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| July 29, 2007 |
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Garden of Eden After traveling from border to border and ocean to ocean I must admit that of all the climates, I like the Northwest the best. In the summer anyhow. We might just try the winter and see how it really is. We have been told that the wet really isn't all that bad, just that the grey days are depressing. What ever that means. Heck, if we can't really cut the mustard, we do live on wheels and I know where there is a game of Texas Holdem is running in Rockport just east of Corpus Christi. We have been here at Randle Washington for about 2 weeks and planning to move down the road about 30 miles to another park. I kind of wish I had booked Randle again, and just came back up the road being that this is such a wonderful park. Carol, has put on Texas Holdem for the last 2 weeks with a pretty good turnout. Everyone had a blast. I keep telling them that they should donate to Mikes' retirement fund, but, they are supposed to let me win. No one seemed to agree with me on that. Here are some pictures of the card game, and a shot of the FINAL TABLE. 
  Do, take note of who is NOT in the picture. All of those card sharks started pickup on me, and yep, wouldn't ya know it. They put me out. Hey, I had Queens. I had to bet them. Rick had Aces. The wooose. I still think that his  wife
Tammy (standing up in this picture) sitting right next to him, passed
him the cards. Hey, that is the only way that you could beat me.
Being the great poker player that I am. Naw, there isn't no ego
thing here. Claudia came in 3rd and Carol came in second (Friday she came in first,
and everyone asked for new cards) after a long hard battle, and
she even has the scars to prove it. The chips were flying back and
forth between the players so fast that you had to wear a hard hat
just to keep from getting clobbered.
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| July 26, 2007 |
Been busy the last couple of
days, on the 23 we finally got out of the motor home and did some
sight seeing. Wanted to see Mineral lake so had to go through
Morton,
 an
extremely small town but it does have a Radio Shack, which by the
way even carries fishing poles, and live bait. We found a
wonderful Mexican Restaurant off of 12 turning onto hwy 7
 The
food was just as good as you can find in Tucson, I became a very
happy camper. When we got to Mineral Lake  there
was a little boy about 4 catching small Bass, he showed us his catch
and was so excited, wish I had put my fishing pole in the car, oh
well, don't have that Washington license, it's too hard to get a
fishing license in every state we are in, so we just fish in the
private lakes that some of the parks have. Anyway, after the
day's outing came back to a great bonfire that Sherry and Roger were
putting together, meet a lot of new friends and we did it again last
night (25th) meet even more new friends.
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| July 21, 2007 |
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Mikes' acookun Now anyone that has been following these web pages, knows how Mike cooks. Carryout Pizza, Chicken, or get in the trusty little Lexus and go to a restaurant. So, you should not be even a little surprised that Carol got set up AGAIN. It all started when I told her that no matter what, I would take my weekly shower, on Saturday, and take care of dinner. Bar-B-Que. Ahh, come on now, ya got to take a shower on Saturday whether ya need it or not. That's what I was told when I was just a little tot anyhow. Ya don't argue with Mom and Dad. So, Carol is all excited when I get the Bar-B-Que out and all the hardware and set it on the table. "I can't believe that you are actually going to cook me dinner." "This is great." "Of course you are going to do the dishes afterwards, aren't you?" Hey, she knows that there is going to be paper plates, plastic cups, and all that plastic silverware. "Sure, no problem, I just take care of it when it happens." Hee, hee! Well, it's about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and were are all spiffed up, shower, clean clothes, and even combed my hair. Carol, is getting a little worried that I haven't got the steaks out to let them thaw out, and has no idea what is going to be served with it. Let's see.....Corn...naw....beans....naw....bread......naw......maybe just steak and that is all. Man, I could sure use a cup of coffee before I get started...soooo...party please, can we go down to the office so I could get a cup...Pleeeessee. We walk into the office, where there is always a pot brewing. Yep, I check these things out whenever we get to a new park. Carols, stomach is growing like a lion and she would like to hurry up and get back to the coach and get something to eat. " Ok, ok." Just for you my dear. I pull out this trusty little piece of paper that I got a couple of days ago, and give it to the gal behind the counter. "2 please". Now Carol is really confused. "What are you doing now, getting tickets to a movie." No, sweetheart. Let's go this way, and you will see. As we walk into the dining room, she remarks," No fair, you promised that we would have bar-b-que tonight, and you are going to have to live up to your promise. "No problem, I'll take care of it." Let's see, what are we serving.. Oh yes, "BAR-B-QUE CHICKEN", with side dishes of course. Cole slaw, potatoes salad, and even a piece of cake for desert. Ya really thought I would cook. Ahh, ya silly person. YOU should know better than that by now. Me eat, Carol cooks. That works for me. Here are some pictures of the Bar-b-que. Yep, this is a Bar-b-que. I'll let you guess where the cooks are. Right here, taking care of all the leftovers. There is one thing that is a good thing. They are eating the food that they cooked.  So
it must be alright for me also.Yep, here is the serving line And last but not least a picture of the dinning hall.  And, not to be left out, a Picture of Byron working on a sale that he just made.  OOOPS, I don't think there is any chicken left.
 Sorry, Byron, but you are working, and as we already know, you have to take care of the customer first. There is always breakfast in the morning. You can wait that long, can't ya? Here is one of Carol and Byron.  Let you know who wins on Sunday, by the way Mike came in 3rd on Saturday. |
| July 17th, 2007 |
We have hit Washington, at about 4PM and I am ready to call it quits
for today, Mike wanted to get a long day in so we could be in cooler
weather, he got his wish, we hit our favorite state at 75 degrees
and low and behold Tucked
away on hwy. 86, going from Yakima to Randal Washington, is Snug
Harbor RV park, we stopped to spend the night. Our site was #25
right on the water, large site with water and electric.
Surrounding us with trees, listening to the birds, seeing the fish
jump and the smell of the pine, felt as if we were all alone on a
deserted island, temperature got down to around 50 at night and the
day was in the 80's, , it was one of the best nights we have had
since leaving Canada Laura the owner, a delightful and very
accommodating person, bought Snug Harbor in Naches, WA. in 2004,has
been fixing it up ever since. See park
photos. The cost was $25+tax, and well worth it
considering some of the parks around are going for much more and
having nothing to offer. Of course, she would have a boat
slip, made Mike start thinking about that boat again.
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| July 14th, 2007 |
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Today is my birthday, feels
like I am 22 again, wish my body said the same! Mike's gift to me
was one of my favorite authors, Nora Roberts, Fran sent me 3
birthday cards via email and friends have called to wish me the
best. I really love all of you for remembering me. Thank you
The sunsets here in Utah are
just a beautiful here as they are in Arizona |
| July 8th, 2007 |
We are here in Utah, staying at
our sons for about 3 days and off to a RPI park for about 12 days.
Our visit was great, Brooke has grown not only in size but in
intelligence, of course I am prejudice but she really is smart.
She loves playing with jewelry
 and riding the ATV.
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| July 4th, 2007 |
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It's been a heck of a week, leaving Canada on June 29th and
heading to Washington, hoping to be there by July 21 after a
stop in Utah. We decided to not stay in Canada as planned since Brigg death and
the weather looked like it would be hotter in the East. So here we go traveling,
and meeting wonderful people along the way.
While traveling through Iowa and Kansas, all you see on
the highway corn, corn, and more corn.
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Ah,
a man's work is never done. Pulled out that trusty little piece of
paper that said DINNER and ate at the clubhouse with all the folks.
((Rick and family, salesman for KM)
When we were in Tucson, waiting for Mike to retire, I had a normal
bike. Tried riding after the back surgery and found I just could
not. We were at Desert Pueblo Mobile park, where there seemed
to be everyone over 50 riding these 3 wheelers around, they even had
races. The roads were asphalt, and smooth to ride around. The
streets would whip around a lot of curves, which made riding more
the fun. So naturally I asked where you get such a bike, and
they said the best place was AZ. Bikes, right down the road from the
park. So I bought my 3 wheeler and I was able to ride around the
park, didn't join the races as I could only go about a mile a day. I
really enjoyed being able to sit and ride. I only have about 30
miles on the bike. Since retiring, the roads in the Rv parks
we stay in are not for riding and with the kind of tires I have on,
we need to change to dirt tires just haven't found a bike place yet
to do so. Mike is ready to sell it, but I am determined to
ride it sooner or later. In Tucson that's all you see in the
parks, 3 wheeling and golf carts being driven by all us old
folks. So if you see me 3 wheeling watch out I may just run
over you!
help. 
It
took at least 2 hours to get across, we were behind another RV that customs was
searching, we had already left all of our food in Canada, so we knew if we were
to get searched we should not have any problems, and we didn't. I wonder
now if we really had to get rid of the food. Guess first stop needs to be
Wall-mart as soon as we can, replenish the food. 
this famous place is a National Historic center.
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