Some people have so much imagination. These make me want to create some of my own.
From Me and Katie, have a great Wednesday, everyone! :)
Full-timing in our 24-foot 2006 Forest River Sunseeker 2200 as of June 1, 2011, I've added solar panels and a catalytic heater so that we can camp off-grid comfortably. My dog, Katie, is great company. We traveled a bit in the Western States our first year, and visited the deserts of Arizona and most of the New Mexico State Parks the next four. This year - 2016 - I'm hoping to find a park model to buy so we will have a home base, but we'll continue to travel, too. What a life! :)
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Wordless Wednesday - Creative Doodles
Some people have so much imagination. These make me want to create some of my own.
From Me and Katie, have a great Wednesday, everyone! :)
Thursday, December 5, 2013
2 new Birds and another new campsite
I snapped some photos of two new birds for my list. First: a Loggerhead Shrike.
And right after I saw the Loggerhead Shrike, I saw this little guy right outside my door. I got the camera again and clicked these out the kitchen window. He's a Crissal Thresher.
This is our third year at Quartzsite, but I've never been here for the big tent event. I decided I want to see it this year. The first year, 2012, I had to drive to San Diego for emergency surgery the beginning of January, and January of 2013 I was visiting my kids in San Diego and Vacaville. This year - 2014's big tent - I'll be here. So I decided to move up to La Posa West so that I could walk to the shopping areas if I wanted to.
So, here's the campsite - does it look familiar? What??? You don't remember my campsite from two years ago? LOL - it even looks different to me and I had to check photos from 2012 to see what it looked like then. Someone took out the really nice fire pit that was on the side and put in another one that's right in the middle of the site, so I positioned The Palms differently this time, and I still like it a lot.
Here's a photo of Hazel with Power and Fleur when they came over for a visit:
Remember when my grand daughter, Lauren, had her 5th birthday party - the cupcake/ gymnastics party? Well, one of the things they did at her party was make bracelets for themselves, and I asked Lauren if she would make me one. I couldn't believe she remembered - and it arrived in the mail this week along with pictures she made for me and two cards she folded and wrote on and decorated. Quite a nice surprise. My grand son, Drew, who is 8, also sent me a letter, very carefully written on paper that he drew lines across so his writing would be straight. The both did a wonderful job with their writing and I loved what they wrote.
Lots of colorful beads, some are hearts, some are stars, and the large pink one is a seal. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a perfect fit, too! :)
I want to thank all my readers who have used my link through to Amazon.com to wander around, see what's available, check prices, etc., then make your purchases. I finally figured out why I wasn't getting credit for my daughter's purchases. I asked her in an e-mail: "Did you find your item, then go back through my link to make your purchase?" The answer was yes, and that is why I wasn't getting the credit. We can't blame Amazon for not giving me or another blogger credit for a purchase that started out on Amazon's site. Bloggers get a small percentage of sales that start out with our site's links. I'm not suggesting or advising what you should do, but a little information is a good thing - especially if we are looking for something we saw or read about on a blogger's site. But now I know and I wanted you to know, too. :)
Finally, I wanted to show you a HUGE rig that came in the other day to La Posa South - I wonder how many feet total this one is:
We have some new followers to Welcome:
Laurie's blog is called I Love a Cloudy Day. Laurie lives on the shores of the Great Lakes, loves to create and work with her hands, and loves nature. Her painting is very important to her, and ever changing. Laurie's vision is failing and is greatly affected by the sunshine so she loves a cloudy day. Hence the name of her blog.
DearMissMermaid has been blogging since 1994. She is an author and was a correspondent in the Carribean, posting from sailboats and tiny islands for over 15 years. She is now traveling in her motor home with her darling little Yorkie, Harley Dog.
S.E.R.E Camper - Gary says in his About Me statement, "The S.E.R.E. Camper is designed for escaping the cities and surviving off the grid. It was not built for recreation or luxury camping. Essentially the S.E.R.E Camper is just a big bug out bag on steroids." His is a new blog named These Are The Days Before The Darkness Came.
Mary-Pat retired in August of 2011 and spent a year and a half in Guatemala, studying Spanish and doing volunteer work. Now she's adventuring throughout the North American Continent in a 2001 Fleetwood Flair and Smart car toad with her Standard Poodle, Lacy, and rescue kitty, Eleanor.
Thank you ALL for becoming Followers - Katie and I are happy to have you along on our adventures! :)
From me and Katie, have a great Thursday, everyone! :)
And right after I saw the Loggerhead Shrike, I saw this little guy right outside my door. I got the camera again and clicked these out the kitchen window. He's a Crissal Thresher.
This is our third year at Quartzsite, but I've never been here for the big tent event. I decided I want to see it this year. The first year, 2012, I had to drive to San Diego for emergency surgery the beginning of January, and January of 2013 I was visiting my kids in San Diego and Vacaville. This year - 2014's big tent - I'll be here. So I decided to move up to La Posa West so that I could walk to the shopping areas if I wanted to.
So, here's the campsite - does it look familiar? What??? You don't remember my campsite from two years ago? LOL - it even looks different to me and I had to check photos from 2012 to see what it looked like then. Someone took out the really nice fire pit that was on the side and put in another one that's right in the middle of the site, so I positioned The Palms differently this time, and I still like it a lot.
Remember when my grand daughter, Lauren, had her 5th birthday party - the cupcake/ gymnastics party? Well, one of the things they did at her party was make bracelets for themselves, and I asked Lauren if she would make me one. I couldn't believe she remembered - and it arrived in the mail this week along with pictures she made for me and two cards she folded and wrote on and decorated. Quite a nice surprise. My grand son, Drew, who is 8, also sent me a letter, very carefully written on paper that he drew lines across so his writing would be straight. The both did a wonderful job with their writing and I loved what they wrote.
Lots of colorful beads, some are hearts, some are stars, and the large pink one is a seal. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a perfect fit, too! :)
I want to thank all my readers who have used my link through to Amazon.com to wander around, see what's available, check prices, etc., then make your purchases. I finally figured out why I wasn't getting credit for my daughter's purchases. I asked her in an e-mail: "Did you find your item, then go back through my link to make your purchase?" The answer was yes, and that is why I wasn't getting the credit. We can't blame Amazon for not giving me or another blogger credit for a purchase that started out on Amazon's site. Bloggers get a small percentage of sales that start out with our site's links. I'm not suggesting or advising what you should do, but a little information is a good thing - especially if we are looking for something we saw or read about on a blogger's site. But now I know and I wanted you to know, too. :)
Finally, I wanted to show you a HUGE rig that came in the other day to La Posa South - I wonder how many feet total this one is:
We have some new followers to Welcome:
Laurie's blog is called I Love a Cloudy Day. Laurie lives on the shores of the Great Lakes, loves to create and work with her hands, and loves nature. Her painting is very important to her, and ever changing. Laurie's vision is failing and is greatly affected by the sunshine so she loves a cloudy day. Hence the name of her blog.
DearMissMermaid has been blogging since 1994. She is an author and was a correspondent in the Carribean, posting from sailboats and tiny islands for over 15 years. She is now traveling in her motor home with her darling little Yorkie, Harley Dog.
S.E.R.E Camper - Gary says in his About Me statement, "The S.E.R.E. Camper is designed for escaping the cities and surviving off the grid. It was not built for recreation or luxury camping. Essentially the S.E.R.E Camper is just a big bug out bag on steroids." His is a new blog named These Are The Days Before The Darkness Came.
Mary-Pat retired in August of 2011 and spent a year and a half in Guatemala, studying Spanish and doing volunteer work. Now she's adventuring throughout the North American Continent in a 2001 Fleetwood Flair and Smart car toad with her Standard Poodle, Lacy, and rescue kitty, Eleanor.
Thank you ALL for becoming Followers - Katie and I are happy to have you along on our adventures! :)
From me and Katie, have a great Thursday, everyone! :)
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Wordless Wednesday - Close Call!
“Close call!” The Nile Crocodile made this a risky
place for a Grey Heron to fish!
Photo location: Masai Mara NP, Kenya.
(Photo and caption by Leslie Anderson/National Geographic Photo Contest)
From me and Katie, have a great Wednesday, everyone! :)
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
It's a beautiful Thanksgiving Day in Quartzsite and I have a lot to be thankful for.
When I first read the quote below, I thought: That's exactly what's happening for all of us who live in our RVs. Even when we stop full-timing, we'll always know what it's like to be a traveler, on or off the grid, seeing new places, meeting new people, trying out new things. Driving our homes down the road to a new place, a new adventure, a new challenge. Solving problems and helping others solve theirs. A very simple life, at least for me, but still very full and rich. We've climbed to the summit.
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. . . .
So why bother in the first place?
There is an art to conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.
--Rene Daumal
A very short quote that says so much about why we should go after our dreams and get out of our comfort zone from time to time, learn new things, and create lots of memories.
Then I thought about my kids and grandkids. Today I am most thankful for my son, Tom, and my daughter, Kristy. They are both married, have kids and are doing well. As married couples they and their spouses spend a lot of time with their kids and allow them to experience all kinds of things. They allow all five of my grandkiddles to "climb and see." Those five kids, aged from 4 to 10, have done so many things I've never done and traveled to places I've never been. They are learning things I'll never know.
My grandchildren are all living very full, rich lives. They are happy, intelligent, interesting people. They're expected to do chores around the house, complete their homework, get good grades, and be good citizens. They all participate in sports they love, and whether they do well or have a bad day, their parents are there supporting them. They have lots of friends, and are kind, generous young people.
I'm really proud of them all. For that - I couldn't be more thankful today.
I was looking back in my blog to my two previous Thanksgivings on the road. The first one, in 2011, was my FIRST dry camping evening. I had my solar panel installation completed that day and drove to Buckeye Hills Recreation Center to try them out. I think I was the ONLY rig in the entire area. It was so black that night, not a light anywhere in sight - and a little scary. I learned some lessons that Thanksgiving.
The second Thanksgiving on the road was last year, 2012. I was in Quartzsite for the second year and had my Thanksgiving Dinner with my Quartzsite friends. We drove to the Bluewater Casino in Parker, AZ for their Thanksgiving Buffet and it was delicious. That was the post I wrote that included coyote sightings and my photos of the insect screens I installed over the vent covers outside The Palms. That was a job I was happy to complete - I was worried about having the vents open and getting insects and their nests inside them.
This is our third Thanksgiving on the road, and Katie and I are taking it easy today. We've been invited to a pot luck dinner, but I'm not really a pot luck kind of person so I'll make a frozen turkey dinner and add some trimmings of my own. It will be delicious!
I don't know why, but it seems each Thanksgiving week I've made improvements to The Palms. I have to say, it's sure nice to have my "mods" this Thanksgiving week include a butcher block stove top cover instead of a solar panel installation and insect screens. Much easier, and far less expensive this year...
From me and Katie, Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! We hope you have a wonderful day. :)
When I first read the quote below, I thought: That's exactly what's happening for all of us who live in our RVs. Even when we stop full-timing, we'll always know what it's like to be a traveler, on or off the grid, seeing new places, meeting new people, trying out new things. Driving our homes down the road to a new place, a new adventure, a new challenge. Solving problems and helping others solve theirs. A very simple life, at least for me, but still very full and rich. We've climbed to the summit.
You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. . . .
So why bother in the first place?
Just this: what is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above.
One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer but one has seen.
One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer but one has seen.
There is an art to conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.
--Rene Daumal
A very short quote that says so much about why we should go after our dreams and get out of our comfort zone from time to time, learn new things, and create lots of memories.
Then I thought about my kids and grandkids. Today I am most thankful for my son, Tom, and my daughter, Kristy. They are both married, have kids and are doing well. As married couples they and their spouses spend a lot of time with their kids and allow them to experience all kinds of things. They allow all five of my grandkiddles to "climb and see." Those five kids, aged from 4 to 10, have done so many things I've never done and traveled to places I've never been. They are learning things I'll never know.
My grandchildren are all living very full, rich lives. They are happy, intelligent, interesting people. They're expected to do chores around the house, complete their homework, get good grades, and be good citizens. They all participate in sports they love, and whether they do well or have a bad day, their parents are there supporting them. They have lots of friends, and are kind, generous young people.
I'm really proud of them all. For that - I couldn't be more thankful today.
I was looking back in my blog to my two previous Thanksgivings on the road. The first one, in 2011, was my FIRST dry camping evening. I had my solar panel installation completed that day and drove to Buckeye Hills Recreation Center to try them out. I think I was the ONLY rig in the entire area. It was so black that night, not a light anywhere in sight - and a little scary. I learned some lessons that Thanksgiving.
The second Thanksgiving on the road was last year, 2012. I was in Quartzsite for the second year and had my Thanksgiving Dinner with my Quartzsite friends. We drove to the Bluewater Casino in Parker, AZ for their Thanksgiving Buffet and it was delicious. That was the post I wrote that included coyote sightings and my photos of the insect screens I installed over the vent covers outside The Palms. That was a job I was happy to complete - I was worried about having the vents open and getting insects and their nests inside them.
This is our third Thanksgiving on the road, and Katie and I are taking it easy today. We've been invited to a pot luck dinner, but I'm not really a pot luck kind of person so I'll make a frozen turkey dinner and add some trimmings of my own. It will be delicious!
I don't know why, but it seems each Thanksgiving week I've made improvements to The Palms. I have to say, it's sure nice to have my "mods" this Thanksgiving week include a butcher block stove top cover instead of a solar panel installation and insect screens. Much easier, and far less expensive this year...
From me and Katie, Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! We hope you have a wonderful day. :)
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Wordless Wednesday - Hobbit Home
Bonsai Version of the Baggins Hobbit Home By Chris Guise
From me and Katie, have a great Wednesday, everyone! :)
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