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Everyday Life for People that Live in an RV – What Could Be Better than to Wake Up in the Morning to New Surroundings yet Being in Your Own Home – It’s the Little Things in Life that Make it Okay –
Bellefonte, Ohio, RV park, not where we were the day before and not where we were three days later. We were in this town seeing whatever there was to see. Sometimes we have to drive the Jeep a little distance to find restaurants and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Bellemonte, Carol Ann Hoel, Cereal, Coffee, GPS, Grill, iPhone, Kentucky, Living in RV, Mount Vernon, Ohio, Pizza Hut, Propane gas range, RV, Stick and brick Home
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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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What a Blessing to Park Our RV on Lake Erie’s Shore – From the Window at Our Breakfast Table We Watch the Sun Slip into View Each Morning over Lake Erie in Sterling State Park, Monroe, Michigan –
Sunrise officially occurred a few minutes after I snapped this photo. The colors were spectacular just before the fiery globe appeared on the horizon. I wasn’t aware that I had booked a site with this gorgeous view of Lake Erie. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Dawn, Family, Fiery Globe, Horizon, Lake Erie Shore, Moments before Sunrise, Ohio, Southeastern Michigan, Sterling State Park, Sunrise, Toledo
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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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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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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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