tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52766367549407911452024-03-13T02:22:34.509-07:00Koehler's KaravanDavid n Peggy Dec 2011Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-42649332814850383632016-04-17T08:00:00.002-07:002016-04-17T08:00:29.905-07:00April 5 through 17
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 5, 2016, we headed out, stopping at the Interstate
Battery place in Jasper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man came
out and checked our batteries, said they were OK, and said we should go to an
RV service place about 7 miles away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
did, they were out of business, and it was back a 1 lane road and not a great
place to turnaround.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to keep
going to Vidalia, LA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went about 230
miles, and checked into Riverview Campground, for 2 nights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to Lil’ Dago’s and had fantastic
pizza!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 6, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We got up and drove up to Lorman, MS, which is the home of ‘The
Old Country Store’, better known as Mister D’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve written much about this place in previous blogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There was absolutely NO place to get RV service done, either
in Vidalia, LA or Natchez, MS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did
some research and discovered that Greywolf Mobile RV Services was in
Vicksburg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called them and they said
when we got in, let them know where we are and he’ll come take a look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime we had talked to Murphy
(Matthews RV Repair) a couple times, and he maintained that it was the
batteries, no matter what that Interstate man said!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7 – hitched up
the night before, and headed out to Vicksburg, to the Ameristar Casino RV
resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’d been there before and it is
a nice clean park to use as a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>base to ‘do’
the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we got settled in, we
called Tom (Greywolf) and he came over immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked at the batteries, said yes, that
was the problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He left to get 4 new
batteries, came back about 45 mins later and said they only had 3, but would
have another in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he’d
be back about 8 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We met a really nice couple from Canada, Mike and Marilyn,
and although they have our blog address and email and phone, I didn’t get their
information!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a nice little yammer
together, until it was time to hit the hay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 8 – Tom came back with the batteries, installed them,
hung around and made sure they were charging properly then he took off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made the decision to stay another night to
let them charge fully before we went up the road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I unhooked the car and Marilyn and I did a WalMart run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had put a nice roast in the crockpot for
dinner, and wanted some fixin’s to go with it </span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She needed to grocery shop because their car
was on a dolly and to unhook was a major undertaking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we got home, everyone had a bite of lunch, naps, then
it was time for Happy Hour!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David and
Mike had some 15 YO single malt Scotch, which they thoroughly enjoyed (Mike had
it stashed until he found someone that liked it), while Marilyn and I enjoyed
an ice cold beer, cashews and conversation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 9, 10, 11, 12 – We hitched up and left Vicksburg and
made our way to Jeff Busby National Park Campground, free camping, no
hookups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a learning curve, but we
figured out how to use our Inverter/batteries, making our days very enjoyable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were in our spot and set up by noon, and
by 3pm the campground was FULL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
reservations, so first come first served.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do NOT wait until late afternoon to try to get a spot in one of the 3
free campgrounds going up the Natchez Trace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I felt very sorry for the people that came later and had no place to
park!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Monday we got up to lots of rain, but we were expecting
it, and had put away all our gear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
decided to go for a drive, and David found a restaurant he wanted to try in a
little town named Ackerman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was “Pop’s”
and really, save your money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hole in the
wall, over half the menu was not available, and NOT inexpensive!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tuesday we went down to French Camp, once again a place I
wrote about extensively before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had
lunch at Council Bluff’s House, where we shared a fantastic BLT (10 slices of
bacon, heirloom tomatoes, homemade toasted bread, house made garlic mayo), and
I had potato soup, David had Chili.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was a delicious lunner, and dinner later on was popcorn </span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 13 – We left Jeff Busby campground and headed to Arkabutla
Lake COE park where we have a wonderful huge site, with water and 50 amp
electric, for the princely sum of $10 per night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re staying for a week!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Weather is wonderful, cool enough that you don’t need the
AC, and warm enough that you don’t need a jacket!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did a drive around, a WalMart run, and
went to Tunica MS to check out the casino’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We also went to the Horseshoe Casino in Robbinsville, because I had a $25
coupon for the seafood buffet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat
down at a penny machine, put in a 5, and won 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So for about $8.00 we had a great seafood
dinner, and several hours of fun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can’t
hardly beat that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 18 – Memphis, TN tour…stay tuned!</span></div>
Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-8517885418506616502016-04-03T16:46:00.003-07:002016-04-03T16:46:41.724-07:00April 1 - 3 of our Northern Journey
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 1, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We got a rather late start, pulled out of Hondo after
filling up with diesel, at 10 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Considering this was the first time we hooked up the new car to the
motor home, and the fact that we hadn’t left TX in 2 years, I guess that was
pretty good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our destination was to be Somerville COE park, but when we
go there, it was closed because of flooding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We ended up staying at the Marina campground which was ok, but was $30
and I had budgeted 11…such is life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
had leftovers for lunner, and were in bed pretty early.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 2, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We got started earlier, 9ish, and headed to Magnolia Ridge
COE, where they said they had some ‘walk up’ spots available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t make reservations because getting
out that first day is always iffy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And,
you have to make them more than a week in advance!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We started out with breakfast cookies, and by the time we
got here at 1:30, we were both starving!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Leftovers again…and on our trip I heard a ‘popping’ sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we hooked up we discovered that the
inverter was not working, and after checking everything David discovered that
one of our batteries had blown its lid, and another one was bulging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, literally no power to the front of the
rig </span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got on the internet, found a battery place
in Jasper, TX, but no place was open until Monday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully we’ll be able to buy 4 of these bad
boys so we can get on down the road on Tuesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Part of the life of a full time RVer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 3, 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We slept in until 8:30 this morning; I fixed a good
breakfast of ham, eggs, grits and toast and went for a nice walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I got back, David showered and we went
into Jasper to find the battery place and make sure we can get the motorhome around
in there…and we can!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made a stop at
Walmart for some groceries, and then had an early dinner at Cedar Tree
restaurant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re ever in the area,
stop in, it’s a buffet that is all home cookin’, including the pie!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sampled lemon and coconut cream…yummy!</span></div>
Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-27117166296891288012016-04-03T16:34:00.001-07:002016-04-03T16:34:16.228-07:00March 31, 2016
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Catching up again…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, last time I blogged, we were gate guarding for Riata
Oilfield Services in Cotulla, TX.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second
week in July we got the news that the gate closed, and we had 5 hours to get
off the pad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made it in 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Off to Hondo we went, where we cleaned the
rig, unpacked the bays, set up our bbq pit…and bought a new to us car!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a 2015 Equinox, which can be owed 4
wheels down behind he MH.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two weeks later I got a call from Guard 1 Services, asking
if I wanted to work a guard shack outside of Cotulla, but no MH pad, which
meant we had to find and pay oilfield prices for an RV spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did, stayed at JD’s Nueces River RV park,
to the tune of $550 a month…for Aug and Sept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They shut that gate Sept 24<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> so Oct 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> we were
back in Hondo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our friends, Lynn and Joyce Marlatt from Riverton came to
Hondo for the winter, so we started the usual winter activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eating, happy hours, Dr appts, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Right before Thanksgiving I got a call from Guard 1, asking
me to work a shack in the Whitsett area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I said OK and off I went, 4 days on, 4 days off, 12 hour days…but,
Cinder wasn’t doing very well when we were in Cotulla, so I left David and her
at the park in Hondo and drove back and forth every 5 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That worked out OK until Feb when we decided
to take the MH down because I was spending a fortune on room rentals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, off we went, and spent a week at Choke Canyon state
park, which is really a great park!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, the day after I got the call that the gate closed…so back to
Hondo we went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That was in mid-February, and we stayed in Hondo, until
April 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s when we hit
the road and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to start blogging
again.</span></div>
Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-84493455711349016552015-07-30T12:01:00.001-07:002015-07-30T12:01:07.885-07:00April through July Gate Guarding in Cotulla TX<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We got a gate through Riata Oilfield Services, just 5 miles out of Cotulla, TX on the Northcut Ranch. We felt blessed, because our gate had NO mud, and very very nice oilfield workers, whom we got to know pretty well in the 4 months we were there!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We did have an issue with rattle snakes – we saw 5 in a two week period, two of which the workers dispatched for us because they were under and/or near our motorhome (as in behind the back wheels). That was exciting, and we did see several more but nowhere close to us so they got to live <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Winking smile" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ObkhSFANygA/VbpzmLepIPI/AAAAAAAACbs/SkrAYQuRTaM/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800">. <a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fd5cW5aD5_Q/VbpzqQKJ9FI/AAAAAAAACb0/KyY7O788Fv0/s1600-h/IMG_2582%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2582" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2582" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ufpCQ_dujpA/VbpzrqQ04LI/AAAAAAAACb8/BwHYtFSDwlI/IMG_2582_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U9_wvVEaETM/VbpzyvUntaI/AAAAAAAACcE/GYYroW4Vb2g/s1600-h/IMG_2584%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="IMG_2584" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2584" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aPUz8ut54XQ/Vbp0cVRigTI/AAAAAAAACcM/v972TN0_ME0/IMG_2584_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244"></a></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While there I joined the Ladies luncheon in Cotulla at the Baptist church, the first Tuesday of each month. They have a wonderful patron who pays for the lunches to be catered in, and it was always very nice. The best thing about it was that we got to network with the other guards, from all different companies, so we learned quite a bit about them! We also had a lunch the 3rd Tuesday at a different restaurant each month, which really was nice too. It’s a Godsend when you can get away from the gate and enjoy the company of others in the same lifestyle!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">My friend, Judy Mott and her husband Dick got a gate the same day about 8 miles from us, so she went with me about every other week shopping to a ‘big’ store, HEB, WalMart, etc., because Cotulla just has a small Lowes grocery, and a couple dollar stores. When we would go we’d have a late lunch, (Dick slept until 2, but on our days out he got up so we could leave at 1), then we’d shop, and arrive home about 6:30/7:00. It was always nice to get away and stock up the cupboards!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Of course we treated ‘our’ workers on holidays, Memorial Day, 4th of July, etc. I decorated our gate and made brownies, sometimes they would get tootsie roll pops, sometimes donuts, no bake cookies, goodie bags of bite sized candy bars…something almost every week. They really enjoyed it, and we enjoyed treating them! </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We had planned to stay on the gate through March of next year, but we got the call on March 21 that our gate was closing and we had until 5 pm to vacate. Well, we put it in high gear and were pulling out by 11:45. We got back to our lot in Hondo, TX and set up by 3 pm. We went to the local restaurant, The Cowboy for our first meal out together in 4 months. Woohoo!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Then, last Thursday, we went to San Antonio and bought our new car. My ‘old car’ was a 2005 Chevy Malibu, with 140,000 miles on it. It was a great car, but we put a refurbished transmission in it back in Dec in DC and it had a 6 month warranty on it. It was starting to shift hard, and then the AC went out in it July 17th. We are members of USAA and I used their car buying service to purchase our new ride. It is a 2015 Chevy Equinox, LT2 with all the bells and whistles…more than I need that’s for sure. </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We’ve had several outings since being back. I have my name in several places for guard positions, including for 12 hour guard shack jobs. I sure would love to have something, but we can’t work a real busy gate, since David’s COPD keeps him down quite a bit…but a 12 hour or 18 hour gate would work as long as it wasn’t horribly busy. We’ll just see what opens up. We have several dr appts coming up, the last one is Aug 19th for David. If we have nothing lined up by then, we’ll be packing the car and heading to PA for Sept and Oct…returning to TX for winter.</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">All for now – I’ll report again in a few months, unless something major happens before then!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-85986872846926494832015-07-30T11:34:00.001-07:002015-07-30T11:34:31.591-07:00January, February, March Hondo Tx<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We arrived at Lone Star Corral January 18th. Our friends, Lynn and Joyce Marlatt were already there waiting for us, and they were almost our back door neighbors! We immediately started showing them the area, and joining the wonderful Escapee friends at LSC. Some of the things we did:</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Alamo</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">LBJ ranch tour</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Outlet Mall in San Marcos</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Visiting gate guard friends and fellow LSCer’s Gene and Linda Moreau</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">San Antonio river walk</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bill and Rosa’s for country fried steak</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Pulled pork dinner at LSC</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mad Dogs Pub in San Antonio</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Coopers BBQ in New Braunfels</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lunch bunch tea room in Uvalde (fantastic jalapeno soup)</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Trade days in Boerne </font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brazilian Grill in North San Antonio (highlight of the trip)</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">5 Days in Rockport where we walked on the beach and pier, had breakfast on the bay, went to the boiling pot for a dinner, and since we were parked right on the bay had wonderful views every day!</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Welcome Winter Texans lunch in Uvalde</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sabinal bean supper</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Valentines dinner at LSC</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">German dinner in Fredericksburg</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Breakfast and shopping at the Old Spanish Trail in Bandera</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Omelets in a bag (Peggy’s kitchen)</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Many days of ‘just driving around’</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Car show at Womack Chevrolet in Castroville</font> <li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mercado in San Antonio (Mexican shopping plaza)</font> <li></li></ul> <p> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Before Lynn and Joyce left, our friends Len and Phyllis East came to LSC for a month, and they joined in on some of the fun stuff too! Also we had visitors Joe and Sandy Fryberger from Longmont, CO came and stayed 2 nights. We sure wish we would have had more time with them all!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On March 16th we left LSC for a gate at Northcut Ranch, with Riata Oilfield Security Services. We were hoping to get a gate and just kind of fell into this one, and we love it. It is now May 4th, and we are planning to stay here until at least next spring (if the job holds out). It will be a long hot summer in south TX, but the kitty is crying the blues, and we have to make some money. We really enjoy the Cotulla area, even though it is in the desert pretty much. We’ve got some great wildlife here at the gate – cows, deer, turkey, eagles, rabbits, road runners, rattle snakes, coyotes, cardinals, and many birds we don’t know, but they’re fun to watch. We’ve gotten to know quite a few of our ‘workers’ and so far I’ve made them brownies and no bake cookies. </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-10620749694127613252015-01-17T07:42:00.001-08:002015-01-17T07:42:49.168-08:00Jan 13, 14, 15 Magnolia Ridge COE Park<p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Tuesday we got up and got moving early – we had 240 miles to go to get to our spot at Magnolia Ridge where we had reservations for 2 days – hoping if we got in a day early we would be able to stay. The drive was nice, we had no sunshine but no rain <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b_4DZQPU3Cc/VLqC5LJA2vI/AAAAAAAACYc/EB1WNGnKQBc/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800"> We got to the park about 3, which is the cut off for us…if we aren’t somewhere by then we find a place as quickly as possible! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We got parked in site 40, which is an amazing site. Actually, I don’t know if there is a BAD site in this park. Of course it is a Corp of Engineers park, and we had 50 amp elec and water for the princely sum of $9 a day. </font></p> <p><font size="4"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rI2xNgOZ1zY/VLqC6L8PHTI/AAAAAAAACYk/06kuWKdXIRU/s1600-h/10277152_10203635541393231_4617779020990219729_n%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="10277152_10203635541393231_4617779020990219729_n" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="10277152_10203635541393231_4617779020990219729_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Bo835UspHpI/VLqC60JmFYI/AAAAAAAACYs/VeP8Rlly4qo/10277152_10203635541393231_4617779020990219729_n_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="364"></a></font></p> <p><font size="4">One of the perks of this park is that friends of ours, Judy and Dick Mott were parked on site 40 – and we stayed here specifically so Judy and I could have some ‘friend’ face time <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b_4DZQPU3Cc/VLqC5LJA2vI/AAAAAAAACYc/EB1WNGnKQBc/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800"> Normally we would go to Livingston, but these sites are less expensive, bigger, more level and much quieter. I really really like this park! I expect it will be back on our ‘go to’ places again.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We settled in and had beef lo mein out of a frozen bag for dinner – and you know that doesn’t happen very often, but it was very good.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Wednesday we got around and headed into Livingston to pick up our mail. Hadn’t gotten it since mid Nov so there was a lot – I haven’t even gotten through it all yet! While there we had lunch at Taco Bell and I grocery shopped at HEB. Also filled the car up with gas at $1.84 a gallon – Oh Happy Day! We came home and got stuff put away, Judy and I got some visitin’ done, and I pulled out a frozen bag of homemade Taco Soup, and that was dinner! Later on I went over to Judy’s and watched Criminal Minds and Stalker – both were excellent!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Thursday we got around pretty early ‘cause I had invited Dick and Judy for breakfast. I did sausage gravy and biscuits, with eggs to order. It was awfully yummy! Of course, in true RV fashion, we sat and yammered for almost 2 hours <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b_4DZQPU3Cc/VLqC5LJA2vI/AAAAAAAACYc/EB1WNGnKQBc/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800"> </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Then Judy and I went to visit with Lynette and her husband, Gregg McHenry, more gate guards with Gate Guard Services. It is always fun to meet new folks in the same ‘business’ as us! </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kRIYJblyIxk/VLqC7XphYGI/AAAAAAAACY0/4_tbOPeIUqs/s1600-h/10533325_10152819680733113_3359191493121905958_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="10533325_10152819680733113_3359191493121905958_n" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="10533325_10152819680733113_3359191493121905958_n" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l24sUNcXOro/VLqC8LyD1YI/AAAAAAAACY8/vpfuNSVMqeE/10533325_10152819680733113_3359191493121905958_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="429"></a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">We visited for a couple hours, then headed back home where I got a nap…and baked a cake! I made a banana split cake for dessert, because Dick and Judy made us a wonderful dinner of shrimp gumbo and potato salad. It was a true Louisiana feast and we enjoyed it immensely. Thanks Judy and Dick for feeding us that amazing dinner!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ufUW2vPpYlA/VLqC8x7KamI/AAAAAAAACZE/XEsAK7KXeoY/s1600-h/untitled%25255B3%25255D.png"><img title="untitled" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="untitled" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AK2QUgcBflQ/VLqC9mXdc8I/AAAAAAAACZM/xXyQdQx5cRI/untitled_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="644" height="375"></a></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We ended the evening on more laughter – which is the way it should always be! We had a wonderful 3 days at a great park…who could ask for anything more!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-55728802250380175672015-01-15T10:54:00.001-08:002015-01-15T10:54:40.200-08:00Jan 11, 12 Natchez MS<p><font size="4">We left Jackson, MS on Sunday morning, at the late hour of about 10:30. We were in no hurry since we only had about 100 miles to go. We stopped for diesel and paid $3.45 a gallon, which was a great price considering on our trip North in May we paid $3.99 a gallon a couple times!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We got to Natchez Trace State Park about 1 pm, and although we stayed here before, I forgot about the road to get in here. It is about 3 miles of twisty, turny, hilly potholed roads. When we got here we realized that there was NO TV stations to be had, even though we’re only 8 miles from Natchez….gggrrr! So we were unable to watch either of the playoff games, but we’re happy to have our Verizon hot spots and that Green Bay won their game, also the Indianapolis Colts won their game! My kindle got a workout for sure while we were here!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Monday morning we got around very slowly, it was raining and had rained hard most of the night. I got a big surprise when I took Cinder out – for the first time in about 2 months I didn’t need layered clothing, gloves and ear muffs! It was a balmy 55 degrees…hooray!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">About 11 we left to go 20 miles North to ‘the Old Country Store’ AKA Mr. D’s restaurant. It is a buffet that we have visited every time we have traveled on the Trace. Really the best fried chicken I’ve ever eaten, and I’ve eaten a LOT! Today was no exception, the food was amazing, from the salads to wonderful veggies, green beans with bacon, turnip greens, sweet potatoes, ribs, country fried pork chops, handmade biscuits that just about floated away they were so flaky…yummers! We ate ‘til we were miserable…then David had blackberry cobbler with ice cream!!! I had ONE bite, and it was SO good. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We meandered our way back home, napped and played on the internet for a while. Tomorrow we pick up the jacks and roll on down the road <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jIn7uJdxiiM/VLgM7DDsZgI/AAAAAAAACYI/ML_3PL-w9fs/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800"></font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-21992038751621084642015-01-10T16:52:00.001-08:002015-01-10T16:52:40.576-08:00Jan 8, 9, 10, 2014 Timberlake Campground, Ross Barnett reservoir<p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Thursday morning we got a late start, it was only in the teens temperature wise. We had bacon, egg and cheese english muffins to start the day. As we went down the road, we thought we would stay in Canton at a campground, but then we did a little search and decided to try Timberlake Campground, in Ridgeland/Jackson MS. Boy, we are glad we did!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">This campground has well over 100 sites, and we had a waterfront site with full hook ups, on a beautiful cement pad, for $25 a night. All paved roads, well maintained, pool, tennis courts, country setting – and you are less than a mile from a huge Kroger and several mini malls with everything you could possibly want in there. WalMart is 7 miles away, but we did not need to go there! NO cable TV, but we got about 20 channels over the air. Free wifi! Needed my external antenna but it was good, fast wifi.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">For dinner we went to a place called the Lost Pizza Company and had a really good pizza and salad. We came back and just vegged. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">On Friday morning I got my list and headed to the grocery store, while David hooked up the water and sewer hose. First time I went for groceries since we left PA! I did a little re-arranging of a kitchen cupboard, and made a nice dinner of salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, applesauce. It was very good. I got 2 loads of laundry done and since the weather was not too bad, Cinder and I went for a nice long walk. That was about it for the day!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Saturday, 10th, woke to wonderful sunshine! Cinder and I walked again, she loves scaring the Geese that are everywhere here! Did more laundry…took a ride around the campground with David. Dinner was fillet of beef on the grill, baked sweet potatoes, salad. We head down the road tomorrow!</font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-42185535810696694922015-01-07T10:09:00.001-08:002015-01-07T10:09:51.912-08:00January 1–4, 2015<p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We left Berlin at 9:30 am, New Year’s day. As we traveled down the road, we reminisced about last New Year’s day when we left Yuma AZ after spending a month there. The weather was MUCH better then! As we left this year, it was –18 degrees…with a wind chill! Bbbbrrrrr!!! We stopped at the Borough shed and hooked up the car, and then we were off. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We drove miles down the road, and decided to stop to refill my coffee, and let some of the water out as well! We had a cereal bar and kept on going. We stopped about 11 and had egg salad sandwiches for lunch, in a nice rest area. We continued down the road, and stopped for the night at the Robert Newlon Airpark RV park in Huntington WV. We had stopped there before, and were very pleased with the fact that it was a Passport America park and it was $12 for full hook ups. Imagine my surprise when the manager said they were no longer PA…and that it would be $28 for the night, even though we didn’t want water or sewer. We most likely not stop there again, even though it has nice pull throughs. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We got up Jan 2, and headed down the road once again, where we once again stopped for egg salad sandwiches for lunch, got to Singing Hills RV Park about 2 pm. Long days for us, another day over 270 miles. We got set up and since it was a balmy 48 degrees, decided it was time to put some water in the unit. That’s when we ran into trouble. The city water was good, but when we tried to fill the tank, water sprayed everywhere. What a mess! Oh well, just another bump in the road of full time RVing. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">On Jan 3rd we slept in, got showers and headed to tour the JIM BEAM distillery, about 60 miles away. We enjoyed the drive, and the tastings. We each were to have 2 1 oz samples…so David got 4 1 oz samples. He slept like a baby back to Cave City! We had a late lunch at El Matzalan, recommended by our Host at the park. It was excellent! We then went to Mammoth Cave National Park, which was nice but we did not go into the Caves, as David is claustrophobic and only made it through Carlsbad Caverns because the grandkids, Branden and Ariel, held his hand the entire way <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-erZLBBOXCAA/VK12QfhZpyI/AAAAAAAACXs/PUgmM-mmW9E/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800"> Love them kids! We came home and just relaxed with cheese, crackers and wine for dinner, during the playoff game between Steeler’s and Ravens. Well, THAT didn’t turn out too good! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Jan 4th, we were up and on the road by 8:15 am, with our anticipated arrival at David Crockett State Park, where there is an RV Tech that we used this past spring. We arrived at 1 pm…called the tech, then had some lunch. He came, took a look, said he needed to get some parts and would be back tomorrow. So, off he went. We had lunch and took naps, then just enjoyed the view out the window. We finished some great ham, potatoes, green beans and cabbage, thanks to cousin Donna! It was just as good as it was the first time! Tomorrow I will be cooking something fresh! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">That brings us up to date…happy trails y’all!</font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-42013844585879486302015-01-07T10:07:00.001-08:002015-01-07T10:07:08.199-08:00January 5, 6, 7, 2014<p> </p> <p><font size="4">Sunday - We arrived at David Crockett State park, and since I had paid for our spot, went directly there as the office was closed. We camped in a handicap accessible spot which was great because it was level and lots of cement patio for Cinder to lay on and watch the squirrels! As soon as we arrived I called Ray Barnett, and he came over and looked at our water issue. He needed to get parts, and said he would be back on Monday. We puttered around and didn’t do much at all. We finished up the ham, beans, potatoes and cabbage that Donna made for us before we left.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Monday – it was a raw, cold day. Since we had water hookups I did some cleaning, and of course took Cinder walking. I did cook a bit, made stroganoff for dinner and it was so yummy! David loves it, I use hamburger instead of beef chunks, less expensive and just as good. I also use the butterfields pasta, since it is much lower carbs than regular pasta. The good thing is my sugar is starting to go back to normal levels – 131 for the morning fasting BS. I had a couple days there where it was 180 – 190. Scary but I think it was the stress of getting on the road, worrying about the water, etc. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Ray came over about 4 with what he thought he needed to fix our problem, and of course he did have to go get another part, and the fix is temporary, but at a cost of $75 including the part, we certainly can’t kick! We had an early night, because we wanted to get on the road reasonably early.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Tuesday – I had planned to stop in Corinth and tour Shiloh National Military park, but we had a mix up in our communications – I thought David knew where we were going, he thought what I put in GYPSY was wrong, so we missed the turn off by about 50 miles. SO we came on down the road until we got to Natchez Trace RV Park, just south of Tupelo. It had mixed reviews, but is a PA park, so we got full hookups, pull through site for $18 per night. I’ll take it! We got a reasonably level pull through, and started the ‘set up for cold weather’ stuff. We dumped the tanks for the first time since we left home, filled the fresh water tank 3/4 full of water, then put away the sewer hose, water hose, put a heat light in the bay, and were done! Lunch was left over stroganoff, and dinner was homemade vegetable soup. So good! Looked at the weather forecast and decided to wait until morning to decide if we were going down the road or staying put.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Wednesday – when we got up we looked at the weather, which was calling for 30 – 35 mph winds, along with temps in the low 20’s. Tonight it was to go down in the teens, so we decided to stay put. Since we were staying I got busy and made a ‘big’ breakfast of bacon, eggs, grits and toast. We’ve mapped out the next leg of our journey, and I rearranged our medicine cabinet. It is always a juggling act to keep the stuff we use every day with the stuff we use once a week in some sort of order…then of course there is the hair/beard trimmer, the toothbrush charger, porter salve, antibiotic cream, etc…the stuff you only use when needed, along with mucinex, robitussin, etc. And it all has to fit in a small medicine cabinet! I got it done, but it will probably get redone again when we get to TX. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">I also moved some glasses, pitchers, etc. to an underneath bay because I don’t use them very often. I also made a grocery list of things we are running low of or out of! I guess our next stop we will unhook the car. We’re both getting hungry for pizza, so I understand there is a good pizzeria in Canton…so we’ll see!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-75884342941772988262015-01-02T16:01:00.001-08:002015-01-02T16:01:03.659-08:002014 catch up<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We arrived in PA June 3, in time for my uncle Oscar’s funeral. We spent the next 7 months enjoying family. We had Ariel Bethelmy, our granddaughter for 7 weeks, and took her camping with us for a week, and cousin Donna Huston came down camping too. A good time was had by all.</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We also attended 4th of July activities with family, several family reunions, hot dog roasts, and let’s not forget, Daryl Bethelmy’s retirement on July 11th…we had a blast with all the family and friends that came. We got to renew our friendship with Daryl’s mom, Irma and her friend, Peter, aunt Myrna from the Chicago area, his sister Solange and her hubby Andrae from New York City, Joe Krepelka and Vicky from NC, as well as tons of friends! Nancy and Harry Gindlesperger, Angie and Alan Lepley and their children, Nick and Lauren came down from Berlin, so there was quite a houseful, as well as a great tour of DC on a trolley, and an organized trip to the Holocaust Museum as well. It was a fantastic 5 days!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BtbyIWNxqBk/VKcxIGm7KRI/AAAAAAAACWk/nZW12at_aHk/s1600-h/2014%25252007%25252011_5789%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="2014 07 11_5789" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2014 07 11_5789" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-II-12cXHTzw/VKcxJ1YtMII/AAAAAAAACWs/FrOjzxBnTJI/2014%25252007%25252011_5789_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="1028" height="682"></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">August the highlight was that we went to Williamsport PA to the Little League World Series. What a blast! We stayed there 5 days, then went north to New York state and visited with Bonnie Mason in Chenango Forks, New York. We also went to the baseball hall of fame one afternoon. It was a marvelous time that stopped us from having ‘hitch itch’ too bad!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-djLcv2WLQGk/VKcxLchu27I/AAAAAAAACW0/d2IWp35NPgo/s1600-h/Me%252520N%252520my%252520kids%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Me N my kids" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Me N my kids" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4AxMhM1BPvc/VKcxMXyi1zI/AAAAAAAACW8/YltY6RWJ6H8/Me%252520N%252520my%252520kids_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="428"></a></font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">October Dawn threw a surprise birthday party for me, ‘cause I turned 60 on the 11th. A lot of close relatives joined us at Oakhurst Tearoom…a great time was had by all! Thanks Dawn!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZG3qnLQx47o/VKcxNnf00bI/AAAAAAAACXE/vrURKAOZfJs/s1600-h/DSC_6302%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="DSC_6302" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="DSC_6302" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iLkEIWr5KPk/VKcxO4B6b5I/AAAAAAAACXM/WKRqYMYlPDQ/DSC_6302_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="428"></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Also October, we went to DC to watch Ariel sing in the choir for a concert – it was great. We also took Branden to his homecoming football game and the next night his homecoming dance. Boy, he is a handsome boy!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">End of October beginning of Nov found us visiting Gettysburg, PA with the kids in their motorhome. We went on a haunted hayride, and had some quiet family time…love camping with them! We left there and went to Weyers Cave VA to visit with Bob and Theresa Martin. We stayed at the fairgrounds there and had a lovely 2 day visit. </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We got back to PA to SNOW…and had the motorhome winterized. We went to DC for Thanksgiving with the kids, and before we went I made choc chip cookies, oatmeal scotchies, choc walnut fudge, choc pecan fudge, and peanut butter fudge, and pizzelles a loaf of banana nut bread and a pan of scotcheroos. The kids were very happy <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9FHnJ3kBOKU/VKcxPf_H_KI/AAAAAAAACXQ/DnAZxUvj9Cs/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800"> </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For Christmas, we once again headed to DC. I took all of the above, PLUS peanut butter cup cookies, gobs, date and nut cake. We had crab legs on Christmas Eve and the kids each got to open 1 gift, and Christmas day was so laid back and fun! Dawn made a crockpot breakfast casserole, we all opened presents, (David got a bottle of 18 year old scotch, I got some Good on Ya lotions and potions, and we got a new portable safari grill for the motorhome – we were very pleased! A couple days later we went to see ‘The Hobbitt, 5 Armies), and got back to Berlin PA Dec 29th.</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We spent the next several days packing up the motorhome, thanks again to Donna Huston and her granddaughter, Mikayla, who helped load it up! New Year’s eve we went to Hoss’s Steakhouse with Nancy and Harry Gindlesperger, Shirley and Len Gary, Mike and Jane Gary. We all had a lovely time, we were home and in bed by 9:30 New Year’s eve!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">And that brings us to the end…of 2015.</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-25921294242707265532014-06-02T17:43:00.001-07:002014-06-02T17:43:35.399-07:00North to Livingston :)<p><font size="4">We left Hondo as expected on May 27th, and went as far as Mumees where we got the rig lubed and checked out for our trip North. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Our next stop was Canyon Lake Potters Creek campground. It is a COE campground and we get full hookups for $13 a night, what a deal. However, no wifi, no TV, and NO phone service…BUT there were herds of deer, that have very little fear of people and came right up to the RV. We also saw a family with two little fawns that were so cute! The deer here in TX are very small in comparison to the deer in PA…it would take about 3 of them to make one! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We got a late start on the 28th because David had told me we were stopping in Bastrop, so I made reservations and then realized it was only 75 miles up the road…silly mistake that I’m hoping I won’t make again! It was a nice enough park, but again, no wifi, however we had over 300 tv stations!!! Who can watch all that! Sheesh!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">The 29th found us going about 185 miles north to Livingston, TX, where we will be staying for 3 nights at Rainbow’s End, the headquarters for Escapees. We received our 10 year pins today…woohoo! Can’t believe we’ve been members for 10 years – one of the best moves we ever made! We shopped at Wally World this afternoon, had dinner at an Italian grill, and are now home relaxing. Once again, no internet, no TV, but we do have phone coverage! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We really enjoyed out time at Livingston as usual. While there I got a message from Judy Mott, one of my facebook friends that I met through gate guarding – and she said they weren’t very far away – actually about 75 miles at Martin Dies Jr State Park, so when we left Livingston we went there for a night, and we got to meet each other in person. We spent a couple hours chatting, and then we went to the Cedar Tree for dinner where we overindulged but it was fabulous! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Today we got up and drove 193 miles to Vidalia, LA, where we got a site overlooking the Mississippi River, and entertained ourselves watching the barges go by. I made David a frozen pizza and I had a salad for dinner. I’m hoping there will be an adventure tomorrow! </font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-86148884913524674122014-05-26T11:45:00.001-07:002014-05-26T11:45:22.880-07:00Gate Guarding and catch up<p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">This is a very short catch up post. We got our gate about 10 miles outside of Cotulla, TX. We spent 3 1/2 months there, and it was a great experience. We had a slow gate, but neither of us were bored, and we made some nice money. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">On the second week, I fell out the door of the motorhome – dislocated my shoulder and broke my arm. They could not set it because of where it broke. Had a horrible 6 weeks and am still having issues. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We plan on leaving tomorrow, May 27th to start our journey North to PA. I’m excited to be back on the road again.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">As usual, I tend to post more often when we are on the road, because there is more to write about than just ‘did laundry today’ type of thing!</font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-82086132667915847532014-02-11T11:20:00.001-08:002014-02-11T11:20:11.280-08:00January 1, 2014 through Feb 9, 2014<p><font size="4">Our trip from Yuma back to Hondo, TX went very well – we did have a couple issues, one being that we couldn’t find the inverter to reset some fuses so we didn’t have electric in half the coach – so a trip to Camping World in El Paso and $500 later we were good to go. The highlight of our trip back was probably the meal we ate at Chuy’s in Van Horn. OMG, best Mexican food in a long time!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">When we arrived back at LSC there was the usual ‘out to eats’ at Buckhorn Saloon (Tuesday evenings), Bill & Rosa’s for country fried steak, Jade Buffet for Chinese, Hu Hot for Mongolian grill, and lots of good times with the folks at Lone Star Corral. A special shout out to our friends Bob and Jan Wheaton and Gene and Linda Moreau, Edmund & Margie Strickler, Gene & Patti Hunter…we’ll miss y’all!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We went to Boerne, TX mid January and took our test for our Texas State Security Officer (gate guard). Then we were sent to a place in San Antonio where we peed in a cup, then got our fingerprints done in Hondo. Then we started waiting for a gate. We did all the above with Timekeepers Inc – but after having heard nothing from them for a couple weeks, called Guard 1 Services out of Houston – they were extremely nice and easy to work with. </font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-18512943597334418902014-02-10T12:00:00.000-08:002014-02-11T11:20:42.451-08:00Feb 10, 2014 Gate Guarding<p><font size="4">We were up this morning at 6 am, having packed everything and ready to hit the road to our first gate guarding experience. We knew we were about 14 miles outside of Cotulla, TX, and had about 90 miles to drive. Of course, the weather was yucky – misty rain and cold…ggggrrrr!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We discovered on the way down that there is a big HEB in Pearsall, so that is where we will be doing our ‘big’ grocery shopping. That’s about 20 –25 miles away. When we came through Cotulla, we spied a LOWES market, as well as a Dollar General store. I ‘think’ I have packed pretty good with food, I kind of expect our major issue is going to be water…I can see purchasing some more jugs will be in our future! We use at least 1.5 gallons a day, just in drinking water and coffee – and I brought 2 cases of bottled water and 6 gallons for cooking with. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">The first thing we noticed is that should we get some steady rain, we will be stuck out here – there will be no way to get out our road, it will be flooded – and we also noticed the caliche that piled up on our shoes INSTANTLY! We will definitely be getting some pallets (I hope) and some cheap throw rugs to put outside! The weather is supposed to be nasty until Thursday – when I will probably head into town to investigate, send some mail out, and a few necessities. </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">The outgoing GG said that they had been here since June, and since it is a gate that the wells are producing already, not a lot of traffic. She said watch out for wildlife, that they have seen some cheetah’s that apparently got out from one of the exotic ranches in the area – as well as a lot of coyotes…so we’ll be keeping a close eye on Cinder! </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">Our Company Man, Roger came at the appointed time, hooked us all up to everything, (generator, water, sewer), and they showed us how to work the I-pad – basically it is take a picture, get a name, verify where they are going, submit to the office – very nice set up. My handwriting is pretty bad, but I can type like a crazy person! He also gave us a Wilson Antenna Booster, and so we have good phone service even with our Verizon. However, we have had zero luck setting up our ‘dongle’ for internet <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-sadsmile" style="border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none" alt="Sad smile" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-G8dP1liBEtw/Uvp4Bz5cP7I/AAAAAAAACSw/0gYDJLNFiuo/wlEmoticon-sadsmile2.png?imgmax=800"> </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">We checked in a truck – and all worked just like it was supposed to <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" style="border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none" alt="Smile" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4KWTCjFETDA/Uvp4CdSAe0I/AAAAAAAACS4/UakOWcoUB3E/wlEmoticon-smile2.png?imgmax=800"> </font></p> <p><font size="4">I fixed us ham and cheese sandwiches, veggies with dip and chips for lunch – and I’m making swiss steak over noodles and carrots for dinner, with home made bread. The motorhome smells SO good! </font><font size="4"> </font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-68297126977466943272014-01-04T18:51:00.001-08:002014-01-04T18:51:11.004-08:00Dec 17 through Dec 31st–Yuma Arizona<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Once again, I’m playing catch up! This time I ‘might’ have a good reason :)</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We had been looking at motorhomes since Dec 2nd – when we pulled into Yuma, David put the dolphin in park and the gear shift fell off. We had over 112,000 miles on it. Because we couldn’t find one, we had to get one made in TN and shipped to us. Cost – over $1,000 which gave us even more incentive to find something that we could live with and not break the bank.</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Just to clarify, the Dolphin was 37 foot with a big slide, pantry and underbed storage. </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We bought a 34 foot Beaver Monterey with NO slide, and it is a diesel pusher so NO under bed storage. For a couple days we looked like carpet baggers, but after some donations to a local church (tablecloths, towels, some kitchen equipment) we did get a few more bins, but got everything packed in the bays that wouldn’t go inside. Surprisingly enough, most everything fits! Now that we’ve been in it about 10 days, we really love it! Here are some pictures ;) </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rEYVuqjb8hE/Usc9HmSCNUI/AAAAAAAACO8/ZlT65EtOKME/s1600-h/WP_20131212_0023.jpg"><img title="WP_20131212_002" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131212_002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--TqPN7fxwJI/Usc9Is3mpVI/AAAAAAAACPE/JhbSLmkqpk8/WP_20131212_002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8jIlexZKc30/Usc9JluShVI/AAAAAAAACPM/YK2A0Stv8Ok/s1600-h/WP_20131212_0033.jpg"><img title="WP_20131212_003" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131212_003" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HYW_cTMXZcc/Usc9K-BqR5I/AAAAAAAACPU/SkrmGN0KUlc/WP_20131212_003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HQstCUR2h4s/Usc9MoQPTMI/AAAAAAAACPc/k3xL6b51lNo/s1600-h/WP_20131212_0043.jpg"><img title="WP_20131212_004" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131212_004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xC-mXVY0f2I/UsjELTTCL_I/AAAAAAAACQs/0D4bKSsZ3eo/WP_20131212_004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xIHFK4KEY6c/UsjEZt5cASI/AAAAAAAACQ0/OW2XT_3j3yc/s1600-h/WP_20131212_0063.jpg"><img title="WP_20131212_006" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131212_006" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JpwW5Pc6BYU/UsjEc88EGdI/AAAAAAAACQ8/qtdbrw3498Y/WP_20131212_006_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hdLbo0XMGAw/UsjEm5Lti_I/AAAAAAAACRE/B_vD2s4Ut5E/s1600-h/WP_20131212_0073.jpg"><img title="WP_20131212_007" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131212_007" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wTD7BsCkhWo/UsjEpEUWx3I/AAAAAAAACRM/7QPPBfaSVCY/WP_20131212_007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LoLwAFbJHIY/UsjE4ygP7VI/AAAAAAAACRU/C3HwmkLG-pQ/s1600-h/WP_20131212_0083.jpg"><img title="WP_20131212_008" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131212_008" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qiKZ5hrAU18/UsjE-o5xh2I/AAAAAAAACRc/1lAQNZo5BaU/WP_20131212_008_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jjwlwn58yBk/UsjFBEoMdrI/AAAAAAAACRk/O_DK-6pqh3k/s1600-h/WP_20131212_0093.jpg"><img title="WP_20131212_009" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131212_009" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CvaZpa0_Rxw/UsjFELdQavI/AAAAAAAACRs/fziLionTkkU/WP_20131212_009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="139" height="244"></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Can’t find the ‘outside’ pictures but here it is!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christmas Eve David got up with sore throat, and I knew he was coming down with the crud. We attended a party where 4 people made big Nesco Roasters with soups – chicken noodle (homemade noodles, yum), clam chowder, chili and potato…and we all took a side dish or dessert to share. I took a loaf of date and nut cake. We were home by 6 pm, where we had a nice warming toddy and were in bed early.</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Christmas morning found David pretty ill, so instead of going out to Golden Corral with friends, I put a big ham steak on the grill, made some candied sweet potatoes and peas – that was dinner…and it was delicious. I had saved our ‘Christmas Box’ that came in the mail from daughter Dawn, Daryl, Devon, Branden and Ariel. I opened it and there was the Dyson Animal vacumn – YIPPEE, I was so excited. I really wanted that! We also received a White house Christmas ornament, and 4 gift cards for Olive Garden. This was the BEST gift, thank you all so very much! </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dec 26 through 31st, we put stuff in cupboards, rearranged, and did it again. Between doing that, we visited with Walker and Evelyn Lane, and just enjoyed the warmth. We did get to Algodones and got some drugs…yippee, good for another year! </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dec 28th thanks to Walker and Evelyn, we had a ‘traditional’ Christmas dinner, with ham, deep fried turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, baked beans, cloud 9, rolls, pumpkin and apple pie. Also attending was Gertrude & Lynn, Cindy and her hubby, and Gary. </font><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">New Years Eve we went to Texas Roadhouse for a nice dinner and were home and in bed by 10. January 1 we pulled out of Yuma and drove 178 miles to Casa Grande. We visited with Cheyenne friends, Bob & Joyce Parker and Shirley Marsh. We missed Georgia and Roger Shepherd, they were in Pasadena at the Rose Parade. </font></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Today, Jan 2, we drove up to Maricopa and spent about 5 hours visiting with Ray and Sandy Abe at their house, and we went to the AK-Chin Casino for a wonderful buffet. We had such a great time and look forward to visiting them again this summer in Pennsylvania. That brings us up to date…tomorrow we’ll head out and stop in Benson for 1 night. </font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-38202570250587579882013-12-17T12:27:00.001-08:002013-12-17T12:27:52.111-08:00Dec 17 catching up<p><font size="4">Once again I am SO far behind! We continued our trip, stopping off at Deming, NM at the Dream Catcher and stayed a couple nights, meeting and enjoying some quality time with Fran and Rich Tilgner, including going out to eat at a great pizza place! </font></p> <p><font size="4">Then we headed out once again and stopped in Benson, AZ at the Saguaro Escapees park where we stayed 6 nights. Very nicely landscaped park, nice people too! We didn’t do a lot of sightseeing, but did get into Tucson twice – once to visit with Jim Alley and his wife…the name is simply gone, sorry. That is what happens when it takes me too long to update! We also went to Tanque Verde Guest Ranch for a delightful brunch!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Our next stop was 3 miles away at Butterfield RV resort, where we enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. We also met Bill Roach and Loretta Perno, facebook friends that we met a little over a year ago. We shared a table at Thanksgiving and went to a place called WildDogz on black Friday and had a wonderful lunch! David is a big fan of ‘chicago dogs’ :)</font></p> <p><font size="4">We left Benson and drove to Casa Grande where we stayed at KOFA co-op, yet another Escapee park. I believe it is the smallest one, but it was nice enough. Since we were only there 1 night we really didn’t get a good overview, and it was a weekend so no Social hours…maybe next time!</font></p> <p><font size="4">We arrived at ‘our’ lot here in Yuma on Sunday, Dec 1st. We’ve been having a great time! On 55th Street in the foothills, they decorate big time – so big that there is a ‘LIGHT UP PARTY’ on Dec 10th. Then every night thereafter someone ‘hosts’ the street. They hand out candy to all (Santa is there too most nights) and dog biscuits to anyone with a pooch! At the ‘host’ site, behind their gate they put out goodies for the people on the street. Some folks do hot chocolate, hot apple cider, and munchies. Walkers and Koehlers will be hosting 2 nights, the 18th and the 23rd. We are going all out, they are making brats w/kraut, Gertrude is doing veggies and dips with other munchies, we are making macaroni salad, fudge, date & nut cake, cheese balls and pretzels…</font></p> <p><font size="4">Here are some pictures of the places lit up! As always click on the picture to make them larger. It is wonderful!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ppDRiDLjtQs/UrCzk3CMzKI/AAAAAAAACMw/BtDwjW3IX2M/s1600-h/Light%252520parade%252520%25252817%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Light parade (17)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Light parade (17)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sktjueJLEo4/UrCzluWWgfI/AAAAAAAACM0/VYEmsNNsQfg/Light%252520parade%252520%25252817%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hBCDxGrvw9E/UrCzmTJAjuI/AAAAAAAACNA/KzwMp9vvEsc/s1600-h/Light%252520parade%252520%25252823%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Light parade (23)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Light parade (23)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7M6ta87stDs/UrCzm64pTII/AAAAAAAACNE/thwuXX0MTxU/Light%252520parade%252520%25252823%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MoksvypXLUU/UrCznqzTXWI/AAAAAAAACNQ/OU6hOVkUKPM/s1600-h/Light%252520parade%252520%25252824%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Light parade (24)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Light parade (24)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Q5c6a2Mg6Ts/UrCzoRIdEbI/AAAAAAAACNU/RgRkPX05wbQ/Light%252520parade%252520%25252824%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tFFNu2iw6iY/UrCzo7jsEiI/AAAAAAAACNg/CUGTwE-9RdY/s1600-h/Light%252520parade%252520%25252826%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Light parade (26)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Light parade (26)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dD8uvzIwBTc/UrCzpbfnniI/AAAAAAAACNk/_KqYly7srRU/Light%252520parade%252520%25252826%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HedxTBwi6Ng/UrCzqP1lKTI/AAAAAAAACNw/uR1dmu_a7kk/s1600-h/Light%252520parade%252520%25252829%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Light parade (29)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Light parade (29)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SaV3wg8WUYM/UrCztFKGwmI/AAAAAAAACN4/3i76HzRkiRg/Light%252520parade%252520%25252829%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">The people just keep walking and driving down the street, even buses! The candy givers get on the buses and hand out candy, and if there are kids, Santa gets on the bus too! Last year they had 23 buses in one night! It is gonna be busy I’m sure, but also a lot of fun!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We had a great visit here with our friends from Riverton, WY, Lynn and Joyce Marlatt, they were here for the light up party…here they are </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_b8-c8z9yzc/UrCzt29AsFI/AAAAAAAACOA/koTzMUbgUmQ/s1600-h/WP_20131210_003%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="WP_20131210_003" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131210_003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-e4URWOrylwo/UrCzvdPNpqI/AAAAAAAACOI/zd_KKIaG75M/WP_20131210_003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eYe6F3yDxjo/UrCzwGqsdyI/AAAAAAAACOQ/N9EGmAsGQjc/s1600-h/WP_20131210_004%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="WP_20131210_004" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="WP_20131210_004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MaKsIgzknac/UrCzxrQROEI/AAAAAAAACOY/sfjqSM22eao/WP_20131210_004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139"></a></p> <p><font size="4">David and Lynn have been friends since 7th grade in school – now that is an enduring friendship! They have gone several years with little to no contact, but they’ve kept in touch frequently the past couple years. Joyce and I are getting to know each other pretty well too! It was a nice visit but TOO SHORT! You’ll notice we were all bundled up, ‘cause it was COLD after the sun went down! In the low 50’s and with a desert wind…brrrr. I guess we were lucky, it was –7 in WY, and sleeting and freezing in Hondo, TX. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We’ve heard from friends Mel and Thelma May, from the Columbine Caravan in Colorado, and we will be getting together with them as well as Ray and Rita Rogers one evening :) </font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-5169576398272569472013-11-18T18:44:00.001-08:002013-11-18T18:44:47.734-08:00Nov 18 Oh NO<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We left Marfa about 9:30 heading to Las Cruces, NM, about 239 miles. Well, we got about 5 miles west of Van Horn, TX, so about 80 miles from start and suddenly there was a squeal, and a BANG and we lost power steering and brakes…David got us off the side of the road very quickly…</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We called Good Sam ERS – they sent out a mobile mechanic who was very good – turns out we lost an idler pulley and another pulley and the serpentine belt!!! After 3 hours on the side of the road, getting rocked by every truck that went by, and $362 later, we were on our way.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We stopped about 30 miles up the road at the town of Sierra Blanco, at a little RV park right on business 10. The RV park is the usual Texas dirt patch – but the restaurant with it was excellent. Very friendly, exceptionally clean and good food at a very reasonable price. We both had country fried steak, mashed potatoes & gravy, carrots, roll and 1 piece of sweet potato pie, and our bill was $17 – nice! </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-46885510791813104432013-11-17T15:00:00.001-08:002013-11-17T15:00:54.243-08:00Hondo to Marfa, TX Nov 15 to 17<p>Nov 15<sup>th</sup> <p>We left Hondo, TX Lone Star Corral about 10 am – and drove 134 miles to Seminole Canyon State Park. We were tired when we got there (first day is always pretty tiring!), but it is a very pretty park. We had good 30 amp service and water. We finished up leftovers for dinner J <p>Nov 16<sup>th</sup> <p>We got up and the plan was to keep moving, however David said he liked it there so much he wanted to stay another night. I did not want to unhook the car but the walk to the Ranger Station/visitor center was over a mile, and I sure didn’t want to do that either (I know I know, it would have done me good.). So, I took my chair and sat outside (it was chilly at 60 degrees) and flagged down a ranger when he came by. He immediately volunteered to take me up to the station and let me pay for another night. Since we have the Texas State Parks Pass it was $20 per night – no daily entrance fee :) <p>When I got back I made lunch, ham and bean soup that was so good! I defrosted it from the freezer and it sure hit the spot! We had good wifi in the park, so we spent most of the afternoon just dinking around on the net, and watching people pull in. I think everyone was hoping to see the Leonid Meteor shower, however it was far too cloudy… <p>We had a huge pizza craving, and it is pretty much out the window except on very special occasions because it is too high in carbs. 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!249&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2ID-AK8IXyU/UolKJ9EAxmI/AAAAAAAACIM/WtrNAL10f8M/-89034695254ED2491.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!250&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LqJGh-6nDHE/UolKKn1PSsI/AAAAAAAACIU/I29-kuyKrrM/-8925096403FFBA21E.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 5px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!251&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AVmZ12ZDLcg/UolKLXepOtI/AAAAAAAACIc/2Gbzpfbh2dc/-8776329683FFBA21E.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!253&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cJOF2q_n08o/UolKNZrc1tI/AAAAAAAACIs/1ocbY1-awkk/-89690055258F77263.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!254&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--Y5GiGmjJEg/UolKOX3eX_I/AAAAAAAACI0/D8T68ZZG4rA/-89906324058F77263.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!256&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t-YlY8BoiVk/UolKQAQie-I/AAAAAAAACJE/IlOuyvsWNks/-88634925606E4C51C.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!257&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZtelPJeAahc/UolKQ86Sh9I/AAAAAAAACJM/hEdY0rcp5EM/-90555130434D217D4.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!258&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-03J194ctc08/UolKRprsjHI/AAAAAAAACJU/joUgWmj891U/-9077139921FE09561.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!259&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-T0tRgM4-i2c/UolKSXYvlkI/AAAAAAAACJc/gi305NL1pGM/-8903468611FE09561.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!260&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1BxbeXZpFDI/UolKTA4DAiI/AAAAAAAACJk/1A6BcssvBbE/-8925095494DCDE819.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 5px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!261&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1X9-Ox0EVdw/UolKT5YIxII/AAAAAAAACJs/b0X-q2lSHZo/-8776328774DCDE819.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!262&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-F9juOSoe9Os/UolKUWSuLsI/AAAAAAAACJ0/1LBSxhKztZc/-8797955657BBB3AD1.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a 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href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!266&parid=4804492884A8F78F!238&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!AKeIvQYdOuuCNms" border="0" target="_blank" style="font-family:'Segoe UI', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:8pt;outline:none;border-style:none;text-decoration: none;padding:0px;margin:0px;"><img style="outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;border:0px;background:none;background-image:none;vertical-align:bottom;" border="0" width="76" alt="View album" title="View album" height="76" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-V3HG2TUedjs/UolKYw015TI/AAAAAAAACKU/QpleYDNiS3s/-88634916514B70B17.png?imgmax=800" /></a></td><td style='vertical-align:bottom;outline:none;border-style:none;padding:0px 5px 5px 0px;margin:0px;width:76px;height:76px;' ><a 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17<sup>th</sup> <p>We got up this morning, had a couple fried egg sandwiches, and hit the road. 200 miles later we arrived at Marfa, TX, home of the mystery lights! Do a search on Marfa Mystery lights and you can read all about them! <p>On our way we stopped in Alpine for a couple groceries and dinner is planned – Baby back BBQ ribs, baked potato and a big salad…maybe some veggies too! <p>Tomorrow we will travel until we’re tired (usually about noon the wind starts howling out here,) so when that happens we try to get off the road as soon as we find a campground! <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LBOGaCqYbNU/UolKc7Mh6PI/AAAAAAAACKs/d6_Uo-oaTxY/s1600-h/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525281%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (1)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (1)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2TTFcup7lt0/UolKdkzcWNI/AAAAAAAACK0/eQoFGcFT48c/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525281%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ge8G5IGYEOc/UolKgI-sRHI/AAAAAAAACK8/IwXJhlkQQKw/s1600-h/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525282%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (2)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (2)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZNiVHz5A6cM/UolKg_eK-tI/AAAAAAAACLE/8ouUwIlf__M/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525282%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-P4B0lfCmN8s/UolKiwLFGAI/AAAAAAAACLM/7OepB0tDChw/s1600-h/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525283%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (3)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (3)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yvn5IcLjBU0/UolKj_7UtKI/AAAAAAAACLU/NTLjSu41Jqs/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525283%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CVDoWXnSduA/UolKmBmdBeI/AAAAAAAACLc/H5UVFSjFsfg/s1600-h/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525284%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (4)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (4)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jNAGiSPqDUQ/UolKm0q0n4I/AAAAAAAACLk/YmCc2_ynB3g/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525284%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-e1kg1xy5Y9Q/UolKoe5nGNI/AAAAAAAACLs/rGkezzbf8uM/s1600-h/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525285%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (5)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tumble In RV Park Marfa TX (5)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZTOMym747aM/UolKpDDi6PI/AAAAAAAACL0/ec_idkDT4Sk/Tumble%252520In%252520RV%252520Park%252520Marfa%252520TX%252520%2525285%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-6287086971566911152013-11-15T14:12:00.001-08:002013-11-15T14:12:30.978-08:00A little catch up and going forward…<p><font size="4">We had a marvelous time on our trip back to TX in July – stayed at Lone Star Corral for 4 very HOT days…when we packed up the car and headed to Pennsylvania. It was a 4 day trip, and we got there August 4th – spent the next 2 months just enjoying family, picnics, friends and neighbors. Oct 3 we headed back out, spending 4 nights with Dawn and family in Annandale, VA, – then 2 nights in Cleveland, TN with friends Ann and Bob Reschenthaler and ex-mother in law Olga Krepelka…what a great time! We arrived back at LSC about Oct 10th, and have had a wonderful time at LSC, visiting and catching up with friends and neighbors! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We did take a 4 night trip to Rockport, TX where we stayed at Goose Island, a Texas</font></p> <p><font size="4"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lPj1FFgyHiM/Uoabd3bLx_I/AAAAAAAACD8/h0m8NUueexc/s1600-h/100_6915%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6915" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6915" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-J6P-CbI6J-w/UoabfaMQYoI/AAAAAAAACEE/wPqjdKlf2dk/100_6915_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nwOQk_yyVoE/Uoabib7ik3I/AAAAAAAACEM/BW2F_SqDZ-w/s1600-h/100_6916%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6916" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; 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display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6924" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SbQCvEITvTI/UoacKvwkqnI/AAAAAAAACGU/D3xGKRSVQEA/100_6924_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uixzn-MgJgU/UoacOdVwV5I/AAAAAAAACGc/dNVmZtrChCw/s1600-h/100_6925%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6925" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6925" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fbD7briOH-8/UoacPvoXyYI/AAAAAAAACGk/YugqZxkb8rY/100_6925_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a>State Park that we absolutely adore, parked right on the bay, no license needed to fish…aaaahhhh – that’s the life!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XP0KJOP0A74/UoacSGeTYbI/AAAAAAAACGs/us4RdePjWq8/s1600-h/100_6920%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6920" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6920" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--P6FgtLhv1k/UoacTQ1JW6I/AAAAAAAACG0/GQw8HQWWhtw/100_6920_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">Today we started our ‘winter’ trip – our friends, Walker and Evelyn Lane invited us to stay with them in Yuma, AZ for the month of December, and since we have never been there, we decided to go! </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font> </p> <p><font size="4">We are parked at Seminole Canyon State Park – and we’ll be heading to Marfa TX tomorrow, about 200 miles down the road. I will attempt to keep the blog much more current – it is much easier when we are actually MOVING :) </font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-47448107547189829802013-09-29T08:27:00.001-07:002013-09-29T08:27:31.427-07:00End of Summer trip<p><font size="4">Wednesday, June 26, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Got up and hit the road to Crazy Horse Memorial. We stopped in Hill City for lunch (breakfast was a slice of whole grain bread w/2 TBS of peanut butter at 7 am) at a place called Linda’s. It’s a deli and their food was excellent! I had a corned beef w/swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and thousand island dressing, David had a Chicago Dog & fries…they provided free ice water and hot tea, so for less than $14 we were stuffed!</font> <p><font size="4">We went to the memorial, and since they are NOT a National Park would not take David’s National Access Pass – we were just going to turn around and not go in ($10 per person is a bit steep) when David asked about a Veteran’s discount – the girl smiled and handed us a ‘FREE’ pass – so if you go, take something to prove you are military or vet…and save yourself some dough!</font> <p><font size="4">It was the first time we did Crazy Horse – we watched the movie, then David sat and chatted with people while I went through the museum and gift shop. As usual didn’t find anything I wanted to buy!</font> <p><font size="4">On the way over we went 385 – NOT RECOMMENDED at this time as there were miles and miles of construction – and we were stopped quite a bit waiting on a pilot car – took us about 2 hours to go 50 miles :( Coming home we went 88 miles through Rapid City and it took us 45 mins…sheesh!</font> <p><font size="4">We had leftovers for dinner – and it was an early night. There were no thunderstorms today and the temp was 93…too hot! The AC worked it’s little heart out!</font> <p><font size="4">Thursday, June 27, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Today was get ready to go day, and since there was a cancellation we moved over to a full hook up site so we could go into Gillette with clean tanks…</font> <p><font size="4">While David was moving the MH to the new site, I was doing laundry. I HATE laundry, but it has to be done about every 10 days – sometimes I can stretch it to 15 days, depending on the weather! The ‘warmer’ clothing takes up much more room in the hamper than the hot weather clothing!</font> <p><font size="4">Had a msg from Bev McDowell that they were coming up from Rapid City to Sundance – sounds like we will be going out for dinner! Lovin’ that!</font> <p><font size="4">Friday, June 28, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Arrived at Escapade in Gillette, WY in good time – in and parked by 11 am. Bev and Denny right down the road, Robin and Florence almost directly across from us! It was a great day weather wise, a little hot at about 82, but mornings and evenings are ‘just right’.</font> <p><font size="4">Saturday, June 29, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Up and at ‘em early for registration at 9 am. Got our packets and information on everything, talk about a small world, as I was standing in line for registration, David was chatting with a lovely couple on a bench. Believe it or not, the lady of the two is actually from Berlin, PA and comes back every year for the Blue Grass Festival over Labor Day! How strange to meet someone from Berlin in WY…The man needed medicine from the VA, so David got on the ‘net’ and got them the phone and address in Gillette so he could get it…such a nice guy! We went to Applebee’s with Denny and Bev for a nice ‘cool’ dinner!</font> <p><font size="4">We got our table all set up for the ‘ROW’ that we would be sitting at for the next 4 days! Happy to be beside the Pahrump Pair O’Dice folks, Jim and Linda Sullivan that we met in Pahrump, and Sierra Hills where we visited with Walker and Evelyn Lane! We stopped at Wally world and picked up two HUGE bags of candy, kisses and tootsie roll mini’s, for our booth. They were very popular with our fellow ROW participants!</font> <p><font size="4">Sunday, June 30, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">First official day of Escapades! We were to be at Spirit Hall at 8:30 for a ‘run through’ of the Parade of Banners. It went off without a hitch, and we went to our booth at 10. We met lots of new folks and chatted with a lot of them about what a great place SW TX is, and in particular our LSC!</font> <p><font size="4">At 3pm we were again at Spirit Hall for the ‘Parade of Banners’ which once again went off without a hitch! There was a great opening ceremony followed by an Ice Cream Social…yum!</font> <p><font size="4">We went home and had dinner, then were back at Spirit Hall at 7 pm for Door prizes and a terrific musical show, the Rivoli Revue. Lots of emotion during the ‘patriot’ portion, as they played each branch of the military and asked the members to stand. Thought of Jack Lefevre when they called for ‘Merchant Marines’ and only 1 man stood! Of course I cried like a baby during the Marines, Navy and Air Force songs…love my military family!</font> <p><font size="4">Monday, July 1, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Once again we manned our table, but David attended the Rand McNally GPS Seminar. Unfortunately, the acoustics were so bad he left half way through. It didn’t help that the man giving the talk had a very heavy British accent – he did get to talk to him later 1 on 1 and was able to get his questions answered!</font> <p><font size="4">We had a couple people that were very interested in getting on our waiting list, so we have our fingers crossed! Lunch was Brats from the concession booth – very good and reasonable at $3 each.</font> <p><font size="4">Paul Evarts RV Show and Sale have a Happy Hour every day at 3 – music, wine, beer and munchies. Now you KNOW I’m all over that!!! Pretty nice little chardonnay box wine :)</font> <p><font size="4">Evening program – Patty Davidson, ventriloquist did an amazing job! She is quite talented, and her brother as well!</font> <p><font size="4">Tuesday, July 2, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Pretty much the same as Monday – except we had burgers for lunch, and evening entertainment was BINGO. David had volunteered to man a security gate for a volunteer pin and an extra chance to win a Catalytic Heater from Solar World.</font> <p><font size="4">Wednesday July 3, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">The ROW party was today from noon to 3, and we were very busy! We gave out all but 3 of our packets (had 100) and went through pounds and pounds of kisses and tootsie minis…gave out all the pens too! All we had to pack back out was the pipes for the banner, the banner, and the log book! The slide show that David did on the computer was a huge hit – many folks stopped and asked questions about what they were seeing, and said it looks like we have lots of fun at LSC – yeppers, we do!</font> <p><font size="4">We went to dinner with Pam Mcmickin and her husband ??? boy I hate it when that happens! We went to Humphries (in Cheyenne it is Sanford’s) and had a great time! They have a lot at The Ranch in NM, and we look forward to spending more time with these friends.</font> <p><font size="4">We made the decision to do an ‘extend stay’ here and leave on Sunday. With it being 4<sup>th</sup> of July we were afraid that we might not be able to get a camp site in Wheatland. I’m sure we will if we leave here on Sunday morning. Lots of folks are planning on staying until Monday! Since we have been in this area for almost a month, we are ready to go on down the road.</font> <p><font size="4">Tonight was Ham-O-Rama, Escapades answer to amateur night – what fun! There was singing, dancing, storytelling, jokes, and even audience participation! A great time was had by all!</font> <p><font size="4">Thursday, July 4, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Once again we woke up to clear sunny blue skies, and I headed on down to pay for our ‘extended’ stay. I looked into some very nice motorhomes, but none as well suited to us as ours! BUT, a gal has got to look! Came home and fixed oatmeal, and before I knew it was time to head down for the chili cook off! We tasted 9 different chili’s, and put our $5 in the one we liked best. All proceeds from the cookoff and the music went 100% to CARE. If you don’t know about CARE, I’d suggest that you go to the Escapee website and look it up!</font> <p><font size="4">Naps were the order for the afternoon!</font> <p><font size="4">Here are the happy campers at the banquet – menu was bbq grilled chicken, brisket, scalloped potatoes, corn, rolls, birthday cake. A bottle of champagne was brought to each table after dinner and we all shared in several toasts during the closing ceremonies, followed by dancing.</font> <p><font size="4">We came back to the motorhome and the skies started to get very dark, the wind picked up and pretty soon the rain started. I felt very sorry for all the families that were sitting in the Cam-Plex area awaiting fireworks!</font> <p><font size="4">We sat inside the MH facing the fireworks, and what a show! The Gillette fire department put out some fantastic fireworks, as did Mother Nature! My oh my, lightening all around! It was marvelous!</font> <p><font size="4">The show was over and our eyelids were closing by 10 pm – and a nice nights sleep was in store for both of us!</font> <p><font size="4">Friday, July 5, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">We slept in for a change, and did some much needed cleaning up – vacuuming, dusting, putting away, etc. Everything has a place and must be put back into it, or you have total CHAOS in this small a space! Since we have been here housekeeping has been pretty low on the list!</font> <p><font size="4">Beverly and Dennis McDowell had won a buffet dinner at China King and asked if we wanted to go along – of course the answer was yes :) Mike and Carrie followed us over and we all had a great dinner – regular Chinese as well as a Hibachi grill. Food was yummy and company was even better!</font> <p><font size="4">Saturday, July 06, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">There was supposed to be a Farmer’s Market at the Tech Center here in Gillette – First Saturday of July to start at 8 am…Beverly and I went over at 9 and there was no one there! Terry Russell and Jan White were there because I had told them about it – I was pretty embarrassed, but that is what the web site said! Beverly and I went to Albertson’s to pick up some groceries anyway, so I have the ingredients for vegetable soup (zero point and so yummy).</font> <p><font size="4">This evening we had ‘social’ hour at our house – Denny & Beverly, Mike and Carrie, Jim and Ellie, Robin and Flo, David and I enjoyed each other’s company immensely! I made polish sausage w/kraut, everyone brought a munchies and we yammered and yammered until around 7 pm J</font> <p><font size="4">Sunday, July 7, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">We pulled out of Gillette and moseyed down the road to Wheatland, WY where we planned on eating at El Gringo’s. Naturally, they were closed both Sunday and Monday, so after yet another Taco John’s meal we went back to the mh and found that Oressa (a young lady who used to work at Wyoming Student Loan Corp was in Wheatland. She came over to visit with her two little ones. Thanks for visiting Oressa!</font> <p><font size="4">Monday, July 8, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">We headed out of Wheatland at 8:30 – got about 15 miles when suddenly we started getting a white steam in the coach and then the smell…of antifreeze. Looking ahead there was a parking area to pull off in, which is what we did. I put in a call to Good Sam’s emergency road service – after ascertaining that we were in a ‘safe’ place he asked what the trouble was.</font> <p><font size="4">I stated that we were pretty certain it was a radiator hose, and that we have a chevy 454 engine. He repeated it back to me – put me on hold and then came back and said he would call back. He called back in about 5 minutes, saying that there was a ‘mobile mechanic’ coming to our aid, but it would be about 2 hours until he could get there.</font> <p><font size="4">OK, not a problem. Once again I said we had a Chevy 454 gas engine. He made sure to tell me that we would be responsible for parts and labor. We did NOT get a call from the mechanic.</font> <p><font size="4">After about an hour and forty-five minutes, the man showed up from Bosselman, Inc. He spent about 5 minutes looking at the engine, and removed the hose. He then said he did not have one of those with him. He went into Wheatland and got a new hose and about 45 minutes later he came back. He spent 15 minutes installing the new hose and putting antifreeze in our radiator. </font> <p><font size="4">He then presented us with a bill for $442.73. Now to me, that is just plain price gouging. He charged us $332.00 for LABOR that was no more than 30 mins tops. He charged us $79.32 for a radiator hose that you can buy at NAPA for $21.00…$6.35 for antifreeze, and $25.06 for tax. So far I have emailed Good Sam ERS twice telling them what happened and asking for an explanation. I believe I was over charged by at least $200.00, and who knows what they were billed!</font> <p><font size="4">We finally got to the Moose Club in Cheyenne around 3, very hot, tired and discouraged. We set up and went to get some Parkway Pizza – man that is just the best pizza on the planet as far as we’re concerned! We loved it when we lived in Cheyenne, and now that is one of the first places we go!</font> <p><font size="4">We had just gotten home and here came our first visitors, Janet Tilton and her daughter Gena. Was so good to see them and Janet and I made a plan – I’m picking her up in the morning!</font> <p><font size="4">Tuesday, July 9, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">I picked Janet up and we went to R & B Breakfast Club for the best breakfast burrito’s in the world. They have the most amazing green chili – first bite takes your breath away and the rest is pure joy! Thanks Janet for treating J</font> <p><font size="4">We spent the rest of the day just ‘chillin’ – drove around a little bit, then just came home!</font> <p><font size="4">Wednesday, July 10, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">It was take Cinder to the groomer – so I dropped her off at 8, then picked up doughnuts and took them to Western States Learning Corporation and/or Align, where I worked for 15 years. It was wonderful to see the folks there that I still knew – many of my friends no longer are employed there…que sera sera.</font> <p><font size="4">I drove over and surprised my friend Lynn Conrad who was my neighbor when I lived there! We spent 3 hours catching up!</font> <p><font size="4">Went home and David and I got naps, then we went into the Moose Club where Ray and Sandy Abe bought our dinner :) We also saw friends Alex and Lou, Joe and Donna Dereemer, and Ron and Beth Hartz. It was a great evening!</font> <p><font size="4">Thursday, July 11, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Laundry day – gathered it all up and went to Dirty Duds…just got home when Pam and Gary Wisecup stopped by. He just had surgery and is doing well – best wishes for a speedy recovery!</font> <p><font size="4">I have no idea how we spent the rest of the day…just chillin’ I guess.</font> <p><font size="4">Friday, July 12, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">I took off at 8:30 for R & B breakfast burrito – last one on this stop. Then I went to Sam’s Club, got all the stuff I needed, then stopped at Brown & Gold and bought David a WY hat he just had to have. Went back home and we took off to dump the motorhome.</font> <p><font size="4">Got back to the Moose and I started cooking – made a big bowl of macaroni salad and 7 lbs of sloppy joes, put out tablecloths and paper stuff and would you believe it rained! First time in 6 weeks everyone said…grrrr. A good time was had by all who came! Gloria, Janet, Gena, Justy, Cindy, Stephanie and 2 grands, Lynn, Brittany, Matt, Alana, Aubrey, Dwight, Sonia, Wanna (I know I spelled that wrong) – so glad you all could come!</font> <p><font size="4">Saturday, July 13, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">We hit the road bright and early (OK, 9:30) and drove to Chappell, NE to a PA park. We were glad to get off the road – apparently when that idiot from Bosselman did our hose, he disconnected something, because our AC and Vent were not working – very very HOT!</font> <p><font size="4">We got a nice pull through site so we didn’t even unhook the car – I fixed tamales (from the Tortilla Factory in Cheyenne, a gift from Dwight & Sonia), and pork green chili that Gloria brought us! David topped his with Habanero Salsa, also from Gloria, while I just had regular salsa. Dinner was excellent!</font> <p><font size="4">Met a lovely woman who had her 8 year old grandson with them for their summer trip to Yellowstone. They have 11 grandchildren, and he is #10 – they have taken 1 at a time for the past 10 years! They have 1 more to go. She said that this one is the toughest so far, as he is autistic. We chatted for about 45 minutes.</font> <p><font size="4">Sunday, July 14, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">We got back on the road and headed towards North Platte, NE where we caught Rt 83, which we’ll be on until we get to Kerrville, TX. We planned on stopping at McCook, NE at a city park for the night, but we couldn’t find it. There was all kinds of construction there, we drove around for 15 mins then said OK, down the road.</font> <p><font size="4">We traveled another 29 miles to Oberlin, KS, where we found a shady spot at Creekside RV Park. The park itself is shabby, the roads are horrendous, but the shade was so welcome!</font> <p><font size="4">We set up and while waiting for the house to cool down, we went to find an air conditioned place to have a bite to eat. We stopped at Pizza Hut and had salad and pasta – it was terrific!</font> <p><font size="4">Monday, July 15, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">We slept in this morning until 8:30 – boy, that felt good! We spent the day just vegging out, staying cool.</font> <p><font size="4">Tuesday, July 16, 17, 2013</font> <p><font size="4">Liberal, KS home of Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz…where we stayed 2 days at once again a pretty shabby PA park – at least it was only $14 a night WITH cable TV J</font> <p><font size="4">Nothing exciting was done here, just trying to get the AC working on the chassis of the MH – still no progress on that.</font> <p><font size="4">Thursday & Friday, July 18 & 19</font> <p><font size="4">Perryton TX where we stayed at a very nice city park for free – BUT the voltage was pretty low for our AC – ended up having no AC for Fri night – TOO HOT! Did eat at a very nice Mexican Buffet while there!</font> <p><font size="4">Sat & Sunday, July 20 & 21</font> <p><font size="4">After extensive reading, searching the internet, and experiments, David was finally able to get our dash air working on the MH – apparently the a**hole who came out and overcharged us from Bosselman, Inc in Laramie WY unhooked two vacuum wires, causing us to have NO AC in the dash. The whole experience with him was BAD news!</font></p> Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-35306814172246817932013-06-25T11:06:00.001-07:002013-06-25T11:06:08.247-07:00Red Dale National–Black Hills<p>Saturday, June 15, 2013 <p>We got up and headed over to Shade Valley Campground – oh man, we’ve never seen sites this big! We got settled in, said ‘Hi’ to some of the Black Hills Hillbillies, then we headed over to Elk View to a pot luck dinner with the Jackalopes. What a great time with lots of yummy food! I made a pot of ham, green beans and potatoes, and it was scrumptious! We said goodbye and headed over to the Rally site about 8:30 – got home, fiddled with the TV a little and went to bed! <p>Sunday, June 16, 2013 <p>We got up and puttered around, I made a good breakfast of eggs benedict, then we went outside and watched the parade of units coming in for the Red Dale National Wagon Train Rally. We went over to the ‘Registration’ table and got our bars, event schedule, etc. While there we got hugs, and some catchin’ up done! <p>We went back to the MH and just talked to people, more hugs, more catchin’ up! I went over to the club and played BINGO – won the cover all and prize of $91.00! <p>Since it was Father’s Day I had marinated Steaks on the grill, which we had with baked sweet potato and asparagus – it was yummy! Then we went back over to the club and had a memorial service and door prizes, where I won $25 cash prize – wow, I was on a roll! <p>I apologize in advance, since neither David nor I took a single picture all week – our bad! We were just so busy chatting with everyone…I’m hoping Brenda Badgley, the club historian will email me some that I can insert in the blog!!! <p>Monday, June 17, 2013 <p>Hospitality from 7:30 – 9:00 AM Coffee, Juice, donuts, cookies <p>Raffle Tables Open same time <p>8 – 8:45 Line Dancing lessons <p>9 – 11 – Horseshoes <p>1:30 – Washers <p>6:30 Evening program & events <p>PLUS wonderful Sloppy Joes, Special Beans, chips and sodas provided for dinner. <p>Tuesday June 18 – Hawaiian Bowling <p>Bean Bags – I expected to play 1 game and done, and instead my partner Evelyn and I won the Championship. Took us 6 games but we did it…totally amazed! <p>Dinner was leftover ham, beans, potatoes! <p>Wednesday, June 19, 2013 <p>Golf Scramble – 8:30 until ??? <p>9:00 am – Ladder Jacks <p>Very high winds all day – we had a grill your own meat and bring a side dish to share with the Drifters – I made Cloud 9 and we grilled a Ham Steak – YUMMO. <p>2:30 Ice Cream Social <p>We had ‘happy hour’ that stretched for a couple hours until the mosquitos chased us in! <p>Thursday, June 20, 2013 <p>Flea Market, Craft Sale, Board of Director’s meeting <p>Wonderful sitting around chatting with Joe & Sandy Fryberger, Greg & Kay Sluyter, Kathy Bernard, Jim, Joan Myers, Dixie Cox, Mick & Sharon Bushlack – had a couple hours with these good friends! <p>Evening Banquet – Trash can dinner – sausages, corn, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, onions – and cornbread! <p>Dance band, pictures, door prizes (won another $25 cash prize). <p>Friday June 21, 2013 <p>Hitch up and go breakfast – the Hillbillies provided omelets in a bag and mini cinnamon buns, coffee, juice. It was all very good but sad to say farewell to these good friends, and since there are no guarantees in life chances are we won’t see some of them again. Live every day to the fullest! <p>We left the campground about 11, gassed up the MH and went 60 miles up the road to Mountain View RV Park in Sundance, WY. <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Tbc-ynasHDE/Ucnb6eouCFI/AAAAAAAACBs/Qy4nuNhMhXo/s1600-h/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525286%252529%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Devil's Tower (6)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Devil's Tower (6)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DucOeISb7bI/Ucnb7UwJ6nI/AAAAAAAACB0/osZIU9qyYCM/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525286%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jSr9uDVpToo/Ucnb833E4qI/AAAAAAAACB8/oWkH_j2G3_8/s1600-h/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525287%252529%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Devil's Tower (7)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Devil's Tower (7)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-znXRySKO5-o/Ucnb9tmMqeI/AAAAAAAACCE/Zvirt6yZgGE/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525287%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iREitCr8BuM/Ucnb-oucXmI/AAAAAAAACCM/1RMqMYfT0ZE/s1600-h/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525288%252529%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Devil's Tower (8)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Devil's Tower (8)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MI6-AE_XMYk/Ucnb_vovxzI/AAAAAAAACCU/dYUwtfti1M0/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525288%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a>We got set up than went in town for lunch, which was very good! The waitress said they were closed on the weekend, but recommended the Buffalo Jump Saloon in the town of Beulah. <p>We got a call from friends Lynn and Joyce Marlatt saying they were coming up on Saturday to visit with us, so we did a little cleaning and I made a great steak salad for dinner. <p>Saturday, June 22, 2013 <p>I made us a good breakfast about 11 am of eggs, fried ham, toast and we cleaned up and rearranged some ‘stuff’. There is always that to do in this lifestyle – clean out a drawer, or cupboard, or inventory something – I did start a pretty big grocery list, since we are at least 30 miles from a Wal-mart!!! <p>Joyce and Lynn arrived about 2:30 and we settled in for quite a chat! Suddenly the wind started to howl, and it got very black – rain started and then the hail came! We got several inches of pea sized hail, but it was exciting while it lasted! We finally got out to dinner about 5:30 and drove to the Buffalo Jump Saloon where we had a marvelous meal! I had Prime Rib and all the fixins, David and Lynn had the Rib Eye Steak Special and Joyce had a filet…we shared turtle cheesecake and they shared carrot cake. <p>We came back home and chattered until almost 9 pm, when they went over the hill to a hotel. <p>Sunday, June 23, 2013 <p>We were expecting Lynn and Joyce to come over and yammer some more, and then we thought we’d go have an early lunch somewhere before they headed for home. We were sitting around drinking our coffee when David got a text from Joyce, saying they got up and left at 5 am, driving through the Black Hills…SO <p>We got cleaned up and headed for Gillette, where we had a wonderful Chinese Buffet for $16 for both of us, and then we made a big Wal-Mart run. I cooked and we ate up most of our groceries while in Sturgis, so I needed to replenish. Well, $175 later we headed back to the MH. Oh by the way, the reason we went the 60 miles to Gillette was that the closer Wal-Mart in Spearfish was closed – they had egg sized hail that did tons of damage, cars windows broken out, all the skylights in the stores, etc. Wow, glad we were not down there! <p>I made a pot of potato, onion, beef soup using our leftover meats from our dinner last night. I got too much salt in it – probably the bouillon! <p>Monday, June 24, 2013 <p>We puttered around this morning – made a great breakfast of sausage, potatoes, onions, fried up and put a couple OE eggs on top – it was very tasty! We decided we would go to Devil’s Tower, so we left about 11 and got there about 11:30. We drove up and were amazed at the amount of people there! It’s a good thing we have handicap plates or we would have never gotten a parking space! I went into the visitor center and got my book stamped, and we did get some good pictures. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kDEb9Wh8QKk/UcncAsyHBXI/AAAAAAAACCc/0nud4bQBiLI/s1600-h/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525281%252529%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Devil's Tower (1)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Devil's Tower (1)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RgJj3JFudd4/UcncBSVcH5I/AAAAAAAACCk/vIusMdoM6Eg/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525281%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="364" height="484"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wl5ei7r-_bw/UcncC-UT_TI/AAAAAAAACCs/YjcMQlA5ggg/s1600-h/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525289%252529%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Devil's Tower (9)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Devil's Tower (9)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-W2J2_1kRIog/UcncDkiSzEI/AAAAAAAACC0/E65sa6Zwjs8/Devil%252527s%252520Tower%252520%2525289%252529_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="644" height="484"></a> <p>After visiting there, we decided to take the ‘scenic’ route back to the campground. It covered about 34 miles with great scenery! We stopped in Aladdin, where there is a restaurant recommended by our Campground Host as well as the man at the visitor center! The name is Cindy B’s and the pie lived up to the hype! They only had cherry left at 2 in the afternoon, so that’s what we had and it was excellent and you could tell it was made on site – so we’ll be going back probably Thursday for some coconut cream, and get there by 11! <p>Once again in the early evening (about 6) we had torrential rains with lots of thunder and lightning. It is so green here it almost hurts your eyes, really not what we’re used to seeing in WY! Peggy n Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-4169315534611050002013-06-15T07:45:00.001-07:002013-06-15T07:45:51.175-07:00Glacier National Park MT to Sturgis SD<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wednesday, June 05, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Got up early and hit the road to Glacier National Park. It is 140 miles from St Regis, and I wanted to get my ‘passport’ stamped, so off we went. We drove through some amazing country, and since most of the way the speed limit was 70, it didn’t take as long as it could have! We stopped in Lakeside and had breakfast – it was good but nothing special. We went on up to the park, stopped at the Ranger Station, and watched the web cam they had showing the front end loaders getting rid of snow. The drift was 60 FEET deep…and over a mile long! They hope to have the road open by the 21<sup>st</sup> of June, but last year it was July 4<sup>th</sup>! WOW – lot of snow!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We drove to the Lake Macdonald Lodge and got some good pictures – as usual pictures do NOT do it justice! We stopped at ‘The Huckleberry Patch’ where I indulged in a huckleberry shake, and got a bottle of chipotle huckleberry glaze to put on cream cheese – it will be a ‘happy hour’ appearance at National! Also came upon a sale of Glacier National Park T-shirts – now I don’t usually buy these ‘cause they are normally about $19 each, this was buy 3 for $27 – so I bought 3! I got the size that will fit David and work for me as well! Yaay for a bargain!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When we got back here to St Regis, it was 5:30 and we hadn’t eaten since breakfast – so we stopped at ‘Frosty’ for burgers and shared an order of onion rings – very good! </font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">I hooked up the car tonight since we had a pull through site – that makes the morning go so much faster! We’ll be traveling 185 miles to Butte, MT tomorrow!</font> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iGuBviMOQUU/Ubx9VA2p--I/AAAAAAAAB-s/vuVEt8YNea4/s1600-h/Glacier%252520%2525285%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Glacier (5)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Glacier (5)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KDFCwDN_wxk/Ubx9WcRdDxI/AAAAAAAAB-0/jYAjCTW3_ic/Glacier%252520%2525285%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-G4KNViD0lmg/Ubx9Z1lUwXI/AAAAAAAAB-8/Z0c1Qd8O8io/s1600-h/Glacier%252520%2525288%252529%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Glacier (8)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Glacier (8)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ig8_paoU3yE/Ubx9bNNZuOI/AAAAAAAAB_E/UJgqhqy90tg/Glacier%252520%2525288%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 6, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We got up and hit the road, expecting to make it to Billlings, MT…but after about 40 miles of 10 mile stretches of very bad construction – we stopped just outside of Butte, MT. We stayed at a PA park and what a bargain - $15 for full hookups…but we only used elec and water J We unhooked the car and drove into Butte, and lo and behold there is a Taco John’s there. We had not enjoyed that for 2 years, so of course that is where we ate! After a stop at Wally World we headed back to the MH. It was a LONG day!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 7, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Drove to Reed Point RV park – never even unhooked the car.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 8, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Drove to Garryowen, MT and stayed at an Escapee’s park there. Very nice park, but at $32.93 a little pricier than we like. However, the Little Bighorn National Battlefield/Monument is there, so we un-hooked and off we went. First stop was at the Trading post where we had marvelous Indian Taco’s…so good – we were too full to even have a piece of the fantastic looking homemade coconut cream pie!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We toured the battlefield, where you can buy an audio tour on CD OR you can call on your cell phone and follow the markers, which is what we did. WOW – I think that Custer should have waited until all his players got there before they started the fight. Just driving around those hills, you could tell that anytime you popped up a head it was gonna get shot! Amazement at the tomb stones all over and the stories that we heard held us spellbound.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We then stopped at the Museum and upon learning that it was $7.50 per person to go in gave it a pass. There are far too many ‘free’ wonderful museums to have to pay to see one. When we go to the free ones, we ALWAYS make a donation of at least $5 and sometimes $20…but don’t like having to pay prior to seeing! How do you feel about that?</font> <p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ie2f4Xrc5Xk/Ubx9ctHk9fI/AAAAAAAAB_M/s6vyyjBelX8/s1600-h/100_6803%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6803" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6803" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yrrCLyKej_M/Ubx9dphGlwI/AAAAAAAAB_U/mkP7EXTOEf4/100_6803_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244"></a></p> <p>BIG sky country!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-c8pjq6rJDgs/Ubx9gdXWjUI/AAAAAAAAB_c/Q0kzwn49xpI/s1600-h/100_6808%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6808" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6808" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jSZZibQdsSE/Ubx9hfKWPzI/AAAAAAAAB_k/mDwDMnBRLG0/100_6808_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></p> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 9, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Drove to Belle Fourche MT, and are staying at Wyatt’s Hideaway, a very nice RV park that is also PA and Escapees - $20 per night. Nice grassy sites, well taken care of. We went for dinner at the local chinese restaurant and it was fantastic. I had pork lo mein and David had egg foo young – both meals were great!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 10, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Got up this morning and headed out to see if we could find someplace to do some repairs on our coach – we have some water leak issues. We went to Spearfish first, which is 11 miles away. The big draw there was a ‘smart style salon’ in the Wal-Mart. We both got haircuts and David got a beard trim! Then we headed down I-90 to Sturgis, drove around town and then went into Rapid City. Of course by the time we got there it was 1:30 and we were starving – so we stopped at Golden Corral and had a feast! They really have a great deal for seniors – it was $16 for both of us including drinks, and the food was very good!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We left and started back to the park, and found an RV Repair place at the junction of 34 and I-90. When we went in and talked to their service department we asked if we could bring our rig by and have them tell us what parts we needed, we could get them ordered and bring it in for service in about 2 weeks. They were pretty arrogant about not even having anyone available to LOOK at it for 3 weeks – possibly longer. He did recommend a place in Belle Fourche to get the oil changed and lube done – we have an appointment for that tomorrow morning at 10…they are also supposed to flush the radiator and service the generator. We haven’t had anything done since we left TX and we’ve put a lot of miles on this old girl!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 11, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Spent all day at the garage – took the MH in at 10 am – finally got it out at 3:45. Spent the day driving around – breakfast at Taco Johns, saw the spot in Belle Fourche that is the CENTER OF THE NATION <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6KsguqebHtI/Ubx9lG2GYVI/AAAAAAAAB_s/fUr205QbiSI/s1600-h/100_6813%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6813" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6813" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FOcrMrwg4as/Ubx9mZAhtTI/AAAAAAAAB_0/2yW2AVgIOm8/100_6813_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-A9iqptu3yko/Ubx9p7wUEJI/AAAAAAAAB_8/393VtLcxmb8/s1600-h/100_6819%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6819" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6819" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nU1oNSVYdPs/Ubx9ruRVqHI/AAAAAAAACAE/YFx_UnYyTIo/100_6819_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Kt4C2RKRiLw/Ubx9uzvV61I/AAAAAAAACAM/NjAZbkcJTCE/s1600-h/100_6820%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_6820" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_6820" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IbBdB8zuaio/Ubx9whe5mFI/AAAAAAAACAU/jl8HWspLUXk/100_6820_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a>– stopped at a park for an hour and let Cinder play, tried to find a winery and never did – shopped a little and bought some Red Ass Rhubarb wine, which I expect to share with someone at National J Had a late lunch early dinner at Belle Inn, and it was very good – bought a caramel roll to go – we had it last night and man, I wish I’d a bough a dozen of them! Creamy, caramel, moist goodness!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We were under a severe thunderstorm watch and we got it – but we did NOT get the hail and the wind that they did in some places!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 12, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Got a late start today, couldn’t get David moving until 10:30 – we drove out to Shadow Ranch where our rally will be next week – lovely place about 12 miles outside of Sturgis. Talked to the owner who said we would have everything there we could possibly need – he was a very nice man!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Then we went up to Spearfish to Lincare. David was out of oxygen in his small bottles, and we stopped in there to see if we could get some – they needed a prescription. David called the VA and they faxed a prescription to Lincare, and we gave them 2 bottles empty and they gave us (for $24) two full bottles. Sheesh!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We had lunch at a place called Pizza Ranch, which is a pizza buffet, but they also have a good salad bar, fried chicken, Mashed potatoes, gravy and two veggies…it came to $16 including drinks. We decided that I would use what I planned for dinner tomorrow, as neither one of us was hungry for dinner.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We then drove through Spearfish canyon, a scenic trip of 14 miles – breath taking! We once again saw Bridal Veil Falls – we’ve seen falls with this name in almost every state on this trip! Not very original :)</font> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3JBBmHHndnQ/Ubx9zSwAcWI/AAAAAAAACAc/VR-BzfDaPBM/s1600-h/David%252520Montana%252520%25252828%252529%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="David Montana (28)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="David Montana (28)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GbTi511arE4/Ubx91JTv__I/AAAAAAAACAk/-Fj9IlnRssM/David%252520Montana%252520%25252828%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XLQa4qeQKTc/Ubx95DSUOoI/AAAAAAAACAs/SdajZeK82Ho/s1600-h/David%252520Montana%252520%25252830%252529%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img title="David Montana (30)" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="David Montana (30)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XASIGYJf0Gk/Ubx96zhL7-I/AAAAAAAACA0/Qnk4JtWkYz4/David%252520Montana%252520%25252830%252529_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139"></a> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Drove through the towns of Lead, Central City and Deadwood. Did not stop to gamble. We will probably go up to Deadwood another day.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 13, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Clean up day – David got the ladder down for me and I cleaned the entire cockpit area – windows plus all the ‘bugs’ on the front. Boy was it dirty!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Caught up on all the laundry, made up a menu for National, then rested!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Friday, June 14, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We were going to drive to see Crazy Horse, but decided to do that the week after National and before Escapade!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">I drove into Sturgis wanting to get a mani/pedi, only to find out they could only give me a pedi…small towns! We try to spend our money in the towns we’re in, BUT I would have been better off to drive to Spearfish to Wal-Mart. It was $47 for a PEDICURE…I could have had both there for $55…</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">I went to the grocery store here in Sturgis too – besides not being able to find part of the stuff I wanted, I think I over paid by at least 20%. Ggggrrrr! I think I’ll be driving to Spearfish (15 miles away) to do any more major shopping!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Meanwhile back at the RV, David dumped tanks and put up the hose. We’ll have full hook ups at National – yaaay!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">At around 5:30 we drove over to Elk View Campground where part of the Jackalopes (our home club from Red Dale National Wagon Train) pulled in today. We got great hugs and lots of ‘catch up’ from Pam and Gary Wisecup, Joyce and Bob Parker, Shirley Marsh, a wave to Ken and Brenda Badgley, and a quick ‘Hi’ to Joe Dereemer. What a great group!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Here are some pictures of some beautiful flowers we’ve seen lately!</font></p> <div id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:f678af82-8504-4679-b491-20be072131ae" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:400px;border-collapse:collapse;' > <tr> <td colspan=2 style='outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:5px 0px 5px 5px;width:157px;vertical-align:bottom;' > <a href="https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=4804492884a8f78f&page=play&resid=4804492884A8F78F!233&parid=4804492884A8F78F!232&type=1&Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos&authkey=!ACJeSP1HI_jqPX0" target="_blank" border="0" style="outline:none;border-style:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;"> <img 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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17443505466594839259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5276636754940791145.post-69012691187714190102013-06-04T20:53:00.001-07:002013-06-04T20:53:39.583-07:00May 16, 2013 through June 4, 2016<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thursday, May 16<sup>th</sup>, We traveled up 395 back to Bishop to get the motorhome…and on our way, we passed a sign that said Manzanar National Monument…Of course we had to stop. It is an internment camp for Japanese Americans from Dec 7, 1941 through Oct 1945. It was a very emotional stop – got to talk to a man who was 79 years old and was imprisoned there from the time he was 7 until he was 11. WOW – how great that we happened to be there when he was, and he told us all about his family, what happened to them, and how it shaped their future. WE arrived back at the MH about 4, unpacked, and rested from an awesome week!</font> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-J-vFt6zw6OE/Ua619RqlndI/AAAAAAAAB6o/B3ail6Kkyzs/s1600-h/IMG_22783.jpg"><img title="IMG_2278" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2278" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qmTU9CRMF1s/Ua62AnZ91BI/AAAAAAAAB6w/Z3CLIiqHRo8/IMG_2278_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qI29r1CQfA0/Ua62BdAdPLI/AAAAAAAAB64/fZIQ8HMsCjU/s1600-h/IMG_22903.jpg"><img title="IMG_2290" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_2290" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MK0svA5OuDA/Ua62ByAlylI/AAAAAAAAB7A/bT9oL00sx1g/IMG_2290_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Friday, May 17, We left Bishop, and made our way to Carson City, where we stopped at the Carson City Inn, Casino and RV resort – it was nice and clean and lovely, and we had a wonderful dinner in the Casino, David spent most of the evening coughing and being ill.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saturday May 18<sup>th</sup>, we dove from Carson City to Milford, CA, where we parked at the Honey Lake RV Resort – a resort it is not, but a nice place to park it is! Right off 395, but on the hill, so you hear zero traffic noises, you are under beautiful redwood pines, so you hear the breeze blowing through them! We drove up to Susanville because we were out of drugs for David (cough syrup), and while there had lunch at Lassen Ale Works – I had wonderful fish and chips, David had a Rueben – both were excellent!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sunday, May 19, 2013 – we spent the day here at Honey Lake. David was recuperating – I took the opportunity to clean the MH, all the glass in the shower area, and I did a lot of cooking. I made smoked pork chops, eggs, home fries and toast for breakfast – then for lunner we had Italian sausage sandwiches, macaroni salad and baked beans – so it was a domestic day! I hooked the car back up to the MH, and we’re heading to Red Bluff tomorrow morning where we will be staying at a Moose Club!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Monday, May 20 – Got to the Moose club and got a pull through, so didn’t unhook the car – we did stop at a roadside stand on the way and got a wonderful just picked cantaloupe, as well as some fresh cherries – yum! We spent the evening just hanging out – I read my kindle and David watched movies on the computer J</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tuesday, May 21 – we drove from Red Bluff, CA to Talent, OR, where we stopped at the American RV Resort (Passport America – NOT a resort) where we backed into a site and since we unhooked the car we drove through the town (3 mins), found a little bistro and had lunch. It is raining here and they are calling for snow overnight! It is May 21….sheesh! Not to worry, we have heat :)</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Wednesday, May 22, 2013 – we drove about 50 miles to Hugo, OR, a suburb of Grants Pass. David’s nephew, Lance Koehler lives in Grants Pass and David hadn’t seen him for about 25 years. They had connected on Facebook and made arrangements to meet. Since today was a short hop, we didn’t hook up the car, and I followed the MH. This is a very very nice Campground. It is Joe Creek Waterfalls Resort, and with my Escapees discount it was $25 for the night. Beautiful level pull through spot, last one available as people are rolling in for the Memorial Day holiday! We got set up, took Cinder for a nice long walk, had oatmeal for brunch, and then took naps.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We took off at 3 pm for Grants Pass Super Wal-Mart, since I had a rather lengthy list, having bought nothing for two weeks but fresh fruits and veggies. We were in the check out line when Lance called and said he was off work and he picked the Tap Rock Restaurant/Brewery for dinner. We met there about 4:15 and laughed, ate and chatted for 2.5 hours! It was wonderful for me to meet him, and for David to get reacquainted with the man he has become. I had fried Cod and the guys had burgers – all was very good!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On a very sad note, just found out that my Uncle Ross Gary has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer – please add him and his family in your prayers if you would – thank you!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thursday, May 23, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Arrived at the SKP park in Sutherlin, OR. Got set up on lot 110, drove around the park, went to the Post Office to pick up our general delivery mail – wow, it was our mail from Hondo, Bob Wheaton you were not kidding, there was a bunch of drugs!!! We grabbed some Taco Bell and came back to the MH and ate a very early dinner or very late lunch…2:30 pm…which meant that we had cereal at 7:30…it was good. </font><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While we were watching out the window we saw a flock of wild turkeys that were enormous! There was 1 tom and 6 hens – two of the hens got into a great big fight and were screaming right in front of the MH – Cinder just lay on the patio and watched them! I’ll try to get some pics posted…they say the deer walk around in this park too – but we haven’t seen any of them yet!</font> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Hei1k54j65g/Ua62DAnplLI/AAAAAAAAB7I/ycrcKFcap6M/s1600-h/Oregon2-233.jpg"><img title="Oregon2 (23)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Oregon2 (23)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BiWNbBf_8sQ/Ua62Dkfr0ZI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/kb7qhy_ZB4w/Oregon2-23_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Friday, May 24, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We drove over to see a very old covered bridge that is still being used. Took a couple pics, hope they come out!</font> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-d7c5R1iFFCg/Ua62ExPko4I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/exfG_1TOsrA/s1600-h/Oregon2-33.jpg"><img title="Oregon2 (3)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Oregon2 (3)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tIHdmGjFTf8/Ua62FQBVvRI/AAAAAAAAB7g/ahjR-3alcHE/Oregon2-3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We then drove down to the North Umpqua River where they just opened a new fishing ladder that they built to help the salmon and trout get back up river to their spawning grounds. Amazing – they had not been able to get back for a couple years, once they opened the ladder within a day they were going up it like crazy! Sometimes we do get it right!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We then went into Roseberg and had lunch at a place called ZEN – which is a Mongollian Grill – you know we can’t pass that up! It was delish! We stopped at Safeway and I stocked up on some fresh fruits/veggies, they had BIG watermelons for $3.99 – and I got stuff to make the Asian cole slaw for the BBQ on Monday!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We went to social hour here at 3 pm, and chatted with folks for more than an hour – when we came home I made dinner – I had chicken salad and David had a huge artichoke…he was loving that! We also finished up the cantaloupe and macaroni salad!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saturday</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We did the ‘local’ thing – went to a couple wineries – did some sampling, had lunch at Tolley’s, a local inn on the Historical register – really wonderful lunch special, prime rib open faced sandwich with hand cut fries, plus homemade bread and butter pickles…came home and kicked back with some ‘wine’ and made a wonderful ‘holiday’ dinner of baby back ribs, baked sweet potatoes, tossed salad, corn on the cob and angel food cake with fresh strawberries and peaches – wonderful!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sunday, May 26, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Oh what a day! We hit the road at 8:30, heading for the Redwood National Park/Forest. We drove 138 miles to get there and it was worth every mile. The trees are totally amazing, and the smell of the forest is unbelievable! It smelled piney – loamy- earthy…heavenly! Then we headed up Highway 101, the coastal highway, from Crescent City, CA to Gold Beach, OR. Oh my – everything we heard about the Oregon Coast is true. At first it seemed like we were on the wrong road or something – but suddenly we saw the Pacific…and then we saw rocks with waves beating on them – and then more and more and more! We stopped several places and took pictures – but I’m sure they won’t do it justice either!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We turned our GPS on because I couldn’t remember the road that cut back over to Sutherlin, and she had us turn on this National Forest Service Road…for 29 twisty, turny, twisty road. Then she sent us another 39 miles on a HORRIBLE – 1 lane with turn outs road – took us 2 hours to go 60 miles, and the tension – it was sheer drop offs on the right hand side of the road, and we met about 15 cars/trucks on it – you had to time the pull offs so you didn’t have to back up…by the time we got back to I-5 my shoulders were aching like I had pulled them out of socket! We had another 76 miles to go, but it was a piece of cake – we stopped at Abby’s Legendary Pizza for dinner because it was 6pm by then, and the end of a very long day!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">May 27, 2013 – Memorial Day – we slept in late for us – I guess yesterday was tougher on us than I thought! At any rate, we started moving around – it was raining hard, so I took Cinder out in the rain, then gathered up the laundry and went to get that done. The laundry room here at Timber Valley is really nice, and at $1 to wash and .75 to dry, I’m all over that! Have not done laundry for 17 days. It was past time!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The park held a bring your own meat and a dish to share potluck at 1 pm, so I made an Asian Slaw and it turned out pretty good! We took cheddarwurst to grill, and it was excellent! TIP – when you are at a hot dog roast or pot luck where you are having something in buns, make up your buns at home with ketchup, mustard, onion, etc…wrap them up and take ‘em along – when the dogs are done, just slide them into the buns. Then you don’t need to cart bottles of all the condiments…easy peasy!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We came home and then just vegged out the rest of the day.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">May 28 – was a work day. We cleaned the coach and steam cleaned the carpets – then we took Cinder and treated ourselves to lunch at Taco Time in Roseburg while it all dried. When we got back home, it was time to wipe everything down before we put it all back. It was a very long day!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">May 29 – FUN day! We drove across OR 138 to Coos Bay where we had a marvelous lunch with friends Linda and Howard Hatfield. It is a funny thing this full time life, you make new friends everywhere – and when you get a chance to meet them ‘down the road’ it is always special! The Hatfields actually are our neighbors at Lone Star Corral in TX…almost right across the street! I had sent out an email to our LSC newsgroup, saying where we were and they replied they were in Coos Bay. A couple of emails later we were all set to go spend some time with them!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On the way we stopped at the Myrtle Wood factory and gifts store. Amazing…look up myrtle wood and read about it! I indulged in a pair of salad tongs that are so beautiful it will make me smile every time I use them I’m sure!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As we arrived in Coos Bay there was a farmer’s market set up in town – actually a pretty nice one, but a little spendy for me $6 for a loaf of sourdough bread, and $8 for a loaf of cranberry walnut that I really wanted and left there!!! I’m going to try to make some when I am either in PA or TX with my breadmakers! Can’t be too hard right? The only produce they had was organic lettuce – at $3 for a bunch – left that there too!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">After lunch we drove 21 miles down to Bandon, a little seaside village that’s claim to fame is cranberries – yep, I always thought cranberries were a New England thing, but here in OR they grow cranberries – LOTS of them! I did get a bag of dried cranberries, along with some English Toffee Bites and white chocolate covered pretzels! We’re set for snacks for quite a while. I use the dried cranberries in our oatmeal.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We managed to get home about 5 o’clock and got into the ‘get ready to go’ mode where I put things up and David dumped the tanks since we would be staying at Moose Clubs for a couple nights.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thursday, May 30, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Left Timber Valley Sutherlin, OR this morning about 10 am. We chatted and drove along for about 50 miles, then decided it was time to have some breakfast. I said we could stop at the Elk Viewing area, and David laughed and said fine, but there would be no elk. Well, we pulled in and lo and behold, there was a herd of ELK – everything from young’uns to a HUGE Bull Elk with his antlers in velvet. What an amazing sight! I made a great breakfast of homefries w/onions, eggs and toast, and we ate while watching those magnificent creatures!<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0oS-H-momXA/Ua62GZUnixI/AAAAAAAAB7o/lVCGw8Vqyns/s1600-h/Oregon-Coast-93.jpg"><img title="Oregon Coast (9)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Oregon Coast (9)" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2upQRXNcynw/Ua62G7474GI/AAAAAAAAB7w/ALvdugyr3uI/Oregon-Coast-9_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fl3vnrKB_lA/Ua62IJpXSFI/AAAAAAAAB74/xvXMUvxxncg/s1600-h/Oregon-Coast-103.jpg"><img title="Oregon Coast (10)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Oregon Coast (10)" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-b6SVNcUKqvc/Ua62IQE2grI/AAAAAAAAB8A/sZ4bQlXhOA8/Oregon-Coast-10_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We continued up the Pacific Coast Highway, 101 until we got to Waldport. On the way up we kept catching glimpses of the Pacific Ocean, smashing against rocks, and making us ache to find a spot to pull over…alas, pulling a motorhome and car over on 101 is no easy feat!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When we got here to the Moose Club, Lodge 326, got backed in and hooked up, we got in the car and headed up 101 to Newport, where we had been informed there was the best clam chowder in the world, at a place called Mo’s. I can say it was delicious, however, the cup we shared at Shark Bites was better – much more clam flavor and full of clams! But, Mo’s was classic thick with lots of potatoes – never did find a clam in my bowl!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We drove back down to Waldport, only this time we stopped in all the little side view areas – took lots of pictures and oohed and ahhhhed over the ocean. People have told us for years ‘You gotta go to the Oregon Coast’ – and now we see why it is so loved!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We’ll be going over to the Moose for dinner – special is Reuben’s N fries so no cooking for me tonight!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Friday, May 31</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Drove over to Tillamook, the Moose club was a bust, so we went to a ‘resort’ NOT! We paid $35 AFTER our discounts! The sites were too short and it was all dirt – and the only grass had a huge sign on it that said NO ANIMALS ON GRASS…I’d never stop there again! Anyhoo…</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We went to the cheese factory where I was tempted into buying several cheeses – interesting and I must say that the cheese curds we bought in WI were better…just sayin’.</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We drove out to Nestarts and took the loop for one last look at the wild Oregon coast…absolutely worth coming for!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We stopped at a little hole in the wall place and had marvelous clam chowder and a piece of smoked cod that was to die for. They smoked it with a teriyaki glaze – never had anything that tasted even close to that!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Saturday, June 01, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We drove from Tillamook to The Dalles OR today, about 200 miles, and Portland was no fun to get through! We are at an Oregon State Park Deschutes River. David's nephew Scott and his wife Diane live in The Dalles, but campgrounds are almost non-existent! We could find no private campgrounds at all. This is a beautiful state park, very green and extremely well maintained. The best part is that today was a FREE day at the park, and because David has all the right passes, tomorrow night is FREE too! Woot woot! Makes up for that $35 a night last night! Scott and Diane came out about 2 and stayed chatting until almost 7pm...<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WufWZLgEr1o/Ua62Jqi52ZI/AAAAAAAAB8I/JQbCKP9xgBg/s1600-h/Scott-Diane-233.jpg"><img title="Scott Diane (23)" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Scott Diane (23)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mhoZHaquFxU/Ua62KNPA6PI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/43VkBp5rCTU/Scott-Diane-23_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a></font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sunday, June 2, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Got a late start this morning since I decided to make breakfast – made pancakes, smoked pork chops and eggs – it was gooooood! We puttered around the park and then went into visit with Scott and Diane and take them to lunch. We had a great tour of their home and then we went to IXTAPA for lunch – then we took a driving tour through some wine country and a local ‘safari’ type place. We also found a little roadside fruit stand where I got some fresh asparagus and some wonderful just picked cherries! YUM!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On the way back down the mountain, we noticed a huge cloud of smoke, and it looked like it was in the area of our park. We drove there immediately and the firetrucks were there – as were the rangers. We asked if there was any danger and they said not at this time, but no guarantees. They had David’s phone number so we headed back into The Dalles. We got there and were sitting visiting with Scott & Diane when David’s phone rang – it was the rangers saying they were evacuating the park, come get the MH…well, talk about quick good byes! We headed out, about 18 miles, and passed quite a few units from our park – when we got back there were only 5 of us left – and it was 5:30 pm. We do NOT like to travel that late in the day…so we went about 7 miles away at a COE park with no hook ups. We spent the night there!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Monday, June 3, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">We were on the road very early, since I had no clock when I got up at 6:15 there was no going back to sleep! Off we went – and we drove until about 3 when we stopped in Ritzville, WA for the night. Got a very nice site for $27 with full hook ups – and boy, did we need them! Hadn’t dumped for 5 days, so we were full! There was cable TV but no internet L It was a pull through site, so we didn’t unhook the car. I made swiss steak, noodles and asparagus for dinner! It was filling and good!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A couple sites away from us was a very nice looking Tradewinds, which is a brother to our Dolphin. I met Barbara Skinner and her husband Mike – they said they were having a National rally there, started Wednesday and ran through Sunday. They were expecting 30 Dolphins, Tradewinds, Tropicals…darn, we wish we could have stayed!!!</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tuesday, June 04, 2013</font> <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Left Ritzville WA this morning at 8...pulled into St Regis, MT this afternoon about 1:30. We're staying put for 2 days at this fantastic RV Park, Nugget RV Park which is only about 2 miles from I-90. We are in the mountains with beautiful gravel sites, picnic tables and lovely green grass. We got settled in and then went into town for lunch/breakfast since we just had a cereal bar and I had some fresh cherries. Lunch was good - but dessert was better. 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Manzanar National Monument<p>May 7 – we left CA and headed back to Pahrump where our motorhome was parked at the Moose club. We had made arrangements to have Cinder groomed after 3 weeks boarding at Animal House in Pahrump. I will tell you that what they considered groomed was NOT what we wanted. I got my money back, and after a very stinky night got Cinder into Lovable Pups, where they had to shave a lot of matts out of her, but when we got her back, she looked and smelled like our Cinder! <p>We enjoyed a Mexican dinner with Jim and Sharon Gutherie at El Jefe’s, and the food was excellent, as was the company on Thursday night, May 8<sup>th</sup>. On the 9<sup>th</sup>, the Moose club had a Fish N Shrimp Fry – it was excellent and two dinners for $12…what a deal! <p>On May 10<sup>th</sup>, we left Pahrump, drove a couple hundred miles and stopped for the night at Joy Land RV Resort in Tonopah. Do NOT ever stop there – first off they no longer accept Passport America, so it cost us $25 instead of $10, and it was the dirtiest, most unfriendly spot we’ve ever stayed at. <p>Sunday, May 11<sup>th</sup>, we headed on up the road, and stopped at the fairgrounds in Bishop, CA which is a place we highly recommend! The grounds are spotless, there are lots of places to walk, they are pet friendly and full hook ups for $25 a night. What a deal for CA!!! Mother’s Day dinner was at the Imperial Chinese restaurant. <p>We did get bad news this morning, our dear friend Ron Bernard passed away. Ron, no more pain, no more invasive anything – be at peace our friend, and know that you will forever be in our memories and thoughts. <p>We had several calls from Evelyn and Walker Lane telling us to come visit them…so, after some phone calls to determine that route 120 from Lee Vining across to Oakhurst/Coarsegold we took off Monday morning. It took us 7 hours to drive through Yosemite National Park. OMG – We’ve been through many national parks, however Yosemite knocked our socks off! Around every twisty turny curve, there were new exciting vistas to look at. I’ll post some pictures, but they simply do NOT do it justice! <p>We checked into a hotel in Oakhurst and took off to visit Walker and Evelyn. We were happy to find them very well and got a good tour of Coarsegold, an Escapee park. They took us to the Chucksani Casino for dinner, and it was excellent! <p>Monday, May 12<sup>th</sup> We drove up to Bass Lake where Cinder had a great time dancing around and sniffing all the pee mail :) Walker picked us up at 4 and we went to DiCicco’s for a simply amazing Italian meal! David and I shared an antipasto salad and a calzone – marvelous! <p>Tuesday, May 13<sup>th</sup>, We hit the road at 8 am, and drove down the San Joaquin valley to Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. WOW – scenery overload again! We did get to see and touch many huge sequoia trees, including Sherman and the parade of generals. In the valley we stopped and got a 10 # bag of oranges for $2. We finally pulled into a La Quinta in Bakersfield CA at 6:30 pm, after an extremely awesome day. Again, pictures follow. <p>Wednesday, May 14<sup>th</sup>, We traveled up 395 back to Bishop to get the motorhome…and on our way, we passed a sign that said Manzanar National Monument…Of course we had to stop. It is an internment camp for Japanese Americans from Dec 7, 1941 through Oct 1945. It was a very emotional stop – got to talk to a man who was 79 years old and was imprisoned there from the time he was 7 until he was 11. WOW – how great that we happened to be there when he was, and he told us all about his family, what happened to them, and how it shaped their future. 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