Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloweenie!!!!!

Finished another afghan for a friend's housewarming. To keep her warm on snowy nights in front of the fire! I love making these, it is like a puzzle, also do white crochet, those are really a puzzle, each row, normally being different, but have had a hard time finding an audience for doilies, they are sort of outdated, not many people use them anymore and my stash has become cumbersome :)

We are having another lazy day of walking about, reading and trying not to sweat. I really have to find something constructive to do, have a couple things to do, chores, but have to wait until tomorrow when the stores are open.

Did get the cover for my Blue Ox hitch and that makes me feel better to have that on, like it will be protected from the elements and won't rust as badly.

Well that's it, can't think of a thing more. Did call home to make sure friend DeeDee disconnects the hoses from the house, so they don't freeze, so did my good deed and made work for someone else :)

Take Care all and God Bless

Luci and i spent the day at the beach, drove all the way down the gulf drive and ended up almost to Pensacola, so turned around and found a place to stop, took out my stuff and we just walked a bit, and laid out on the sand, read... no one bothered me about Luci being there. it is so achingly beautiful, so blue-blue and white-white and the sand is like course sugar, it sticks to everything, but is OK as it is so pretty! There was a fishing boat nearby when we first got there, but it left, only saw about 6 people in all. some just come to the top of the hill and take pics and leave.
What a way to spend the day! Expect to spend many more just like that!!!
It was in the high 70's, humidity gone.
Have a happy day!!!

Me Day

Went North of Navarre Beach for a short ways and this is the 1st sign i saw, but did not see any impact. There were some guys further down in yellow vests picking up stuff, maybe they had cleared this part already? Don't know. It was beautiful! The humidity left us today and it was a great day, turned off the AC, first time in 3 days, opened up the windows.

BUT, this was all after i got home, it was a me day, had to get my hair cut, facial waxing (tmi?) and pedicure, i felt slothful and pampered and it was wonderful, i just came upon these great/wonderful ladies at "Stiletto's on the Beach" in Navarre and they were the nicest most accommodating people i have met so far. They had an ad in the visitor's guide. It was a wonderful day!!

Hope you all have such a day!!

Take Care and God bless

Everyone is so kind in wishing me well!!! That is nice, makes me feel so not alone .. I managed to get my lazy body out of the RV today, left Luci inside after a good long walk and spent 12.30p to 3p on the beach laying in the sun, bake out the old germs is another way isn't it? then went in the pool to freshen as it is NOT heated but after that hot time, it is 90 out there (and i was in and out of the shade, i am not that far gone to know if i spent that amount of time in the sun i would be one crispy critter :)) the pool dunk was GREAT, Luci was glad to see me, fed her and walked a bit to make her happy dog, tail wag, and now back in here cleaning up after my slothful lay about yesterday. Read the whole National Geographic for this month, good, informative articles about the oil spill and Jane Goodall, it is her 50 year anniversary of the start of her study of chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa.

Take Care & God Bless all, from Florida.

Sick

Oh dear, illness gets you where ever...Been sleeping almost all day, took walks for Luci, took DayQuil/NyQuil, tried to stay cool. Seems like a wasted day in paradise, but a day of getting well, hopefully.
Welcome to new follower Kyotesue!
Hope you are all well :)
Take Care and God Bless

These birds have a happy home!

Look at those flowers!! it is almost November and greenness all around, it is amazing.. Boy last night there were tornado warnings North of us, wind, and rain, today overcast with intermittent sun and humid... guess i need to find out what county we are in so i can heed warnings on TV late at night. But really do they touch down near the ocean? don't think i have heard of that, need land to swirl around on or it is called something else, typhoon? but those are not here, in the western pacific, i think Oh, well, i am sort of the feeling that what will be will be, take ordinary precautions, certainly, but... you know....just sayin.....

Hey- i entered the Luci Florida Doggles picture in the 'Draw the Dog' contest on facebook, if she gets the most comments then will be on their Nov ad for a week :) so, go comment!!!!

Take Care All!

My Spot

Yesterday i went to a flea market, huge one! to my standards, but not much there for me. All these people were eating the same thing, and i could not see what it might be on the menu of the little eatery, so i asked a lady what she had? "Frito Pie!!" so i bought myself a $1 romance a Frito pie/lemonade and sat down to enjoy. It was "Frito's" with canned chili on the top covered with melted Velveeta!!! Yum!!! look it up on the computer- it is a Texas delight, i opted out on the onions, thank heavens, i am sure it played havoc with the cholesterol and gastric intestinal system, but i tried the local cuisine :)

It is 87 today, Luci just wants to stay in the air conditioned RV!! i sat out and read and talked on the phone and she was whining at the door, so let her in and she is happy as a clam! under the davenport, her place of refuge i guess.

I am getting a cold, i come to the most warm, sunny climate i have ever been in this time of year and i get a cold, yuck!!! have to DO something, so guess will attempt the laundry,

Take Care all!!!!

Continuing Saga

OMG!!! i figured out the front TV. why oh why does it take me so long? Just sayin.... well when i got to my 1st stop with cable, i just turned on the tv in back and it worked, no cable needed to be changed or anything, but i kept thinking the front one needed changing, and i have been dinking around with it for, what 5 days now??? so, i remembered that back one, and hooked up the front just like it was to start :) turned it on and it worked!!!! i am so excited, now i can use my whole space and not live in the bedroom, what a nimrod i can be!!!!


Now on to the XM, ha!!!


Also another thought, you all know how small the RV is, really, not like in a house right. Why does Luci have to follow me around room to room, i mean, really. she can SEE me from one place to another, i get up to get something in the back and she jumps down to follow, do you think that she thinks there is an escape hatch back there or something? I can see it at home in a house with 3 bedrooms and 1700 square feet and you can't see around corners, but geez, there are no slides, a straight shot and you can see me everywhere, i mean i stick out, i can't hide here :)


Also a big welcome to 3, yes, three new followers, Judy from Travels with Emma, Karen Hardamon and The Good Luck Duck! SO glad to have you!!


Take Care and God Bless


Going to walk the dog.....................................

Destination

Navarre, Florida!!! All went well today, slept in till 8am, yeah!!!! then was off, got to Emerald Beach RV Park by 2pm and even after missing my turn off. but stopped at next rest stop, which fortuneately was close and figured out where i was and how to get to 87 south, which was not too hard, but kept me wondering if i was in the right place and what was ahead, there were a couple trucks ahead of me, so figured i would fit under anything they fit under :), worry about coming to an overpass or something that is really low, but did not happen, have to be ever diligent and not wander in my thoughts. The park is really nice, and the people cheerful and welcoming, even met some neighbors, Robert and Anita from Chico, Calif. they were driving around the country trying to find work and both found good jobs here, so are sort of stuck, went thru last winter here when it got to 18!!! it is NOT going to do that this year i am sure!!!! i mean that is why i left Bend, for goodness sake! Went to the beach on an overpass thing this evening, to see the beach of course and they don't allow dogs on the beach!!!! We encountered this in North Carolina too, even restricting use to after 5pm for dogs... and the little private beach here at the park is the same way, good gravy, a couple of people not picking up after their dog spoils it for everyone, i am dissappointed, but maybe i can find one, will ask in office, hate to have to leave Luci in the RV all day while i bask in the sun, but maybe it would be too hot for her in any case, we will see....

Everything is set up and working, even have HOT water, am sooo excited.

Welcome to new follower Al, from Travels with the Bayfield Bunch, which i follow and get all kinds of tips from him, and love his groaners corner, going to try the Picasa Photo editing, which he highly recomends, as i need to start using something!

Take Care All & God Bless from sunny Florida!

Montgomery, Alabama

Well, it was a good run today, nothing happened.. :) It was just long, LOTS of traffic and trucks. Stopped at all the rest stops. this missile was at the 1st one at the welcome center in Alabama, WTH??? could not figure it out, why? then it dawned on me that they have NASA by Huntsville don't they? bet that is why. Alabama surprised me, it is hilly and forested, even saw a log truck! with logs. pine trees. the lady at the Woods Rv place here said they were at the end of the mountains, Appalachian i think, and they are the foothills, i thought it was all flat, little do i know? it does not flatten out until almost to Florida. got up early again as had to hook the car, went well, not even any cursing was done :) maybe i am just getting better, seasoned???!!

I am at a place called 'the Woods' and there are no woods, no trees, it is new and they cut down everything to level and it is a nice level site, but they need to plant some trees now!!!

Tomorrow i am sleeping in as it is only 3 hours to Navarre and i don't want to get there too early, i already told them i was going to be a day late, and now i am not, hope that goes ok for them.

Oh, want to let everyone know that i have found all of the places i stayed at in the Trailer Life RV and Campground Directory, it has been more than helpful and the places i have stayed at have all been really good ones, except did not like the spot put in, in Nashville, but the place was nice enough, but could have the bathrooms/showers a little cleaner......

Road Kill: one skunk, many furred animals that were way past the point of being distinguishable, but they were small and not raccoons, and tah-dah!!!! one armadillo!!! NOW i know i am in the South!!!!

Take Care all and God Bless

Tomorrow the Beach!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Yes!!!! the actual stage at the Ryman Auditorium!!!

Nashville KOA

Well, i am fit to be tied, i bought coaxial cable to hook up my NEW tv that i got to just watch dvd's on but am gettin tired watching tv in the bedroom! and i can't find the remotes to assign or find channels or whatever, am so sick of this tv thing... i have looked everywhere in here, where can they be???
then when i got here, the hookups are so far back that i had to unhook the truck and park it in front of the rv and then the sewer hose would not reach!!! i was NOT happy.
BUT i did sign up for a tour 'discovering Nashville, even get to go inside the Ryman!!! but have to get up at 7am!!! why is there always one thing that upsets the cart? so staying here for two night, and will have to get up early on thursday to get the car hooked up!!!,
I am going to bed, to watch TV!!!
Oh, it's raining here...
Roadkill Report: two deer and countless raccoons, are they slow??
God Bless all

So sad, one of the blogs i follow is...'Bruce and Margie's Full time Journey' ...both of them we killed by a car as they were out walking in Pismo Beach, Calif.. I am so sad for their family, what a horrid thing to happen, offer a prayer for them and their family... God Bless them all

Illinois

Right across from my camp site!!!

Here we are parked at Camp Lakewood Near Effingham, Il about a 4 hour drive from Davenport. Pretty uneventful drive, saw lots of things to take pics of, barns :) watertowers, but can't get a snap off while driving. the leaves are skittering across the gravel and the top of the RV, and there are LOTS of leaves. It is really pretty here, the leaves are peaking i think, was sunny when i got here and warmish, had to take off my jacket, now it is much cooler and cloudy. this camp is at the end of the road and away from the freeway, no truck sounds, and i get cable!!! that darn front tv won't work tho, can't figure it out.

Take Care and God Bless

Doggles

Carol and Guthrie got Luci a going away present. doggie treats and "doggles" !!!! i have to say she was beyond cute! she let me put them on her and she kept them on, just wore them in the car, looking out the window. so cute, she needs glasses don't you know due to the bright sun in Florida!

Tonight from 5-7 people in Geneseo had a Halloween celebration. It was really great! Some of the people in town have ownership of a park by a canal, trees, water, club house, lots of picnic tables and they have events out there all year long, go camping, invitation only. the kids painted pumpkins, had chili, hot dogs, s'mores, story telling sitting on bales of straw. even some fiddling, the music and company was great!!! i know the kids had a great time as Guthrie loved it.

Have a great day tomorrow. I get to hook up the car after going to the store to get some provisions for the trip.

This is where friend Carol lives. with her huge backyard, that she does NOT have to mow, the landlord lives in the big house in front of hers and does all the yard work. This is the back and side view. She has the big deck and stairs down to the laundry room below the deck, the rest of the bottom is the landlords for the storage of all their lawn mowers and what not. They just put in the new sidewalk, which will be great for her because going down that hill in the snow was the pitts and under the deck became a mud bog with run off, the sidewalk is a GOOD thing!!! and look at all of those windows in her living room, this used to be the carriage house. she has lots of storage up in the attic. They recently painted it all to match the main house , stained the deck and put in that sidewalk, so they are always doing something to make it look nice and more livable. Guthrie loves playing and running in the yard.
Today was spent, getting laundry done, working on an afghan and going to dinner. We have talked and laughed and had our adventure in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It is hard getting ready to move on. No matter how much time we have together it is never enough and we never get everything done on our 'to do list', but just getting some of it done is an accomplishment!!!

See you all down the road

Take Care and God Bless

News says it is hot in Florida, which is another 'good' thing, the weather is certainly changing here and getting cool to downright cold at times...

Fall Bounty

Boy in the last couple of days even, the leaves have left the trees, the sky is blue, yet crisp. glad i got the furnace taken care of, it was nice to get up and be able to turn on some heat!!! Leaves are skittering everywhere. It is just a waiting game now... for time to leave and for carol to not be working or babysitting, most every thing is done here, but i keep remembering things to do, like put a towel on the screen of the new tv i got, as it is facing downward on the shelf on top of the dvd player and don't want either one to get scratched....bouncing around...

lumpity -lumpity is going strong today, but i am not as near, so it is not as loud... did i tell you that Sunday night, this guy was out in the field with a BIG cultivator, doing the field, with huge lights until 11p!!!!! got up the next morning and the field was all like plowed and for awhile there he was raising it up turning and lowering it right by my bedroom window!!!! it was lovely......

that's done

have been worrying about things getting done and it is all done and could not eat breakfast was so worried about being behind the wheel again, but it was like riding a bike!!!! and nothing happened. that is good. but i was there for about 4 hours. took forever, then the guys had to go to lunch. but friend carol came to get me, so i could have lunch too! the furnace was really, really dirty and when clean it worked, oil change - check, air in tires and gas - check. the generator needs a carburetor, that would be $500 and i never use it, that apparently is the problem, so i am not going to fix, it, i only plan on being in places with hook ups and their own showers, so why do i need it? may run into some probs with that in Big Bend in Texas, worry about that then. water heater is just a flip of the switch by the sink, who would have thought that? all this time with no hot water, oh well.... i really need to look at my owners manual more thoroughly :)
in my new, long. level space so i have room to hook up the pick up
things are moving right along.
we went to see Secretariat, great show!!!! great horse of all time, my time!!! i remember jumping up and down in the living room when he raced back in the 70's boy i could get into trouble with horse racing.....
Take Care

Getting ready

Spent all day getting ready to move. Have the appointment tomorrow with the USA Adventure for the oil change and different things i want them to do. So i had to 'dump' and used a hose snaked thru my dining window to 'flush' out good, took a couple times to run clear :) yes this a yet 'nother nasty chore that must be done. going back and forth as there is only me to do things, get the hose, get it fixed so it would not come out when i turn on the water, but did not figure that when i turned it on, the bowl would fill up-fast- but i made it b4 it spilled over, thank heavens and then figured out another way to do it, so that toilet flap is open and the hose hooked in there so it wouldn't fill or pop out. (this is all using my new green hose, not one of my white ones that is for drinking water only) and it is all squeaky clean i am sure!!!! vacuumed and washed the floors, shake rugs, took off the wheel covers, why does this all have to be so hard and take me forever to figure out a good way so that i don't huff and puff alot??? and get all sweaty??? then when i figure it out, i think, why did i not think of that sooner???

people just pulled in for the night with their Cadillac on a trailer pulling behind the RV. i look like a poor relation to some of these people, geez....

am now going to hook up my green hose again and wash off the windshield as it is really bird poopy and dusty. nice having a shade tree, BUT..... and the front of the car, too i just know bird poop will give me a dread disease, so am disinfecting as i did after the dumping, eesh......

had to turn on the ac as it got a little warm this afternoon. need to take in the solar lights and put up the awning too. So i have had a full day, Luci too, as she is distressed if i am not sitting beside her and attending to her, and i was off, up & down all day doing, doing...

Have a good tomorrow, think of me sitting in the trailer place, waiting, waiting, can't wait to get this part done

Take Care and God Bless

Barns

There is also the Silo & Smokestack Historic area of Iowa, mainly i think along I80, where i believe they are protected.

I love taking pictures of old barns!, windows, water towers, weird signage, flowers, my friends. These were all between dubuque and Betterndorf, yesterday, many taken on the fly, without even getting out of the car! as i have a problem being the passenger and people don't want to stop 800 times during a trip for me to frame a picture :0 I know, they are soooo unreasonable!!!

You notice lots of corn!!! when does a person/farmer decide to no longer use a barn> to just let it site on land unused? Why?

Have a good day!!!

Friends

Ahmie and Deitah, friends in Iowa. these are the names that 'A Girl Named Gus' calls her grandmas. We had a wonderful time at dinner on the Mississippi River Friday night.
Thank you guys for making me feel so welcome
May you all have wonderful, great, understanding friends!
Take Care and God Bless
p.s. welcome to Carol, lucky 13 follower!! she finally figured out how to become a follower, that should be commended!!!

the Pickers

Do any of you watch this show ? It is on the History Channel. They go around the Mid West looking for the old and interesting. They are based in Le Claire, Iowa, which is just up the road EAST of Davenport, Well today we finally found them Behind the BP station in Le Claire. There were people flocking up the alley and taking pictures in front of this car, so we did the same thing!

the people on the next street above them did NOT want to be bothered or had been bothered to distraction already and wanted to make sure you did not go back to their property!!!

It was a really nice day in Iowa, almost 90 degrees!!!. We drove to Dubuque to a toy store, and the store was no longer there and we were not able to get what we were looking for but saw alot of old barns and took some pics! the colors had already turned there, should have gone further south and not north :) to see more of a display, but we saw some pretty country anyway and had a good day. Ended up with a fire pit, hot dogs and s'mores at Carol's daughter and son-in-laws place (John & Darah, parents of Guthrie and Laithe) Ahmie (mother-in-law-, Patty ) was there too! it was a good time talking and staring at the fire.

Welcome new follower, Patty!
Take Care and God Bless all

oh, Man

Someone stole the head off the 'old dude'!!! there was crime tape around him!!! what a mean, devious world this is, to steal Halloween decorations!!!!

Hope you are all safe

11th Street Precinct

Well , You know what, yesterday deserves to have two blogs added, as we also had lunch at the 11th Street Precinct in East Davenport. A cute little part of Davenport that they have made sort of yuppie like, with neat little shops, Isobel Bloom is there and i really do like her things. And it is just becoming a neat place to go to for lunch or dinner. Has a couple of bar/grill like places, music on the week ends, they even had a tractor display when i first got here and the whole main street was dedicated to all types of older tractors that have been refurbished, if you are into that sort of thing. There is also a big park, softball field and of course it is right near the Mississippi river and the Great River Road and river walk. there is parking and a paved path along the the river that you can go on for miles.
These were Guinness beer battered onion rings, they were sooooo good. AND i discovered 'Blue Moon' beer. they put a quarter of an orange on the side that you squeeze the juice into the beer, oh, it was really good especially with those onion rings. Wish you could have all been with me!!!

Bottoms up y'all!!!!

Take Care and God Bless

Old Dude

Isn' t he a dear?

Have never seen a MUM this huge before!!!

The Mid West really decorates for Halloween. We went by this place and had to go back & get a picture, the people were really pleased that we liked their 'old dude'. made/stuffed of old clothes, a mask with a basketball inside the head. Isn't it just great? And lots of the trees are changing too! It is really just beautiful, want to go for a 'ride' Saturday or Sunday in the country to see what we can see. It is really a beautiful time of year and the weather has turned out wonderful, beautiful, perfect.

ERROR

Ok, i made an error, know it is hard to believe, but oh so true. The locks and dams have nothing to do with the level of the Mississippi River, or for flood control, ONLY for transportation on the river, to make it a certain level all up and down the river so barges can easily go up and down. i KNOW this, we went on a tour last year at the lock and dam here in Davenport and that was made clear to us. When friend Carol read my prior comment on the blog, she asked if i did not remember that tour and what the park ranger told us??? Yes, i do, but in the excitement of the little flood and all it totally slipped my little mind and i am sorry to mislead anyone.
thank you very much
and have a good day :)
Take Care and God Bless

These geese are here all the time, usually in the river, well i assume they are the same geese. the water is really swift right now, they are keeping watch on the water to see what it is going to do next!

See, here is the Mississippi River (that is the 74 bridge in the background) about a foot higher than what it was when i first got here. can't just walk out to the docks! and coming into the parking lot.

Here is Grandma Carol or more commonly known as Deitah. Name Guthrie made for her so it is very special. We had dinner last night, cheeseburger pie, Yummy. Darah and i worked on the blog and Carol took all the grandkids, including Luci to see the Halloween decorations around the block. One on the corner is really something! lights all over the house and everything, graveyard, ghosts, witches. I am going to try to get pics of it for you all, but have to see how things work in the darkness, as that is the only time it really comes alive, ooooahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

This is whirling Dervish Guthrie, which she is doing most all of the time, whirling about us, busy as can be. She got a new dress and was testing out the swirl ability.....It did pretty good!!!!

Hope you all have a swirly day!!!

Welcome to Tammy at 'Stitching and Shipping'!!

Hope you all like my new "look" got tired of the other and wanted to try something different. i thought it looked like a person was looking thru the windshield of the car or RV and there are mountains in the background, i miss the mountains, oh sadness but i LOVE the Mississippi!!!

Which by the way is flooding, no, no, don't worry i am up on the plains- and with all the locks and dams it is not a devastating thing as it used to be, but rather a slow and steady thing and takes awhile to get down to us and then slowly move on. I showed the pic of the picnic table in the water a week ago and that was the start of it i guess, lots of rain in the north then and it takes a week to get here, and now it is clear everywhere and the water is coming, so flood some streets and parks, but not so badly as the rains stopped up North. it is interesting. In the paper here they have the tonnage shipped on the river every week, and it is ALOT you see the barges in the river and backed up waiting to get thru the locks, it is just a way of life here, and pretty cool to see too!!!

Take Care

Things I've learned

Well, stayed relatively warmer last night with the new little heater :) but you can't leave it on high w/o sweating a bit. What is that anyway? Closed the air vent over the bed and that helped. At least it was not ass bitingly cold!!!
I still had propane for my eggs, so that makes me think there is something wrong with the furnace :(
And you can't leave the dishes to air dry, they don't get dry, things like the wooden cutting board the dishes are on just get mouldy, not good. So i dry any washed dishes i may have.
So, i hope you have learned something too!

Take Care and May God Bless you all!

It is Geneseo, Ill we went to. I spelled it wrong b4. Also went to Carol's friends 'country' property which was pretty neat, half a lake (there was a fence in the middle of the lake!) some buildings, got lots of pics of more birdhouses, like to print up cards of them for gifts. there is also a windmill. they are so dated and old west.

Well last night got COLD guys, let me tell you. and of course the furnace would only blow cold air, can't believe i am out of propane already, i only use it for cooking my eggs in the morning, basically, did not know you had to leave the propane ON so the refrigerator would work while traveling, so had been shutting it off when i was on the road (no wonder it was not keeping ice very good), so, there should be more in there or enough for a couple nights of coldness, then how do you get more propane, when all set up? do i have to break down and move the rv to a propane site? that would be the pits!!! so that goes on my list for the Oct 13th appointment at USA Adventure to get things fixed and oil changed, what not, geez, how much will that cost for everything, they will be glad to see me coming :)

So i went to Blaine's Feed and Fleet and got a little space heater, because the Adventure store was not open on Sunday, Welcome to the Mid West. alot of things are not open on Sunday, even some grocery stores and Hobby Lobby, you better get your hobby stuff b4 Sunday or plan ahead, no spur of the moment crafting, maybe i should be in church too!!!! Anyway my toes are warming right up and now the sun in shinning on the south side of the Rv, so things are getting a little warmer in here. thank heavens!!!!

(and i thought you had to turn off the propane so as to not start fires while on the road, but apparently that is only for the water heater, which is a whole nother story :)

what i don't know about this RV thing would fill a BOOK!!!!

Hope you are all warm! Take Care and God Bless!!!

Down Day

Well, it is getting cold here. Good thing i have a short while to stay. Hope it warms again , Love that great Fall weather. Have to go out & get the awning in as the wind is really picking up. I was sick last night, not much fun being in an RV while sick...think it was the popcorn at the movies yesterday, am i getting too old to digest popcorn, good heavens, the things we learn about ourselves!!!! So slept until almost 11a, where was Luci, i thought she might be dead??!!! but she was just cuddled all cozy under the blankets, yes, i sleep with my dog, that is just the way it is. So why does she have the bladder the size of a basketball when it is cold, and sometimes, its the size of a pea and she has to go out every 10 minutes, geez..... what a whiner!

Am going to my friends house to do laundry, finish up hers while she sleeps, she is on her working days this week-end, RN at Hospice and works 11p to 7 or 8am or when she can leave, sometimes she ends up staying when someone is almost gone and the family needs her. Yes, she is a saint, i hope there is someone like her near when it is my time, kind and patient and so giving. She worked in Oncology for many years and felt that at the end of her career she wanted to work with older end of life patients, some are not that old, really. This is a picture of us waiting for construction in NC. She is one of my best friends, have known her for 32 years!!!! Lots of 'things' under the bridge between us :) Love her dearly. I have been coming to Iowa for 4 years now, since she moved here to be near grandchildren, the 1st 3 were by my car and i imposed on her for a month! This is the 1st year for the motor home where i have my own space. It seems to be working out good. It is always sad to leave, knowing it will be another year before i get back. But this year i am going on to other places and adventures.

Welcome to new followers Janie and John! It amazes me that people may find me interesting, mainly started this for friends who were wanted to know where i was and i like to journal and this was a way to do it and not have to write things down and maybe later i can get it in book form as a remembrance of me for my son. Like he would think that was interesting, but someone may, maybe my niece??? who knows.... So am glad that others find it a small bit interesting too. Also kind of think it is good someone knows where i am :)

Well you all Take Care and God Bless