Golly Gee, We got up this morning and had ICE all over the car!! That is the sign which tells us it is time to head south. However, we still have a few things to do before that is possible.
Taking charge of our 92 year old friend has been quite a challenge. With taking on her responsibilities and handling our own, it has been a tumultuous summer. She was in the hospital for three days in September with Pneumonia, then just three weeks later, we had to rush her in again for the same thing. This time, she was in for a week before they would release her. She is now back at the assisted living facility, but now requires some home health care on top of what the facility provides. The doctor thinks that hospice may have to be called in soon. Don't know how that is going to work with us being in Arizona for the winter, but I guess we will cross that bridge when it happens. Her house is still in a mess, but we will put most of her things in storage before closing the house up for the winter.
Anyhow, we really are almost ready to move the coach to Arizona. The slider awnings still have to be replaced, but that will be done next Monday. We had the coach in Cummin's yesterday getting the yearly service done and had quite an awakening when going to the truck stop to "top off" the fuel tank. We only needed 60 gallons (our tank holds 130 gallons) but at $3.46 a gallon, it cost a fortune. We try to always top off the tank when it gets down around one half full, so figure our trip south is going to take three more "top offs" before actually getting the coach parked in our site at Queen Valley. Hopefully, the price will drop, but we think it is just going to go up. Just this last week, the price per gallon went up 11 cents (WOW). Good thing once we get the coach parked, it won't be moving again until May. Of course in Arizona, come May, it may be over $4 a gallon (sad thought).
Our plans are to leave Salem on November 1 and hopefully arrive in Queen Valley on November 3. Our phone and electric have been turned on, so all should be ready when we get there. This last summer the park had some changes and they re-numbered all of the sites, so we are NOT in site 181 any longer. Our new site number is 167. If anyone wants to contact us, our address is: 50 W Oro Viejo Dr. #167, Queen Valley, Arizona 85218. Our phone number remains the same: 520-463-0198. As most of you know, there is NO cell phone service in the park, but our cells do work when we leave the park. Those numbers are: Ken's is 503-551-8491, and mine is 503-559-6543. Of course, ALL the phones have a message service, so no matter what happens, we will get a message IF you leave one.
Once we get the coach parked and settled, we will head back to Salem in the Jeep. We will remain in Salem until just after Christmas then head back to Arizona for the rest of the winter. When we finally get on the road, I will be leaving more updates and hopefully some pictures. I just got a new computer, and haven't got all of the equipment attached to it yet. Still not sure how much will or will not work with the new Vista program. Yes, I still have the older computer and we still have Ken's, so one way or the other, I will get something posted with pictures.
More later. Hugs to all!!
October 26, 2007
October 7, 2007
Home in Salem
Just a quick note to let everyone know we are home in Salem and back to our daily grind. We had a marvelous time at Newport with Rod & Lynda even though it rained on us. It is always nice to get away with very good friends and just enjoy their companionship. It will be great when they retire, so we all can spend more time traveling and camping together. But, they are younger than us, so it will be a few years more before that can happen.
Things are going well here at home, but I wish things were done so we can head back south for the winter. We spend a couple days each week at Nomi's (our 92 year old lady friend) place trying to sort out her stuff and get it organized for storage. Currently we are just filling up the garbage and making sure nothing is tossed of importance. We do take her out for lunch, shopping, etc. at least one day a week and sometimes more depending on what she needs and how she feels. When we do that, it becomes an all day event.
Since we have been so busy with Nomi's house, her dr. appts, our own chores, and our medical appts, our geocaching has come to a complete halt. There are soooooo many more things taking priority that we can't devote the time needed to go out and geocache (we have attended a couple events, but nothing more). Maybe once we get back to AZ, we can devote more time to it. Only time will tell.
A couple needed things for us to do is replace the 2 slider awnings on the coach and buy 8 new tires (2 for the tag axle). There is nothing wrong with our tires, but they are going on 6 years old and the tire manufacturers say 5-7 years is all you ever want to keep the tires on your rig. We don't travel far, but we do park it for 6 months straight in Arizona, and the UV effect on them can be devastating after a while. That work has to be done prior to our trip south this year. Oh boy, more money out of pocket!! I would like a new Laptop, but at this time, can't justify the cost for what I want.
As it stands now, we may be heading south sometime early November (if I get my way) and stay until just before Thanksgiving. We then will drive our Jeep back to Salem for the holidays, then go back to AZ after just after Christmas. That way, we won't be driving the coach through the mountains when the snow hits (if it hits).
This year Mt. Hood (near Portland, OR) has already had lots of snow and the predictions are we may be getting more earlier. We really need the snow pack because there hasn't been much in the last few years.
I will write more once we know what our plans are. Until then we pray all are doing well and staying healthy. If you are traveling, please be safe and happy.
Things are going well here at home, but I wish things were done so we can head back south for the winter. We spend a couple days each week at Nomi's (our 92 year old lady friend) place trying to sort out her stuff and get it organized for storage. Currently we are just filling up the garbage and making sure nothing is tossed of importance. We do take her out for lunch, shopping, etc. at least one day a week and sometimes more depending on what she needs and how she feels. When we do that, it becomes an all day event.
Since we have been so busy with Nomi's house, her dr. appts, our own chores, and our medical appts, our geocaching has come to a complete halt. There are soooooo many more things taking priority that we can't devote the time needed to go out and geocache (we have attended a couple events, but nothing more). Maybe once we get back to AZ, we can devote more time to it. Only time will tell.
A couple needed things for us to do is replace the 2 slider awnings on the coach and buy 8 new tires (2 for the tag axle). There is nothing wrong with our tires, but they are going on 6 years old and the tire manufacturers say 5-7 years is all you ever want to keep the tires on your rig. We don't travel far, but we do park it for 6 months straight in Arizona, and the UV effect on them can be devastating after a while. That work has to be done prior to our trip south this year. Oh boy, more money out of pocket!! I would like a new Laptop, but at this time, can't justify the cost for what I want.
As it stands now, we may be heading south sometime early November (if I get my way) and stay until just before Thanksgiving. We then will drive our Jeep back to Salem for the holidays, then go back to AZ after just after Christmas. That way, we won't be driving the coach through the mountains when the snow hits (if it hits).
This year Mt. Hood (near Portland, OR) has already had lots of snow and the predictions are we may be getting more earlier. We really need the snow pack because there hasn't been much in the last few years.
I will write more once we know what our plans are. Until then we pray all are doing well and staying healthy. If you are traveling, please be safe and happy.
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