Moving Day: Barstow, CA To Quartzsite, AZ
We were originally going to take a different route into Arizona today but decided to go a different route. Rather than going interstate we took state roads…which turned out to be a pretty relaxing...
View ArticleRoadside America Day….Again!
Quartzsite seems to be a Mecca for many RVers. Years ago nearly 2 million people (many of them RVers) would flock to Quartzsite for the winter months. We’ve been told that that number has dwindled to...
View ArticleMoving Day: Quartzsite, AZ To Willcox, AZ
We decided to get an earlier than normal start as we had over 300 miles to drive and we wanted to get away from the 100 degree heat as soon as possible! The forecast in Willcox looks much better over...
View ArticleMoving Day: Willcox, AZ To Alamogordo, NM
Tasty and super easy! It was nice to have a day off…no driving, no sight-seeing…just rest. I worked a small jigsaw puzzle and started painting Zoe’s stool and then made a new Instant Pot recipe for...
View ArticleWhite Sands & Rizo’s
I had a conference call at 8:30 am so we stuck around home until after the call wrapped up and then headed out for some sight-seeing. There could be a new opportunity for me around the corner…we’ll...
View ArticleSpace, Pistachio’s & Cloudcroft
We started the day by visiting the New Mexico Space History Museum. The building is situated above Alamogordo on a hill where it’s easy to see several of the local sights. Hams’ grave is at the base...
View ArticleMoving Day: Alamogordo, NM to Carlsbad, NM
Friday, October 21 We left the Holloman Air Force Base FamCamp about 10:00 am this morning, which has pretty much become our standard departure time for travel days. We adjust it according to how many...
View ArticleCarlsbad Caverns
Saturday, October 22nd. **Lots of pictures. Don’t forget you can click on the picture to enlarge it. We took this route through New Mexico at Michael’s request. He wanted to see White Sands and...
View ArticleMoving Day: Carlsbad, NM To Ft. Stockton, TX
Sunday, October 23 With another fairly short (164 miles) journey today we didn’t pull out of our site until 10:40 am so that we had time to dump our tanks and hit the road by 11:00 am. We made sure to...
View ArticleMoving Day: Ft. Stockton, TX To San Antonio, TX
Nice pool! We took the day off yesterday and didn’t do much of anything other than laundry. In the early evening, we did go over to the pool for a quick dip once the sun had set some and it wasn’t...
View ArticleThe Week in Review
Wednesday, 10/26 I had my six month follow-up appointment with my doctor. It was a quick and semi-painless appointment. I’m down 36 pounds, the nurse did a blood draw (my April blood work was good),...
View ArticleWisconsin Bound!
Tuesday 11/1 Tuesday morning before we left for the airport we met the guys from Go RV outside the post gates and then, once again, escorted them onto post. They were back to remove the gray water...
View ArticleA Family Kind of Weekend
Friday 11/4 /6 All seven of us piled into Amanda’s Explorer and make the 200+ mile trek to the Northwoods of Wisconsin. It was actually a fairly comfortable ride. We made a stop in Plover for lunch...
View ArticlePiano, Sports, Craft Fairs, Sisters & Fish
Our last week in Wisconsin has gone quickly and now it’s almost time to board a plane and head back to San Antonio. We’ve had a good time spending time with our Wisconsin babies and grandbabies....
View ArticleHome Just in Time for a Colonoscopy!
Tuesday 11/15 On the way to the airport we stopped at Jimmy John’s to pick up sandwiches for the flight. Our first flight (from Madison to Detroit) was at 12:30 pm so we left home about 10:00 am as we...
View ArticleSan Antonio Wrap Up and Moving Day
Our stay at Ft. Sam came to an end today. We always enjoy our time here as we get plenty of rest and an equal amount of chores done. This past week Michael finally got all the bugaboos cleaned off the...
View ArticleGot a Gate…
Our gate this time… We got a call from Shawn at 7:20 Monday morning letting us know that he need us on a day gate immediately. It just so happens that the gate was one that we worked January for a...
View ArticleWoohoo! Another gate!
We got a call from Shawn early Friday evening telling us that a position at a gate was opening up on Sunday morning and he wanted us to go check it out to make sure that we’d fit. We took a ride over...
View ArticleYet ANOTHER Gate
Things can and do change quickly in the oil patch! We didn’t end up going back to our day gate today as the location was supposed to be dried up enough for us to get into without sinking too badly....
View ArticleTomatoes, Lemons & A Sidewalk
Wednesday 12/7 Moved into position and settled for the duration Moving Day! Ok…so we only moved 15 feet or so….but we still moved! The ground was solid enough for us to safely get into a much better...
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