Nov. 30 Tucson, Az
AHHHHHHHHHHHH---home again!
We arrived back in Tucson on the 20th, just as planned. We spent a few wet, cold days in Seattle before heading south. We had a chance to visit with Ric and family; Sherrie and Denice as well as Jennifer. Al had a few doctor appointments to finish up so we didn't leave Seattle until the 12th. We sloshed our way south on I-5, finally running out of the rain in Medford, Oregon. We spent a day in Medford visiting Jo's sister and brother-in-law and niece and family. Had a good, but too short visit there. BUT we did find this odd, bright object in the sky there...I think they called it SUN!
We continued on down I-5, stopping in Chowchilla briefly to put flowers on Jo's parents grave; then on to Mojave, CA where we spent the night in a motel. After 7 nights in the camper with the two big dogs, two cats and us, we decided a night in a motel was called for. Now, let me tell you, downsizing from a 35 foot 5th wheel to the camper is a trial all in its self! We have finally gotten a system going when we are all inside the camper -- dogs on the bed, cats where ever they please, AL sitting at one end of the table and Jo at the other, or cooking, or doing dishes, etc. Bedtime and dogs get OFF the bed (Beau had a hard time accepting this concept!); cats where ever they want and us in the bed. And that even worked some of the time. One cold night Jo woke up wondering why she was so cold....well....BOTH dogs were in bed with us, Al was rolled up in the blanket and the cats had the rest of the covers. Needless to say, this was quickly corrected....Jo found herself another blanket and went back to sleep! No sense waking up everyone, right????
We made a stop in Lake Havasu to see friends and stayed at Billie and Dan's house there. What a nice house they have! We had a good visit with the Skidmores and got to see Billie and Dan briefly. Finally on Sunday, Nov. 20, fighting the wind (not fun in a big camper!!) we arrived home. The dogs and cats EXPLODED from the camper and ran around the place checking their territory out. We unloaded just what we needed for the night and decided to call it good. Our friends, Jude and Roger Hubbell had dinner waiting for us that night...what a great treat.
We have settled in, some what. Some of the boxes are unpacked, and some may never get unpacked...if they don't then guess we really didn't need whatever was in them! We are taking our time getting unpacked...we have all winter!
We leave tomorrow for San Antonio to go see our grandson Danny. Danny is in the Army and will be shipping out to Germany in February. Since we will be gone to Hawaii end of Dec to mid Jan we decided this was the only time slot to go see him. We are taking Amtrak this time....and looking foward to the train trip. We both really enjoy the train and seeing the country! We will be home on Dec. 6. The dogs are at Holly and Bruce's; the cats are staying home and we are packing once more and ready to go. The Wroamin' Wraspirs are on the wroad---er, wrails again! So until next time, we hope this finds you happy, healthy and living life the way you want.
The Wroamin' Wraspir's,
Al, Jo, Beau, Schuster, Jose and Juanito
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
We be headin' south - finally! Nov 8, 2005
Odessa, WA Nov. 7, 2005
FINALLY -- it is way past time to head south! Tomorrow we begin or annual migration south..to Tucson ultimately. We are way late this year as AL wanted to hunt this year. Elk hunting was cut a little short due to the heavy snow in the mountains, however, he had a good time. We have just about everything packed and ready to go. Packing this year was a little more challenging than it has been in the past. We usually travel in our 35 foot 5th wheel, but it is for sale in Moses Lake and we decided to leave it there over the winter and travel south in our 12 foot cab over camper! Now remember, to make things more interesting, we also have two very large poodle's and 2 cats that travel with us...plus Al and I in the camper....we will see how this works, or not! We are also pulling a cargo trailer with us to get all of our needed "stuff" to Tucson! Somehow we got all of this in the 5th wheel, and now we need a cargo trailer to haul it?
Our first scheduled stop is Seattle, tomorrow. That is if we can get there from here! I-90 is closed on Snoqualmie Pass due to a rock slide, which means we will have to go over Hwy 2; a narrow, two lane road. That should lengthen the trip somewhat! We will spend a couple of nights in Seattle; Al has a full day of doctor appointments on the 9th and we want to see the kids one more time before we leave. We are also meeting some good friends for dinner one night at a great Persian Restaurant in Redmond.
Our next stop will be Medford, OR to see Jo's sister and brother-in-law and niece and family. We plan on spending a day or so there. Then it is on to Lake Havasu, AZ to visit with Billie and Dan and see our friends Carl and Ruby Skidmore. Speaking of Billie and Dan, we want to brag a little here....Billie just was promoted to Lieutenant on the LA County Sheriff's Department. We now call her "LT Daughter"! She has really worked and studied hard for this promotion and we are very proud of her accomplishment. Okay, so I got off track a little here....our next stop after seeing them will be an overnight in Yuma to visit friends, and then into Tucson. We should be home by the 20th, or sooner.
Since our last travel log, we have been doing some traveling here and there. Jo had her 40th high school reunion in California in September. She enjoyed seeing some old friends and was amazed how good everyone looked....but she couldn't figure out how they got so old! :-) Of course, she hasn't gotten any older --HAHAHA! Seriously, she really enjoyed seeing her old school mates but was sad to see how many are no longer with us. Also on this trip we took in a wonderful concert by the Eagles at Staples Center. We have always wanted to see the Eagles in Concert and it was well worth it. They performed for 3 hours! We just proved the old folks can rock out -- just not for very long!
On this same trip, we moved Jo's Aunt from her apartment in California to Colorado Springs, CO so she is near her daughter, granddaughter and great-grand babies. She is in a nice assisted living arrangement not far from where her family lives and we feel much better knowing she is close to family that can take care of her. Jo's brother Johnny and her cousins Linda and Patty helped accomplish this move...which was no small feat! In 3 days we basically packed and moved her belongings. We gave most of her furniture away, and UPS shipped the rest. Thank you again Jack (Patty's husband) for your help.
As I sit and write this journal, I am looking out the window and it is truly WINTER here. There are NO LEAVES on the trees and it is cold, (34) gray and looks like snow. All we want to do is get out of here before that frozen white stuff starts to fall. Hope we make it! We will miss our friends and family here, but we are really looking forward to seeing our friends and family in Arizona! So, here we go....or here we come, which ever way you want to look at it. We are off! The Wroamin' Wraspirs are at it again!
We hope this finds you all happy and healthy and living life the way you want! Please drop us a line and let us know how you are doing and how you like our new way of sending out our travel journals.
Take care.....
"On the wroad again, just can't wait to get on the wroad again........."
THE WROAMIN' WRASPIRS
AL, JO, BEAU, SCHUSTER, JOSE AND JUANITO
FINALLY -- it is way past time to head south! Tomorrow we begin or annual migration south..to Tucson ultimately. We are way late this year as AL wanted to hunt this year. Elk hunting was cut a little short due to the heavy snow in the mountains, however, he had a good time. We have just about everything packed and ready to go. Packing this year was a little more challenging than it has been in the past. We usually travel in our 35 foot 5th wheel, but it is for sale in Moses Lake and we decided to leave it there over the winter and travel south in our 12 foot cab over camper! Now remember, to make things more interesting, we also have two very large poodle's and 2 cats that travel with us...plus Al and I in the camper....we will see how this works, or not! We are also pulling a cargo trailer with us to get all of our needed "stuff" to Tucson! Somehow we got all of this in the 5th wheel, and now we need a cargo trailer to haul it?
Our first scheduled stop is Seattle, tomorrow. That is if we can get there from here! I-90 is closed on Snoqualmie Pass due to a rock slide, which means we will have to go over Hwy 2; a narrow, two lane road. That should lengthen the trip somewhat! We will spend a couple of nights in Seattle; Al has a full day of doctor appointments on the 9th and we want to see the kids one more time before we leave. We are also meeting some good friends for dinner one night at a great Persian Restaurant in Redmond.
Our next stop will be Medford, OR to see Jo's sister and brother-in-law and niece and family. We plan on spending a day or so there. Then it is on to Lake Havasu, AZ to visit with Billie and Dan and see our friends Carl and Ruby Skidmore. Speaking of Billie and Dan, we want to brag a little here....Billie just was promoted to Lieutenant on the LA County Sheriff's Department. We now call her "LT Daughter"! She has really worked and studied hard for this promotion and we are very proud of her accomplishment. Okay, so I got off track a little here....our next stop after seeing them will be an overnight in Yuma to visit friends, and then into Tucson. We should be home by the 20th, or sooner.
Since our last travel log, we have been doing some traveling here and there. Jo had her 40th high school reunion in California in September. She enjoyed seeing some old friends and was amazed how good everyone looked....but she couldn't figure out how they got so old! :-) Of course, she hasn't gotten any older --HAHAHA! Seriously, she really enjoyed seeing her old school mates but was sad to see how many are no longer with us. Also on this trip we took in a wonderful concert by the Eagles at Staples Center. We have always wanted to see the Eagles in Concert and it was well worth it. They performed for 3 hours! We just proved the old folks can rock out -- just not for very long!
On this same trip, we moved Jo's Aunt from her apartment in California to Colorado Springs, CO so she is near her daughter, granddaughter and great-grand babies. She is in a nice assisted living arrangement not far from where her family lives and we feel much better knowing she is close to family that can take care of her. Jo's brother Johnny and her cousins Linda and Patty helped accomplish this move...which was no small feat! In 3 days we basically packed and moved her belongings. We gave most of her furniture away, and UPS shipped the rest. Thank you again Jack (Patty's husband) for your help.
As I sit and write this journal, I am looking out the window and it is truly WINTER here. There are NO LEAVES on the trees and it is cold, (34) gray and looks like snow. All we want to do is get out of here before that frozen white stuff starts to fall. Hope we make it! We will miss our friends and family here, but we are really looking forward to seeing our friends and family in Arizona! So, here we go....or here we come, which ever way you want to look at it. We are off! The Wroamin' Wraspirs are at it again!
We hope this finds you all happy and healthy and living life the way you want! Please drop us a line and let us know how you are doing and how you like our new way of sending out our travel journals.
Take care.....
"On the wroad again, just can't wait to get on the wroad again........."
THE WROAMIN' WRASPIRS
AL, JO, BEAU, SCHUSTER, JOSE AND JUANITO
Our First Blog
This is our first blog! We are trying something new and exciting!
We are retired and do a bit of traveling and I think this is the spot where we will post our travel journals in the future. That way, people who want to read where we are and what we are doing can; and for those poor soles who aren't really interested in what we are doing or where in the world we are, they can pass!
We have been traveling for the past 6 years -- usually in a 35 foot 5th wheel trailer. Accompanying us are our two large poodles, Beau and Schuster and our two cats, Jose and Juanito. We have managed to travel all 50 states in our trailer (well, okay, so we didn't take the trailer to Hawaii, but we were living in it when we went to Hawaii and came back, so we are counting Hawaii as "traveled to".) We spend our summers in Eastern Washington State and our winters in Tucson, Arizona. In between, we spend time in Alaska fishing and other places in the U.S. visiting our many friends and family.
I hope you enjoy our blogs.... here goes!
We are retired and do a bit of traveling and I think this is the spot where we will post our travel journals in the future. That way, people who want to read where we are and what we are doing can; and for those poor soles who aren't really interested in what we are doing or where in the world we are, they can pass!
We have been traveling for the past 6 years -- usually in a 35 foot 5th wheel trailer. Accompanying us are our two large poodles, Beau and Schuster and our two cats, Jose and Juanito. We have managed to travel all 50 states in our trailer (well, okay, so we didn't take the trailer to Hawaii, but we were living in it when we went to Hawaii and came back, so we are counting Hawaii as "traveled to".) We spend our summers in Eastern Washington State and our winters in Tucson, Arizona. In between, we spend time in Alaska fishing and other places in the U.S. visiting our many friends and family.
I hope you enjoy our blogs.... here goes!
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