Traveling Many Places

Sherri and I have been moving every day now for a week. We are here in Longview for the night and then we have to go to Hallsville. We work the day at each town and then move to the next.

We will be able to return to our Lake property this weekend…but then that means I have to work on my projects there. No rest for the wicked!

The weather has been real nice of late. We have enjoyed the cooler morning temps and the evenings have cooled off as well. I hope that this weekend turns out to be cool so I can get some outdoor chores done.

I have to go now and get something to eat. I have Internet as long as we are in the Hotel rooms. I still have not got the Cradle Point working. Maybe I will be able to get it fixed this weekend when we get back to our place…

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Dog Kennel at the Park

I was awake this morning bright and early…well let me leave off the bright. It was still dark outside and I did not really want to get up. Get up I did and once again down to the kitchen for that morning fuel we refer to as coffee.

Sherri was not feeling well today and she had slept on the couch so that I would not keep her awake with my snoring and mumbling that I do. Yes I have to admit that I make a lot of noise while sleeping…it does not keep me from sleeping soundly and I wake up in the morning quite refreshed!

We turned on our computers and sipped on our coffee. Neither of us could get on line using the Cradle Point. Finally Sherri had to plug the Verizon Wireless Stick straight into her computer where she got on line without any problem. As for me I still can’t get on line. When I go to connect to our Hot Spot it does not come up as we had named it. It now comes up as another name and it is not secured? I will have to reload the Cradle Point I guess to get it back?

While trying to get on line we noticed the RV across the park from us had set up a kennel to house their dogs. Yes I said dogs (plural)! We sat there watching out the window counting the dogs in the kennel and then we starting the other dogs which they brought out of the Motorhome and they began to switch the dogs outside with the dogs inside and when all was said and done we counted twelve dogs!!!

Now I don’t want you to be mislead here. I am not talking about small dogs…although they did have 5 smaller dogs…I am talking about big dogs! About knee high dogs! And when these folks left to go to the casino all 12 dogs stayed in the Motorhome! I don’t see how there was room in there for the owners with that many dogs?

I am not anti dog by any means but 12 dogs is a bit much…and dogs the size of a grown man. I would have to have another income just to feed the dogs!

Well those folks moved out and took the dogs with them. Now it is quite here without the dogs barking at ever passer by. The man directly across from them was not at all happy with all the commotion that these dogs caused. They could not even set out without the whole kennel raising cane.

We will be here for a couple of days and then we are heading back to the Lake to rest and get some things done there.

The heat is letting up some and next week is suppose to be a great improvement over this week. I will be so glad when things cool down…

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Moving to Louisiana

 

We woke up this morning shivering with the covers pulled up to our noses. I guess we had turned the AC down low last night and forgot to turn it back up. I just hated to get up but then I knew that this was a moving day.

We made our coffee and then went out to the patio to visit. Rodney and Becky came down when their coffee was ready and they joined in the conversation. We talked about our up coming retirement. Becky and Sherri will be retiring about the same month. Rodney and I have been retired for some time and we sure would like for them to join in our ranks.

We sat there on the porch until 12:00 when hunger over took us. We parted ways and wished them a good week. They wished us safe travel.

Sherri and I finished up our chores and got the Motorhome ready for travel. It was almost 4:00 when we finally hooked up the Jeep and headed off to the State Park to dump. Trash put out and black water tank clean we headed out the gate on our way to Louisiana.

We stopped at the station in town and filled up the tank. I checked the Jeep one more time and then pulled out. We headed out to the Interstate and turned East. We had been driving about an hour when one of our friends called us to let us know that there was a Wild Fire on I 20. They suggested that we take a detour when we get to Marshall Texas.

The smoke could be seen as far as 25 miles from the fire.

Residence lined the road waiting on word about their homes and property.

Soon we were past the traffic and back up to speed. Looking back at the fire

We stopped at a roadside park down the Interstate and took these pictures of the Sun behind the smoke.

We pray that lives were not lost…and pleas God let it rain…

When we got to the exit that we were suppose to take I was staring off in the distance looking at the plume of smoke coming off the fire. Sherri was taking pictures…watching the news on TV and surfing the Internet for information about the fire. Well needless to say I missed the exit and the next thing we knew we were in a line of traffic moving very slowly.

The news station said that a truck had wrecked on the Interstate and a fire ensued. Before the Fire Department could arrive it had spread into the pine forest on either side of the highway. It was so sad to see the burnt trees and under growth…but sadder yet was the people that had to be evacuated from their homes. As we moved on up the Interstate we could see the Highway Patrol blocking off side roads that lead to the fire area and see the folks that had been evacuated standing along side their cars and trucks waiting for word on their homes.

We were delayed for about 30 minutes and soon the highway opened up and we were on our way. It was only about 28 miles to our destination and the traffic was fairly light now.

We arrived at Diamond Jacks Casino RV park about 7:30 and got our site. Sherri dropped the jacks and found that the front wheels were coming off the ground. Not a good thing so we had to drive up on our leveling blocks and once again put down the jacks. Soon all was well and we were level.

We had some Steamers for diner and believe it or not we stayed at home and watched TV. No we did not got to the Casino!! Can you believe that..

OK I bet we find ourselves there…

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Fire Fire Everywhere

 

Sherri and I woke up this morning to the scent of burning grass and trees. What a terrible thing to wake up to but at least it is not our yard or trees burning. We turned the TV on to see where all the fires were and realized that they were East of here. If we don’t get rain here soon those fires may be in our backyard.

Setting there drinking our coffee and thinking about all the people out there that have lost their homes. We just could not imagine the void in those people’s lives when they saw their homes burned to the ground.

We sat there the rest of the day planning our next trip. We have to work in Louisiana next week so we will take the house with us. You know we never leave home.

After reading journals and playing a few games on line we fixed us some diner and then sat down to a little TV. It was not too long and we were ready to turn in for the night. I have to dream about cool weather in another place…

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I Can’t Believe This Weather

 

This morning I woke up trying to find the blanket on the bed. I am cold where is that darn blanket!? HUMMMM…why am I cold…said Joe? I know the AC is good in here but not that good. I got up to investigate where the blanket was and remembered it is summer time and we don’t have a blanket on the bed. I went to the bathroom and noticed that the sun was up and that is when I heard Sherri rattling around in the kitchen.

I went back to the thermostat and turned the temp up some. Then I went into the kitchen and fixed me a cup of coffee. Sherri said you wont believe the temperature outside this morning. We took our coffee outside and sat on the patio. I could not believe how cool the air was and the breeze was out of this world. We went from 105 to 65 overnight. That is Texas weather…one day hot next day cold.

I was going to hang the screen doors on my porch. I had planned on going to Home Depot to get some jamb material but after enjoying the weather and the cool breeze I just decided to put off the work. Sherri and I sat on the porch for some time and soon Becky and Rodney came over and we all visited for some time. Time got away from us and before we knew it it was 1:30. Becky wanted some of my special hot sauce so we headed down to here RV to put together some dip.

 

I mixed up the dip and we decided to head back over to our Motorhome and put together some chili and hot dogs. We had a good meal and then spent the rest of the day just reading journals and Facebook. We put Becky a Facebook page together so she could communicate with others. Sherri said she will be her first friend. You go Becky!

That is about it for today. We had a good Labor Day and hopefully a good week…

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Visitors

The AC woke me up this morning. I had it set on Auto and when it kicked on I woke up. Now I know it must have come on several times during the night but not once did it wake me up. Maybe I was not ready to get up?…OH well…it was close to 7:00 am so it was time to rise and shine.

Jennifer…our youngest daughter and her three girls had spent the night with us and we got to use our bed in the living room for the first time. I had watched the guy at the dealership show us how to use it but I did not remember all he had showed us.

I did find the air pump and the valve to screw it into. That was half the battle but getting the cap to stay on the valve was mind bending. It kept popping off so finally I had to hold it shut while I pumped air into the bed. Low and  behold the cap held as soon as I got some pressure behind it. I had the bed pumped up in about 30 seconds and soon all the kids were tucked in.

 

They all decided to sleep with their Mom. Now that had to be a feat in itself. I don’t know how anyone got any sleep but then I did not have to sleep with them so I did not care.

The next morning I took a picture of the flop house just to show everyone how many people could sleep in one of these beds.

They all stayed until about noon and then they all packed up and left for the Waterpark where they live. It did not take long for them to say good-bye…they were headed to a lot more fun than MaMa and Poppa’s house. Funny how grandparents seem to slip down the importance pole…

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Fence is Fixed

The room was dark when my eyes opened…

If you’re older… you know you might get up one or two times a night so you’re never sure what time it is. Well this morning was no different from all the other mornings I have woke up in a daze. I had to wander off to the bathroom to check the time…that is the closest clock to the bed…and saw that it was almost 7:00 am!

I wanted to get up earlier than that so I could get started on putting my fence back up. I don’t know if you read the post about the storm that blew through here the other day taking out my fence. Word has it that it took my neighbors boat and blew it down to the back of his place. The neighbor directly behind me said that the wind did not last more than 3 minutes but in that time it took out a lot of stuff…to include my back fence.

That is the only damaged that I surveyed upon my arrival yesterday. Well I should add that the new carpet on the patio was blown around some but not much else was damaged.

OK that being said I drank a quick cup of coffee and then headed out to my shop to gather up some tools to get started on the repair. The fence had just been pulled away from the 4x4 post and was still intact. All I had to do was lift it back up and fasten it back to the post. This took all of about 45 minutes and then I was on to another chore.

Believe it or not weeds have grown up along the side of the barn and they were green! Can you believe that? The only water we have had around here has been the dew. I guess that is all a weed needs to survive. Once over them with the mower and back at them with the weed eater and that chore was also complete.

By this time the mercury had crept up the tube to about the 89 mark. I could feel the sweat starting to bead up on my forehead. Time to coast now inside under the AC. I felt good about the fact that I had got as much done as I had in a short period of time. I am sure that tomorrow morning I will have to complete some other chores that Sherri will think up…

 

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Time to Move on

I got up this morning and found that Sherri was not in bed. I went to the kitchen to make coffee and found my bride on the couch fast asleep. She woke up when I started making the coffee. I heard a faint good morning come from her. She said that she got up a 4:00 am and started to make coffee but decided to lay on the couch for a little while.

We poured our coffee and then started to plan our move for the day. We are planning on leaving about 10:00. This should allow us to miss the morning traffic. We will have to drive through Ft. Worth Dallas area and that traffic can be real bad if you get there too early.

When we get to the Lake we will have plenty to do. I have a fence to fix and Sherri has a lot of wash to do. The Jeep needs an oil change so that will take up some more time.

I am not sure where we will take off to next but I am sure we will have an adventure there…

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Another Lazy Day

 

We got up this morning and sat around drinking coffee and playing on the computers . Not much happening here so we are just waiting out this hot weather.

We have some jobs next week to go to but they wont take all day long. We are making enough to put up some money for future travels. That is what we are working toward and Sherri’s retirement date.

I wont bore you with much today. When we spend a quite day at home in our PJs we really don’t have much to tell you. We love our home on wheels and just sitting in it is a pleasure in itself. We do plan on going out to eat later and if it is an outstanding dinner I will comment on it tomorrow…otherwise you will not hear from me…

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Another Summer Day

There is not a lot to post this morning due to the fact that it will be 103 today and maybe higher. We plan on staying right here all day and keeping cool. Maybe some computer games and a little TV.

We got up made our coffee and sat at the computers not saying a word to each other for some time. Then Sherri asked me If I wanted something to eat and a grunt is all I could afford as a reply. We ate a little breakfast then slumped back in behind the computers and were whisked away, once again into cyber space.

This went on all day until we looked up and it was lunch time at which point we found something to eat and back to the computers we went…OH I do think we might have watched a little TV in that time period.

We found the Babes here in town and that was in our crosshairs for dinner. We had a great meal and ever took some home with us. If you ever in this area Babes is located just off the square. You have to park around back and walk around the corner.

We long for cooler days where we can return to walking and exploring new places. The weathermen are calling for temps in the low 90’s the end of this week and we are so excited.

To save you from hearing the rest of this self centered day I will leave you now and return later…

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Get This New News Flash

This is just one rant I had to let out…back to my adventure tomorrow!

 

I would like to share with you some of the garbage I found while reading the news stories on line. This senator Steve Southerland told a body of his fellow constituents that his $174,000 salary is not so much, considering the hours a member of the House puts in. OH please Steve! I can bet you your salary to mine that I worked longer hours when I was employed than you ever have.

He also said, "And by the way, did I mention? They're shooting at us”. Now Steveo I wonder why T H E Y are shooting at you? Could it be that you are crooked as the Mississippi? Maybe if you did something besides steal good people’s money T H E Y would not shoot at you anymore.

He added, that “If you took the hours that I work and divided it into my pay, the $174,000 salary would not seem so high." OK Steve lets do that but first we have to take all the days off you have on recess plus all the Federal Holidays. Then we have to figure in the money you receive from lobbyist…I know that figure has to be at least 6 figures. So you are working about 200 days a year…Time off on the Golf course and time off with other women besides your wife…OK so that leaves you working about 125 days…at lets say 8 hours a day…You would be making about $174.00 an hour. (not Counting the lobby money you take in the back pocket)…yes Steve we know about that.

Now if we take everything that you have accomplished and divide it by what you have made we would find out that you are overpaid by about $170.00 an hour.If I had performed at my job as you have at yours I would not have made it through the first quarter!    

Southerland, a freshman, ran a family funeral home business in Panama City and earned about $90,000 before joining Congress in January. OH boohoo Steve. Went from $90,000 dollars a year sucking peoples blood out to $174,000 doing much the same job. Can someone please bring me a crying towel here!

Linda Sánchez another down trodden elected official says she is living from "paycheck to paycheck" , she said. OH PLEASE Linda…you have no idea what it is really like out here in the REAL WORLD.

Are times really so tough that even members of Congress are struggling to get by? The numbers suggest otherwise. A recent analysis of congressional pay found that members of Congress earn about 3.4 times the salary of the average American worker. Using that standard, members of Congress are among the highest paid legislators in the developed world.

This talk probably won't help Congress' approval rating. The federal government is the worst-rated industry in the country, viewed favorably by only 17 percent of Americans, according to a new Gallup survey. And we want to hand over Health Care to these Morons! What does that say about us

You know 90% of the people out there will go back to the polls and vote the same Morons in that where here last time and once again they will take our money and do absolutely nothing to help those that vote them back in.

For the last 6 big elections I have not voted for one politician that has ever held that office. And the ones that I voted for after 4 years were as crooked as the ones I voted out. That does not say much for the politicians that we have to choose from.

Maybe before they completely destroy this Grand Nation of ours we will wise up and get rid of all the lobbyist and crooks in government.

To all those poor Senator's and Representatives out there that just can’t make ends meet on your salaries…go home and find a real job and collect your Social Security benefits and Medicare etc. Then come back to us and tell us how you feel about living….

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