And it's warm and we have sun. Left Mineola, and a great few days with Joey and Brenda. Yesterday afternoon, we rode over to Ben Wheeler, TX. it's a small, relatively new town, with several restaurants and a few shops, wouldn't call them a store. The shops were interesting, to say the least. Russ and Joey went to a hat shop, where cowboy hats, are made from scratch. Making the 'felt' and all. Russ has a Stetson which we purchased several years. We don't bring it with us as it takes up so much room, so he didn't order a new one. They started at $450. We then went over to one of the restaurants for some very good food, and great music.
Too early to go home, so we went back to the pool hall/dance hall that we went to the first night in Mineola. Played pool, and I really was getting the hang of it. There was a country music band that started playing early. I love watching the folks doing the Texas Two Step. We really need to do some practicing during the summer months. or practice in Picacho.
Today, we traveled another 6 hours west to Big Spring, TX. We are in an RV park just off I-20. Tomorrow we have another 6 hours to travel to Las Cruces, NM. There's a Mexican restaurant that we particularly like, so we have dinner there. It has made it easy this trip staying at rvparks we have stayed at in years past. The next day, Tuesday, we should be in Picacho. Hope so as we have dinner reservations at Virl and Dave Russell's. These are the folks who visited us this summer. Looking forward to that and some warm weather in Arizona. See ya later.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Friday, January 9, 2015
Friday Jan 9th
We are in Texas. We made it from Tennessee to just south of Little Rock Arkansas on Wednesday afternoon after making it thru Nashville ,Memphis and Little Rock. It has been very cold! In little rock it was 12degrees and the wind blowing. Our water started to freeze even though the water was running, we both took showers and then disconnected the hose. We actually turned on our tank heaters for the first time ever as I was afraid that the whole place would freeze up. We left Thursday at 830 and made it to Joey and Brenda's by 3pm the sun was out and about 35. We got set up and visited with Joey and Brenda and then went out to eat at a new steak place, it was very good. On the way back Brenda wanted to show us a typical Texas bar and pool hall, we were all a little apprehensive but went in. Me with my NH ball cap and Joey with a Red Socks ball cap. It was pretty cool and to have a drink in a restUrant or bar you have to "join" thrie private club, which means they swipe the bar code on you drivers license. Dry county or something like that. We played pool and we all were very poor players but we had fun. The owner talked to us and he is actually from Portagul but has been in the states for years and I thought he was a real Texas cowboy. They had Karoke going and so we stayed for a while, some awesome singers. No I didn't go up and sarinade them. Lol.
Brenda had to go to work today so we are just catching up and are going to do some errands today.
Brenda had to go to work today so we are just catching up and are going to do some errands today.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Jan 6 w
We made it to Lebanon,TN this afternoon. We left VA this morning about 8am and just drove right along. It has been very cold for this part of the country. Notes in the low 20s and only in the 30s during the day. We made a couple of fuel stops and we do like the diesel prices that was just under $3 today. Love saving money. Well compared to last year that was about $4 a gallon. When we came by Carthage, TN, where our friend Killian Adams lives, we textes him to say hi. We knew that he would be in school so we drove on by. He called later and found out where we were and decided it was worth the trip to come and visit us. We were so happy to see him! Killian has grown up so much and seems to be doing quite well. He's old enough to drive 45minutes to come visit. We were in VA with friends when he was up in NH this last summer so it had been about 2year since we had seen him. Thanks for making the trip K. We are planning on making it to Little Rock,AR tomorrow. We found that we had passed into a different time zone so we are a little mixed up on timing and the GPS doesn't bother to let us know that type of thing. The weather report on tv says that we may get a few light flurries in the morning so we will play our departure time accordingly. If we get out by 9 or so we should get just south of LR by afternoon and have found an RV park that looks like it will be ok.
I did get the fresh water tank flushed and cleaned this afternoon. It was picking up some sediment and I didn't want to get that crud throughout our water system. Now it's all set and we have water to use when I disconnect the hose from the park at nite so it doesn't freeze. Not much else happening from this composer so I will hand off to the lady of the RV.
It's Linda now. Not much more to say. We are staying in Lebanon, TN, in a park we have stayed at before. We have done that a few times so far. Has made it easier knowing where we are going. This weekend we hope to make it to Mineola, TXT, to visit with Joey and Brenda Paradis...very good friends.
As Russ said, it has been cold so we are anxious for the warm weather. So, we continue west.
More to come.....
I did get the fresh water tank flushed and cleaned this afternoon. It was picking up some sediment and I didn't want to get that crud throughout our water system. Now it's all set and we have water to use when I disconnect the hose from the park at nite so it doesn't freeze. Not much else happening from this composer so I will hand off to the lady of the RV.
It's Linda now. Not much more to say. We are staying in Lebanon, TN, in a park we have stayed at before. We have done that a few times so far. Has made it easier knowing where we are going. This weekend we hope to make it to Mineola, TXT, to visit with Joey and Brenda Paradis...very good friends.
As Russ said, it has been cold so we are anxious for the warm weather. So, we continue west.
More to come.....
Monday, January 5, 2015
Jan 5 2015
We left Palmyra,PA this morning at 8AM in windy cold conditions. We had talked to our friends Ron and Rosie and had planned to meet them for lunch just off the highway in Staunton,VA, near where they live. We called the while travelling and they were both sick and couldn't
meet us so we drove straight thru to Max Meadows,VA. We got into Ft. Chiswell RV Park at 3:45 and got setup. we stayed here last year and it's an easy in and easy out just off the highway. Linda hasn't had time to do her daily walk so she donned her winter woollies and went for a walk around the park. I fooled around with the tv and went out and took a couple of pictures. We have decided that we should have a picture of the places we stay to put with the park info we keep in case we get back into the same area. I am doing this on the IPad and it doesn't have a camera plug in point . I guess I should have just taken the pics with the IPad. Confounded contraptions! It is expected to be around 20degrees tonite so we will have to disconnect the H2O before going to bed. I did put some water in our fresh water holding tank so if we need it during the nite or at some point we will have a little water. I haven't flushed the holding tank so it might be a little pink colored from the RV antifreeze(non toxic), and might taste a little for a minute or so. This cold weather camping is a pain, but we work thru it. Tomorrow we hope to make it the almost 6 hours to Lebanon,TN (just east of Nashville) We are just pushing thru, as it is pretty cold and not much to see at this time of year. Well, I guess there might be if we weren't wanting to get south and west, in hopes of warm weather. Hope you are all well and enjoying winter. I will pass this to the navigator and let her clean up my spelling. Hugs
I may have missed a few spelling errors, but the material is correct. It has been cold, and other than just walking around the park to get some of my steps in, I don't want to do much sightseeing. We had a great few days in Palmyra. Peyton and Gavin are busy and Griffin isn't quite sure who or what we are. I'm sure he will catch on. A grandmother can only hope.
Right now, weather permitting, we should be in AZ as of the 15th. Need to get rid of the long johns on my walks. Love to all.......linda
meet us so we drove straight thru to Max Meadows,VA. We got into Ft. Chiswell RV Park at 3:45 and got setup. we stayed here last year and it's an easy in and easy out just off the highway. Linda hasn't had time to do her daily walk so she donned her winter woollies and went for a walk around the park. I fooled around with the tv and went out and took a couple of pictures. We have decided that we should have a picture of the places we stay to put with the park info we keep in case we get back into the same area. I am doing this on the IPad and it doesn't have a camera plug in point . I guess I should have just taken the pics with the IPad. Confounded contraptions! It is expected to be around 20degrees tonite so we will have to disconnect the H2O before going to bed. I did put some water in our fresh water holding tank so if we need it during the nite or at some point we will have a little water. I haven't flushed the holding tank so it might be a little pink colored from the RV antifreeze(non toxic), and might taste a little for a minute or so. This cold weather camping is a pain, but we work thru it. Tomorrow we hope to make it the almost 6 hours to Lebanon,TN (just east of Nashville) We are just pushing thru, as it is pretty cold and not much to see at this time of year. Well, I guess there might be if we weren't wanting to get south and west, in hopes of warm weather. Hope you are all well and enjoying winter. I will pass this to the navigator and let her clean up my spelling. Hugs
I may have missed a few spelling errors, but the material is correct. It has been cold, and other than just walking around the park to get some of my steps in, I don't want to do much sightseeing. We had a great few days in Palmyra. Peyton and Gavin are busy and Griffin isn't quite sure who or what we are. I'm sure he will catch on. A grandmother can only hope.
Right now, weather permitting, we should be in AZ as of the 15th. Need to get rid of the long johns on my walks. Love to all.......linda
Jan 3
Saturday, January 3
Just came back from the Beans' household. A very busy household. Yesterday we went to Chocolate World with Jaime, Peyton, and Griffin. Since Gavin didn't make it yesterday, we went back today. It's a regular trip and they have in the past complained that they didn't want to go, I guess another year older has changed their minds. As always, it was fun again. The entrance and ramps to the ride itself has changed, and they are both so familiar with it, the four of us critique it. You know, the cocoa beans are glued to the convyer belt, and that chocolate kiss in the same row , is always tipped over, and the number of candy bars made each day, never changes. But since Gavin and Peyton are 11 and 8, we can still enjoy it. Also, we like the candy bars (little ones) that we get at the end of the ride. Yesterday they were chocolate bars. Today they were Kit Kats.
Tomorrow Gavin has a couple of basketball games, so we will go to those, then come back to the camper and get ready to leave on Monday morning. Headed next to Staunton, VA, to meet up with friends, Ron and Rosie for lunch.
Oh, it was snowing a little this morning, a little sleet this afternoon, and raining now. It's now 38.
And I neglected to mention Griffin. He's eight month old, with lots of hair, has lot to 'talk' about, and enjoys his big brother and sister. He has four teeth, and looks like he is ready to walk, atleast he has the moves down pat when his hands are being held. He was warming up to us today, and we'll get a hug tomorrow. Or Grammies will just 'take' it.
We have heard that there has been snow on the top of Picacho Peak. Hope it melts before we get there.
More later.....
Just came back from the Beans' household. A very busy household. Yesterday we went to Chocolate World with Jaime, Peyton, and Griffin. Since Gavin didn't make it yesterday, we went back today. It's a regular trip and they have in the past complained that they didn't want to go, I guess another year older has changed their minds. As always, it was fun again. The entrance and ramps to the ride itself has changed, and they are both so familiar with it, the four of us critique it. You know, the cocoa beans are glued to the convyer belt, and that chocolate kiss in the same row , is always tipped over, and the number of candy bars made each day, never changes. But since Gavin and Peyton are 11 and 8, we can still enjoy it. Also, we like the candy bars (little ones) that we get at the end of the ride. Yesterday they were chocolate bars. Today they were Kit Kats.
Tomorrow Gavin has a couple of basketball games, so we will go to those, then come back to the camper and get ready to leave on Monday morning. Headed next to Staunton, VA, to meet up with friends, Ron and Rosie for lunch.
Oh, it was snowing a little this morning, a little sleet this afternoon, and raining now. It's now 38.
And I neglected to mention Griffin. He's eight month old, with lots of hair, has lot to 'talk' about, and enjoys his big brother and sister. He has four teeth, and looks like he is ready to walk, atleast he has the moves down pat when his hands are being held. He was warming up to us today, and we'll get a hug tomorrow. Or Grammies will just 'take' it.
We have heard that there has been snow on the top of Picacho Peak. Hope it melts before we get there.
More later.....
Friday, January 2, 2015
2015
Good morning,
Linda and I made it to Manheim,PA yesterday afternoon. We left Barrington at 5AM and had a good trip with light traffic and only took 8 1/2 hours. We got set up and found that our hot water heater bypass tube was frozen so we got the heaters going and after a while things thawed out and everything working well. We wants to Linda's son,Tim's house and had diner with the family and then had our Christmas with them. The kids age good and the youngest grandson, Griffin, may warm up to us before we leave. We got back to the RV around 830, it had been a long day. The temps were below freezing so I disconnected the water and brought the supply hose inside. Bed by 9PM and a goodnites sleep. Reconnected the h2o this morning and got hot water so we could shower. Hot coffee and sunshine are a good thing. Going back to Tims to install some spacers ,that I brought with us, around his front door so he will be able to install a screen door. Never what we are going to be doing while here, but spending time with the family is nice. Mom and Dad called, and it was nice to talk to them and let them know that we are safe. If one of you readers go by our house,keep a eye out for a package that Fedex may leave. Not sure if they lost it or were able to recall it along the way. Nothing critical, but don't want it stuck in the door all winter. Not much else to post right now, but wanted to say hi. The travelling woodworker and Linder.
Linda and I made it to Manheim,PA yesterday afternoon. We left Barrington at 5AM and had a good trip with light traffic and only took 8 1/2 hours. We got set up and found that our hot water heater bypass tube was frozen so we got the heaters going and after a while things thawed out and everything working well. We wants to Linda's son,Tim's house and had diner with the family and then had our Christmas with them. The kids age good and the youngest grandson, Griffin, may warm up to us before we leave. We got back to the RV around 830, it had been a long day. The temps were below freezing so I disconnected the water and brought the supply hose inside. Bed by 9PM and a goodnites sleep. Reconnected the h2o this morning and got hot water so we could shower. Hot coffee and sunshine are a good thing. Going back to Tims to install some spacers ,that I brought with us, around his front door so he will be able to install a screen door. Never what we are going to be doing while here, but spending time with the family is nice. Mom and Dad called, and it was nice to talk to them and let them know that we are safe. If one of you readers go by our house,keep a eye out for a package that Fedex may leave. Not sure if they lost it or were able to recall it along the way. Nothing critical, but don't want it stuck in the door all winter. Not much else to post right now, but wanted to say hi. The travelling woodworker and Linder.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Home
Hello,
It has been way to long since we wrote on this blog and I do apologize. We have been headed east and have made it home after a lot of traveling. I am not sure where we left off but I will give you a run down for the last week or so. We left our friends Steve and Yvonne and went to Camp Verde, AZ, between Phoenix and Flagstaff and stayed in Distant Drums Rv park. We travelled the hilly and narrow roads around Jerome, Cottonwood, Sedonna, and Prescott, seeing all the sites that Katrina and Jeff (our neighbors) had told us about. What wonderful sights!! We took the Verde Canyon railroad trip and it was exciting. A young man actually proposed to his love while we watched. cute. We then started our way towards home, up thru Flagstaff onto Rt 40 and across to Albuquerque, NM and met up with friends from Taos. They had to come down off the mountain into ABQ and we decided to meet them there. What a great visit with Ray and Bev Keen. (he and I had gone to school together) we then continused across rt 40 to rt 44 and up towards Tulsa,OK. and on to Springfield, MO and onto rt 60 and stayed overnight in Mt Grove. Continued to the KY boarder onto rt 57 to Paducah, KY. The bridge over the Missouri river was closed so the detour took us from MO, Illinois, and into KY over three rivers and in only 14 minutes. Narrow, small bridges that Linda was (me to0) pretty nervous driving the rig across. Paducah is where the national quilt museum and Handcocks of Pd are located. We had been there last year and wanted to see it all again in better weather but it was again cold and overcast, but it was fun. We left there and headed east on Kentucky parkway (rt 69 I think) across to Lexington, up rt 71 towards Cincinnati; stayed in a state park that wasn't open in Wilmington, oh(only three other people there and they were tenting); continued in the rian for a few hours; . thru Columbus, Akron and onto Rt 80; and made it to Rimersburg, Pa, where we set up in Paula Conner's mothers yard (the only place that was flat and wide enough to get into). It was a great site. We visited with our great friends Rick and Paula on Thursday nite and then visited with other folks on Friday. Friday nite, their kids and our friends Brianna and Jeremy, drove up from greensburg, Sarah and her son Conner came and we all went out to eat at a local restaurant. We all went back to Rick & Paula's and had a nice visit. We left Sat AM and drove thru heavy rain to Palmyra, Pa and saw Tim, Jamie and the kids on Sat nite. We had planned on staying Sunday, but the weather wasn't looking good so we took off for home around 10 am. We drove all the way home in rain. We got mixed up while looking for fuel and ended up in New Jersey and finely found an exit that took us across the Geo. Was. bridge and onto rt 95. I don't know what the tolls were and at that point I didn't care. We made it home about 7:30 and it was down to 35 degrees. Glad we made it home before much later, as it went below freezing. We unloaded just what we needed and called it a nite. We awoke to 3"s of slush/snow and rain. What a mess but we were home. We parked it cleared up and we completeted unloading, winterizing the rig and even got it backed into it's parking spot by mid afternoon. This is just a rough writting of where we went and how it was this..
I do have to say that it was a GREAT winter!!! We were able to meet up 4 times with our friend Steve and Yvonne Barnes from BC ( Tuscon, Picacho, Mesa,and Indio) it is always a blast with them. Thanks Steve for all the great places that you drove us to(even though Linda was on the floor alot of the time. She doesn't light heights and steep drop offs).
We met a whole new family at Picacho Peak RV Resort!! Folks just opened their arms and took us in as one of their own. Dave and Virl( our AZ mom and dad, Sandy for getting me started with darts, Norm for giving me darts and sparking my intrest in music, Dorothy for telling us to just get involved early in our stay, Frank for the silversmithing lessions and constant positive attitude, horse races and much more, Ed and Bernie for taking us around the peak and up to the mine, Jim and leigh for going to Pinnacale with us, Sarah for all she did with events and keeping us informed, Ed for letting me help with moving you rig, neighbors all around for just being the great family you are. I know that I have missed a lot but we do miss you all and we will be back!!
I do want to say a huge thank you to Jeff and Katrina Smith here at home for watching our place and keeping the snow removed!! Jess, we love you and all you did with keeping the house together and the huge task of mail room attendant. Our winter travels would be impossible without you all!!! So for another winter thanks to all and we will let you know when we start another blog. Russ and Linda
It has been way to long since we wrote on this blog and I do apologize. We have been headed east and have made it home after a lot of traveling. I am not sure where we left off but I will give you a run down for the last week or so. We left our friends Steve and Yvonne and went to Camp Verde, AZ, between Phoenix and Flagstaff and stayed in Distant Drums Rv park. We travelled the hilly and narrow roads around Jerome, Cottonwood, Sedonna, and Prescott, seeing all the sites that Katrina and Jeff (our neighbors) had told us about. What wonderful sights!! We took the Verde Canyon railroad trip and it was exciting. A young man actually proposed to his love while we watched. cute. We then started our way towards home, up thru Flagstaff onto Rt 40 and across to Albuquerque, NM and met up with friends from Taos. They had to come down off the mountain into ABQ and we decided to meet them there. What a great visit with Ray and Bev Keen. (he and I had gone to school together) we then continused across rt 40 to rt 44 and up towards Tulsa,OK. and on to Springfield, MO and onto rt 60 and stayed overnight in Mt Grove. Continued to the KY boarder onto rt 57 to Paducah, KY. The bridge over the Missouri river was closed so the detour took us from MO, Illinois, and into KY over three rivers and in only 14 minutes. Narrow, small bridges that Linda was (me to0) pretty nervous driving the rig across. Paducah is where the national quilt museum and Handcocks of Pd are located. We had been there last year and wanted to see it all again in better weather but it was again cold and overcast, but it was fun. We left there and headed east on Kentucky parkway (rt 69 I think) across to Lexington, up rt 71 towards Cincinnati; stayed in a state park that wasn't open in Wilmington, oh(only three other people there and they were tenting); continued in the rian for a few hours; . thru Columbus, Akron and onto Rt 80; and made it to Rimersburg, Pa, where we set up in Paula Conner's mothers yard (the only place that was flat and wide enough to get into). It was a great site. We visited with our great friends Rick and Paula on Thursday nite and then visited with other folks on Friday. Friday nite, their kids and our friends Brianna and Jeremy, drove up from greensburg, Sarah and her son Conner came and we all went out to eat at a local restaurant. We all went back to Rick & Paula's and had a nice visit. We left Sat AM and drove thru heavy rain to Palmyra, Pa and saw Tim, Jamie and the kids on Sat nite. We had planned on staying Sunday, but the weather wasn't looking good so we took off for home around 10 am. We drove all the way home in rain. We got mixed up while looking for fuel and ended up in New Jersey and finely found an exit that took us across the Geo. Was. bridge and onto rt 95. I don't know what the tolls were and at that point I didn't care. We made it home about 7:30 and it was down to 35 degrees. Glad we made it home before much later, as it went below freezing. We unloaded just what we needed and called it a nite. We awoke to 3"s of slush/snow and rain. What a mess but we were home. We parked it cleared up and we completeted unloading, winterizing the rig and even got it backed into it's parking spot by mid afternoon. This is just a rough writting of where we went and how it was this..
I do have to say that it was a GREAT winter!!! We were able to meet up 4 times with our friend Steve and Yvonne Barnes from BC ( Tuscon, Picacho, Mesa,and Indio) it is always a blast with them. Thanks Steve for all the great places that you drove us to(even though Linda was on the floor alot of the time. She doesn't light heights and steep drop offs).
We met a whole new family at Picacho Peak RV Resort!! Folks just opened their arms and took us in as one of their own. Dave and Virl( our AZ mom and dad, Sandy for getting me started with darts, Norm for giving me darts and sparking my intrest in music, Dorothy for telling us to just get involved early in our stay, Frank for the silversmithing lessions and constant positive attitude, horse races and much more, Ed and Bernie for taking us around the peak and up to the mine, Jim and leigh for going to Pinnacale with us, Sarah for all she did with events and keeping us informed, Ed for letting me help with moving you rig, neighbors all around for just being the great family you are. I know that I have missed a lot but we do miss you all and we will be back!!
I do want to say a huge thank you to Jeff and Katrina Smith here at home for watching our place and keeping the snow removed!! Jess, we love you and all you did with keeping the house together and the huge task of mail room attendant. Our winter travels would be impossible without you all!!! So for another winter thanks to all and we will let you know when we start another blog. Russ and Linda
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