Exploring the Del Norte area

 

We are in Creede

Got my License

Ready to catch the limit

Plenty of scenery

Fell well short of my limit but had a good time

Well been here a while and got most of my rat killing done. We spent some time looking around the area to see how this town is laid out. We drove by the school and Kris and Franki are really impressed with it. They found out that the kids here only attend school four days a week! 

OK that was the selling point on the school. They are all for that. Franki is really into sports and they have a great girls sports curriculum with no transgenders. Not sure what that is all about but at least we don't have to find out here.

I got my fishing license the other day at $111.00 big ones! WOW! They are proud of the fishing license here. I hope I put plenty of food on the table at that price!

Headed out to Beaver Creek Reservoir. I fell short of my limit but had a good time and enjoyed the scenery. While fishing we spotted an Eagle searching for lunch. He struck out but getting to see it was well worth the days stay.

I think everyone had a good time. We had a picnic and soaked up some good sunshine. It was cool and some of us got sunburned!

We will continue to have this kind of fun here...

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I'm Home

Home Sweet Home

Rio Running High and Fast

Notice the Blackstone 

Jennifer's Home

 Last Tuesday Sherri Kris and I arrived at our new home site here in Del Norte Colorado. It is not a destination park but it is a beautiful park right on the Rio Grande River. 

We have not stopped since we arrived. Our daughter's HWH was repaired before she left to come up here and it failed to work upon her arrival. We found out that it was not the correct heater and they had to send her the right one...which by the way I had to install.

Next my HWH went out and I had to call the roving repair person to check mine out. It was shot so we had to turn it in on our warranty along with the ceiling fan in the bath and the water pump...which have all been out for some time. So you can see we have had an active first week. 

Our friends from Longview Texas also traveled with us. Their slide broke upon arrival here and that is still waiting to be repaired! I hate to say "What Next" for fear it will be revealed to me!

We did get to travel to Big Meadow and have a picnic. Our younger crew took off on a hike around the lake. They also did a side trip up the side of the mountain to see the snow which is still with us.

The Rio is running very deep and very fast! Have not done any fly fishing but I intend to. 

There are many plans in the making and soon we will have it all together...

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So Far So Good

 Sherri and I so far have side stepped the Corona virus. No vaccine as of this time but then I guess they will have it out here in the wilderness soon? 

We, however, did not side step the bitter cold weather that hit here last month. We had no damage to out home on wheels but our cabin was devastated. I lost count of the broken pipes. Our on demand hot water heater...the shower diverter...lavatory faucet...all froze and had to be replaced. Thank goodness I was a plumber in my early life. It would have cost us 4 times as much to have all this work done.

Our old shower had to be pulled out of the bath to get to all the frozen pipes...so we just decided to replace the shower stall with a larger one...more money! Of course that led to us redoing the laundry room...more money! Let me just say we have a new and improved cabin here at the lake.

Here I am thinking about moving to Colorado?? Well they never lost power up there...maybe because they don't run the state on wind power? 

Which brings me to the New Green Deal! I have yet to figure out how they think this is going to clean up the air? How will they re-charge airplanes in mid flight? Don't you have to have electricity to re-charge batteries? Even trains that run off of electricity have to have a diesel motor to charge the batteries? What are they going to do with all the used batteries? 

I think that along the way they will have to have a little fuel to help this along. I know I am not going to give up my home on wheels for this moronic plan. I will try to find me some place to hide until these tree huggers fade into the night...

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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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