One year ago....

October 1, 2011 to October 1, 2012

It's hard to believe that it has been one year that we have been "full-time RVers".  There has been some exciting times and some lean times but all in all it has been worth it.

I have been asked alot "What do you do if you need a doctor?".  Let me tell you there is always some one out there that will take you and take your money!!!!  Luckily, we really haven't been to terribly sick that warrants going to a doctor on a regular basis.  I had to find a chiropractor, no problem.  Abby has had to go to a vet on 3 occasions and we found several vets along the way.  Jim signed up with the VA clinic system and have used them for blood tests to check on his PSA levels.  Which by the way, has been low and the doctor says he is cancer free (Yeah!!).  There will be future tests just to keep an eye on things though.  We found an awesome dentist in Mexico and will return again this winter for more work.  While in Mexico we will stock up on any medications that we need for the year.

We have met some really neat people along the way and have still continued with the friendships we had left behind.

There are more things to see and do and we hope to see and do as much as we can for the time we have to do them in.

As we prepare to leave Ohio, the leaves are turning beautiful colors but it is getting to chilly for me.  We are off to Arizona for a little warmer weather and lots of sunshine!!!!

Now that we have the Dune Buggy there will be more adventures and different pictures of rocks!!!

Until later......live long and prosper!!!

Having a great time...wish you were here.

Barb and Jim.

Home to Ohio

August 1 through October 1, 2012

We planned to return to Ohio for the month of August then off to new adventures.....the best laid plans of mice and men.

I didn't think much would happen when we got back to Ohio so we really didn't plan for much.  First thing when we got back Cassie shared with us that they had sold their house and had to be out by the 19th of Sept.  So we helped with the move (so we extended our stay into Sept.) and I got to baby sit for a few weeks until Cassie was able to find a qualified sitter. (Do you know how hard it is to keep up with two little ones when you are use to doing nothing all day!!).

We were invited to Anderson's (grandson) Karate exhibition on the first Saturday we got back.

Hi Ya!!!!

Then there was the Medina County Fair...



Riley,  cute as a bug......in a bug!!!!

 Then we had planned to go on a camping trip with the Good Sam's "Fire Side Sam" Group #50 the third weekend in August.  While we were with them we found another Covered Bridge....


 

This may become a hobby on our travels!!!!



We had a chance to visit with family and friends while we were in Ohio.  On one of my trips to Cleveland to visit with my friends at SIRVA I had a chance to stop at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park office to pick up a souvenir pin to add to our collection.  On the porch of the Rangers station there was a lady enjoying her day (she said so!!)



What a way to spend your day..enjoying what you like to do.



I also got to pick up Anderson from his first day at school....



It was easy to pick out the kid with the green arm
in the sea of children coming out of the building
all at one time!!!!

Anderson managed to fall off of the swing set in his back yard just a few days before school started.  He is in first grade this year. 

It really doesn't sound like a lot but we really were busy....oh yeah, there is one more thing that managed to keep us (at least Jim) so busy......we bought a new toy.  Actually, we traded the golf cart even up for it.  It is a 1964 Volkwagen beetle/dune buggy.  Street legal and off road capable.



It looked cute!!!!

There was the tear down......














Then there was the rebuild....



It's cute again...only better!!!!
















It goes under it's own power.....




Abby loves to ride in it!!!!





                       If it fits...it ships!!!!!


Just like it belongs there!!!!


Now you know what we have been up to.  We can't wait to get it out west to do some off roading and have a great time!!!!!

Speaking of which, we were planing on going to the Outer Banks, NC then on down to Florida for November and December but our plans have now changed.  On October 1st we will once again leave Ohio for Arizona.  It's warmer out there and it's sunny.  Works for us!!!

Till later....stay safe and enjoy life!!!!

Barb and Jim.

EAA AIRSHOW IN OSHKOSH, WI

July 18 to 29, 2012

We left Iowa on July 17th and stopped that night at a campground named "Red Barn Campground" just inside the WI border.  In the morning when I looked out my window I saw this tree:
 

"I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree"

While we were at this campground we discovered the front right landing gear on the camper was no longer working properly.  Jim took it off to see how it ticked and discovered it was broken and couldn't put it back on the camper.  So we found a place near Oshkosh that we could order a new landing gear and the camper stayed hooked up to the truck for a week until the part came in.  Thankfully we were on a level spot and didn't have a problem with leveling the camper.

Oshkosh, WI is the home of the largest airshow in the US.  Jim has been coming up to the airshow since 1982 with some buddies.  This year I got to came along for the airshow.  It was very impressive at the sheer number of aircraft that came and went out of the airfield and that parked there for the week for the airshow.  The Saturday night airshow was pretty spectacular also.

I think I mention in another post.....this isn't the first airshow/air museum you will see us at nor will it be the last.  Jim really enjoys aircraft, and misses his airplane terribly.  We sold our airplane back in 1995.  It was either do a major overhaul on it or send Cassie to College...Cassie won!!  And we still love her!!!

Now on to the Airshow......

There were War Birds...

And Fighters....

And Planes all the same color....

And really, really Big airplanes......

And some little ones too.

The formation flying was amazing as well......

Abby just wasn't impressed when the Goodyear blimp would fly over the camper...and she let them know it too.



It kept flying over our camper!!!!

Lots of neat airplanes at the EAA Museum......



We took a ride over to the Sea Plane Base also.....by the time we got there most of the planes had left.

I can understand why Jim likes to go up there.  There are lots of different airplanes and he has made great friendships with the people that go there year after year.

Another life experience that we can check off of our bucket list!!!!!

Till later.......Travel safe and enjoy life!!!

Barb and Jim Denning