Sunday, June 7
Wild Night.
There was a knock on our door at 3:20 AM. Some people in the campground lost a member of their group. She had went to the bathroom about 2:15 and did not return to her camp site. Her half a glass of beer was still in the bathroom. Starting to get the picture? She had attended a friends wedding on Saturday evening. After the wedding they were sitting around the campfire drinking beer. She needed to use the restroom so with a flashlight and by herself she went to the restroom. After she did not come back her friends started to look for her and then when they couldn't find her they woke us up. So at 3:30 AM we were wandering around the campground looking for her. 33years old, Hispanic,blue jeans, boots, turquoise vest, striped shirt, pink hat. Did not find her. They called law enforcement. She finally turned up and quite a distance from the campground. She had gotten lost and found an open car got in and went to sleep. Woke up after about 3-4 hours and tried to find her way back to the campground and was spotted by someone who had only begun looking for her. We saw her after she was found. Still pretty drunk. Oh and by the way the temperature was 30 degrees....and there ARE mountain lions here abouts...and bears...and moose.
Tagged mail
If you get a message saying Tagged email and it looks to be from someone you know, do not open it. The person it looks as though sent it did not. Their identity has been stolen. I received one this morning and googled it before I opened it THANK GOD!!
Saturday, June 6
Our Life at SMR
We are campground hosting at Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA of the Rockies and this is our 3rd year. It is certainly not the same without our good friends Lum and Donna Ellis who stayed in Pass Christian MS this year to deal with serious health issues. There have been numerous times we have said "Lum would have had that issue taken care of by now." And I called the switchboard this morning and had to concentrate very hard to understand the foreign sounding voice on the other end. Donna speaks very clearly and in English! Lum and Donna are also our bridge partners so we may not get to play bridge till next summer or make another trip to Mississippi.
The weather has been colder than normal right along with the rest of the upper half of the country. We have not worn shorts once since arriving and I have a jacket on this very minute. We do have a couple of staff excursions coming up that should add to our fun. On Thursday next we will be going to the Celestial Tea Factory for a tour and on the 17th we will be going to a dinner theater in Boulder to see "Annie".
Our kids Gary and Susan are coming the first part of July and there are plenty of things to keep the energizer bunny busy. It should be a fun,fun week.
The campground has been rather light duty but is starting to pick up. There are some very hardy folks who will sit at their picnic table enjoying breakfast with the temperature no more than 40 degrees. Yup, it is a dry cold!!!
I will be posting to as many of the blogs as I can handle so check them all out. I will try not to cheat and duplicate.
www.smrvolunteers.blogspot.com is the other one getting the most attention presently. Don Loring is doing a great job on the Magnolia one and I will most likely leave it to him too.
The weather has been colder than normal right along with the rest of the upper half of the country. We have not worn shorts once since arriving and I have a jacket on this very minute. We do have a couple of staff excursions coming up that should add to our fun. On Thursday next we will be going to the Celestial Tea Factory for a tour and on the 17th we will be going to a dinner theater in Boulder to see "Annie".
Our kids Gary and Susan are coming the first part of July and there are plenty of things to keep the energizer bunny busy. It should be a fun,fun week.
The campground has been rather light duty but is starting to pick up. There are some very hardy folks who will sit at their picnic table enjoying breakfast with the temperature no more than 40 degrees. Yup, it is a dry cold!!!
I will be posting to as many of the blogs as I can handle so check them all out. I will try not to cheat and duplicate.
www.smrvolunteers.blogspot.com is the other one getting the most attention presently. Don Loring is doing a great job on the Magnolia one and I will most likely leave it to him too.
Thursday, June 4
Days off
We have had the last 4 days off and that always makes me feel like a slacker. I have been able to get lots done at home. I will be conducting a Swedish weaving class next week so I made up 10 kits. Sure hope that is enough.
Wednesday, June 3
Good Morning!
Butch had a grumble day yesterday...the water pressure is too low...the electricity is inadequate... the weather was cold and wet...this too shall pass. We work weekends and we like it like that. It is the busiest time and the days go fast. Snow mountain Ranch is busy but the campground is slow right now. It should pick up in a week or two as the weather moderates.
I have been working on the next wedding afghan for granddaughter Ann and Anthony. It is coming along nicely and the cooler weather gives me more weaving time. Gotta get dressed now and get to breakfast before the several hundred kids get there!
I have been working on the next wedding afghan for granddaughter Ann and Anthony. It is coming along nicely and the cooler weather gives me more weaving time. Gotta get dressed now and get to breakfast before the several hundred kids get there!
Tuesday, June 2
Settling In
This male bluebird had a worm in his mouth waiting for his mate to feed her. We watched the transfer.
The hummers are here in full force. This is the first of many.
The hummers are here in full force. This is the first of many.
Saturday, May 30
Snow Mountain early this morning
We start a real day of work today. Not many guests here yet so the work load is light. We have been busy making our little corner of the ranch our own and getting the campground ready for a heavier number of guests. We have 3 campers here at the moment.
Thursday, May 28
Ethan goes to the ballgame
He looks as though he has had enough of the ballgame. He was a very good boy however.
Trip to SMR
Taken near Laramie WY through the window of the MoHo.
We left Atlantic IA on Wednesday and drove 455 miles to Sidney NE. That is a big day for us. Then we got an early start this morning due to the time change and arrived at SMR at 1:00 this afternoon. The entire trip from Atlantic is 736 miles.
Friends Donn and Peggy Gordon happened to be in the area so we were lucky enough to see them shortly after arrival. Peggy brought us a couple of gifts and one of them was a snow globe golfball and tee. It is a game to get the ball setting on the tee. We have been unable to do so thus far but if we ever do I will take a picture and post it.
We did run into a bit of snow high in the mountains and near the end of our trip. Also saw a baby moose but didn't get a picture.
We left Atlantic IA on Wednesday and drove 455 miles to Sidney NE. That is a big day for us. Then we got an early start this morning due to the time change and arrived at SMR at 1:00 this afternoon. The entire trip from Atlantic is 736 miles.
Friends Donn and Peggy Gordon happened to be in the area so we were lucky enough to see them shortly after arrival. Peggy brought us a couple of gifts and one of them was a snow globe golfball and tee. It is a game to get the ball setting on the tee. We have been unable to do so thus far but if we ever do I will take a picture and post it.
We did run into a bit of snow high in the mountains and near the end of our trip. Also saw a baby moose but didn't get a picture.
Tuesday, May 26
Jigs Pictures
Mickey is looking over the sculpture in Perry Iowa. She is nearly "lost" in it.
Pictures taken before and after the group shot were clear but the group shot of the jigs group is blurry. Some kind of weird kinetic energy.
Monday, May 25
A bit of a Rant
We are at the kids in Boone. They are off kayaking and we are holding down the fort. They have basic cable TV and there is nothing there but ads!! It seems TV has gone the way of magazines. More Ads than content. I am not a TV addict and if it were up to me we would get rid of the sattelite and work off antenna when and if we could. Some day when the old guy is cussing about the lack of content I will convince him to let me make the call. Heeheehee
I think we would be amazed at how much more active and varied our life would be.
I think we would be amazed at how much more active and varied our life would be.
With the kids...
We have spent the weekend with sons Gary and Jason and families. First time in a long time we have been with more than one son at a time. It has been much, much fun and a perfect kick off for our trip to Snow Mountain Ranch on Tuesday.
Yesterday was a meeting of J.I.G.'S for me. J.I.G.'S stands for Jefferson Iowa Girls.We all went to school together. A few years ago we started meeting for lunch on a semi-regular basis. I was able to attend the gathering on Sunday at the Hotel Pattee in Perry Iowa. The brunch and the conversation were wonderful. There were 9 of us in attendance. I will post a picture later as I am placing this post from a computer not my own.
Yesterday was a meeting of J.I.G.'S for me. J.I.G.'S stands for Jefferson Iowa Girls.We all went to school together. A few years ago we started meeting for lunch on a semi-regular basis. I was able to attend the gathering on Sunday at the Hotel Pattee in Perry Iowa. The brunch and the conversation were wonderful. There were 9 of us in attendance. I will post a picture later as I am placing this post from a computer not my own.
Saturday, May 23
From RVTravel.com
How often do you use your RV? A couple of weeks a year? A few months? Probably not surprising to you, there are hundreds of thousands of RVers who live all the time in their RVs, or at least most of the time. Nobody knows how many people live full-time in RVs. It could be a million or more.
But what I do know is that a lot of people live and travel full-time in an RV and many others dream of the day when they can, too. For most, it's a very good life.
RVs are so comfortable now that it's easy to live in one, enjoying nearly all the comforts of home. And the freedom is incredible -- to go where you want, when you want and bring along your easy chair, too. It's a satisfying, stimulating life for people who yearn for adventure.
Recently, during a brief visit to Quartzsite, Ariz., I was invited into the fifth wheel winter home of a full-timing couple. They were parked in the wide-open desert with no hookups. As I drove toward the RV, it seemed lonely out there. But as I got closer, I noticed that the couple had manicured their little piece of desert with a rock-lined front walkway and had placed a few potted plants in the shade of their awning. And several lawn chairs were atop a few square yards of artificial turf.
Inside, there was plenty of room for two people with all the creature comforts -- spacious kitchen, TV, computer, big bedroom with bathroom -- everything two people would need to live with ease and comfort. Outside, solar panels harnessed the energy of the sun to provide ample electricity.
Just as I had entered the RV, the cell phone rang: one of the couple's children was calling from the Midwest. The cell phone did double duty as the link to the Internet. "How different was this from a 'home' that didn't move?" I thought.
It seems to me, as even more of the baby boom generation enters their senior years, that even more of them (as well as younger people who can work while on the road), will take up full-time RVing. It's a heck of a lot less expensive in most cases than maintaining a home, a lot "greener" (overall, even factoring in gas for travel, you use less energy in the small space than in a traditional home), and in most cases more exciting than sitting at home.
Permission is granted to reprint the essay above on any RV-related website as long as a credit is provided to RVtravel.com with a link to http://www.RVtravel.com.
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But what I do know is that a lot of people live and travel full-time in an RV and many others dream of the day when they can, too. For most, it's a very good life.
RVs are so comfortable now that it's easy to live in one, enjoying nearly all the comforts of home. And the freedom is incredible -- to go where you want, when you want and bring along your easy chair, too. It's a satisfying, stimulating life for people who yearn for adventure.
Recently, during a brief visit to Quartzsite, Ariz., I was invited into the fifth wheel winter home of a full-timing couple. They were parked in the wide-open desert with no hookups. As I drove toward the RV, it seemed lonely out there. But as I got closer, I noticed that the couple had manicured their little piece of desert with a rock-lined front walkway and had placed a few potted plants in the shade of their awning. And several lawn chairs were atop a few square yards of artificial turf.
Inside, there was plenty of room for two people with all the creature comforts -- spacious kitchen, TV, computer, big bedroom with bathroom -- everything two people would need to live with ease and comfort. Outside, solar panels harnessed the energy of the sun to provide ample electricity.
Just as I had entered the RV, the cell phone rang: one of the couple's children was calling from the Midwest. The cell phone did double duty as the link to the Internet. "How different was this from a 'home' that didn't move?" I thought.
It seems to me, as even more of the baby boom generation enters their senior years, that even more of them (as well as younger people who can work while on the road), will take up full-time RVing. It's a heck of a lot less expensive in most cases than maintaining a home, a lot "greener" (overall, even factoring in gas for travel, you use less energy in the small space than in a traditional home), and in most cases more exciting than sitting at home.
Permission is granted to reprint the essay above on any RV-related website as long as a credit is provided to RVtravel.com with a link to http://www.RVtravel.com.
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Thursday, May 21
Wow!
I posted a disapproval on the computer ads and now I looked and they are gone! Is it really that easy! Way to go google!
Don't look
I signed up for AdSense in connection with this blog. They will supposedly pay me if you as a viewer click on any of the ads you see on this site. I thought I would see how well this little ditty worked. In my previous post about computer cleanup they posted several ads. I DO NOT APPROVE of any of them. A free scan is simply that, a free scan.If you scan,they will then tell you your computer has a gazillion problems and if you pay them a few bucks they will fix them for you. It is a waste of money. Do not believe it.
All you blog watchers...
Hey when I am not doing much I do not post much. Hmmm...yesterday I decided to get into "detailing" or spring cleaning the motorhome. The inside that is. I washed bedding and dusted in all the nooks and crannies. Most of the time it gets a quick once-over but just like a stick built home now and then you have to dig deep. I will be digging deep again today. I think the refrigerator needs a good clean out. Especially since it will be getting minimal use the next two months at Snow Mountain Ranch. I try to have the food down to a bare minimum as we leave Iowa.
Also yesterday, Susan & Myron Van Houweling stopped by. They are friends we met at Magnolia park but they live in central Iowa. I helped them a bit with their computer and we had a great visit.
Speaking of computers, this is as good a place as any to remind you to do spring cleaning on your computer too. Although computers do not need nearly the maintenance they did in years past they can still benefit from a little attention now and then.
Check on your Anti-virus program to make sure it is up to date and functioning properly.
Run your anti-spyware program and rid yourself of all the little bugs it will find.
I still run disk clean up and defragment now and then even though we are supposedly free of that chore with Win XP and Vista.
Butch's computer is 9 years old and still working fine. I bought mine 4 years ago because I thought the one Butch has was soon to go belly up. Who knew!!
Tuesday, May 19
Yesterday
Yesterday we went to see "OLD" friend Mickey which is always a treat. Mickey and I visited while Butch went car shopping. Many of you already know how tired I am of that venture.
On the way home we stopped to pick up my nieces computer for repair. We have to get that girl up to speed. The computer was a big virus-laden mess. Only option was to wipe it clean and start over. I consider this kind of thing fun. I am very nearly done with getting it reloaded with necessities and returning it to her. My south Texas students will be glad to know I am not losing my touch! HA
We are not far from heading west. It will be here before we know it!!
On the way home we stopped to pick up my nieces computer for repair. We have to get that girl up to speed. The computer was a big virus-laden mess. Only option was to wipe it clean and start over. I consider this kind of thing fun. I am very nearly done with getting it reloaded with necessities and returning it to her. My south Texas students will be glad to know I am not losing my touch! HA
We are not far from heading west. It will be here before we know it!!
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