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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
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- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
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- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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Tag Archives: Florida
Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
St. Augustine Beach Campsite – Notice the item leaning against the tree. Our Rock Guard. How does our rock guard fit into this post? This ordinary piece of equipment played a part in changing the course of our 2018 tour. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Bible Verses, Memoir
Tagged Anna Maria Island, Austin, Clermont, Dallas, Florida, Fort Stockton, Mohs Surgery, Motorhome, Pensacola, Rolling Ridge RV Park, RV, San Antonio, St. Augustine Beach KOA, Texas, Winter Garden
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Where Have We Been – Up to Flagstaff Arizona – Albuquerque and Santa Rosa New Mexico – Amarillo Texas – Oklahoma City – West Memphis Arkansas – Nashville Tennessee – Virginia – Pennsylvania – Long Island New York – Ohio now – Heading for Michigan in a Few Days – South to Florida, West through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico – Back to AZ –
Here we are pausing for a week in Streetsboro, Ohio, not far from Cleveland. This park is a beautiful place. If we were to see nothing else in this area, we would be waking up each morning to natural beauty … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Albuquerque, Arizona, Arkansas, Flagstaff, Florida, Long Island, Louisiana, Michigan, Nashville, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma City, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia
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Our First Voyage Focuses on Family – We Encountered My Family in Florida – We Are Departing from a North Carolina RV Park from Which We Visited Steve’s South Carolina Family – A Happy and Playful Time Was Had by All of Us –
Steve’s family are a delightful people to get to know. We had fun with them from the first day until the last. Steve and his grandson played air hockey and several games of pool in this bowling alley that was … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged air hockey, Billiards, Bowling Alley, Family, First Voyage, Florida, Game Rooms, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Playful People, Poconos, Pool, RV Resort, South Carolina, Three Generations
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We Visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom with My Family – Watching the Animals Graze Reminds Me that We May Rest in the Lord Knowing He Loves Us and Will Provide for Us –
We rode in a safari bus through a park that was prepared for animals from Africa. The entire day was filled with fun and many technological wonders like the 3 dimensional bug show that enabled bugs that weren’t really there … Continue reading
Walking Chelsea – a Scenic Excursion in Winter Garden RV Resort – Another RV Park with Beauty and Charm – My Family Here Makes Florida Special –
We were walking Chelsea in the park, and this is what we saw. I believe that’s a goose in the pond. Swans have longer curved necks. Cypress trees standing serenely in the water look like soldiers protecting this solitary waterfowl … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Morning Walk
Tagged Chelsea, Cooking Out, Cookout, Cypress Trees, Florida, Goose, Metropolitan Scenery, Motorhome, Orlando, Pond, RV Park, Swan, Walk, Winter Garden
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Walking Along the Canal Making Plans to Begin Our Journey – We Must Get Serious – I Should Be Booking Our Stops –
Walking Chelsea, our pet Bichon Frise, along the canal in the morning, we contemplated how we were going to begin our RV adventure. Which direction should we take, north to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and then to South Dakota, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Adventure, Bichon Frise, Canal, Florida, Motor Home, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, RV, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Travel, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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I’m Glad to Help with Gardening – The Work Is Overwhelming until We Get Caught Up – I’m Not Used to Being This Busy – Steve Never Slows Down – He Hated Waiting for His Hip to Heal So He Could Start Back to Work – Gardening Is Temporary Work for Me – SMILE – I Can’t Wait to Take It Easy Again –
There he is trimming the Blue Fan Palm again. After he spent three hours on the palm, he cut up the Little John bush the cactus killed as it crashed to the ground. Multiplication is Steve’s best mathematical skill. He multiplies his … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Arizona, Blue Fan Palm, Christmas Tree, Christmas tree decorations, Florida, Gardening, Little John, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Trimming Bushes, Trimming Trees, Weeding, Yucca
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Summer Is Hot in Florida – And Hot in Arizona – Long Hair Needs a Jaw Clip – I’m Sending my Daughter in Florida Relief from the Heat in the Form of a Scunci Hair Clip – It’s on the Way Via U.S. Postal Service –
I was talking on the phone with my daughter when she told me that she was considering getting her hair cut short even though she prefers it long. She lives in Florida and doesn’t like her hair touching her neck … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Arizona, bun, Florida, Hair Clip, Hot Sun, Jaw Clip, Long Hair, Pony Tail, Scunci Hair Clips, Short Hair, Summer, Target, Updo, Walmart
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Arizona Monsoon Sky Reappears – Not a Trace of Blue – We Still Need Rain for our Desert – Will We Get Rain or Dust – Or Neither – Steve and I Are Hoping for Rain –
Monsoon skies have returned! Yesterday the sky was clear and blue. The sun was shining brightly. Today the clouds are clustered close together allowing not even a hint of blue to show through. Everywhere else I have lived, clouds in … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Memoir, Monsoon
Tagged Arizona, Arizona Landscape, Arizona Monsoon, Carol Ann Hoel, Clouded Skies, Clouds, Desert Flora, Florida, Landscape, Michigan, Monsoon, Ohio, Tennessee, Valley, Watering Systems
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Rain – Rain – Rain – We Need Rain in the Valley – Last Night We Had a Dust Storm – Somewhere in the Valley There Was Rain – Amazing – Happy July 4th to USA and Anyone Wishing to Celebrate with Us – Party – Party – Party –
Happy Independence Day ! Let me tell you about our Dust Storm last night, but mostly about the dust storm warning. If you live in Arizona, you already know about this. Every time there is a probability that a dust storm will … Continue reading
Contrasting Florida and Arizona – What are the Differences – Love them Both –
I spent nineteen years in Florida. I arrived one year ago in Arizona. Both have warm (HOT) climates in the summer. Both have pleasant winters. So what’s the difference? Florida is humid; Arizona is arid. Florida has big fluffy white … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Memoir, Thought, Uncategorized
Tagged Arid, Arizona, Bad Hair Day, Blue Sky, Carol Ann Hoel, Clouds, Florida, high humidity, Humid, Laughter, Low humidity, Sun, Sunshine, White fluffy clouds, Wispy clouds
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Home from Vacation – Cooking Chinese Chicken – Recalling Great Vacation Memories – Including One Hilarious Escapade and One Humorous Moment
My husband and I flew to Florida to visit my family. We met with the whole gang, and we all went to Sea World, Universal Studios, and spent a day at New Smyrna Beach on the Atlantic. Let me share a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Atlantic, Chinese Chicken, Cooking, Florida, Gun Point, Handcuffed, Humor, Humorous Moment, Memories, New Smyrna Beach, Sea World, Stolen Car, Toddlers, Universal Studios, Vacation
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New Environment
I was born and raised in northeastern Ohio and spent much of my young adult life in southeastern Michigan, gazing at the expansive, flat fields of wheat and corn. From there I made a pit stop in Nashville, Tennessee, experiencing the … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Arizona, climate, Cowboy, Cowboy hat, Cowboy hats, Cowgirl, Desert, Dust Storm, Dust Storms, Florida, Hot, Hot summer, hurricane, Hurricanes, Lone Star State, Low humidity. Cactus, Michigan, Nashville, Nature, Northeastern Ohio, Ohio, outdoors, Palm Tree, Palm Trees, Southeastern Michigan, Storms, Summer, Tennessee, Texas, Thunder Storm, Thunder Storms
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God Answers Prayer – A Memoir
My husband at the time this took place was Bill, a man 21 years my senior, an overcomer of disability, and a wonderful husband and companion. I lost Bill in 1996 to Multiple Myeloma. Bill decided one day after slipping … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged Black Ford Van, Camping, Daughter, Florida, Granddaughter, Law Firm, Legal Secretary, Marriage, Memoir, Michigan, Move, Moving, Multiple Myeloma, Ohio, Sale
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