Ready to Roll

Ready to Roll

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Having recently retired we are fulfilling our long time dream. We began our camping life with a tent in 1969 adjusting as each of our three sons arrived over the years and gradually progressed to a 32' Class A in 2007. Even after our sons became too busy with their own interests, we continued dreaming over the years. The Louisville, KY 2003 Great North American RV Rally and the book "Movin' On" convinced us that a motorhome after retirement was really for us! In 2007 we sold our home and disposed of most of our belongings and awaited the wife's retirement on February 1, 2008. We were out in our first motorhome ten times in our first summer in 2007, with our grandson joining us eight of those ten times. Since he must stay behind with his mom and dad to continue school, we told him he can join us on vacations (by car or plane) anywhere we are as we travel the US. Imagine the history lessons he could acquire! However, Mom and Dad don't look at it that way, especially the flying. Fortunately we don't miss work one bit!! We just miss the friends there. We have many hobbies to keep us busy when we decide to sit still for a day. Hope to see you on the road.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

BR-R-R-R-R-R in MESA, AZ

I KNOW, I KNOW!! It's not as bad as yours!! But it is said to be the coldest in Phoenix for the last twenty-five years. This is what we saw in front of the Resort on the way to work this morning!! I'll bet that no one was in the pool yesterday or today. The chef here in the park has been making meals yesterday and today for all of the people at our sister parks who have not had power since yesterday. The workers at the office where I work were getting new transformer for one of the parks. Chef Joe's wife, who I work with, said that he has probably made 5000 to 6000 meals so far. I am sure he will b e glad when things are back to normal!! A couple weeks ago we got to see Three Men and a Tenor here at the park. They were great!! They sang and joked and never stood still. It was amazing how active the big guys were compared to the little tenor. He did not have anything over them!! We had seen them in western Ohio at an RV Rally, but I had forgotten how good they were!! We are headed for the mountains, playing follow the leader!! A few of us Workampers got together for a Monday out and drove over to Quartzsite AZ We started out at 6 am and had a good trip. We spent several hours going through the buildings and tents. It was like a big flea market. I am sure that we did not make a dent in seeing what was there. But we had plans to part from the others and meet up with out friends Bob and Donna from Salem OH. We had a great Chicken Tender salad at a restaurant out in the boondocks. We would never have found the place on our own so Bob came to our rescue. But they sure were busy and had a waiting list!! Then after dinner they took us farther out into desert from Quartzsite where they were dry camping. A beautiful mountain scene in front of them, but too much dust to suit us for too long. However, we did so enjoy our visit!! We look forward to doing it again some time. Donna has sent us their itinerary and it looks like they will be in Oregon when we will. So maybe there!! This past weekend our Workamper coordinators planned a summer picnic since the weather was so nice. That was just the weekend before the freeze!! What a change!!
Many of us do not work with fellow Workampers, so this fellowship is good.
We played bean bag toss. At least, those who were good enough did, but that was not me!! Gary did well, going into the final rounds.
The cheer leaders added to the fun!!
Our coordinators, "Cletus and Maude" read a skit dialog for us and about us and our life style. Funny!!!
Another entertainer comes from Vegas,
Greg Bonham singing and playing his trumpet. He was hilarious!! We are amazed at how good the shows are that they have for us here in the park.
We were then pleasantly surprised when Gary's former co-worker e-mailed to say that they were going to be in the area visiting other friends in Surprise AZ.
Phil and Linda came to visit and go out to dinner with us. What a wonderful visit!! We were blessed!! I think that Linda was a little apprehensive since she really did not know us, but we found that we had plenty in common. We will look forward to doing it again, or at least to meet up when we get back home.
We certainly hope that you made it home without any travel delays. I am sure the picture looked bleak this week.
Take care and God Bless!
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