Wednesday, June 4, 2014

We made it to Colorado!

We had a really nice 2 day visit with Don's family and stayed at a lovely campground right outside of Terre Haute . The next day we made it to Kansas and Sophie found a new way to see the road by being in the chair behind me, as you can see in my selfie.

Found a beautiful state park in the middle of Kansas

And then made it all the way to Colorado, using a few back roads. We are staying at a place right off the highway tonight , but now we have an extra day to explore before going to the Denver area.

It has been a long ride through the plains but it will be worth it!

 

 

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Adventure has begun!

I am so pleased that everything went off with no problems:

The afternoon before we left Eaton, friends told me of 2 super reliable people who were looking to rent for much of this summer. Since we had just finished cleaning and since everyone we knew it seemed, knew and trusted them, we agreed!! We had one phone conversation with them and had our friends go through our procedures and now it is a done deal...and the house will be taken care of!

Then there was the wonderful Eaton Tapas event that felt like a proper send off ..

In the morning we drove the RV and car to the Ossipee mall area and Don hitched it up without any problems the first time! We drove 8 hours and the one place we could find to park overnight was at a Camping World..of course Don drooled over bigger and better campers..

Today we started at 7am as we were awaken by trucks and finally ended up in Ohio in a little farm town past Columbus. We tried 2 campgrounds which were full but found this one which is basically a field with a few trees and electrical connections. Since there were no Hilton's near by we found a shady spot here with a nice breeze, needed as it is 85 degrees.

When we first got here we were very skeptical. As you can see from the picture it was run down and we were greeted with an old car that looked like it was wrapped in Saran Wrap.

A guy did come by who was temporarily managing it and said the owner was 103 and doesn't see the point of putting $ into it..."besides there is a golf course next door and they might buy the land." Let's hope they do so soon. :).

Tomorrow we are off to Indiana and will have dinner with Don's brother and sister and hopefully other family members will show up too.

 

Monday, May 19, 2014

Colorado here we come!

I can't believe we are soon off to our next adventure. I have been trying to get in shape as my lungs certainly will need help at 9000 feet! Our new home will be at the Pleasant View Resort, Lake City, CO

( http://www.pleasantviewresort.net )


Soon we will be near Lake Cristobal where they have 9 cabins, 2 houses and jeeps to rent (We will be part of the cleaning crew)

Can't wait to explore those trails

And get to know our little downtown:

We do hope to have visitors too!

 

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

California and rust!

So here are just a couple of don's photos of CA and then a few of the dumpsters and other rusty items along our travels,

I had to do low resolution of all of his shots, so they aren't half as pretty as the framed photos.

Here is to a great New Year!

 

 

A few more photos

Don is getting organized with his photos and I want to share a few of this years with you.

here is Eaton in the winter:

The first part of trip...Sophie gearing up and North Carolina:

Nova Scotia and Pei:

 

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Colorado Bound Next Summer!

Yippee! we accepted a job at Pleasant View Resort in lake city, Colorado...right in the San Juan mts. http://www.pleasantviewresort.net. We will be cleaning cabins and jeeps 12 hours a week and exploring the rest of the time. Do come and visit us next summer..anytime between mid June and mid September.

There are cabins and houses to rent at 9,000 feet!

 

Family and California

What a wonderful time with family at my brother's second home in bodega Bay, Ca (see http://www.coastalvistas.com/cliffsidecottage.htm) . Hobart rented a 12 person van for all of us so we could visit the wineries together and travel we did! Just missed my daughter becky who couldn't be there.

We definitely will look forward to many future CA trips and perhaps even a work camping job.