Thursday, February 25, 2010

JAN 23 2010

Can you believe this here we are middle of January and 2010 !!!!! Boy I remember just being a kid and thought 2010 was  SO far away and well here it is. What happened? Where did the years go? I’m sure there’s a lot of you thinking the same thing….. Well now it’s time to get caught up on the blog again.100_5233 We left Tenn December 10th. Heading to Fla.100_5232 Stayed in Fairview cg in Ga. for the night. It was a nice clean place and for$12.oo a night.Plenty of sites. We got a site near office in the overnite sites.  Got parked and Dan was heading out to hook up water and electric and Angel snuck by him and off she went chasing a cat into the woods acroos fro100_5240m our site. So Dan goes after her I grab the leash and I go for her also.Now we both go after her in the woods with bob wire mixed in with the brush and yea we both got scratches from it on top of thick brush. We got her by the tree she put the cat up. She knew then she did wrong…. Now to get hooked up and get dinner. We were up and on the road by 8:00am. Stopped for gas walked the girls and grab a lunch at Fly J’s. Got to Dave Jones place about 4:30 Friday night. 100_5242 Dave was there waiting on us. Got the camper set up for the night,sat talked with Dave for a while. He went home and we had dinner and to bed. The next day we moved the camper into the shade,helps to keep it cool inside and keep the sun from fading paint on that side.Finished setting things up. Put up Christmas decorations and set my Christmas town up on the dash. Took most of day to set up but we got it done for now.Didn't do much for the next few days but hang out.Early Saturday morning we lost power,thought we popped a breaker but no.So Dan checked the wires and they were fine. But no power at outside outlet.Dan took the cover off and there were three small lizard things inside trying to stay warm.Well one got over warmed. So he changed the outlets checked the voltage  and still not enough. So Dan,Guy and Dale looked for a break in the wire which is covered pretty good they found it.Got it fixed and we got power again…. Friday one week before Christmas,I went to the office had coffee with Dave while Dan slept in.100_5281 Bob was there[he is one of the drivers that parks his truck at Dave’s] well anyways he needed some welding done on his truck and both Dave and I told him that Dan can do it and that he’s good at it.100_5282 Well that weld job turned into a paint job..For the next two weeks he had his work cut out for him. Got our package from home today 24th.We had a nice Christmas opened our gifts from home and then we went to Chris and Joanie’s house for dinner it was a nice day and visit. thanks for the dinner.   Then back home to check out our gifts again and have some cookies..ummm and thank you all..Dec 26 we had a burn out and there was a few people there.100_5257 We had chicken,Cornish hens,potatoes,salad,bread,coleslaw and pumpkin bread. Guy brought his corn hole game and a few played.Rest of us sat around the fire and watched.It was abit chilly that night Helen and Guys mom had a blanket around their legs.But then again they are in their 70’s and 80’s.100_5261 It was a nice night everyone seemed to have a good night. Jess and Megan came down for vacation, On their way down the car broke down Or so we thought that what happen. Jess gave us a call to see if we could help and of course that was no problem. We had a friend of ours Dean who just happen to be coming that way in his car hauler.100_5279 Dean swapped her car for a Mercedes and in return they dropped a Cadillac off to a lady on the way here. No trouble at all. It worked out just fine all around. Thank you Dean.They seemed to had a great time while they were here.I hope so.100_5293  For the next week Dan stayed kind of busy on Bob’s truck,He wanted it done by new years. And he did body work and paint job.It looks real good.We had another burn out new years night and again to much food but it was good.We all made it to about 10:00pm.It’s a bitch getting old.ha ha…..So for the next few weeks we went to flea world with Dean and MJ out to dinner a few times,did things around here at Dave’s.Snapshot_20100114 Visit with different folks. Dan,Dean and I went to Dean’s property on the west coast of Fla to see if it was something that we Dan and I wanted to clean up and take down a old trailer.Nice piece of property just needs some cleaning up.We’ll see if we do or not……We got new tires for the truck boy it needed them bad What a different ride that truck is now nice and smooth.Started working on things on the motor home,got the screen door painted black,fix hall closet doors, touched up paint on the steps and more little things to do but we’ll get it done in time got to enjoy the sun you know. After all we did have some cold weather for about two weeks.Got down to 17 a couple of nights. Not good for the fruit. there goes up the price on them.We even had a little snow!!!!!!!!!!! Dan was about to go further south..not much of that left.So here we are 23rd of January got up to high70s.Cheryl and Jeremy had their sledding party today. Sure hope they had fun wish we were there. Well that’s it for now I guess if I forgot anything or one sorry…love you all  100_5253

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Dec 6 09

We got here in Spencer Tenn, Sunday Nov 22nd.100_5145 It was fairly warm when we got here…We both thought this was nice and could handle this weather for a while. And that is about what it lasted a while.100_5195 But Tenn.. is having a cold snap that they usually don’t get till later in the year in this area.100_5190 Now don’t that figure.But I think we can handle it. The visits with Vic and Fred have been good ones.Good food and lots of laughs… Makes up for the cold and Snow….O.K. now for the trip down here.Got up early had coffee and got ready to go .We left the home stead about 9:00am Wens.Stopped by Harris store got a coffee for the ride and on our way.Our first stop Dean’s house.100_5003 He’s a good friend of ours.We got to his place about 2:30pm that afternoon.Gave the girls a good walk they were ready for that.We had a good visit that night, Dan got Dean on face book and he is liking it.Went out to dinner with Dean that night we ate talked laughed a nice night.The next morning we had a flat on the right100_5006 inner rear tire. Dan and Dean got it off and fixed back on and 100_5007 holding up just fine. The value stem was leaking.OK we are on the road again heading to PA. Next stop Sharon’s ( our niece) we got to the camp ground about 4:00pm.100_5009 Sharon,Nadja,Tee and James met up with us at the cg and went to dinner. We had a few good laughs during dinner,and then we all went back to the camper to catch up on the past few years that we all missed.100_5010 And it has been some years. No more of that.You got some goooood kids there Sharon. You guys did a great job. Up early the next day on our way to Teen.100_5017 Stopped for the night in Lexington Pa. This was one of the worst cg we had been to. 100_5001 Out on a narrow back road with no signs to let you know when you got to the cg till you realize ya have gone by it. So now we got to unhook the truck because there no place big enough to turn around with camper and truck.yay.So I take the truck and go ahead to the cg.Dan was not thrilled at all.100_5018 But it was getting late and we were ready to stop for the night. Be in Spencer Tenn.the next day Saturday… Vicky came out to the cg and visit for awhile. She was trying to be at the cg before we got there but we beat her there.(Vicky is Dan’s sister)100_5207 She may of beat us but it was dark and it is hard to see this place because there are no lights on the sign.100_5208 But she made it and it was real good to see her again. We had a good time chit chatting. That Monday we went to the Grand ole opry Hotel in Nashville.100_5052 There was Vicky, Murlene, Dan and me.What a great place that was all kinds of plants and the lights100_5127 they had up for the holiday was unreal.We had a good time and a nice lunch100_5124 ….Got back to Vic and Fred’s about 6:00. Todd,Teresa,Andrew and Cassidy came over to visit.100_5133 That was the first time we met Teresa and kids.We all hung out for awhile got caught up on the past.The next few days we just hung out and visit.Thursday Todd,Teresa,Andrew,Cassidy,Vic Dan and I went to 100_5179 Fall Creek Falls state park checked out the water falls 100_5172 there and there were a few of them at that.100_5140 Now off to have dinner100_5138 .It was a good day and we had  great time.For the next few days we hung at the cg just catching up on cleaning and get settle in for a bit.Then we all went out for dinner at Ruby Tuesday Friday night Fred joined us.100_5200 Fred is in a wheel chair so he don’t get out to much,it was good to have him there.We thought we were leaving that Saturday but we decided to stay till after Christmas.Of course Vic just loved that.And we did not mind it. The weather was good at the time so we thought we could handle it. And we could have but the weather took a change.It got cold and snowed100_5195 …….So now we have changed our minds and we are heading south Thursday 10th.Should be at Dave's by Friday.100_5215 Dan,Vic and I went to Todd and Teresa’s house for dinner before we head out.100_5220 We have had a great time while we were here 100_5218 and enjoyed all the visits with the family100_5229 ….Now it’s time for nighty night got to get on the road early in the am. So I will be back after we get settled in Fla.100_4998 Sun..Sun Sun……..