June 13, 2015
Gil picked me up and we went back to the KOA to pack the rig for travel. The entire week in AR and MO, was hot, still and humid beyond belief! I'd forgotten how hot it can really get!
We traveled a good pull back to our park in Kansas City and then got an early start towards home.
We arrived home after 7 hours around 4:00 only to discover that the camper is just too big to pull into the driveway or yard. You can't leave it on the street so it was crazy getting some of the stuff unpacked so Gil could take it another 3 hours to the lake.
The super sad thing was the camper in trying to go over the curb, hit the back window of the brand new GMC 1 ton Denali truck and crushed it. We were sick...just sick. The good news is it can be fixed and Gil made it safely to the lake after an already long day.
Turns out the 'fix' is $1500 but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
A Gigantic Slumber Party
June 8 -13, 2015
What a fun-filled week with these special gals in my life! Roberta is the only one who remained in California, Carolyn lives in Leavenworth, WA and Joan lives in Ft. Smith, AR. We toured the Crystal Bridges Museum and Gallery in Bentonville --- totally free thanks to Walmart, entertained and cooked tons of hor's doerves to meet Joan's local friends, spent time touring Ft. Smith. We went from the convent at St. Scholastica to Miss Laura's brothel museum all in one day! One of the best things was holding Joan's 6 month old grand baby twins. A darling little boy and girl! You can imagine the joy this brought all these grandmas!
Roberta had recently been to visit her grands in Shanghai and shopped for all of us! From socks to amazing jewelry, we had a ball sifting through treasures. She even brought a darling Hello Kitty bag for Xochitl and a couple of 'most-loved' sparkle bracelets for her!
One day we took at road trip to Northeast Oklahoma to go to the Ingrid Gipson Gallery. This lady is amazing...she is a retired fashion designer and executive, who got tired of the NY life and basically fell off the grid, raising her own food and building her own house. She's got goats, chickens, rabbits, geese and turkey's. While her lifestyle is not to my likes, it was pretty amazing. She fixed us a delightful lunch and gave us a tour of her property. My heart melted as I held an 8 day old baby goat! Carolyn bought one of her artists paintings so all had a fun day filled with lots of new experiences!
We watched movies, ate, drank wine and talked forever! Friend Carolyn from Washington state, has a new beau she is going on a 4 week trip with so we helped outfit her at Victoria's Secret, which left us all having stomach aches from allt he giggles.
What a blessing these dear girls are to me. I am so lucky to have them in my life!
What a fun-filled week with these special gals in my life! Roberta is the only one who remained in California, Carolyn lives in Leavenworth, WA and Joan lives in Ft. Smith, AR. We toured the Crystal Bridges Museum and Gallery in Bentonville --- totally free thanks to Walmart, entertained and cooked tons of hor's doerves to meet Joan's local friends, spent time touring Ft. Smith. We went from the convent at St. Scholastica to Miss Laura's brothel museum all in one day! One of the best things was holding Joan's 6 month old grand baby twins. A darling little boy and girl! You can imagine the joy this brought all these grandmas!
Roberta had recently been to visit her grands in Shanghai and shopped for all of us! From socks to amazing jewelry, we had a ball sifting through treasures. She even brought a darling Hello Kitty bag for Xochitl and a couple of 'most-loved' sparkle bracelets for her!
One day we took at road trip to Northeast Oklahoma to go to the Ingrid Gipson Gallery. This lady is amazing...she is a retired fashion designer and executive, who got tired of the NY life and basically fell off the grid, raising her own food and building her own house. She's got goats, chickens, rabbits, geese and turkey's. While her lifestyle is not to my likes, it was pretty amazing. She fixed us a delightful lunch and gave us a tour of her property. My heart melted as I held an 8 day old baby goat! Carolyn bought one of her artists paintings so all had a fun day filled with lots of new experiences!
We watched movies, ate, drank wine and talked forever! Friend Carolyn from Washington state, has a new beau she is going on a 4 week trip with so we helped outfit her at Victoria's Secret, which left us all having stomach aches from allt he giggles.
What a blessing these dear girls are to me. I am so lucky to have them in my life!
Table Rock RV Park
We found an amazing, owner owned park right on Table Rock Lake. It was probably the most luxurious park we've ever stayed at and almost empty! We parked and had 2 days to discover our new rig and get things set up! We walked, talked and loved the two air conditioners. It's super hot in the south and we were melting and missing our Minnesota summer June days that are dry and sunny.
On Monday, we pulled to Alma, AR where we settled Gil and Willie into the KOA and called my reunion buddies to come see our new home on wheels. The reunion girls are three women I worked with in Long Beach, CA some 47 years ago...am I that old already? We've met every two years for the last 5 years and this year, Joan hosted at her home in Ft. Smith, AR.
We're On the Road Again to Missouri and Arkansas
June 4, 2015
We packed the rig and headed South! We spent a night at one of our favorite stops in Kansas City at the World of Fun. We wondered if our camper would float as we had over 6 inches of rain and thunderstorms. The next morning, we headed to Linn Creek, MO to pick up our new rig. We are super excited but a little sad to leave our Premier Bullet in the trade-in lot but hopefully the new family will have the fun and love we did.
The day we arrived was 95 degrees with the humidity about the same and the dew point tropical. Unloading our camper was surreal....hot, hard work and found we had too much stuff in too many hiding spots! But we did it. We'd planned to go to Table Rock but at 6:30 p.m. we knew we'd never make it, so the RV park found us a spot just down the road for a one night stop. The king sized bed, felt pretty darn good that first night. We were exhausted!
On the road the next day, we were pleasantly surprised at how great the rig pulls with the truck and we had our first Chick-n-filet....nummy! We are very happy campers!
We packed the rig and headed South! We spent a night at one of our favorite stops in Kansas City at the World of Fun. We wondered if our camper would float as we had over 6 inches of rain and thunderstorms. The next morning, we headed to Linn Creek, MO to pick up our new rig. We are super excited but a little sad to leave our Premier Bullet in the trade-in lot but hopefully the new family will have the fun and love we did.
The day we arrived was 95 degrees with the humidity about the same and the dew point tropical. Unloading our camper was surreal....hot, hard work and found we had too much stuff in too many hiding spots! But we did it. We'd planned to go to Table Rock but at 6:30 p.m. we knew we'd never make it, so the RV park found us a spot just down the road for a one night stop. The king sized bed, felt pretty darn good that first night. We were exhausted!
On the road the next day, we were pleasantly surprised at how great the rig pulls with the truck and we had our first Chick-n-filet....nummy! We are very happy campers!
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