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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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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 –
This is our third tour in our Motorhome. We started this one in mid-April calling it our 2018-2019 tour. It will end April 30, 2019, making this tour a few days longer than a year. (This is the plan subject … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Morning
Tagged Brown Texas Sand, campers, Carol Ann Hoel, Fifth Wheels, Home, Looking out my window, Motorhomes, Mountains, People like me, RV Park, Surroundings change, Texas, Van Horn
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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 –
Here we are in Las Cruces, New Mexico, all shiny and sparkly again after wind, rain, and mud accumulated during our altered trip through Texas. We had to reroute to escape the terrors of Hurricane Harvey. Barely out of Harvey’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Friends, Las Cruces, Mud, New Mexico, rain, Repair Airbag, Reroute, Restaurants, Sights to See, Texas, Wash Coach, Wash Jeep, Wind
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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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Beautiful Day to Travel on Interstate 40 through New Mexico – Albuquerque Was Our Next Stop – All Was Well until It Wasn’t – The Jeep Would Not Start – AAA to the Rescue – But Our Trouble Was Not Over Yet –
Steve and I have been traveling since April 17. We headed north for Flagstaff, Arizona, and it was cold. We continued west to Holbrook, Arizona, and it was cold. We should have expected it, but we didn’t. We were uncomfortably … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir
Tagged Albuquerque, Amarillo, Arizona, Author, Carol Ann Hoel, Dead Battery, Flagstaff, Holbrook, Jeep, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Santa Rosa, Texas, Traveling
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Cloudy Texas Skies – Today – Last Night Lightning Lit the Sky – Thunder Pounded Our Ears – Winds Rocked our Coach – Pet Bichon Frise Chelsea Slept through the Storm –
Cloudy is the theme for the day after the storm, and this thick cloud cover is welcome. Cool and calm. Moist but not wet. I like it. Beauty sleep must not be interrupted, so Chelsea snoozed through the entire storm last … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Memoir, Pets, Photo
Tagged America, Beauty Sleep, Chelsea, Cloud cover, Cool and Calm, Lightning, Mile by mile, Moist but not wet, Pet Bichon Frise, Rain drops, Texas, Thunder Storm, Visiting Family, Winds
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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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Baked Irish Soda Bread to Have with Lunch Today – I Switched One Ingredient – from Wheat to Gluten-free Flour – The Conversion Was a Success – This Recipe for Irish Soda Bread with Raisins Comes from simplyrecipes.com –
Irish Soda Bread is one of my favorite quick breads. I made it for the first time in Texas. I found the recipe at simplyrecipes.com. Now I used the same recipe to make this bread, but I substituted Jule’s gluten-free all-purpose flour for … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Photos
Tagged Baking Sheet, Cast Iron Skillet, gluten sensitivity, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Flour, golden raisins, Irish Soda Bread, Jules gluten-free all-purpose flour, Lowred Temperature, original recipe, Quick Bread, simplyrecipes.com, Texas, Wheat Allergy, Wheat Sensitivity
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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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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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