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My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira My rating: 5 of 5 stars I found this book to be compelling. At the time I was reading two other books. This one I could only read for short periods because of the subject matter. I would get so caught up in the war or the surgeries that I would forget to breathe. I had to put it down and walk around. It was wonderful to find a book in which the protaganist

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars The words that come to mind are : haunting,violent,cruel,captivating. I cannot believe this is YA. A movie is already cast. No, no, not Woody Harrelson..............Some books should be left to the imagination..... View all my reviews

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The Paris Wife by Paula McLain My rating: 5 of 5 stars I did not know what to think when this book was chosen by my book club. I do not like Hemingway's writing and often question why he was chosen to represent the best of American authors in so many classes I took in college. I do not usually like non fiction books. But then I found out that this was a fictionalized account of their marriage;

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Usually I lose things. You know...can't find my keys, can't find the knit pattern I was just looking at. Normal everyday irritating things. Things that by tomorrow I will have forgotten and moved on to more things I have misplaced,ike my glasses or my drink. But today I walked out my front door with the dogs and my planter with red petunias is gone. I did not move it. I know I saw it yesterday.

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We attend a beautiful Lutheran Church in downtown Charleston. I never really realize how much its beauty impacts my worship life until we go to a different church. Other churches, although beautiful in their own way do not inspire the tranquility and peace in my soul that  this one does. I don't know if it is the high ceilings of the Gothic design that makes me feel that my prayers go higher, or

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We took a day and went exploring in the county. Actually we were looking for a nice place not far from home that we could take our camper for the weekend. Our first stop was Givhans Ferry . It had been years since we had been there. In my genealogical research,I discovered that an ancestor had fought in a battle there during the Revolutionary War. It is very pretty down by the Edisto River,

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 Remember those horrible assignments that were given at the beginning of the year. Write an essay on how you spent your summer. There was always the kid in class that went someplace exciting, like the beach. ( I lived in hot as *&^%% middle Georgia at that time.) Then there were the kids whose parents had a place in the mountains.Our big treat was to drive to the lake for a picnic once or twice a

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This is the second time that we have lived in South Carolina. Both times we have traveled to Myrtle Beach for one thing or another and passed Brookgreen Gardens. Each time we have said, we really need to stop there.The entrance is imposing with an aluminium statue of two large stallions that cannot be missed from the highway.Somehow this photographer missed them!Plus gorgeous flowers around the

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Did you know that Vera Bradley has gone to the dogs?

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There are two Amys in my life at the moment...One good one evil...No! that is not right.One tall one short? No that is not right either.One that lives with me and one that visits? Could be.One Yankee, one Southerner, now we are getting closer.One that gave the yarn and one that made the sweater... Yep that is right, whew!I am so fortunate... I did not have to buy the yarn. I did not have to make

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My mother, my sister, my stepfather and two stepsisters and I moved to Charleston in 1965 right after I graduated from high school. I hated this place. I did not know anyone, I had just graduated and knew everything there was to know except why the %^&* I was here. All my friends were in Georgia getting excited about going away to college, getting married, going off to fight in Viet Nam. I was

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Did you know that Georgia had a grand Canyon? I didn't. After we left Brunswick we drove forever on two lane highways to reach Providence Gorge. We had a beautiful campsite but it was miles and miles from anything. We were on a lake;on one side is Georgia, on the other Alabama.Apparently this Gorge was created by erosion caused by farmers plowing up the fields for cotton planting. This is a good

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I have typed this about three times and lost it each time. So I will try again.......Our first camping trip of the year was to Brunswick Georgia. Somewhere out there there are pictures and a monologue about our trip.I can tell you it was freezing cold, too cold to do too much outside bout great to be in our camper again. We really miss the travelling life and are considering rejoining the RV

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We just returned from Asheville, North Carolina from a whirlwind 3 day trip. We wanted to see the leaves at their peak, we did. I wanted to attend the Southeastern Animal fiber Fair, we did and I wanted to buy good North Carolina Apples...Mission Accomplished.We got there on Wed and checked in to our site. I had booked us really early so that we would get a good site. We wound up on vendor row

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I have been an active member of the ancestry.com website for a number of years.It has been a very valuable tool in my research. The latest improvement to this site is a section called Recent Activity. In this section Ancestry lists people who have looked up the same person you have been researching. Then you have the ability if you want to contact that person and share information....More about

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I had resolved to work more on this blog and update it at least once a week since I could use it as a log of my weekly activities. Not that many people read it and those that do are sure to be interested in my every move and thought, right? The lurkers deserve to be bored!I had not done much on the genealogy part of my hobbies.I had gone about as far as I could on my mother's family and my

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Too pretty for words

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Picking these berries led to a more adventuresome activity...off-roading in our big red truck. We thought we would just follow the dirt road to see where it lead, Whoa Nellie! We wound up on a snowmobile pathand had to travel quite a distance on the road that wasn't a roadto get off. but it was fun, rather bumpy and not nearly as bad as the last time we dummied up and did this in Wyoming.Back

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I have been home almost two weeks from our extended travels. This is the first chance that I have gotten to look at the pictures we took and try to get my mind wrapped around the fun we had,the sights we took in, and the general happiness we felt from being back on the road again. Of course, being totally addicted to Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook has not slowed me down one bit...Whoa, that's a

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Geez I am getting old and decrepit. My hip hurts, my back hurts,etc. I cannot bend over...I cannot sleep, Geez!Going shopping for yarn seemed the only therapy that worked. So off we go.(Oh I am in Illinois for a few days with a friend I shall refer to as Wise Woman.)We had done this a year ago almost to the day. It was interesting to see how some shops had improved, Have Ewe Any Wool in Elmhurst,

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According to a knitting guru, these are the essential tools needed in a knitting bag:measuring tapenotebook and pencilcopy of patterncrochet hookneedles- a set in the size currently in use, one set larger and one set smallerneedle gaugepost it notesdarning needlestitch holderstitch markerrow counterWhat? No Altoid tin? No crossword puzzle book? No photo of what you are not really sure? Receipts

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We had a wonderful time in Kentucky visiting with relatives then on to Indianapolis to visit with more relatives. Now we are in Howe Indiana at a campground we have stayed in numerous times. At $14.00 a night, it cannot be beat.The weather has been absolutely perfect, even on the cool side. Last night it got down to 51 degrees!Yesterday was too pretty to stay inside, so we went on a geocacheing

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 We are now in Kentucky visiting my family. I am doing a lot of genealogy research here, since the majority of my family settled here in the early 1800's. Unadorned sad foot....pre birthday.............. HAPPY FEET !!!!!!! OLDER, BUT HAPPIER! (No those are not MY hairy legs, get over it.) Not one yarn shop in this town,can you believe it?

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We are back in the camper, Home Sweet Trailer, taking a very slow trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our first stop was in this small town in North Carolina.We stop here every chance we get because of the fabulous dog campground there. Yep, it is all set up for dogs and their owners.They have small pens for small dogs to play off leash, a pond, agility field, and Butch's favorite.....all

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Daniel Island is a resort island almost in downtown Charleston. The homes there start at about $600,000 and go way up from there. It is picturesque place with a great view of the bridges and rivers.The land was first owned by the Guggenheim family,then was sort of forgotten about then made a big resurgence when development started in the 1980s. The neighborhoods there all have this park feeling

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Whew, I have finally gotten past being overwhelmed. As suggested by one of my loyal readers, when feeling overwhelmed, one should just start another project. Isn't she a darling......so I did. but first... Quilts are finished, mailed and received. I love the last one we did. It is a very old pattern, Churn Dashput together without using bordering strips. I was surprised. It came out as a very

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I am completely and totally overwhelmed. I have done it to myself and I cannot blame anyone els...OK, I can blame Erwin, but what else is new.Again I have started way too many projects at one time and I cannot seem to settle down to just one.1) I still have one more quilt to finish and mail. I should get the backing on it today. Then all that is left is the quilting, which I will do by machine,

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For some reason I went rambling in my closet and found all the old pictures. I should be packing for a trip to Myrtle Beach, but no. Here I sit This usually makes me very sad to look at old pictures, but today I found them comforting and funny.I think these are the only pictures I have of Jon and that is sad. She was such a part of our lives. now she is a big part of our memories. Watching the

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Look here for tourist info    

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Today was perfect, just perfect. I went to Middleton Place for the first time in 30 years. I went by myself and had a wonderful day. It was a beautiful day for pictures. If I can ever get photobucket to take my pictures, I will post them.There was a fiber exhibition and a working dog exhibition.I went to see the sheep dog exhibition, the spinners, and the dyers. I had a wonderful day. PLUS All of

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This has been about the busiest month that I can remember. I have been on the go just about every day, and those days I have been home have been spent in my craft room. I finished the second twin quilt and it is just as cute as the first one. That just leaves one more that is already cut out and on its way to being pieced.Note: We have the quilt rack hung! Now to find the quilts that go on it. We

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Strange things can happen in the land of genealogical research. I was just looking over my files and thought just once more I will type my great grandfather's name in the search and see what happens. An explosion happened. I found his picture. He was very tall...what happened boys? He sort of had that "Abe Lincoln 'look.There is another picture, but it is not as good. There is a man that lives

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I am such the techno GEEK... I want a Sony book reader so bad I can taste it..why? Cause It is out there and I don't have it.. I want a small pocket book sized computer, see the afore mentioned reason. ( Is there such a word as "afore"? Sounds so much more learned than "Previously")But ta da....My new phone...It is a Palm Centro, works from the Palm OS, which I am familiar with. It will not synch

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I cannot believe it has been this long since I wrote in this blog. Where has the time gone? We got back from Florida and started the unpacking again. This time it was emptying the boxes we had stashed just to get them out of the way. My craft room was one project. The Man bought me a large double door cabinet to put all my crafty things in...Guess who didn't know how much crafty stuff I had

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This is a picture of my great grandparents....Calvin and Ruanne Moore. John Marion Barber father of Ruanne Barber Moore GreatAunt and Uncle Mangus and Ida Carter I love this picture! Great Aunt Ida Carter

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Matilda Wesley Moore, Mother of Calvin Thomas Moore Susie Ellen Moore ( d/o C T Moore) and Husband Robert Hughes John Marion Barber at an early age Living children of Ruanne and Calvin T Moore in 1963

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Kate and Nicholas Jasper--Great Great grandparents William Riley Jasper and Francis Minton Jasper Great grandparents Great Uncle Filmore. He was married to Molly, also deaf.

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Want to see some gorgeous horses? Go to this horse site. I am in LOVE!Good thing I don't have money or we would own one of these or two or five. We are going to the stables this week for sure.

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We are in Wauchula, Florida. This is what we see each time we look out the big window in the rear of our camper....pretty impressive, don't you think? That is a nesting sandhill crane.

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Overheard at Spanky's Bar in SavannahMan in Overalls: "I watched the whole inauguration. It was something of history. It brought tears to my eyes."Lady drinking Vodka Tonic: "Oh really, which part made you cry?"Man: "When they sang that prayer."Lady: "What prayer, I don't remember them singing a prayer."Man: "You know the one they sing at all the sports events."Lady: "The Lord's Prayer?"Man: "No,

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We're back!!! After spending weeks moving into our new home, we left it on Monday. We had had all the normal life we could stand, so we took our dogs to the Boy's house and packed our cameras and headed South. We had a wonderful 2 months with family and friends. We found a church we like right down the road from our condo, we found the Wal Mart, less than 2 miles from us and the golf course about

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The great migration from Virginia to South Carolina is complete. All of our stuff fit into the truck. I had stayed awake nights wondering how we would move one particular piece of furniture because it is so big , but The Man hired a kid from the corner service station to help us and all went well. He was at that age where he wanted to show off how strong he was, worked for us. We got here in SC

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Yep! we did it. We are now the official owners of the condo. We have already started junking it up and more to follow this weekend. We have met one of our neighbors a young Air Force guy. He is very sweet and friendly, much better than our last neighborhood. There we never knew our neighbors and we lived there for 10 years.The sofa comes Friday and the appliances are to be delivered on Sat. Oh

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We do, almost. We are supposed to close on it Tues. Then we get the furniture that Jonathan has been storing for us ...that which he will let us have back. Then Thanksgiving with my sister and family. My washer and dryer are to be delivered Saturday and maybe my furniture for the living room. Off to Va to get our stuff out of storage on my birthday. We will move in hang around til the 19th of Jan

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As if we need one....we bought a Wii and have been having a blast with it. Each time the boys come over, they give the old man a run for his money on the games. But he holds his own pretty well. Also we bought the Wii fitness . It will give you quite a workout if you follow through with it on a daily basis, now really does that sound like me?He has also really worked on his stained glass

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I feel so bad about this but honestly since I arrived in town I have either not had good WIFI, not had the correct computer, or something!But I am back again with all kinds of news and fun.First off.....we are buying a house. This has been in the works since we were in the blizzard in Yellowstone. Having nothing to do there because of the SNOW in June,we started looking at new homes in Charleston

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Our plans all along have been to spend thru October in Elkhart Indiana to visit with family in Indianapolis and Chicago and friends there in Elkhart and Chicago. I got a call saying that my stepfather ( age 87+) is failing in health and that we need to come home. We are in the process of buying a condo in Charleston and thought this would be a great time to check on the building progress.Then

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Erwin and Bob always spend the week of Oshkosh together. They get there, camp and work the flight line. In the meantime, Bob's wife and I stay in Chicago and do girl things. the perfect thing for all concerned.            

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I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the trip to Mount Rushmore included more than just seeing the mountain with the faces. Yes, it is great Americana, yes, it is awe inspiring but is that all there is? Well no, Kaye Heins, it is not.Mt.Rushmore is in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, an area I would love to return to and spend more time. It is a National Monument on the edge of a

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Since last September, our plan has been to tour some of the west,visit relatives, go to Yellowstone and attend the Escapees Rally in Gillette Wyoming. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!Escapees, for all you uninformed, is a camping club that celebrated its 30th birthday this year with its 48th rally. The club owns several campgrounds and has several partnering campground throughout the US.The rally consists

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Hum the theme song to Close Encounters of the Third Kind as you view these pictures. We chose a very muggy day to go sightseeing, but at least there was no snow. There were a few hikes we could take (as in physically able to) so we chose the one that skirted the touristy area. We walked Joyner's Ridge.Once again the ridiculous warning signs but then again some of the people we have met might

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It has been ages since I just sat down to the computer and wrote on this blog. We have been somewhat busy but also I was caught up on the spirit of doing things instead of writing about things, make sense? We had a wonderful time in Gillette, WY with the thousands of other campers. There are often prototypes of new motor homes and campers. This one has a deck...always a useful feature  

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We left the recreation area with no electricity and headed to Hardin MT to a campsite with all the hookups plus a laundry.Sometimes beating your clothes out clean on a rock is just not an option!We got there in time for the big weekend of the Reenactment of Custer's Last Stand.Hardin is right on the edge of the Crow Indian Reservation. Sadly, it is a dying town. The businesses and factories are

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We took many drives and had wonderful views, but the mountains that we passed going into the campground kept nagging at the old man. You see he had bought "hiking shoes" when we were in Salt Lake City. We had thought to try them out in YNP but the snow did us in. Each time we left the camp he would look at those red mountains and try to see whether there were trails or not.Then one day the

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Our next four nights and five days were spent in a magnificent campground in Lovell Wyoming. It is a National Recreation area built by the Bighorn Lake. There are big sitesa beautiful lake, and the best part...it is FREE! Of course there is no phone service, no internet service, no electricity, no water, but FREE!The Wild Mustangs of Wyoming and the Bighorn sheep are right there too. We were

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One of the prettiest drives we have taken was on HIway 14 in WY. We left the campground and headed for Bear Lodge in the mountains. We had been told it was a nice way to have lunch.The views were awesome.Plus once again we were back in the snow. We drove to the lodge had lunch and drove home the long way. We passed these guys on snowmobiles. They work for Polaris and were trying out the 2009

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Our last two days in Cody we got our energy back and did a few things. We liked our campground. It was close to everything and had nice sites. Other campers told us about the largest museum in the West called the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. It is 5 buildings: Bill Cody Rooms, Firearms, Indian, Painting, and the Museum of Natural History plus a huge gift shop.We spent a couple of hours in the

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Since we have been in Cody we have been just blah...I don't know if it is the change in altitude or what. We have done nothing up til yesterday. Yesterday we decided that we had come this far West to see Yellowstone. The snow had hampered our trip through the park due to drifts, closed roads and general bad weather. So we wanted to see the park in good weather. We started out with the temp over

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We left West Yellowstone yesterday in the worst snowstorm. It was so bad that we could barely see across the street. But our camp host told us just get on the road and it will be better,true. Erwin shoveled snow off our slide outs and broke up ice hunks just so we could slide them in. I cannot believe how much snow we have had and seen since May...first in Flagstaff then in Zion and Bryce Canyon

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Can you believe snow in June. We have had snow since June 6th and looks as if more is on the way. There is a lot of Yellowstone Park that we cannot even get into due to icy roads( In June?) and an avalanche( In June?) The first day we were here I kept telling Erwin I would love to come back when there was snow on the ground and I wanted to see bears. The snow I got right away, the bears took a

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Thar's snow on them hills! And lots of it. It is cool during the day and cold at night here, just perfect. We got in yesterday to West Yellowstone, Montana from Idaho Falls, ID. Our campsite is a little rugged but it has all the hookups and is in walking distance to the town. This is basically a tourist stopover for all those wanting to go to Yellowstone. Expensive trinkets and clothing. We got

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My head is so full of history right now. It is ashame that I will not remember all I have seen and read. We left SLC yesterday for a short trip to Snowville UT.From Snowville we made a day trip to Promontory Point to visit the National Park, The Golden Spike. This National Park commemorates the driving of the last railroad spike to link the Central Pacific Railroad out of Calif. to the Union

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For the past two days we have spent at least 6 hours a day or more at the Family History Center operated and owned by the LDS(Latter Day Saints, aka Mormons). This is an amazing free service provided by the LDS. The building is four floor tall with an extensive microfilm library, family history books, and computer terminals that connect to US and world wide data bases. The originals of all these

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It was fantastic! Since this is Memorial Day weekend,their program was patriotic. And they had bagpipes playing during their arrangement of Amazing Grace. Sent chills up the spine. The concert was in the LDS Convention Center. That place is huge. I think it holds over 21,000. There were maybe 2,000 there today. But it was hard to tell due to the construction of the building. When you have over

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Ah...we are back in below 7000ft. altitude. This time the altitude really bothered us or else we realized why we were so tired all the time. We have had a wonderful time in AZ and UT but we are here to rest for about 5 days then on to Yellowstone. It was great being with my family in Flagstaff for two weeks.Every morning my view was a mountain peak covered with snow. Until I started writing the

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We got up yesterday morning to cold weather,wind and overcast skies. But it was our last day here so we took off to Bryce Canyon, about 30 miles away.We had read about hoodoos and were determined to see them. Up in the cliffs it was snowing, sleeting and sometimes hailing. But today was a good day for wild life. We saw pronghorn deer, mule deer and jack rabbits, but no Big horned sheep........We

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Erwin and I made our second trip in three years to the Grand Canyon. During the first visit it rained and snowed. This time the temperature was perfect,in the 80’s.On the trip up to the Canyon we went by Hwy 89 & 64. Our first stop was at the Colorado Gorge to see the Indian jewelry, pottery and arrows. The land was very arid and flat with no trees and gorges here and there. Most of it is Indian

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Today was time to visit Jerome and Sedona, Arizona. Aunt Mary drove us to Sedonato meet my cousin, her daughter Jamara, for lunch, then drive on up to Jerome. This was the first time I had seen Jamara since she was a baby so there was lots of catching up to do. She is now a metal artist with her partner, Howard. And like the rest of us they are dog lovers, too. Must be nice to take your dogs to

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We stayed one extra day in Las Vegas to finish up our sightseeing, lose a bit more money, and once again wait out the winds. We left by way of the Hoover Dam,wow what a sight. The last time we were in Vegas, we had toured the dam site so we did not stop. But we did drag our camper across the dam. The trip's scenery was a tad boring in a way because it was like the trip to Vegas. Then we hit trees

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We spent very little time in the casinos in Las Vegas except to walk through the shops and down the street gawking like tourists are supposed to. One day we drove out to Red Rock Canyon.I had read about this in Les's blog( see side bar) and thought we would try it. Believe me the pictures in no way show the sight. It is magnificent! Some visitors even dye their hair for the occasion.There is a

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After a long drive through the desert with nothing to see but the straight road and cactus we are finally here in Vegas. We are staying in Sam's Town RV park not too far from the strip..Oh all right it is about 10 miles more or less. We have a very nice site with a tree and nice neighbors. Our first night here we had happy hour with them and had a wonderful time. The next day we were gone all

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We get all packed up and ready to go this morning. We stop at the post office to get our mail. It was there. We love our mail service! Erwin hops back in the car, starts the motor and what? No air conditioning? This cannot be!Six hours later and a much lighter pocket book we are on the road to Winterhaven, CA for the night just so we can say we stayed in CA then on to Las Vegas. Let me just say

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It is too hot here to even think about sight seeing or doing anything outside. The humidity percentage is so low that if you get wet, you shiver because the air just sucks the moisture from your body. I gave the poodles a bath and took them outside to dry. In 103 degree weather I didn't see that it would take too long even for them. I sat in the shade and looked down at poor Buffy. Not only did

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( Written on April 24th)We are now in Yuma about 2 mi from California. We will be here two nights, for laundry,groceries,etc. Then on to Imperial Dam in California, again boondocking for 2 or three days then to LAS VEGAS (to win gas money we hope!), unless something else catches our attention.(Written on April 26th)Well once again our plans have changed.................We happened to look at the

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After leaving the beautiful Saguaro Co-op Campsite the next day, we drove for miles through the most boring desert scenery. We decided to take a short (HA!) detour from the Interstate over to Organ Pipe Cactus Monument and stay for 3 nights. This is the way we travel. We have a plan but do we stick to it? Not if something else is close by that we might want to see. As we were driving down Hwy

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The last day we were in Benson, we drove down to a mining town called Bisbee. The mines are all closed and the town is a tourist/artist town. But the Lavender Mine may open again according to the news reports and that has some of the tree huggers really upset.The highway would need to be moved, the sewer system and electricity would also have to be moved. Plus there would be dynamite blasts

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We are still in Benson at Saguaro Co-op Campground. From here we have visited all around the area doing a new place each day. Our first trip was to Pima Air Museum. We spent almost an entire day looking at airplanes: My personal favorite:While Erwin was getting his airplane fix, I spent a lot of time outside watching these little fellows play:This is also the home of the Air Force Airplane

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We tried to go to Tucson one day. We have decided we are not really good at going to big cities. Other than Chicago, we don't even like big cities;but we gave it a try. That particular day construction crews cut the electricity lines into the historic part of town, so most things were closed or closing, Bummer. Had we gone the next day we would have seen a 15ft water geyser from a cut water main.

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We arrived in El Paso finally. It was so strange to see so many people and cars after being in a town of 700 for so long.Our campground was awful the sites were small and the price expensive. We were right in the middle of town. The crowning touch came when the man two campers down from us paraded all over the campground the day we left in his tiny, French, black silk underwear....so charming,

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The wind here has been awful, so we haven't been able to do much. Gusts of 40-70MPH do not make hiking, walking or sightseeing fun. We did go to Alpine, TX for lunch one day. On our way back to Ft.Davis we saw those weird looking animals at the top of this post. They are Barbary Sheep or Oudad's. They are raised here on farms for exotic hunts. So you can kill an African animal without ever

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Ok, this is how this has been working. We decide to leave the next day. Chris comes up with a project for him and Erwin to work on so we stay another night. This has been an ongoing scenario now for about 3 nights.Free nights, so we don't complain. Erwin and Chris are in the process of making the lighting here at the campground McDonald Observatory compliant. Apparently this campground was the

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This must be the trip for interesting and unusual campgrounds. First we had the one with only 9 sites then this one. Day one we were out walking the dogs after setting up, when we saw 3 people sitting at a table. We jokingly asked if this was where Happy Hour was held, it was and we stayed for a couple of hours.This is a nice open campsite at the foot of the Barilla Mountains and the Davis

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This is so cool. I have my computer in the truck and can get on the internet. I love you Verizon.We are on I-10W headed to Fort Davis TX. We just passed through Indian Mesa Windmill Farm, click here pictures to follow.I am good but not so good that I can post pix on the fly. Although I understand there is now a media card that will work with WIFI, will check that out the next time I am in Buy It

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We are finally back on the road. We have been in Livingston TX at the Escapees Care Center volunteering again. Kaye had to go help her mother after she broke her leg and Erwin stayed at the center and volunteered for a few extra days til Kaye returned. But things worked out well and we hit the road on March 25th.Our first stop was Lampasas, TX at this small campground with only 9 sites The sites

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