Forth coming plans are here

 2020 was the worst year I can remember! Sherri lost 2 brothers and I lost my sister in just a few months time. This year starting out Sherri lost another brother! We had the worst winter in past history and are still reeling from the frozen pipes...the loss of water and electricity. (Only in The Cabin) Hoping this is the end of our losses and better days are a head of us.

Our house on wheels fared well during the freeze. Being that we have a heated bay none of the pipes froze. We also have heated tanks and we had no problem with our shutoffs freezing and we could dump! Yea! 

We decided to head to Colorado again this summer...after missing the last two summers there. We liked to have melted here for the past two summers and don't plan on doing that again. 

We will be staying in Del Norte Colorado this year. This will be our first time there. Normally we stay in South Fork but we just wanted to make a change and stay closer to the river. We will be within walking distance and will have the use of the river for swimming fishing and relaxing. The main thing that we will be taking advantage of is the cool temps! Not sweating and melting will be a welcome change to our lives. 

We have given thought to moving up there this next year if all goes well. We have to make things come together before we make the final decision. We have spent every summer up there for the past 10 years and love it. The only thing that is holding us back is the cold weather. After living through this past winter storm here we have seen that our 4 season home held up real well. We never fell below 65 degree inside our home even when the outside temps were in the single digits. That is about the temps during the winter in Colorado. One thing different is that they don't have electric outages up there like we do here in Texas. The grid there is use to being loading during the winter like ours is during the summer. The water lines there are designed to provide water during the coldest months and they have sufficient gas there for heating. With that in mind we believe we could manage the winter up there as well as we did here. Like I said we have a lot to investigate before we make any decisions.

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted on my journal! I have been so remiss on writing. It's not like I don't have anything to do. I spend much of my time on the lake or in my studio. Time flies by when you have so much to do...

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We have Colorado back in our plans

 

Oh Yea this is where I want to be

Yes we are planning on returning to Colorado next year. Not sure that we will return to our old site but we will be in South Fork or Del Norte. We have had all the hot weather we can take. 

Plans will be forth comming...

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Moving out more and more

Sherri and I are getting more adventurous with everyday that passes. The Cronus is not in our windshield so we are sneaking out and having fun with every chance we get. 

We just got in off the lake. I did a little fishing and when that did not pan out I took her on a trip around the lake to site see. She enjoys seeing all the new houses that are coming up around the lake. Oh yes we would love to have a house on the water. Having a dock for our boat just out the back door would be the greatest! That does not appear to be in our immediate future so we don't give it much thought.

Thursday we are off to Oklahoma to do a little gambling. Sherri needs her fix and I too would like to win a little coin.

Tonight, however, I plan on just kicking back and relaxing. Hope all of you are having fun and enjoying life. We are looking forward to more adventures here...

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Let me catch you up

In the beginning 

The fence went up and the drive went in

We dropped our jacks at the Winstar for the week

Then we moved to Hickory Creek COE and spent a week

We had a nice site....not much shade but good view

Sherri and I have had a real ruff time with this Cronus Crunch. Having to stay in one place is the pits and I don't like it at all. We missed out on Colorado again this year and almost have melted over that! Hoping this is all past history next year and we are back in God's country next summer.
We have traveled some, however. Don't tell a soul but we did sneak out and venture to our local casino. We had to go just to keep our sanity. We both won some money so it was worth the risk. No Cronus symptoms at this time. 
We have done a lot to the compound here at the lake. We now have a two car drive and a 8ft fence! Yes...we have been busy. Much more to come too. We have some plans in the works and are hoping to get started on them when it starts cooling off. 
In the mean time we are going to be on the lake chilling early and then inside chilling when it gets too hot to be on the water.
I have taken some photos to document our achievements this year. Not much in the way of travel but that will come...

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Yes I am still alive and Cronus free!

Out with the old 

In with the new

Sherri and I have been soooo busy working on our little piece of heaven here. We decided to re-do our back yard fence so as to have a little bit more privacy.
We had a 4 foot fence in the back facing the street but everyone that drove by could see all we had and that was not to our liking. The old 4 footer is coming down and its place will be a new 8 foot fence.
This is what we are going to do while we are held up here waiting out this Coronus virus.
We had a new drive way put in too.
It is a project in progress and as soon as we complete it our daughter Jennifer will be parking her RV in the back. She and her husband will be truck driving for a living. They will stay on the road part of the time and then when they get off the road they will be staying here,,,

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Not Forgotten

Sherri got a brownie cake with ice cream

Kris is big enough now to drive the boat

This means Pop can enjoy the ride 

The lake was calm for the most part

Some of our guest slept during our trip

My little buddy was not forgotten yesterday! It was his birthday and we did celebrate it. Yesterday as I posted previously my sister June passed away. It was a hard time for me and through it all Sherri and I managed to put together a little party for Kris. He is now 14 years old! Gee where has the time gone. We have been with Kris through all 14 birthdays. The good Lord willing we will both see many more.
We did venture out to Wally World and to Burger King. Wally World to purchase Kris's gift...a 4 terror bite portable storage device. Burger King to take advantage of a coupon Sherri found for a family meal. $12.00 for a 6 hamburger special! Becky my SIL came down and celebrated with us. We had as good a time as possible being sequestered in our little home on wheels. I hope this Kun Few Flew passes on by soon. So for we are all doing well and hope to stay that way...

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Lost another loved one yesterday

 She was always there for me

Received a phone call yesterday morning from my BIL in Galveston. He told me that my sister, June had passed away. She has been ill for some time with alzheimer's and succumbed to this horrible disease yesterday. I was, to say the least saddened by the news but then also relieved that she was now at rest in the arms of the Lord. 
Here I sit here at the lake unable to leave due to the Kun Few Flew wishing I could go and see my BIL who I know could use some help during this time in his life.
My big sis will be missed by me and my family up here. 
Rest my dear sister and we will meet again...

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Always together

Lost a close friend

We will miss you Rodney

Sherri lost her brother Monday after a long illness connected to Diabetes. Rodney Turner was my BIL and a good friend for 46 years. He will be sorely missed by us all. There is a hole in our life today that will not be filled. Rodney and Becky, his wife, were our traveling buddies for years. We covered a lot of states together and many adventures. We have those memories to carry with us until we meet again...

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Still raining here

Here I sit waiting out this front. Rain has been coming down now for the past 2 days. I have been able to squeeze out one day on the lake. There is nothing like floating on the lake kicked backed in my captains chair watching the sonar with fishing popping up all over. I don't catch that many fish but really that is not what this is all about. Watching the pelicans and ducks float overhead on the wind. Exploring different coves on the lake is fun. When Sherri goes with me she likes to see all the houses that front the lake. Some are really unbelievable. We settle with having our porch floating on the lake with a different view every minute or so. One thing we have not done in some time is watch the sun rise over the lake. I think that will be on our to do list...

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This weather is unbelievable

We woke up this morning to the weather report saying it was going to come a blow. Am I wrong or is it January? We ended up putting all the yard furniture away and got ready for the coming storm. The weatherman sounded so excited. You know when they have questionable weather they make it sound so ominous. It is the end of the world as we know it. We will all be blown away so tie yourself down and pray for the best. The weather front gets here and poof with a splatter of rain it is over! 
Thank the good Lord that it was not as bad as they had said. Now we have several month to look forward to that might be real bad weather. Not much to look forward to...

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Still working on projects

Made the cabinet longer

Here is the dishwasher we used

Dishwasher installed with door

Sherri painted it all black to blend it together...Good job Sherri!

Well as many of you may know Sherri's Birthday is Christmas day. Bummer for the most part but then I never do forget her day. This year for my birthday she bought me a boat and so in turn I had to come up with the mother of all gifts to give her back. Not an easy task but I do think I did OK.
She said that I got to retire but she never did. One of the things that is on going in her retirement years is washing dishes. I am not allowed to wash dishes because I don't get them clean. So I thought that a gift that keeps on giving would be a dishwasher.
We found the dishwasher that would work but I would have to modify the cabinet before it would fit. We had to remove the drawers and lengthen the cabinet by 5 inches. This meant that I had for the most part rebuild the end of the cabinet.
I had to run electrical and plumbing for the unit and build a base for the dishwasher to set on. After 3 days of hard work I got er done. 
We made a trial run on a load of dishes and all is well! 
Happy Birthday honey...I have cut your work load down so now you can go fishing with me...

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