I guess I should explain the word “Boondocking.” It is normally used in the RV’ing world for camping in one’s camper or RV without the benefit of any hookups for…
The long term journey is the one of retirement. After attending a wonderful retirement ceremony with our good friends at the OSBI (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations), Jo and I…
I’ve failed badly in posting to the blog for quite some time now, and I have to believe that part of that is because with the circumstances in our world…
This one is for Jerry as it was he that asked the question in a recent post whether Jo and I were getting close to retirement or not and ready…
This post appears to be a “continuing education” addition to my previously posted entry about our “blow-out” on the toilet valve. Toilet Water Supply Line Blew Since the above incident,…
There I was, minding my own business last Saturday night and perusing forums on the internet, when I heard a new noise coming from the front of the coach. So…
An incident occurred on an RV forum today that prompted the following thoughts. A joke was told by one of the forum participants, and while it was funny, there were…
Our site in the neighborhood, before the storm: In the wee hours of the morning on June 17 (an early Monday morning), a “straight wind” storm came through the Oklahoma…
Yesterday, May 3, 2013, I had a distinct pleasure of experiencing two revelations in one place. We were at the Community Hospital in South Oklahoma City where I was to…
At the present time, I am close to the time of having cataract surgery. In fact, the scheduled date for the procedure to be performed on my right eye is…
Pardon the photo below, but I seldom take photos of people, and certainly not as portraits. However, I did want a picture of Jo in this post as it was…
I knew it had been some time since I had posted on the blog, and that is a shame as I started it so that I would “make” myself write…
There has been a discussion in a thread at RV Dreams’ forum category entitled “Buying an RV” about the Dynamax Trilogy fifth wheels trailers, now under the umbrella of Forest…
This past week has again come about in a manner causing me some concern. Primarily, it is all about Jo and her problems. You may recall that she has undergone…
If you’ve followed my blog for some time, you may have read previous postings about Colton Burpo and Akiane Kramarik, two young people who have experienced out-of-body events in which…
In about 5 more weeks, Americans will finally get to go to the polling places to vote for their choices for President and Vice President, Congress, state legislators, and who…
I must apologize for not posting in a long time, but I’ve been pretty well distracted. If you happen to follow things at RV Dreams, you may already be aware…
Relief As the title suggests, this was a week fraught with both emotions. The relief is for the developing news regarding Jo’s recent diagnosis of an anomaly in her left…
Perhaps you read about my issues with an external hard drive some time back; an instance where that drive’s controller failed and I thought I had lost all the data…
Now, I apologize in advance that this story will also be passed on by me, but since it has already been in the newspapers AND national TV news, I doubt…
This entry will be a bit shy on scenic photos because I really didn’t think I had many that were worth showing. Conditions on the day we took the drive…
Considering that there has been nothing from me in writing since July 24, I guess it might be best to make this first one in some time to be one…
Saturday, July 21 was the day of reckoning as it was the day that we finally got to put our new Samsung refrigerator into its place in the Mobile Suites.…
On Saturday, July 21, we finished the installation of our residential refrigerator replacing the Dometic RM1350 that came standard with the Mobile Suites. Jo and I had the benefit of…
Things are moving right along with the preparations for the new Samsung residential refrigerator. I would like to show a bit more prior to actually putting the Samsung into the…