Windsor, NY

10/3  Cold and wet day coming over to Windsor from Central Bridge.  Got caught in a parade going through Windsor we were at the end and it was fun watching everyone picking up all the candy that had been thrown then looking up and trying to figure out how that RV got in the parade!  Staying in the Lakeside RV Park way out in the boonies between Windsor and Binghamton, NY.  In order to get from here to Binghamton, we go through Pennsylvania.  Sun came out in the afternoon and warmed up a little, with the rain stopping.   Having to stay an extra night here as the brakes didnt get delivered on time. They assure us the parts will be here on Tuesday.

Central Bridge, NY

10/1 Staying at Locust Park RV park for 2 nights.  Just took a short trip along the edge of the Adirondack Mountains to see the Fall colors.  Went to Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame and saw all the memorabilia and Hall of Fame plaques.  Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth have rooms to house their stuff.  Lots of pictures and uniforms, bats and gloves.  Enjoyed it.  I took a lot of video in there.  Otherwise, taking it easy watching the baseball playoffs.  Go Cubbies!! We have an appointment in Binghamton, NY, for getting exhaust brakes installed on the truck so that our braking is more reliable, especially in an emergency.  The fall colors are getting better and brighter all the time.  It was close to freezing last night!

Rhinebeck, NY

9/22 We made a quick trip from New Hampshire through Connecticut and Massachusetts to the Interlake RV Park outside of Rhinebeck, NY.  This is just a short way from the Omega Institute which is so well known for its classes.  We had signed up for a class in removing blockages to discover our Divine purpose.  It took place over Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday morning.  It was taught by Dianne LeBlanc and was very interesting. The Ram Dass Library on the Omega campus was a real treat and Peg found some good resources for the Enriching Elder Project she and Bob Stecker are working on. It rained a lot and was sort of cool most of the time.  The park has lots of trees.  We bent our stabilizer again have to get that fixed.  I made a turn that must have scraped it on the ground.  Maybe we can get it moved further forward to avoid this happening again.  We have quite a list of repairs to be made in Wakarusa, IN at the Holiday Rambler plant.  Have an appointment there for 10/13.  My birthday took place while we were here.  Happy Birthday to me!  We went to dinner at a very nice restaurant.  It is very old, dating way back to the early history of our country, especially during the Revolutionary War.  Geo. Washington and other famous personalities slept there.  Peg gave a nice T-shirt with a picture of a moose on the front.  I got a CD writer so that we can put the pictures on a CD and got a compressor for filling the tires properly.

The people here in New England are nice, but very penurious (cheap).  They charge for everything thats not tied down, for example, 25 cents for a 5 minute shower, $2 per day for using your air cond or elec. Heater, the brownie for my birthday cake.  The only break that we got during the most of our stay was having our refrigerator looked at in a RV repair shop.  That was free I expected to get charged for that, given the history of the section.  Im not cheap, and the people down South never charge for such stuff!!

We attended a Lumberjack Contest Sunday afternoon.  You might say that we are having a great vacation!!!!!!!!!!

Then we went to see a movie Saturday afternoon.  They show movies only in the evening during the week with one show in the afternoon on Saturday and then one in the evening.  We saw Second Hand Lions and it was good.  We shopped in the mall and Peg picked up some Christmas presents in the craft store before going to the road. 

Gorham, NH

9/13 We stayed in Bangor for only a couple of days, then we caravanned with Paul and Anita through the foothills of the White Mountains westward into New Hampshire.  Didnt have any idea what we would find to do there when we left.  It turns out there is quite a lot to see.  The first night we were here the four of us played Wizards and I won my first Wizard game.  Wizards is a great card game that we learned at the 400 full-timers club.  It is fun and frustrating at the same time.

Pegs (Peglegs) leg is doing much better.  Anita has been doing Reiki on her the last three days and she has been sleeping with a castor oil pack on her hip and knee.  My leg and knee are much improved.  I can walk without much difficulty for short periods of time and have little or no pain most of the day as long as I dont exercise too much.  Peg and I have been doing lymph exercises every other day for quite a while to help and I took a good walk this a.m. for the first time.  We found a really good chiropractor here and both got adjustments which have also helped tremendously.

It is so beautiful here in the White Mountains.  We watched a video last night to introduce us to the area.  We are in a wooded campground with the leaves starting to turn.  Outside my window right now I can see leaves of a beautiful dark rose on the branch.  All along the way here we could catch patches of color along the road.  We might spend more time here than what we allotted.

We called and made an appointment at Wakarusa with the Holiday Rambler people there for Oct. 13 to get a bunch of nit-pickin stuff done on the rig before the warranty runs out.  We have a laundry list of about 20 items to be repaired, so we are altering our plans somewhat.  Also, Hurricane Isabel is threatening to head this way and it is a big one, so we have to keep our eyes on that and stay out of its way.

Took a loop through the fall colors country north of Gorham.  Turns out that this is one of the better spots for fall colors!  The colors are spectacular, even now.  Going through the countryside, you come upon trees in their full fall leaves bright orange, red, and yellow amongst all the green trees around them.  Went to The Balsams, a very big lodge nestled in the mountains, ate at the golf course restaurant.  This lodge is where Dixville Notch casts its presidential ballots the first in the country.  We visited the ballot room where this takes place.

We had heard about the extremely scenic hwy called the Kancamagus Road and we werent disappointed.  It was beautiful, with a rapid flow of white water in the river sometimes to the right and other times to the left.  Rapids and falls abounded with huge boulders and scenic mountain ranges reaching for miles.  We stopped at many of the scenic overlooks and took pictures (of course).  Also, a minor miracle just occurred.  Peg found our video camera hidden in the closet I thought we had sold it in the garage sale and I was considering buying another one for my birthday!  Got back late (7 pm) last night and had a large salad.

On the way back we went to the spot that the campground people told us to go to see moose.  We saw several moose.  They just stood there and let us take their picture.  There were several cars there watching the moose and taking pictures.

The next day we spent most of the day on the Crawford Notch Scenic Railroad tour.  It was relaxing and there were some good views, but the trees had grown up so much around the railroad tracks that mostly all we saw were trees.

That night, we relaxed around a fire and ate a few Smores.  We have decided to stay here for the remainder of the week to witness the fall colors in their full grandeur.  It looks like Isabel will not come up this way unless it surprises the forecasters greatly..

We went on the Auto Tour of Mt. Washington, the tallest peak on the eastern seaboard (6288).  Couldnt take the dually up there, so went on the guided tour. 

Bangor, Maine

9/11 From Bar Harbor to Bangor was a very short trip 45 miles.  Paul and Anita Henehan were there waiting for us.  They had been through Canada and over to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.  We had hoped to catch up with them and were very happy to see them and to spend time together.  The trip, to get back to that, was made much longer due to the fact that I had left my credit card at a restaurant in Bar Harbor and discovered that when I tried to get some fuel.  I had to make the trip back and then back to Bangor.  The four of us went to dinner and visited, catching up on what was going on.  We, however, didnt do much of anything in Bangor because there wasnt anything much in the tourist way that we could find to do.  Paul and Anita recommended a massage therapist nearby and Peg and I went to have side-by-side massages for an hour.  Tried to go to a chiropractor but that didnt work out. The massage and Anitas Reiki treatment on Peg has really helped her to relieve the pain. Were thinking now she may also have a pulled muscle as well as the tendonitis.

I had a great lobster dinner couldnt leave New England without that.  Going to Bangor tomorrow.  We think that, so far, Maine is our favorite place of our travels.

Can you believe they name these whales? It was really cold on the trip outside the cabin area fortunately we had gloves and caps with us.

We went to the top of Cadillac Mountain and here is our picture there to prove it. Peg is wearing her new jacket a bargain she got at the LLBean factory store.

On the 9^th we went to an early whale watching cruise on a very large catamaran the Friendship V.  Went out 35 miles to look. 

Can you believe they name these whales? It was really cold on the trip outside the cabin area fortunately we had gloves and caps with us.

Bar Harbor, Maine

9/8/03 Now I am covered by Medicare! (Sigh- Im much too young!)  Got to Bar Harbor around noon, got settled in and went to the Acadia National Park Visitors Center here.  This park is great!  It covers most of the area of Mt. Desert Island and other islands as well.  There are mountains the highest Cadillac Mountain is 1530 feet tall.  The park is composed of plots of land purchased by individuals and donated to the nation.  They were later turned into a national park.  The shoreline is rugged, the sky is a beautiful blue, and the water is a dark blue.  We went on a carriage ride on a special carriage trail that goes around the island a sunset ride.  It was a very nice ride with lots of great views. Even saw a deer who came out with her fawn to pose for us.

Spent one afternoon sitting on the rocks and listening to the SILENCE! We were high enough that we couldnt here the waves so could just sit and enjoy the beautiful view.

Eastport, Maine

8/29/03.  We moved to Eastport the easternmost city in the contiguous United States -  after a week in Millinocket. We are now on the coast after a pleasant journey through the hills of northern Maine. Right off the coast is the Sow, the largest whirlpool in the western hemisphere.  The Sow has several piglets (smaller whirlpools) around it.  Peg met a neat family who were also looking for the Big Sow. Greg & Debbie Walker and their children, Russel and Allison.  Greg has taken a year leave of absence from his job in Manasses, VA to tour the country and show the kids this great country of ours.  We look forward to connecting with them again down the road. We are staying in the Seaview Campground, a classy Big Sam campground.  It has all the amenities including a restaurant that serves fantastic blueberry pancakes! They not only are plate size they are actually blue because they have so many blueberries in them.   We are taking lots of pictures need to get a CD burner put on the laptop so that we can move the pictures off of the hard drive and free up some room.  Another expense will be to enlarge the storage area for pictures inside the camera.  Before too long, we intend to improve our brakes, also.  Had clam chowder last night great!  This is a big lobster area, of course, and we saw a lobster boat come in and unload while we were having our dinner.  .I want to have at least one lobster dinner before leaving Maine. Still dont have access to Sprint so that we can get on the web from our RV, but they have a pay phone by the office.  I have a lot to do to update the website to make it more user-friendly.  We will be here for a week, mostly relaxing and healing our ailing legs.  Went on a whale watch on the schooner Sylvina W. Beal on Wednesday.

Millinocket, Maine

8/20/03.  We did some touring of the area as well as relaxing.  There is a big mountain here Mount Katahdin about which we heard in Presque Isle on Public TV.  It has very picturesque scenery around the mountain.  The program prompted us to stop by here for this visit.  We have seen a few moose (a single female at one time and a female and her child at another no pictures, though, they didnt come out) and lots of whitewater - this is quite a big tourist area for kayakers, rafters, and hikers.  

Some rafters whose raft had turned upside down in a level 5 section that is called the crypt. We are staying at Hidden Springs Campground; the owners Mike and Gail are very nice.  They have a campfire most every night and a pool.  They have a dog Belle, a large Chesapeake Retriever who loves to chase tennis balls, especially when they are thrown into the pool. 

My knee and Pegs leg are better, but not too much.  We did some effort towards washing the RV while we were here, washing one side a dayno sense in overdoing.  The toilet got stopped up a couple of times, which gives us some concern, hope it doesnt keep happening.  Also, the water heater was acting strangely, but seems ok now.  It has been cold here had to turn the heater on most nights our apologies to those down south who are suffering in the 100s.  We went yesterday to the library to access the internet pay bills and download the credit card and bank statements.  Also, did the laundry while we were there.  Going today to the Penobscot River to watch the white water rafters come down the river.  Should be fun!  Glad Im not down there!!  After we got back, we got some more of the RV cleaned have a lot more to go.  It is cool up here 40 degrees in the night, up to 70 in the daytime.

Presque Isle, Maine

8/18.  We crossed over from Canada to the States at Van Buren, picked up our mail and went down to Presque Isle.  Again, we relaxed and stayed off of our feet-getting lots of reading done this way.  Peg found a brochure for the Knott-II-Bragg Farm while doing laundry. It is an herb farm and advertised a product that is especially good for pain control, called the Old Log Drivers Arthritis Formula so we drove about 20 miles further out in the country and had a wonderful time visiting with the owner, a woman whose great, great, great aunt first developed this product. Seems she was a doctor in the  1800s but the men didnt like her doctoring so wouldnt honor her prescriptions. So she studied with a Native American Shaman and learned all the herbal remedies the Indians had used and developed her own prescriptions. Weve been using it the last week and it does stop the pain.   Below, Peg is finding a good way of relaxing, I think you will agree.

Quebec Quebec Province Canada

8/14 Nothing much happened in Quebec.  We laid up at a the La Domaine Champetre Campground.  Met Margo and Leopold from Drummond, New Brunswick who own a potato farm there.  We introduced them to Smores around the fire one night.  Mostly while there, we simply relaxed and tried to heal our aching body parts.  We did no touring at all, staying at home and reading.

Montreal Quebec Province Canada

8/10 Now we are in Montreal we keep on moving onward!  Here we are above the city.

We went on a Gray Line Tour all day Monday and enjoyed it a lot.  The city is very photographic and interesting.  Saw the Notre Dame Basilica and lots of other buildings and statues.  It has a large French population, as does Quebec, our next destination city.  My leg, ankle, and knee have been hurting badly since we left Berrien Springs, MI.  Went to the doctor today and got some medicine that we hope will help.  He gave us some anti-inflammatory medicine for 10 days and told us to see another doctor if the situation was not improved.  Meanwhile, we are staying off our feet as much as possible.  We stayed at the Alouette Campground about 20 miles outside of the city. 

Gananoque Ontario Canada

8/7 Visited the quaint village of Gananoque (pronounced ga (as in garage) nan (as in gnat) no (as in no) que (as in quay) on the St. Lawrence River on the way from Niagara Falls to Montreal.  Decided to stay an extra day when we discovered there was a festival here.  Saw a nice parade, the craft fair, a railroad museum, and went on a boat tour on the St. Lawrence River through the myriad of islands in the St. Lawrence seaway.

We stayed in a fairly nice campground on the 1000 Islands Parkway the 1000 Islands Parkway Resort.  (There are actually 1860 islands here, but whos counting?)  Got lots of pictures and enjoyed the festivities.

Niagara Falls Ontario Canada

8/1 Arrived at Scotts Trailer Park about 2 pm.  Got set up and rested, met some neighbors who told us about the free parking lot and shuttle to the Casino right across from the Falls. We left about 7pm went into the Casino had dinner, walked along the riverfront park and enjoyed seeing both Falls directly across from us a great view! Watched the fireworks (5 minutes worth) at 10 pm and went home. They have fireworks over the falls every night during the summer season and it is a grand sight even if it is not very long!

Sunday we went into Buffalo to the Unity Church and enjoyed meeting some wonderful people and worshipping with them. Monday was a Canadian holiday but we took a chance that the Alexander Graham Bell museum in Brantford would be open and it was. This is where he was living when we came up with the idea for the telephone and how it would work. Within 3 years there was a telephone company in Brantford and it quickly spread so that within 10 years it was everywhere. Reminded me of the way the fax machine spread in the early 90s.

Tuesday we rested but did go to the Oh Canada, Eh musical dinner show in the evening. It featured many songs we knew but didnt know theyd been written by Canadians. Met a couple there from Memphis and a Canadian couple celebrating their 57^th wedding anniversary! Also met another Escapee Joei Hassock at the campground. Had a good visit with her and bought her book about her trip to Alaska. She has a humorous writing style that is very enjoyable. Besides if we go there next year as we are planning well be better prepared.

Wednesday was the big tourist day. We saw the IMAX movie about the falls then did the Maid of the Mist tour. It was wonderful and the best thing we did all week. If you can only do one thing while in Niagara Falls, I recommend that trip. To be that close to the Falls is awesome!!! Then we followed the river downstream and drove to the Whirlpool area about 7 miles down. Watching the water coming down off the rapids and entering this area so fast it cant make the right turn so it loops around to the left and then goes under the faster moving water coming in from the rapids forming a large whirlpool area, though not a tight circular whirlpool as I thought it would be. This did answer a question Id (Peg) had since 1979 when I flew over the falls in a small private plane on the way to a conference and couldnt figure out where the river went! It seemed to just stop. At the angle we were flying I couldnt see how it made the sharp turn to the right.

Went to a great Indian Museum where they had the stockade reproduced.  The archeologist was there digging, looking for artifacts. 

Ann Arbor, MI

7/26 Stayed in the Brighton Recreation Area state park near Ann Arbor. Had a nice campsite right next to a small lake. We visited a Course in Miracles group and went to a large Unity church in Detroit that was mostly African-American and who gave us a very warm welcome. 

Berrien Springs, MI

7/18 Holiday Ramblers 50^th Anniversary Rally.  Over 1400 rigs parked in the Fairgrounds made for a small city! We parked with the 400 club and were able to continue the friendships started at the pre-rally. Pegs leg was getting worse, she went from limping to using her crutches to being pushed in a wheelchair that the First Aid team leaders, Glen & Flower McMillan, made available. It was a big disappoint to her that she couldnt work on the First Aid team as shed planned but she was able to get her First Aid certification renewed. She went to a chiropractor and that helped some but it seems shes probably dealing with an inflamed tendon and that means REST! Hard to do when at a Rally and so much is going on.  Spent time pushing Peg around in the wheel chair hurt my knee.  My shin and ankle also got injured.

One nice thing that happens at a rally is that the guys from the factory are there to do repair work as needed. We had several repairs done and also got the back window of the RV tinted, the carpets cleaned and the awning rewound.

Elkhart, IN

7/10 Pre-rally with Holiday Ramblers 400 Club.  Stayed in Elkhart Campground. Went to the Studebaker museum fabulous old cars built by the Studebaker company.  Went to the RV museum which displayed old RVs.  We were in the midst of the Amish country.  Lots of bearded gentlemen driving buggies along the highways.  Ate dinner at a genuine Amish home family style.  Very good!  Went to the Bonneyville Grain  Mill.  The Amish arent allowed electricity or automobiles, but the Mennonites have an easier life.  On the corner in Amish neighborhoods, there is a small house which has answering machines for the people on that street.  They have to come down in their buggies or on bicycles to get their messages.  Ate dinner at the Tippecano Restaurant which had 30-40 rooms, a lot of them either serving lunch or set up to serve.  One room downstairs was lined with leather.

Chicago, ILL

7/7 Stayed at Indiana Dunes State Park.  Went to Church on Sunday in Chicago at the Christ Universal Temple with Johnnie Coleman.  They had a church meeting that Sunday, announcing that they had sold their school to the City of Chicago and were therefore able to pay off all their debts.  Great metaphysical bookstore!

Chicago, ILL

7/3 Stayed at Hideaway Lakes Campground southeast of Chicago.  Terrible road going in and out.  Not a very good campground.  Very wet and slippery grass.  Back hoe pulled us out when we got stuck trying to leave. Peg hurt her leg, thinks it is tendonitis. Saw the Sears Tower, the Aquarium, and the Planetarium.

Veedersburg, IN

6/29 Morris reunion.  Parked in front of Judy and Tom Booes home.  Had a great time with brother Dave, Claire, cousin Judy and Tom, cousin Helen and Charlie, cousin Sue Ann and her daughter Denise, cousin Kitzie and Steve and Judys family.

Evansville, IN

6/23 Stayed at Audubon State Park in Kentucky and visited Helen and Charlie in Newburg, IN across the Ohio River.  Fourth of July parade in Evansville, IN.  Visited the Audubon museum and nature center.  The Thunder on the Ohio (fast boats on the Ohio River) was there that weekend, but the parade and having to leave early for the reunion in Veedersburg preempted that.

St. Louis, MO

6/11 Stayed in Bill Thomas RV Sales lot and then moved to Dardene Lakes Campground.  Visited with Karen and Bryan, Betty and Paul , Linda and Perry.  Soul Esteem Center.  Went to financial planner, chiropractor, and went to a Mitzi McDonald concert in the park.  Got Mitzi to sit down with us and a map on the places to go in Cape Breton.

Springfield, MO

6/8 Got chip reprogrammed, adding 60 HP and 100 ft/lbs of torque, K&N air filter.  Increased mpg by 2-3.

Branson, MO

6/8 Stayed in Turkey Creek RV Park in Holister, MO an escapees park.  Saw quite a few shows and enjoyed them.  Took a ride on the amphibian army vehicles called Ducks on the lake. 

Pryor, OK

6/7 Stayed in Green City Mobile Home and RV Park.  This was supposed to be a regular park, but was really a mobile home park.  Not very comfortable.

Dallas, TX

6/6 Stayed in the Holiday World Dealer yard in Mesquite.  Got them to work on the RV sewer and leak in refrigerator. Left it there while we went down to OHI.

Austin, TX

5/11 Optimum Health Institute.  Two weeks of de-toxing and dieting and exercise.  Nothing but raw, organic vegetables.  Two days each week there was nothing but juice all day.  There was lots of wheat grass, also.  Lost 18 lbs and Peg lost 12.  Great group of guys there Karla and Kim went to church with us.  Karla rode back to Mesquite with us.  Lorenzo and I went to an antique car show while there many, many old cars in beautiful condition. 

Dallas, TX

5/9 Sherry had broken her wrist and we stayed in her apartment for a couple of days while visiting in Dallas with the kids and Sherry.  Got the dent in the side of the truck fixed by a neighbor of Steves.  Went to Chris graduation from HS.  I was ordained by Rev Kay in her Carrollton Church.

Clarksville, TX 

5/8 Stayed in back parking lot at Charlies funeral home while with visited with Sarah, Charlie and family.

Brinkley, AR

5/7 Stayed at Super 8 campground, just a quick stop on the way.  Mary and Gordon from the rally caught up with us there.

Holiday Rambler 400 Club Natchez Trace Rally

Saw lots of Indian mounds and historic monuments along the Trace, stopping along the way at historic markers with the other rigs (at least as many as could park there).  At one spot, there was a tame deer there begging food from the tourists.  You could see the old trace at places along the road, worn down low by all the people and wagons that had been there.             There was a Red Hat celebration by the women on one day (ask Peg about that).  We saw a horse show and lots of other stuff.

Dickson, TN

5/4 End of Natchez Trace Rally with Holiday Rambler 400 Club.  Dickson County Fairgrounds.  Terrific thunderstorms throughout the area with tornados.  Had a tornado warning in the middle of the night all 50 of us with dogs, cats and canary in the block restrooms for a couple of hours.  Had fun.

Tupelo, MS

5/1 Stopped at Ag Center.  Visited Presleys place of birth.  Carl from Maine sat down with us with a map and showed us all the good places to go in Maine and where to stay.

Vaiden, MS

4/28 One stop on our Natchez Trace Rally.  Not much happening in Vaiden.  Played cards and games.

Vicksburg, MS

4/25 2^nd stop on Natchez Trace Rally.  Nice people Ellen and Cosmo, Ewing and Elaine.  Cards and games and going out to eat with the gang.  Went to the Vicksburg battlefield for a while.

Natchez, MS

4/23 Start of the Natchez Trace Rally.  Visited several magnificent antebellum homes Melrose, Longwood, Stanton Hall.  Ate out with the others in the rally.  Played Wizards card game.

Jackson, MS

4/22 Stayed in Roosevelt State Park in Bienville National Forest east of Jackson just a stop on the way, but it was so nice that we stayed an extra day.

Birmingham, AL

4/16 Stayed at Oak Point State Park, Pelham, AL.  Saw Ken and Beth Vaudo, Barbie, Blair and Patrick.  Also, Cousin Cindy Blackstone, her husband Mike and daughters Katy and Ruth and son David (Buddy)  Stopped by on the way there to see Kim at the Waffle House.

Dothan, AL

4/10 Dave was there waiting for us as we pulled into the Baptist Village parking lot.  Blondell, Waymon and Liller were there, also, along with the maintenance ment.  Everyone tried to help and it was just terrible getting all those wrong directions.  Finally a professional driver one of the maintenance men offered to help and I let him.  Had a nice visit with all. 

Mobile, AL

4/7 Stayed at Paynes RV Park.  Toured Bellingrath Gardens.  Too late for the azalea trail the rain had ruined the plants.

Springfield, LA

4/3 Tuirned too sharp in downtown Springfield, slipped into ditch.  Waited 2-3 hours for a wrecker and messed up traffic completely.  Finally the wrecker got there and linked on to the truck with one cable and to the axle of the trailer with the other and told me to back out of the ditch.  It was easy, but scary.  Dented side of truck a little where the trailer was leaning on it.  Met Frank and Jane Johnson there and spent some time visiting.  The police officer told me after it was over that he should give me a ticket, but if I didnt want him to, he wouldnt!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rayne, LA

3/31 Frog Capital of the World.  Attended the Southeast District Rally for Holiday Rambler.  Stayed in the Rayne Civic Center.  Quite a few businesses in Rayne have frog murals on the side of their buildings.

Westlake, LA

2/16 Stayed in the campground By Da Rivaside on the Calcasieu River.  Took care of Owen to help out his sons and keep them from having to come over on weekends.  Stayed about a month, rode bicycles and ate crawfish.  Kevin and Zach came over and ate some crawfish and   Got together with Frank and Jane Johnson and went out to eat with them.  Dave Ware stopped by in his sailboat on the way from Florida to Texas.  It rained a lot.  The ground was like a wet sponge, got stuck in the front yard right from the get go.  Rhea, Pegs nephew, his daughter Jennie, and son Andrew visited us for a few days.  Pegs nephew Craig came to visit with us while we were there, also.

Livingston, TX

2/12 Stayed at Rainbows End an Escapees park.  Celebrated anniversary there, saw the mailing facilities, got some hugs.

Trip Around Texas while getting RV fixed

Dallas, TX

2/12 Went to get RV it was locked up inside the repair shop and we had to spend night in hotel.  Found out that our RV insurance had been cancelled, had to make calls to get replaced.  Lost drivers license, had a struggle trying to get replaced, then had to go ahead and get a Texas drivers license.

Rockport, TX

2/1 Back to visit for a week.  Went for an afternoon sail with Dave Ware.  Went to Maritime Museum, Unity Church with Mary Ware.

San Antonio, TX

1/25 Visit with Maryel and Roger.  Psy-K work, Roger and Maryel work with QXCI.  Went on tour of downtown San Antonio Riverwalk.  Saw the Alamo and other missions.  Visited the Wildlife refuge on the way..

Rockport, TX

1/22 Enjoyed visiting in the home of Dave and Mary Ware.  Dave introduced me to the books of Patrick OBrian seagoing adventure novels.

Victoria, TX

1/21 Saw Pegs Aunt Trula and cousin Joanne, along with her husband Harold.

Matagorda, TX

1/18 Visited with Jeanne and Tom, toured the Nuclear Plant, were introduced to Boudin Balls

Houston, TX

1/16 Visited with Kevin, Jeannine and Zach.  Worked with Bob Stecker on his aging program and designed some classes with him

Dallas, TX

12/27 Stayed in Destiny RV Park, a KOA oarj, then in the Corps of Engineers Hickory Creek park in Lewisville.  Visited with the kids.  Went out to get some work done on the RV, stopped to eat and pulled too close to the 18 wheeler parked there.  Tore a strip down the side of the RV.  $10,000 in damages. I was just sick looking down the side of that trailer, as it was almost brand new.

Oklahoma

12/27 Stayed in a rest area on the turnpike on the way to Dallas by a McDonalds store.  Cold and noisy, got no sleep.  Left early because the electricity was running low.

St. Louis, MO

Went to a Life on Wheels conference to learn about RVing.  Bought RV at Bill Thomas RV Sales.  Bought truck from Jerry Jones.  Llved in the Dardene Lakes RV Park.  Had a terrible time getting parked in there.  Peg got locked out twice, had to crawl in the window one time.  Someone backed into the truck and ruined the fender, $500 to get replaced.  Lived there for a month while I finished up work and retired.  Planned to leave on 12/25/02 but had 4 inches of snow. Peg had to get up on roof and sweep off the snow so we could bring in the slides.  We left the next day, 12/26.