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.