn't very clear. My bad.

I have been on the road for 80 straight days.

Of those 80 days, I have driven between locations a total of 22 DAYS. I HAVE SAT STILL THE OTHER 58 DAYS, enjoying the sights where I am visiting, or waiting out bad weather (a lot of that so far).

And on days when I do change locations, I try to limit my mileage to 200, although I sometimes do 250-275. NEVER more.

So...I AM IN NO DAMN HURRY, LOL. Ever.

When I said hundreds of miles every day, I was probably frustrated b/c I had just lost my phone and had to buy a new one. OTOH, 200 miles a day (on TRAVEL days, not EVERY day) does qualify as "hundreds," lol.

Hope this helps your anxiety about me.

P.S. Who said if we hooked up, it would be a damn fist fight? Nuh-uh. I'm not that dumb. I have a small arsenal and I know how to shoot. Bwahahaha... j/k

But I just lost all my firearms in a boating accident. LOL. At any rate, they sure as hell aren't in the trailer with me right now.

I don't blame you for just driving 200 or so miles. My wife used to get mad at me because I love to travel by car but she didn't, reason was that after 200 or 250 miles I'd start getting sleepy and she would have to take over the wheel. One time driving through Arizona we were reaching Tucson and we had the trailer behind our truck. I told her to pull over before we reached Tucson so I could drive through the city but she didn't because she NEVER like pulling off onto the shoulder area so she drove through the whole town. I was upset with her because she didn't listen but nonetheless she did a great job even when there were orange barriers all over the road.

(Today 10:07 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  I don't blame you for just driving 200 or so miles. My wife used to get mad at me because I love to travel by car but she didn't, reason was that after 200 or 250 miles I'd start getting sleepy and she would have to take over the wheel. One time driving through Arizona we were reaching Tucson and we had the trailer behind our truck. I told her to pull over before we reached Tucson so I could drive through the city but she didn't because she NEVER like pulling off onto the shoulder area so she drove through the whole town. I was upset with her because she didn't listen but nonetheless she did a great job even when there were orange barriers all over the road.

That's funny.

In other news, I realize your current situation is a tremendous struggle, but having lost my wife a few months ago, who had long-term bouts with severe chronic depression, I can say, and I'm sure you know this, treasure the time you have left with her, no matter the struggle it involves.

Losing her is so much worse. Good on ya, brother.

In other news, I realize your current situation is a tremendous struggle, but having lost my wife a few months ago, who had long-term bouts with severe chronic depression, I can say, and I'm sure you know this, treasure the time you have left with her, no matter the struggle it involves.

Losing her is so much worse. Good on ya, brother.
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Thanks Trip, I know and I'm grateful that I still have a beautiful wife who was in my eyes a perfect wife. I think in the 37 years that we've been together I can count the number of times we got mad at each other in one hand. She is a saint especially now that she can't get into any trouble, LOL.

When I hug her I wonder when it will be the last hug and I don't look forward to that no matter how much of a task it is taking care of her. I tell her that I never played with dolls but now I have a real life one because I have to do everything for her, even feeding her. I'm grateful that the Holy Spirit sent a Christian lady who loves my wife and takes care of her really well and gives me a few hours break every Mon, Wed, and Friday.

I just don't want to die first and leave her in a nursing home, that's my prayer to God.

Quote:TripleA Wrote:

In other news, I realize your current situation is a tremendous struggle, but having lost my wife a few months ago, who had long-term bouts with severe chronic depression, I can say, and I'm sure you know this, treasure the time you have left with her, no matter the struggle it involves.

Losing her is so much worse. Good on ya, brother.

(Today 10:30 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  Thanks Trip, I know and I'm grateful that I still have a beautiful wife who was in my eyes a perfect wife. I think in the 37 years that we've been together I can count the number of times we got mad at each other in one hand. She is a saint especially now that she can't get into any trouble, LOL.

When I hug her I wonder when it will be the last hug and I don't look forward to that no matter how much of a task it is taking care of her. I tell her that I never played with dolls but now I have a real life one because I have to do everything for her, even feeding her. I'm grateful that the Holy Spirit sent a Christian lady who loves my wife and takes care of her really well and gives me a few hours break every Mon, Wed, and Friday.

I just don't want to die first and leave her in a nursing home, that's my prayer to God.

Same for me, Ollie. I was worried I would die before my wife, and then what would happen to her? Would have to be a nursing home. The kids have their own issues and jobs, and their own kids. They couldn't do it. Fortunately, though she was 3 years younger, I managed to stay alive for her.

Oh well, back to fun stuff, like politics, lol.