Connie, sister Carol, and friends Kerry and Robin ventured 3+ miles Tuesday (Feb 17) hiking the Lost Goldmine trail at Superstition Mountain in Tonto National Forest (forest=trees?). Beautiful day with lots of fun and exercise! Connie, Kerry and Robin take … Continue reading
Our time in Arizona has been fantastic. Weather is awesome and we have really enjoyed it. While our trailer is a little tight as a sewing studio, Connie can do a lot outside. Here she is pinning a quilt. Ed … Continue reading
Right out our back yard (from our 15 space RV park) is the Consolidated Canal, one of nine canals that make up the Salt River Project Canal System. Can you make out our brownish entrance gate on the tan fence? Riding … Continue reading
After leaving cold Colorado and the ikky winter highways, we finally arrived in Arizona New Years Day 2015. Mainly Gilbert and Mesa. Sister Carol and bro-in-law Roger live in Gilbert, and our new RV site is in Mesa; neighboring cities. … Continue reading
Having a white Christmas with family in Loveland, CO. Received 7 plus inches of snow Christmas day and into the night. Had to move some snow today (December 26) so Connie could take the truck to meet Presser Foot friend … Continue reading
We wish all our friends and family a very Merry Christmas and blessed 2015. We rest assured that His birth brought forth the promise of everlasting life and fulfills God’s promise through His Son. This is a picture of our … Continue reading
Left Colorado Bend Monday, December 15, at 6:30am and drove as far as Las Cruces, NM. Yes, another night at Walmart, but it turned out to be a great parking area. Short walk to Applebees where we enjoyed a brew … Continue reading
This large live oak tree outside the Colorado Bend Headquarters is reportedly over 800 years old. Some say it may be older than 1500. None of the staff was here when it was a seedling, so only core tests can … Continue reading
Colorado Bend State Park has a lot of whitetail deer, not to mention many feral hogs, and a few exotic species. There are 4 weeks of deer hunting, but only 24 hunters per week. The 4th week of the … Continue reading
We’re supposed to have Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as off duty days, but generally we still wind up doing some of the chores around the park. However, the Monday before Thanksgiving (November 24) we made a 180 mile circle around … Continue reading
We took a 3 mile hike with our host neighbor Tywla Tuesday (Nov 18); starting here at the maintenance site where we hiked on the former access trail to get to the main trail. The main trail is a new … Continue reading
When we first looked into serving as Park Host at Colorado Bend State Park, we didn’t understand how it could be on the “Colorado River?” It just didn’t make sense to someone familiar with the river and all that goes … Continue reading
Typical morning sunrise we see out from our camp site space. Fantastic! We have been running and going so much, so have abandoned making any new posts. It’s time to catch up. We had several comments from an earlier post … Continue reading
Took a moment to stop and view the area in route to the Gorman Cave here at Colorado Bend State Park. Connie and Jason standing on the rocky ledge that looks down to Dog Leg Canyon. Quite steep and very … Continue reading
Tuesday afternoon, a beautiful day, we ventured on a hike to get acquainted with just a couple of the many trails; Spicewood Springs and Spicewood Canyon. Very picturesque hike. Can you make out the Colorado River in the far background … Continue reading
Drove from Ed’s sister’s place in Stephenville to our first host assignment in Colorado Bend State Park (CBSP) Texas on Tuesday October 7. The closest town, other than Bend, is Lampasas, a city of 7000. It does have a Super … Continue reading
It’s not Alaska, or even Colorado, but some pretty interesting views traveling south to Stephenville along US84 toward Sweetwater where we meet I20. We saw countless acres of cotton and wind energy turbines, with a few RR tanker cars mixed … Continue reading
Said our goodbyes to Cheri and Mom after a 2 week stay in Cheri’s Loveland Driveway. Then off to Shannon/Tim’s driveway in Lakewood on Saturday September 27. Enjoyed spending time with Shannon and Faith Sunday. CSU Tim was in Boston … Continue reading
Closed on our Corey Street home Monday morning September 15. We’re enjoying our stay at Cheri’s in Loveland and will be off to visit family in Gillette, Wyoming Saturday (9/20) for a few days; will incorporate a day trip to … Continue reading
Forecast called for Snow/rain Friday (9/12), the day we were planning on vacating 2415 and pulling the trailer out of the backyard. So decided to avoid pulling the trailer out in the muck, loaded the truck with all our … Continue reading
Hauled another pickup load to Cheri’s. We tell her every time that we only have a few things left to bring over to her shed. She has been so gracious for allowing us to store some belongings here. The shed … Continue reading
Wow! What a trailer. Son Shelby, grandson Hagen, granddaughter Brittani, great granddaughter Blakelee, and Grandson-in-law Garth arrived Friday night 9/29/14. They had a little help from Denver friend Eric Huff and pretty much cleaned out the house of all the … Continue reading
The inspector came by last week and we’ve resolved most of the items, with a few loose ends that should come together. The appraisal is the next hurdle. The appraiser came by this morning and seemed impressed, so hopefully impressed … Continue reading
Daughter Kari and new husband Edward came down the August 23/24 weekend to pick up a few items, among many, that we are giving to family in order to thin down for our full time adventure. Kari and Edward … Continue reading
Connie’s other wonderful sister Cheri decided to go forward with the shed she had longed for; allowing us a section for storing the stuff we’d keep until we got tired of full-timing and found a real home. Connie‘s wonderful sister … Continue reading
In addition to our trip to Savannah and the NW in our Safari, we thought we’d try a month living in our new Classic. So we spent most of January 2014 in Boulder City, NV. Enjoyed it so much we … Continue reading