Here's the Christmas gang of Christmas Eve since I had to work Christmas day. Me, baby Wyatt, Katherine, Annette, Trina, Elizabeth, Makayla and Garrett.
December 28th we gathered with some of the rest of the family in Arlington TX at the nursing faciltiy where my Aunt Joyce is living. Trina, me, Maria, Tracy, Warren, Doris, Katherine, Aunt Joyce and Cherie.
How about a visit to the little "ol Faithful"; New York City traffic; and the Abraham Lincloln Monument. And two of the four, submersibles my dad piloted. The deep Quest and the Alvin. He was the first person to set an American flag on the bottom of the ocean with a robotic arm on the deepest dive in history at that time in February 1968, over 8,150 feet down.
Here a few shots of things I have enjoyed doing over these past years. Obviously I can't put everything but this and the next post will give you a little taste. Flight co-ordination of the Blue Angles and the Reno air show, Albuquerque, NM, rock rappelling, visiting Elvis at Graceland, and loving the mud.
Finally, I made it back to Texas to start my job at Medical Center of Lewisville Texas.
I took a little time to visit Livingston when I went to vote and to see what envelope I live in at the mail center. Met the editor who arranges the articles I write for the magazine and toured the editing area. It was a nice little tour. The park area is still a mess from the hurricane.
About my "new " RV.... I mentioned a few bugs I had to get worked out....you can see one of the problems was the new model frig by Dometic. The freezer got to nearly 50 degrees and the refrigerator to 60. I lost all my food also! All is well now. It needed the new updated control board.
This is the hospital I work in. My contract started September 20th and will end January 17. I will be heading to Quartzsite to see my WIN friends after that, if they still remember me that is.
Well, I made it to Coburg Oregon. Yep, I took the dive. After living in my Monaco for six and a half years I knew what I wanted in an RV. As long as I must keep working I plan on being comfortable. If I trade down it won't be for awhile. Unfortunately, Monaco does not make what I want in the 36 foot or shorter so I reluctantly chose a different maker. Now that the few bugs are worked out I love this coach. It is a 2006 Western Alpine and had 8000 miles on it. It is in prime condition and a dream to drive.
After I left Boulder City, NV in August I headed toward Alturas, CA to put my mothers' ashes to rest. A task I so did not look forward to. Even so, it was a beautiful drive. While there I visited my cousin and reacquainted myself with the little town again. I spent some peaceful time sitting by my Uncle John, grandmother and grandfather and mothers gravesides.
While there I stayed in a very quiet, very nice RV park in an out of the way place called Likely. If you are ever out that way, try it out. Just stop at the little store and ask for the location, you can't miss it.
After a few days I headed north to Oregon to my original RV sales lot to get a little RV work done.
In May I loaded up a U-haul truck and headed to Texas from Boulder City, NV to take my mothers furniture to my daughters and to attend the wedding of my eldest granddaughter, Katherine. It was beautiful. She lives in Taft California near her husbands family.
I got to visit for a few days then flew back and landed in Las Vegas. My work was not quite done in Boulder City with my Uncle home.
His house is for sale. It is beautiful and over looks Hoover Lake from his kitchen and living room. At long last I will be on my way to Oregon to bury my mothers ashes. I so don't want this final chapter to happen, but it must.
Hello all, at long last I am able to update my blog. Since I last wrote in my blog my Uncle Everett passed away. I spent time taking care of his affairs and took a few hours after cleaning his house to R & R. I tried a little ultra-lite flight. It was a blast even though I don't like flying. Here's a pic of me in the "plane".
