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I'm so glad you will forgive us. :whew: I was hoping to stop by again. But, like I said had to add that second mission into the equation.. lol I am hoping we will be able to do more camping this summer. I don't have a clue how work will be. Last summer we didn't work any weekends. Doesn't look good this year either--good for camping, bad for the pocket book. We will definitely have to try to get together, though.

One thing I must say—if your folks are older and they are starting to hang with their siblings listen to their stories. Lol Omg-I never knew my mother skipped out of school. Yes, she said it was a nice day and her and a friend decided to walk back home. Mind you they lived on a farm outside of town. She said she won’t ever forget the bus going passed them – taking the kids back home and they had to duck down under a bridge. She did beat the bus home—lmao. Now her twin goes and says—she did it so I did it too. But, I got caught! One thing we knew was that they had swapped classes one da

Mexico is having a campfire... We are really close to the Mexico border. The Dunes - where everyone spends their Christmas riding ATV's and Sandrails.. a lot of folks just dry camp right here and enjoy the sand. :) So, by noonish we get to ma and pa’s … ma is on the phone with Lynn (we4mickey) and says “they’re here.. lol” so, we spent Christmas Eve and day with them and my mom’s twin and brother (and wife). My cousin showed up on Christmas day and we got to spend a little time with her, too.

Friday night we slept in another rest area and headed out once again. We are driving through California and see a helicopter. Then we see another going up and another on the ground. Each was a different color-yellow, blue and black. I tell Jeff that they have a wire and hook coming down from them. So, we are watching-and driving. He says they are hanging the wires through the mountain area we are going through. I get some pics of this and we also see that over the highway they have a net. We figure it is there in case they would lose a wire-it wouldn’t land on the road. We were surpri

We went through Redding and a few other small towns. Stopped at a rest area where there was a car with a cover on it. REALLY-why??? We drove past the Ghirardelli factory… oh, how I wanted to stop! The orange groves were puttin’ out some powerful smells. I thought I was on Soarin’ for a minute. Thursday was a great viewing day! Slept in another rest area.. Man, it is good to have your own bed, toilet and shower when you are on a road trip. We really missed this at the beginning of our trip. Friday we got down to San Diego. We saw the Pacific Ocean and got some more pics. The boys

the sunrise..

Thank you, Carol..

Thanks, Cherie. But, since mission 1 has been completed we must move on to mission #2. We thought that if we got this camper maybe we should go down and visit my folks after. My nephew had asked earlier in the trip if we were heading there. We weren't but, since he mentioned it... well, maybe. So, now we head out of Oregon and into California. We are heading to Yuma, AZ next. One thing I don't think I mentioned is that not only did we not know where we were going but, no one else did either. Since too many family and friends know my folks on fb-I couldn't say anything. No one knew we so

In the basement there is a slideout compartment. And here is the interior... I must add that for the Packer game there were 5 adults and 4 dogs in this and we were very comfortable. Jeff took the table out so, we used the dinnet as a couch -- it is U shaped and worked out really good.

That's funny about your son... Yvonne it is really beatiful out west. I always loved going to Yellowstone and Flaming Gorge. But, it just keeps being awesome the farther west you go. :)

So, the moment you have been waiting for... We were on a mission which ended up turning into 2 missions. Mission 1 is completed on thursday.. We bought a new truck camper. Love it! It has the most awesomest floor plan ever--well, for a truck camper. :) and the floor plan...

I couldn't help myself but take a picture of the factory next to the camper place we were at.. As I said on fb--I don't think I will be buying a house here. :rofl2: Now what is really funny is I just noticed this----look at the phone number.<grin>

Yes, it was! But, we had a great time... A lot of driving and not having a rig the first 7 days - really sucked. lol We survived and the sites were awesome! You are going to love it! Keep the camera handy and I hope you have great weather just like us. It is so pretty out there. By the way... we kept hearing all the cars go by and thought man, they are pretty loud out here. Then Jeff says "The have studs on for tires." Oh... .that's not good we better not stick around too long. :whew:

We were just coming into Bend, OR. Just an FYI-- when getting fuel in Oregon, you can't pump your own gas. Can you believe it! Jeff got out at one station and started filling up, some guy came out and did something to the pump while he was pumping. Jeff thought what's wrong with him??? Well, later we pulled up to another station and he got out to fill up and got yelled at. lol It is illegal for you to pump your own fuel. This is taking green a little too far. :) i said "where I come from - we are self-suffecient." haha We get to Bend, OR and go to the shop to look over the rig. The do

Really some beautiful country out there. If you are ever able to do a road trip like this--do it! We got really lucky. The weather was great the whole trip - everywhere we went. There was a storm coming through Nebraska as we were going through. But, it stayed south of us.

This was a really neat spot to stop and take a picture. It was really pretty in here.

a few more pictures... About 4am on Tuesday we are driving through Wyoming. It got cold up there. We had -4 on the truck thermometer. We weren’t stopping until it got a little nicer. Lol we go through Idaho and into Utah. We stopped Tuesday night in Ontario, OR. A little American owned hotel with a Pizza Hut right down the road. So, we unload the truck and the dogs…blah, blah, blah…. Wednesday morning we get our donut on the door and are off again. Bend, OR here we come. As we are driving out there we decide to check and see how far it is to ma and pa in Yuma, AZ. Should we hea

Monday we go through Iowa and Nebraska. Well we have to meet up with Rob if we are heading this way. We just happen to stop at a rest area that was near him and he came out to visit us. Stall #2 was very popular that day! Rob is awesome and I was looking forward to stopping on the way back. If you head out this way be sure to stop by stall #2. Rob will be around and waiting for a hug! We had no plans for anything so we said our goodbyes after a short visit and off we went. Rob had to go home and work on his fridge. Which he did get up and running again. J I am still hoping he wil

Now what? Guess we call Bob/Kathy and Denise/Frank to tell them we are heading home. We wanted to stay down for a few days but, without a camper we can’t. If we get a hotel room we have to take about 3 tote boxes out of the back of the truck and a few other things for the night. It is all back there without a cap or tailgate-just a cargo net. We were buying a truck camper. We travel back and stop at that same gas station and talk to the girl that was there the morning before. Hi-remember us? lol She was surprised to see us so soon and without the camper. haha... So, Saturday night wa

Just before Georgia we stop at a gas station get fuel and coffee. Talk to the girl inside and some hunters and head out. Told them where we were going and they said “oh yeah, you can make that in good time”. On our way down we come through Tn and try to hook up with Frank. But, we already passed him. L So, we get to Atlanta around 1pm on Saturday (dec. 17th). We call the guy with the truck camper and meet him. We get out and say hi---instantly he pulls the slide out??? Why did he just do this and so fast?? We walk to the back and cringe. We looked at each other. At this moment we wa

Christmas crossing Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains! We had mh up for sale here and there throughout the past couple years. We figured if we can get what we want for it-we'll sell it. If not it isn't a big deal because we really did like it. But, we also felt it was bigger than we wanted. Well on Saturday, December 10th, guy from Minnesota bought our mh. We got what we were asking for it, too. It was sad to see it go down the road without us in it but, we were okay with it at the same time. Well, we start to feel lost. Now we are vacation homeless. :o Now what to do, what to d

ho hum....will we ever find out?? :)

if this is where bob stayed a year ago and we stopped by--it isn't dog friendly. poor things had stupid sand spurs in their paws constantly. dis-like from us! it was pretty sad for a campground, too....

i will have to check this out... never heard of it.

very cool! good find, starla. since i don't have a target nearby---i will have to take a drive one of these days. lol thanks for posting. :)