26th anniversary

Today is the

26th

Anniversary

of

the

best

day

of

my

life…

 

 

   

          

      

    

 

Happy Birthday to my precious daughter, Danielle!

I love you so much!

Momma♥

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Welcome New Followers!

taz

Vickie Jones

yikes!

Seriously?

We’re taking a ginormous camper and that big-o long truck on Highway 1? 

  You know, that two-lane highway skinnier than Twiggy remember her? with switchbacks tighter than a…drum. Yes, you can look straight down those cliffs into the jagged rocks and ocean below….

Am I ready to meet my Maker?

Yes, but I’d like to survive this so I can do some more stuff like Ped-Egg my heels and learn to dance the can-can ~  We even consulted with our campground neighbors, Hal and Vickie from Cloverdale in Sonoma County, a delightful couple who gave us a recommendation for a campground in Bodega Bay, IN CASE WE MADE IT!

 NOT the White Cliffs of Dover~

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The hunk-o-love I’m married to, otherwise known as  “the greatest driver EVER” had no problemos!

We got some good pics and great video.

for when we’re old and can’t remember

 

We made it!

 

just in time to get the camper set up and head to Bodega Head for a spectacular sunset.

Migratory whales are spotted in this area January – April.

Topping off the night: Fish Tacos and Flash Fried Dungeness Crab  at Rocker Oysterfellers

Today was amazing! We saw everything from deer in the woods to powerful ocean waves.

Thanks, God~

  

Welcome New Followers!

Blessings Y’all!

 

one ringie dingie

Remember these? They’re almost a thing of the past.

actually saw one in a flea market recently

c  a  r  e  f  u  l …you’ll tell your age…

So, here we are in California where everything is supposed to be the newest, the fastest, the coolest, the “in thing” and what do I see …

a payphone booth, complete with the local phone book!

Hey where’s the Shoeshine Boy?

now if you remember THIS cartoon, you’re REALLY telling your age~

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Today we began our journey traveling south on Hwy 101 from Eureka, CA.

Knowing we were in BIGFOOT country we kept our eyes wide open hoping to catch a glimpse of him.

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   no luck

All we saw were more Redwoods. Notice the  “velvet” (moss-covered)trees on the left.

  

We settled into POMO RV Park in Fort Bragg, CA. on Hwy 1 for the night.

Tomorrow we’ll drive along on the beautiful Mendocino Coast.

~charging all camera batteries since I hear it’s breathtaking~

 

what’s that rank smell…

and that groaning sound under the camper…

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Welcome New Followers!

Russ Krecklow

Heidi

Donna aka Froggi

Debbie Goode

 

It thrills me that someone actually reads this stuff!

Blessings Ya’ll!

Kathy

absolutely no hippies

Yesterday, we walked with Giants, not the baseball team but the Coastal Redwoods on the Avenue of the Giants in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Wow, I thought the Redwoods were big in Muir Woods (California Dreamin’) but these guys were spectacular.  The largest one we saw was the Dyerville Redwood Giant which actually fell in 1991. Measured in 1972, the it stood 362 feet tall. It was estimated to be 1600 years old. Unbelievable!   Although our truck wouldn’t fit, there were even some trees you could drive thru!

wanna feel small? visit the Giants!

  

nope, we won’t be boondocking here…

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Today we visited some beaches… (so different from the gulf coast I’m used to!)

 

…and hiked down to the Trinity River /Gray Falls…

  

S E R I O U S L Y ?

I’M CONFUSED ENOUGH ALREADY!

…then drove home via Hwy 3 and 36 along the Mad River.

  

What a great day!  One more before we move on toward  San Francisco…again.

Welcome New Followers!

kyotesue

John and Judy

Blessings Y’all!

sOmEoNe PiNcH mE!

Is this for real? Seriously, did we wake up in a fifth wheel bedroom?

sOmEbOdY pInCh Me

It took me a few minutes to realize I wasn’t dreaming. It took my breath away just thinking about it. So, I got up, took Bella outside to do some “business” then sat down on the sofa.  Then it dawned on me that it’s 1.1.11, the dawn of the first day…of the new year and of our life as fulltimers! And in the last few days we had trekked from Paducah, KY to Brookings, OR via Las Cruces, NM! …pretty amazing for two old folks.

Ya, we did have to grab a “cat nap” or two…

No, no, not cat NIP…although if it could have energized us we might have tried it~ 

Finally, let the real adventure to begin…

I won’t mention that they forgot to bring the KEYS when they delivered it to us…and that we had to get a locksmith! ~Cha-ching~

We landed at Shoreline RV Park in Eureka, CA on New Year’s Eve. What a great place to launch our adventure! Today we unloaded the stuff we’ve been carrying around with us. The rest of our “priceless possessions” are in storage.

Hey, wait a minute…didn’t we have an auction? Where did all this stuff come from? We may have to downsize AGAIN! 

This is a job for Superman or Superwoman! 

 

 

Nice job superpeople~

SO…HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!

To all you crazy knuckle-heads out there making Resolutions…here are mine…

“Pay it forward”

Listen to more Elvis music

Act on God’s soft prompting

Learn to play the banjo

Laugh out loud

Listen

Write

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God’s richest blessings for all of you in 2011!

Kathy and Robert

 

Welcome New Followers!

Tom and Marci