tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46252123883700691792024-03-13T14:21:36.860-07:00Moore's on the MoveThis blog is to inform our family and friends where we are and what we are up to in our travels.Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-8497945480468831662012-09-19T06:01:00.001-07:002012-09-19T06:01:43.935-07:00Founders Day, Red Bay, AL.<p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">September 15, 2012</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">So all the repairs are done to the Phaeton and we are just hanging out in Red Bay, AL, killing time.  We meet so many people that come to RB for repairs and they just hate being here.  Okay, so you have to drive 25 miles or so to a Walmart, decent restaurants, movie theatres, shopping, etc…but there is something to be said for being able to walk less than two miles to Jack’s (fast food restaurant) who just happens to have the best biscuits and gravy in the south.  I am particularly fond of Jacks because I can get the gravy without sausage in it…and they have a wonderful full breakfast…bacon is crisp and dry, just the way we like it.  You know, the smell you get from the dog food plant if the wind is in the right direction is not really so bad and we don’t even notice it most of the time.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Plus, you should see the new Dollar General Market!  They had their grand opening a week or so after we got here and it was big doings…free hot dogs, soft drinks, popcorn, chips, Rice Krispy treats, shopping bags, etc.  This is the neatest DG store I have ever seen and it is right here in little old Red Bay, AL.  I would show you the picture of the produce department and fresh meat, as opposed to the old meat, but I don’t know how to get pictures from my phone to my computer.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YR78MAqYMA8/UFnBuVwPqRI/AAAAAAAADYs/bh71uqTQzcE/s1600-h/DSC00824%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00824" border="0" alt="DSC00824" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-isffxl8-BmQ/UFnBvFRy1GI/AAAAAAAADY0/IMzx8xv-2lk/DSC00824_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="469" height="356" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">There was nowhere we needed to be right away so we decided to hang around Red Bay so that we could go to Founder’s Day which took place last Saturday.  It was a beautiful day for the event.  We walked to the park downtown…again, only about a mile or so and had a wonderful time.  There were quite a few people selling their wares.  The only thing I bought was a very good peach fried pie…should have bought several to put in the freezer.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x1b_Ej0jbZM/UFnBv-kpXcI/AAAAAAAADY8/TEV_pRfrKrk/s1600-h/DSC00980%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00986" border="0" alt="DSC00986" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2Abe_SZe8z4/UFnB301wY2I/AAAAAAAADaE/f6Pmjdam9gg/DSC00986_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="350" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The look in her eyes says it all…watch out world, here she comes! (Melissa Moore…I thought of you when I saw her…I thought she looked so much like you.)</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yUU3v60Bkeg/UFnB4vcBQ5I/AAAAAAAADaM/jLuT8DepP8I/s1600-h/DSC00987%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00987" border="0" alt="DSC00987" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mPHDHOWOP-s/UFnB5pk1voI/AAAAAAAADaU/MKEuSc4WxWs/DSC00987_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="457" height="347" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FZnLomfFkTg/UFnB6YyBDAI/AAAAAAAADac/xy2OOhYv1Kw/s1600-h/DSC00988%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00988" border="0" alt="DSC00988" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LuuId_0gzj8/UFnB7XYQ6dI/AAAAAAAADak/Z0AU_i7Dzbg/DSC00988_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="349" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wQ0F1VreM8Q/UFnB8F1rPTI/AAAAAAAADas/RSpdlz6sgUQ/s1600-h/DSC00997%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00997" border="0" alt="DSC00997" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Rmpz2R99Qtg/UFnB9OJ3giI/AAAAAAAADa0/Lt3N7K_dP1s/DSC00997_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="456" height="346" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The train was so cute…I wanted to ride but Bob thought it was just for kids…I told him I felt sure it was for kids and old people. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OuH7_Djhq84/UFnB-I5ci-I/AAAAAAAADa8/1P7d9ZoiiVk/s1600-h/DSC00991%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00991" border="0" alt="DSC00991" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-X7puv4RORvg/UFnB_e0cRgI/AAAAAAAADbE/KVKzDTYQ9f8/DSC00991_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="462" height="351" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">There was music and the band was pretty darn good.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--1wZPXkDCSo/UFnCAJ68czI/AAAAAAAADbM/D6zed9yQpfY/s1600-h/DSC01010%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC01010" border="0" alt="DSC01010" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ElhZZgoTYuU/UFnCBBeGOjI/AAAAAAAADbU/gKjfiY-j_IE/DSC01010_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="353" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Sunshine dog food company was represented but the man was so busy talking to a friend that he did not offer me any free items…see if I go back there!  The dogs were beautiful.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LkcjxEzMxmE/UFnCCJtwf5I/AAAAAAAADbc/8qccx9WZY98/s1600-h/DSC00993%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00993" border="0" alt="DSC00993" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_mL0pRVynv0/UFnCDNpbaGI/AAAAAAAADbk/zwXvPesBevw/DSC00993_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="466" height="354" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We almost missed the deep fried Oreos!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-z28srzMQoPo/UFnCD4x2dgI/AAAAAAAADbs/vA7SRs3epyY/s1600-h/DSC00994%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00994" border="0" alt="DSC00994" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-D0LL-lqp7Rs/UFnCE21sg8I/AAAAAAAADb0/QCNp7nKSF9w/DSC00994_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="467" height="355" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And there was a barbecue cook-off.  This was one of the local dentists area…Doc’s Smokin’ BBQ.  It was his first competition.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zofuHqgfPmU/UFnCFgivOeI/AAAAAAAADb8/OEXG9h5ssV8/s1600-h/DSC01002%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC01002" border="0" alt="DSC01002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LEAm-1jbREI/UFnCGiWMESI/AAAAAAAADcE/NaLPyJBrswE/DSC01002_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="473" height="359" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">You may be cooking BBQ but that is no excuse to miss Alabama football.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HXtnVF6nNHs/UFnCHvYB_jI/AAAAAAAADcM/QjhakOauhbI/s1600-h/DSC01003%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC01003" border="0" alt="DSC01003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-StnDQvxJxAQ/UFnCIpLDd7I/AAAAAAAADcU/5WDJhsoZtPU/DSC01003_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="481" height="365" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JDpVquYRz-Y/UFnCJsYjFcI/AAAAAAAADcc/0Dct6F76XqE/s1600-h/DSC01004%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC01004" border="0" alt="DSC01004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m9XBRIRo2t8/UFnCKgXppEI/AAAAAAAADck/yMZFMeNBDjo/DSC01004_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="484" height="367" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I thought this was a pretty place.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2BkR1AZTAeI/UFnCLocPpBI/AAAAAAAADcs/3z3Kvgr3sg8/s1600-h/DSC01009%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC01009" border="0" alt="DSC01009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dqNSd1ZLaqU/UFnCNYPdOtI/AAAAAAAADc0/BCiTrHofetU/DSC01009_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="470" height="357" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And with that we will be…</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving On.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-36298820499458740372012-09-17T08:42:00.000-07:002012-09-17T08:43:41.933-07:00Natural Bridge, AL<p><font face="Comic Sans MS">September 2012</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">While our coach was being worked on we had to find things to do during the day.  We saw a location on the Alabama map that was listed as Natural Bridge so as we were just out riding the countryside one day we decided to head in that direction.  I don’t think we were more than and hour and a half southeast of Red Bay.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">For you Yankees…this is southern speak for “Welcome, we have been expecting you”.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ylZR3MrWUhU/UFdEbn5h_lI/AAAAAAAADTY/tGFM8wb0OQ8/s1600-h/DSC00939%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00939" border="0" alt="DSC00939" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S6ultXeiP2A/UFdEd0gG__I/AAAAAAAADTg/1YXZVrFKG90/DSC00939_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="350" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">It was pretty neat.  It would have been a bit better if I had been wearing sneakers rather than flip flops but it turned out to be no problem.  There was a charge of $2.50 per person and the entry/gift shop was manned by an elderly couple…they were at least as old as us.  She gave me a walking stick as she was concerned about my footwear but I decided it was going to be more of a hazard than a help and sent it back to the entry with a couple that was making their exit.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5JQp6bloVX0/UFdEepfBpaI/AAAAAAAADTo/i38gfVnGpW4/s1600-h/DSC00895%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00895" border="0" alt="DSC00895" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NNySHqxBgYg/UFdEf6JAzdI/AAAAAAAADTw/8vsLySi3eQw/DSC00895_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="331" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We were lucky enough to have our own tour guide…meet Augie.  Unfortunately at times he led us down some paths that I am not quite sure we were supposed to be on.  But then you are probably wondering why we were following a strange dog to begin with.  At times we wonder why we follow directions given to us by a woman that lives in a little black box on our dash.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-i98OparJtg4/UFdEhPW9ONI/AAAAAAAADT4/a2FcKASj7m8/s1600-h/DSC00889%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00889" border="0" alt="DSC00889" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S3bfL275KXY/UFdEjLgx7aI/AAAAAAAADUA/6BDa_33wYWM/DSC00889_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="451" height="342" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Cissy Bell did great for a 16 year old and she loved every minute of it.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j6EKj92rD6Q/UFdEkAivvOI/AAAAAAAADUI/f1Sy98BLWbs/s1600-h/DSC00898%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00898" border="0" alt="DSC00898" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-G8xUxyN_wmc/UFdElSKXVWI/AAAAAAAADUQ/kv1tYt31x3E/DSC00898_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="352" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CbA8jsUvlRU/UFdEm_OaT2I/AAAAAAAADUY/-MNCVws-aM8/s1600-h/DSC00900%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00910" border="0" alt="DSC00910" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XQj6TJU8uXI/UFdE4OfHo4I/AAAAAAAADWA/wAzd5TOt3aw/DSC00910_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="453" height="344" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We actually took this path.  At certain points we did not really know if we were on a path or not.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-h-gkY0vDLOc/UFdE5V5MjZI/AAAAAAAADWI/qoYO6u0gMuU/s1600-h/DSC00913%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00913" border="0" alt="DSC00913" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FwNsFKtv_0w/UFdE6ixnQhI/AAAAAAAADWQ/_PhDXjowJuI/DSC00913_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="457" height="347" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And here comes my honey…not to worry…I had Cissy by this time…she was leading the way.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZsfEdcjLBJ4/UFdE7q36PyI/AAAAAAAADWY/CYRwHjRWUSw/s1600-h/DSC00914%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00914" border="0" alt="DSC00914" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Yq2obBkQc3c/UFdE9XQG35I/AAAAAAAADWg/U8yWpxnzwIk/DSC00914_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="409" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-F2zZYkuh0Xo/UFdE-JRg2_I/AAAAAAAADWo/EqzGzp5KLjc/s1600-h/DSC00920%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00920" border="0" alt="DSC00920" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QYzNQljHtvY/UFdFAHTmgMI/AAAAAAAADWw/Xe6JjIQddSo/DSC00920_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And we made it safe and sound.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZDaxmVaIYx4/UFdFBYh8YXI/AAAAAAAADW4/UEdJtQogmxg/s1600-h/DSC00930%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00930" border="0" alt="DSC00930" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-G-uVLhYZPuY/UFdFC4UH_mI/AAAAAAAADXA/EH_qc0f0c3w/DSC00930_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="373" height="283" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hMA0XQAoTLY/UFdFD9GTZLI/AAAAAAAADXI/jEwaqKczBVo/s1600-h/DSC00931%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00931" border="0" alt="DSC00931" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bKOOSTzmdHI/UFdFFJjwTNI/AAAAAAAADXQ/HqE2fre_G1c/DSC00931_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="156" height="118" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DBzBuSSPldM/UFdFF1dXc_I/AAAAAAAADXY/_MH0yYfT29I/s1600-h/DSC00933%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00933" border="0" alt="DSC00933" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WUbJLFLWrlM/UFdFHb4AK9I/AAAAAAAADXg/Q3Rbe3ueMZU/DSC00933_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="217" height="293" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">That’s all folks!  Y’all come back, ya hear.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wljOufpz7i4/UFdFIeaZeGI/AAAAAAAADXo/rzZTZzPC6uA/s1600-h/DSC00938%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00938" border="0" alt="DSC00938" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4EnULuUqHY8/UFdFK4Ed7kI/AAAAAAAADXw/cBmZBXq16w4/DSC00938_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="336" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving On…</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-47619827177146606312012-09-01T12:43:00.000-07:002012-09-01T12:58:24.937-07:00Sisters, Oregon June 2012<p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Backing Up</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">While in Oregon, with the campground empty one Sunday, we decided to take the time to drive over to Sisters, OR.  If you are a quilter you are familiar with the outdoor quilt show that is held in Sisters in July of each year.  We knew we would not be able to leave the campground during that weekend so we decided to take advantage of the quiet time.  As usual it was was an overcast and rainy day…my kind of weather.  It was about a 3 hour drive one way so we tried not to make too many stops along the way.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Sisters is much smaller than I expected but such a pretty little place.  I was surprised that there was only one quilt shop…I don’t know why I thought there might be several.  Going on Sunday was a good thing as the shop was closed…Bob said he could hear his debit card breathe a sigh of relief in his wallet.  </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PmNwK4Db4hg/UEJkkjnmmII/AAAAAAAADOo/oh7gL8V0DL4/s1600-h/DSC00392%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00392" border="0" alt="DSC00392" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Jha1g5yJEa4/UEJkn_D1ebI/AAAAAAAADOw/TNIdsrPgqCM/DSC00392_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="343" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">They also have a lovely campground right downtown…would like to be able to stay there at some later time if we ever get back to Oregon.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hN0ihKjLwvE/UEJktfhK1aI/AAAAAAAADO4/MGId1O5nnZs/s1600-h/DSC00386%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00386" border="0" alt="DSC00386" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_9BRqnrRaF0/UEJlX-o2hCI/AAAAAAAADPA/e54bTSW0KrU/DSC00386_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="466" height="354" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Being from Texas I am not too familiar with different types of mushrooms…I know about the white ones that come in blue boxes in the grocery store.  I kept hearing of people going out and gathering morel mushrooms in Oregon but I really did not know what they looked like.  This little place was open and had several different species…are there species of mushrooms?  The gentleman that owned the business told me that Martha Stewart’s magazine had done an article on his business in that month’s edition.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gowkbaVGuqY/UEJlZN9RT2I/AAAAAAAADPI/AZHyLMXkcjU/s1600-h/DSC00391%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00391" border="0" alt="DSC00391" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9J_eMgusT-M/UEJla_cf-VI/AAAAAAAADPQ/ePdAFh7T2so/DSC00391_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="339" /></a></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NhOJQxo8KZY/UEJliVmc3XI/AAAAAAAADPY/6EDvOY9os90/s1600-h/DSC00388%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00388" border="0" alt="DSC00388" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pDsRQt7mv0k/UEJllP7AUDI/AAAAAAAADPg/FxLjhPgdlAg/DSC00388_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="445" height="338" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pdHcEiLfn_o/UEJll2KOJtI/AAAAAAAADPo/w79WsYgHuXo/s1600-h/DSC00390%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00390" border="0" alt="DSC00390" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MCQbHpAG4ls/UEJosTmPFQI/AAAAAAAADQg/QMaT4yEHz9k/DSC00390_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="339" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Even the McDonalds was cute.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jvi2d7Hvgz0/UEJos4-dnQI/AAAAAAAADQo/zwdLEazvidk/s1600-h/DSC00380%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00380" border="0" alt="DSC00380" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KdZ-0tKGw4c/UEJotnI48jI/AAAAAAAADQw/Vupql4YT9PM/DSC00380_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="449" height="341" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The downtown area.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Vo7ok7tPN00/UEJoud-uUTI/AAAAAAAADQ4/xy7LK2xK7H4/s1600-h/DSC00384%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00384" border="0" alt="DSC00384" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-24gWcsG4dgs/UEJovdkfJ-I/AAAAAAAADRA/DWnTHHvD97w/DSC00384_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="448" height="340" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-43ym1HBPKo4/UEJov1ivz9I/AAAAAAAADRI/F27wPON0QqI/s1600-h/DSC00385%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00385" border="0" alt="DSC00385" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ys-J-d9TlkY/UEJowlbsjGI/AAAAAAAADRQ/YBQvWRymn0E/DSC00385_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="339" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lsP2F6xBBEU/UEJoxKHEr5I/AAAAAAAADRY/7DbszcIs-BM/s1600-h/DSC00394%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00394" border="0" alt="DSC00394" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ivMNjbThYlI/UEJox83T69I/AAAAAAAADRg/us4KH_VOx0Y/DSC00394_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="339" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5M4rCOlChyY/UEJoyfIqrcI/AAAAAAAADRo/NDAFpj5WsVA/s1600-h/DSC00395%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00395" border="0" alt="DSC00395" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sWel64_XvCg/UEJozRgGMNI/AAAAAAAADRw/BLWOyYlHJdI/DSC00395_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="449" height="341" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Ladies, if we ever decided we had to make a quilting trip to Sisters we could stay in one of these cute cabins.  If I remember correctly, the river runs right in front of these cabins…so cute!<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-V-R6J9fp1Ro/UEJoz0T1UNI/AAAAAAAADR4/z9ulIJmJ0vQ/s1600-h/DSC00382%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00382" border="0" alt="DSC00382" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vuOXuA_Ulc8/UEJo0h5I36I/AAAAAAAADSA/6nKdwMLQUeo/DSC00382_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="460" height="349" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This little place was right near Sisters…notice the Saloon Open sign on the bottom picture.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HtRBy1Rqjek/UEJo1f7hNVI/AAAAAAAADSI/b_dF283hB0A/s1600-h/DSC00396%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00396" border="0" alt="DSC00396" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-J_UlmpTc9IE/UEJo2A93ewI/AAAAAAAADSQ/GRb2002Saco/DSC00396_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="456" height="346" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T8ms57wiAHI/UEJo23SyfoI/AAAAAAAADSY/rLsdn9Whwl0/s1600-h/DSC00397%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00397" border="0" alt="DSC00397" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-meO2aVazm_s/UEJo3reajjI/AAAAAAAADSg/PULO7MFth9E/DSC00397_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="462" height="351" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-73486598494082330592012-08-30T20:23:00.001-07:002012-08-30T20:23:51.456-07:00Phaeton Got A Boo-Boo<p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Okay, I guess it is time to fess up about why we are in Red Bay, AL. at the Tiffin service center and not still in the Pacific northwest enjoying the scenery.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Just as we got to Corvallis, Oregon in May, we pulled into a service station to fill the motorhome with diesel.  In doing so we determined that the pumps were not really set up like we prefer so we decided to make a turn into another station just next to the first one.  Unfortunately we got too close to a concrete pillar when trying to make the turn and did quite a bit of damage.  Luckily no one else was involved and we were not hurt…except for the Phaeton.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VI_6rPe_NPQ/UEAt8mncYMI/AAAAAAAADKY/zvsiL5NyVtM/s1600-h/DSC00142%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00185" border="0" alt="DSC00185" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FsdJGzW1Ygc/UEAuM_UbSEI/AAAAAAAADNA/kxk8Zm5Zzkw/DSC00185_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cRXGiUqOA4s/UEAuNpBmKgI/AAAAAAAADNI/l6UoMOyrK_E/s1600-h/DSC00186%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00186" border="0" alt="DSC00186" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-i7X4K6tcDpU/UEAuOUYbteI/AAAAAAAADNQ/NbAxFXXZpEg/DSC00186_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="319" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gEA_sQTz2cg/UEAuPKzMrlI/AAAAAAAADNY/vJcl3aBsKE8/s1600-h/DSC00187%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00187" border="0" alt="DSC00187" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-n_jjtjtSfYM/UEAuP7PQq9I/AAAAAAAADNg/dK2u1JnQLFg/DSC00187_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="329" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-s7SwNcJRhcA/UEAuQc51RqI/AAAAAAAADNo/Om7MhPIik_U/s1600-h/DSC00188%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00188" border="0" alt="DSC00188" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tXSQvJCKRDw/UEAuReZEfWI/AAAAAAAADNw/qjWr6PAv3Mw/DSC00188_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I have to say that Progressive insurance company has been right there for us and treated us very well.  Guess whose rates are going up?</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">So, instead of going up into Washington state for several weeks after we completed our stint in Oregon we decided we had best head directly for Alabama.  We did take our time and made several stops along the way to visit with friends but we pretty much kept the coach on a direct route to Alabama.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Washington…well, another time.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on. </font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-62066975246079260492012-08-30T07:20:00.001-07:002012-08-30T07:20:10.920-07:00Jumping Ahead, Falling Back<p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Chester, Illinois</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">As I have been pretty remiss about keeping up with my blog, I am going to just jump out there and try to get my act together.  But I warn you there is not going to be any rhyme or reason to the order in which I post.  So here goes…</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">After leaving Oregon on August 1 we made our way east and south with Red Bay, Alabama being our final destination.  Once we arrived in Missouri we found an RV park in Perryville and parked ourselves for several days.  From there we took a day trip to visit with friends Nelda and Jim Pogue who were volunteering at a state park about 60 miles west of Perryville.  It was so good to see them again and we enjoyed a great lunch of Mexican food at a local restaurant.  Good food and good friends…doesn’t get much better.  Thanks for the day Jim and Nelda.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--rRtQU88h2U/UD92NpM61nI/AAAAAAAADGc/DytNTFQomdY/s1600-h/DSC00706%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00706" border="0" alt="DSC00706" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9lDZXrHslb8/UD92OmySBhI/AAAAAAAADGk/ONd3GCWJ338/DSC00706_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="343" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">On Monday we headed east across the mighty Mississippi River into Chester, Illinois.  Chester is the birthplace of Elzie Segar, the creator of the Popeye characters.  This is a picture taken from the visitor center in Chester looking back over the Mississippi into Missouri.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cxpQRv7VPyY/UD92PR07NxI/AAAAAAAADGs/dDbvo61pZvU/s1600-h/DSC007184.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00718" border="0" alt="DSC00718" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Fcaw3pn5hRk/UD92QA_PhhI/AAAAAAAADG0/cvJjmIbgFrs/DSC00718_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="345" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Bob at the Popeye statue at the Welcome Center…see Eleanor, we did put the Welcome Center to use.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fQ2u394LssI/UD92Q-CusYI/AAAAAAAADG8/vGMdVVyOcnU/s1600-h/DSC007167.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00716" border="0" alt="DSC00716" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-elgzZazXWIY/UD92R52qqMI/AAAAAAAADHE/0ZW-T_FoL-I/DSC00716_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Chester is a small town but well worth the visit.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_Gk6k4cjJ5s/UD92SYbS6tI/AAAAAAAADHM/vKbsR8SuVxk/s1600-h/DSC007174.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00726" border="0" alt="DSC00726" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K8CDjOki_jA/UD92dve0qBI/AAAAAAAADI0/9McbctmSvmA/DSC00726_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="453" height="344" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gu5irNn1MKs/UD92fPbbD9I/AAAAAAAADI8/YM-ip475fWU/s1600-h/DSC007274.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00727" border="0" alt="DSC00727" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gYwW_ni_aDQ/UD92f_JW1xI/AAAAAAAADJE/9EG8OfP_M_8/DSC00727_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="456" height="346" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">As most of you know, we normally winter in southern Alabama in Fairhope which is located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay.  There are 3 couples that live in Chester, IL that also winter at Coastal Haven RV Park.  Steve and Linda Egge invited us to their home along with the Millers and Saunders for a wonderful evening meal.  Linda Egge had made delicious Italian beef with several great side dishes and a fabulous desert, Linda Saunders (Spider) had to-die-for cucumbers and onions and Eleanor Miller provided an appetizer…a dip with chips that we all loved…there was not a smidgen left.  Thanks ladies for a wonderful meal.  A special thanks to Linda and Steve Egge for having us in their lovely home…it was so nice to see these great folks again.  Linda E. showed us her landscape quilt that she recently finished as well as her Women of the Bible quilt.  I have no idea why I did not take pictures of these beautiful quilts.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The guys had a good visit out on the patio…from left to right, John Saunders, Steve Egge, Steve Miller and Bob.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-77F7E-kRHws/UD92i5QRU7I/AAAAAAAADJM/mXKRG6_4b5s/s1600-h/DSC007285.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00728" border="0" alt="DSC00728" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DhExGd3XQB8/UD92jgbwCkI/AAAAAAAADJU/QgtbHoHJHpA/DSC00728_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="354" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And the ladies ate in the dining room.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-i4E7CSAB6t8/UD92kXKYFiI/AAAAAAAADJc/61s1NYxGeoo/s1600-h/DSC007294.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00729" border="0" alt="DSC00729" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-27Gj7KqNlIc/UD92mVbtDvI/AAAAAAAADJk/yejFI1o6ADY/DSC00729_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="468" height="355" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Eleanor Miller, Linda (Spider) Saunders and our hostess, Linda Egge.  Thanks again for a great evening…and we are off to Kentucky…Go Wildcats!</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-29713493815884153272012-08-02T20:14:00.000-07:002012-08-02T20:14:00.939-07:00June 2012 Crater Lake National Park, Oregon<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Headed southeast from Alsea down through Eugene to Crater Lake National Park…about a 3 1/2 hour drive so we had a long day.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-R-gxYbiRtqo/UBtBNu1ZlhI/AAAAAAAADC0/OSLKBuWkUgg/s1600-h/DSC00494-00112.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00494-001" border="0" alt="DSC00494-001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZhOT2d3bA_8/UBtBQ9Siq_I/AAAAAAAADC8/0f2BRLfs2ck/DSC00494-001_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="369" height="280" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">History lesson…A massive volcanic eruption 7700 years ago left a deep basin in the place where a mountain peak once stood.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Centuries of rain and snow filled the basin, forming a deep blue lake whose waters are of unmatched color and clarity.  It’s the deepest lake in the United States.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Crater Lake is 4.54 miles across (minimum) and 6.02 miles across (maximum)…1943 feet deep at deepest point…holds 4.9 trillion gallons of water…tallest point on rim is 1978 feet above lake…lowest point on rim is 507 feet above lake.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Why is the lake so blue?  Other colors of the spectrum are absorbed.  Blue wavelengths are scattered and seen by human eyes. (It is the most beautiful blue…at true blue not the blue/green of the Caribbean.)  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The island that has formed in the lake is called Wizard Island.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZvtdScwF168/UBtBSZqnrnI/AAAAAAAADDE/AmqHgNtN2qw/s1600-h/DSC00505-0018.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00505-001" border="0" alt="DSC00505-001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9KJ3TT8bDRc/UBtBS6i6TBI/AAAAAAAADDM/Wr5KWpzRjTo/DSC00505-001_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="382" height="290" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The volcano, Mazama, is not extinct…hello!  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">As we were at a higher elevation the temp was much cooler…46 degrees…they get 533 inches of snow each year.  It was a beautiful day.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Uw2M9y6F-JM/UBtBTECF7lI/AAAAAAAADDU/FW_37gwSwOs/s1600-h/DSC005074.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00507" border="0" alt="DSC00507" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RR0ibvnaoNM/UBtBVCapm6I/AAAAAAAADDc/JjwXbj2IstI/DSC00507_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="419" height="318" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-N_tLerojHd8/UBtBVk2dMvI/AAAAAAAADDk/GXKNIdFFft8/s1600-h/DSC005104.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00510" border="0" alt="DSC00510" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Is9ahKptDfc/UBtBWArSXdI/AAAAAAAADDs/UpX1AjQv_pY/DSC00510_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="417" height="317" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The Wiz was so excited to learn that an island had been named after him.  The Wiz has been placed in our care for one year by the Escapees in Summerdale, AL and goes everywhere we do.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5X21kjgrRBw/UBtBWnbmqlI/AAAAAAAADD0/Kp22MUud5-g/s1600-h/DSC005214.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00530" border="0" alt="DSC00530" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q8EX9zRETKY/UBtBZFbO2NI/AAAAAAAADEc/eNJtw8A_F-I/DSC00530_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="422" height="320" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We drove through this really cute area called Union Creek…wish we had had time to do more than just take a couple of pictures.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DIQj6Wc7MQ8/UBtBZqLPjVI/AAAAAAAADEk/Z9OAxZARqZA/s1600-h/DSC005524.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00552" border="0" alt="DSC00552" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YFMfKXwLErc/UBtBbbDsUzI/AAAAAAAADEs/IVb_TmFoJ6Y/DSC00552_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="430" height="326" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lZxwpXtZdbE/UBtBb_Ni4gI/AAAAAAAADE0/KTP9tNz8sr0/s1600-h/DSC005484.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00551" border="0" alt="DSC00551" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iJ-ObSDAPd4/UBtBeqe4u_I/AAAAAAAADFc/5DE7IjeYZXQ/DSC00551_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="339" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_oAXLyuvi24/UBtBew8eFkI/AAAAAAAADFk/9bwgd17r7GQ/s1600-h/DSC005554.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00555" border="0" alt="DSC00555" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Z99KFaJOA04/UBtBf7GG0cI/AAAAAAAADFs/jfx37veZPUA/DSC00555_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="343" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-16553367813973578402012-05-31T14:29:00.001-07:002012-05-31T14:29:47.149-07:00May 30, 2012 Florence, OR<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">As usual, on the first of our two days off, we headed into Corvallis to take care of errands, grocery shopping and such.  We had to have a small nick in our car windshield repaired and some routine service done on the car…oh yes, and a stop at one of the quilt shops.  I needed to find material for the backing of a quilt I have just finished.  Weather has been just beautiful these last few days.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The flowers and shrubs are just lovely in the area…especially the rhododendrons.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CkxATlC0ejU/T8fidgYepAI/AAAAAAAAC9o/AOAX3D-eBy0/s1600-h/DSC0034911.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00315" border="0" alt="DSC00315" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-5C3vSpCjGLQ/T8fig5L90fI/AAAAAAAAC-Q/PhlH-y2aSpc/DSC00315_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="371" height="286" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wQvSUoCyHC4/T8fihM6KQPI/AAAAAAAAC-Y/1VwwUzrRIg8/s1600-h/DSC003165.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00316" border="0" alt="DSC00316" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lHJi1CWWE_E/T8fih6SN8pI/AAAAAAAAC-g/T93ddicfyDM/DSC00316_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="371" height="286" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And clematis</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vwgNU1jC8wE/T8fiiQWWU6I/AAAAAAAAC-o/Safcm2DeIDw/s1600-h/DSC003128.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00312" border="0" alt="DSC00312" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zJj7H763c2A/T8fii9WNYzI/AAAAAAAAC-w/iVOVTjdDEKQ/DSC00312_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="203" height="274" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Today we headed west on US Hwy 34 over to the coast and turned south.  We passed this plot of “Christmas” trees that had been cut down and they had evidently been down for some time.  There are lots of tree farms in the area.  I have to say that the drive was so pretty…we were able to see a lot more of the ocean than we did when we drove north last week.  </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mvyRz3sb2P4/T8fijketlOI/AAAAAAAAC-4/B_cjmtH5jLM/s1600-h/DSC003185.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00318" border="0" alt="DSC00318" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ROOn-hsDtGw/T8fikH0dKZI/AAAAAAAAC_A/AAin6LJdXR4/DSC00318_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="303" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7mitZM2kpGc/T8fiko1DHQI/AAAAAAAAC_I/EB4UCbS26X8/s1600-h/DSC003195.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00319" border="0" alt="DSC00319" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0yQnEeegWQE/T8filF_jCpI/AAAAAAAAC_Q/TdAcNIygtg8/DSC00319_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" height="304" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We stopped in the town of Waldport and walked through their small outdoor weekly market.  I bought a couple of pastries from a lady that were delicious.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rCEEqRmE7Fs/T8filo29PnI/AAAAAAAAC_Y/HSCXyI6oTB8/s1600-h/DSC003215.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00339" border="0" alt="DSC00339" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DIGBjkQrbok/T8fiucbbDqI/AAAAAAAADBk/A5oevDQkcno/DSC00339_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="430" height="326" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nRgyoBLwEi4/T8fiuz00pqI/AAAAAAAADBs/BHS7GN8IZ2g/s1600-h/DSC003414.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00341" border="0" alt="DSC00341" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jNDwZJQf7l0/T8fivxw274I/AAAAAAAADB0/V21SBmpPVxY/DSC00341_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="329" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We had to put our hand our hands in the Pacific.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tOMaZulupS8/T8fiwUBVoyI/AAAAAAAADB8/k2a-yWdQ2Xo/s1600-h/DSC003424.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00342" border="0" alt="DSC00342" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-f3bNlOLoWxY/T8fiwhIg-YI/AAAAAAAADCE/5CozMxUsXCo/DSC00342_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="432" height="328" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-xGMcbcikXB8/T8fixV15zjI/AAAAAAAADCI/tQQtbH7Pv3k/s1600-h/DSC003454.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00345" border="0" alt="DSC00345" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7wJZq09e2b8/T8fiyMDYgtI/AAAAAAAADCU/_UwbSkZ36lc/DSC00345_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="329" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We made it to our destination of Florence…what a nice place, I really liked it.  We stopped off at the casino for lunch and made a very small deposit at the slot machines then on to the Fred Meyer store…one of my very favorite places.   A good day.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-82074433828411587522012-05-23T23:35:00.000-07:002012-05-25T12:58:30.129-07:00The Oregon Coast & Tillamook Cheese<p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Wednesday, May 23, 2012</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Today is our friend Richard Shepherd’s birthday so Happy To You…yesterday was my sister Susan’s birthday…you know she’s older than me but she’s not as old as Bob.  Actually Susan and I are the same age for 7 days and then she has her birthday and gains a year on me. When I called her yesterday to wish her Happy Birthday she informed that their neighbor had killed a rattlesnake in his yard…this is why I don’t stay in Texas in the summer.   OMG, I would die if I had to contend with snakes, especially those that make that funny noise with their tails.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Enough of that nonsense…today was our day off so we had decided we were going head west to the coast and then go north with Tillamook, OR being our destination.  We became acquainted with Tillamook cheese and ice cream a couple of years ago when we went to Alaska.  We don’t get Tillamook in the south…we have to settle for that old Blue Bell ice cream (we stand in Texas when we say that name).  Anyway, we are excited to be in the land of Tillamook ice cream and cheese and Frey Meyer grocery stores.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Let me just say that the temp hovered between 48 and 52 degrees and it only stopped raining for a few minutes at a time today…this is the Oregon I came to see.  Enjoy.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QSX0ZHbZJSQ/T7_j6rFSbzI/AAAAAAAAC1k/FLKIP5ctsd8/s1600-h/DSC002284.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00231" border="0" alt="DSC00231" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iYBSc-WE0sE/T7_j9MvmsnI/AAAAAAAAC2M/rM3z6jJAwpI/DSC00231_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="410" height="316" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--8WhlPulpy0/T7_j9Rdj7pI/AAAAAAAAC2U/eX6W_PH6TXM/s1600-h/DSC002324.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00232" border="0" alt="DSC00232" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TIw1hPcCAdQ/T7_j94UYeYI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/azLhAUNWt_U/DSC00232_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="312" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vGAa5UpxdPQ/T7_j-IMHXiI/AAAAAAAAC2k/vtyJUDwWT2Y/s1600-h/DSC002374.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00237" border="0" alt="DSC00237" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DL-8PgYohIs/T7_j_OahiFI/AAAAAAAAC2s/pulBSUNFwY4/DSC00237_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="310" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hEdJtMYpABg/T7_j_j1k1OI/AAAAAAAAC20/AVArU6VuH1M/s1600-h/DSC002414.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00241" border="0" alt="DSC00241" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_hHkDDwM270/T7_kAOzO4nI/AAAAAAAAC24/3V_2O9NVn28/DSC00241_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="406" height="308" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-O8bSdHP3-kE/T7_kAsY-FrI/AAAAAAAAC3A/HWXqoUGMMVY/s1600-h/DSC003004.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00300" border="0" alt="DSC00300" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-f_fb_4Rt2mg/T7_kA-gCxWI/AAAAAAAAC3I/7GVcTL85WiQ/DSC00300_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="410" height="311" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-57dtassFnPo/T7_kBTpydMI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/tzKnIi7QJm4/s1600-h/DSC003014.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00301" border="0" alt="DSC00301" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bWomFvM2nOM/T7_kCBD9y3I/AAAAAAAAC3c/oszTr_UPqwY/DSC00301_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="410" height="311" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YQNfbrhVkzo/T7_kCtIERTI/AAAAAAAAC3k/VNqKab8irOI/s1600-h/DSC003034.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00303" border="0" alt="DSC00303" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wAZAWiqxj3M/T7_kDHSKw3I/AAAAAAAAC3o/9cvMqXeZNqY/DSC00303_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="314" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And then there was Tillamook.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H_XIphXveCg/T7_kDsQe62I/AAAAAAAAC3w/NR6Kn8stpYA/s1600-h/DSC002474.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00247" border="0" alt="DSC00247" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8x5Q0oqY-og/T7_kEZE6bxI/AAAAAAAAC34/MTHwW5XVtpU/DSC00247_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="314" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-X35ZYBS4hMA/T7_kE3j1vRI/AAAAAAAAC4A/172IkF2h5Fg/s1600-h/DSC002544.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00254" border="0" alt="DSC00254" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Q9r_inDluzg/T7_kFSc9YHI/AAAAAAAAC4I/I8nVbBvzv8c/DSC00254_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="415" height="315" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QWL1UxRfG_o/T7_kF2SopWI/AAAAAAAAC4Q/R31nUKprxjU/s1600-h/DSC002554.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00255" border="0" alt="DSC00255" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kW982TxAGIw/T7_kGewM78I/AAAAAAAAC4Y/zEcKC8NEJ6g/DSC00255_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="419" height="318" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--zUY4AylkzQ/T7_kG7tD3mI/AAAAAAAAC4g/tVI0sGz1Edw/s1600-h/DSC002564.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00256" border="0" alt="DSC00256" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1CsQ8YE8TqU/T7_kHSmGMpI/AAAAAAAAC4o/Ak2wOf0LXQU/DSC00256_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="416" height="316" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TIokkGKZrMM/T7_kHwvjNhI/AAAAAAAAC4w/YJQSxkkHlMc/s1600-h/DSC002584.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00258" border="0" alt="DSC00258" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZWsqTNXp-1Q/T7_kIlNhtuI/AAAAAAAAC44/LT9mWFN_iY8/DSC00258_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="415" height="315" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I really thought her entire job consisted of cleaning this one area over and over again.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lDoFBFTAD6o/T7_kJEDogKI/AAAAAAAAC5A/7mh-fPmB0YQ/s1600-h/DSC002604.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00260" border="0" alt="DSC00260" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-I8-KlgfKVaE/T7_kJvFbN_I/AAAAAAAAC5I/Til4jDySpPI/DSC00260_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="312" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Sometimes it helps if you hold your butt with both hands…sometimes it doesn't.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zaJlV9Z-0Wo/T7_kJwh4qZI/AAAAAAAAC5Q/NvbK74jg1Jk/s1600-h/DSC002624.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00262" border="0" alt="DSC00262" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-h9jxUDHGmnU/T7_kKVkMh-I/AAAAAAAAC5Y/B8PvwN287IM/DSC00262_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="418" height="317" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Sorry for the blurred picture but I was trying to show the block of cheese shooting out of the machine into the plastic bag.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7MYbhXSlxNA/T7_kK47135I/AAAAAAAAC5g/1FqTDSSqk8I/s1600-h/DSC002634.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00263" border="0" alt="DSC00263" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ku0NvXIgcNE/T7_kLLCIN5I/AAAAAAAAC5o/tEI0RSlKdtQ/DSC00263_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="419" height="318" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ofn7SjU_b3g/T7_kLiPwY5I/AAAAAAAAC5w/yR9SlZvqhF8/s1600-h/DSC002724.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00272" border="0" alt="DSC00272" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wZhmO3HsFlI/T7_kMC4IQYI/AAAAAAAAC54/CSt-bSk1-oM/DSC00272_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="423" height="321" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Now we’re getting to the good stuff.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YdtVIpAwlbE/T7_kMY4HI1I/AAAAAAAAC6A/eddiWaq5f6c/s1600-h/DSC002754.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00275" border="0" alt="DSC00275" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RABFOCG7wpc/T7_kNLa_-TI/AAAAAAAAC6I/9cSebPpSEJ0/DSC00275_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="325" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Whadayamean it’s not for me!</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UIRAZlpUYC0/T7_kNdgrBcI/AAAAAAAAC6Q/lJnvXxKyg5Y/s1600-h/DSC002763.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00276" border="0" alt="DSC00276" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CF8Iw75W9eE/T7_kN2erT4I/AAAAAAAAC6Y/yKWfKE2b8ck/DSC00276_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Bob said this one was hot…ya think!</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-R0HVO3UB-2M/T7_kOUEmG5I/AAAAAAAAC6g/X1fFoqwnSjA/s1600-h/DSC002783.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00278" border="0" alt="DSC00278" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Qd7FprlMtRQ/T7_kO_awhRI/AAAAAAAAC6o/SNIiBRLl1tA/DSC00278_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">She is available for your next cocktail party.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Y7Przi-cl9c/T7_kPHWrtbI/AAAAAAAAC6w/raAQWhHrqm8/s1600-h/DSC002794.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00279" border="0" alt="DSC00279" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mOpr4f7aCA4/T7_kPmGOFmI/AAAAAAAAC64/PTQLxgf-RvI/DSC00279_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="314" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">What’s it gonna be big boy?</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aQ20kv-tR8I/T7_kQGfsY7I/AAAAAAAAC7A/BRvxiWgls3E/s1600-h/DSC002825.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00282" border="0" alt="DSC00282" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MLCtH_6cTU0/T7_kQ6ZZd1I/AAAAAAAAC7I/P47CiWvW-Ug/DSC00282_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="415" height="320" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">You mean there is fudge too?</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SLxErkA-8ws/T7_kRTpVR7I/AAAAAAAAC7Q/3kg361eesB0/s1600-h/DSC002834.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00283" border="0" alt="DSC00283" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wfvPy0jN83w/T7_kRwbCTKI/AAAAAAAAC7Y/9nwvj2gPm9I/DSC00283_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="419" height="318" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">It just doesn’t stop.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--xNsTsf9PGw/T7_kSTCjuzI/AAAAAAAAC7g/EWhRioL0fec/s1600-h/DSC002844.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00284" border="0" alt="DSC00284" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XO6kvE_Rhkw/T7_kSvTB0PI/AAAAAAAAC7o/VYLnv0RZ8gE/DSC00284_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="424" height="322" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Oh my gosh…where’s Bob.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KQawOXl3MB8/T7_kTE4UTFI/AAAAAAAAC7w/QNEXYFN-3bA/s1600-h/DSC002854.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00285" border="0" alt="DSC00285" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8ySKg9bhL00/T7_kTz-ZA5I/AAAAAAAAC74/77li2a4AC3M/DSC00285_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="325" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And I thought I had lost him.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WvvovjibZQw/T7_kUX5ldQI/AAAAAAAAC8A/fdIZq1CDCEY/s1600-h/DSC002868.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00286" border="0" alt="DSC00286" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XQYFje8BvtQ/T7_kUwrFwNI/AAAAAAAAC8I/bL465JiJxKE/DSC00286_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="430" height="326" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Texans are like RVers…you can’t get away from us.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ivFrwpJtlFU/T7_kVBneWNI/AAAAAAAAC8Q/Kv8mlXW5ETk/s1600-h/DSC002878.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00287" border="0" alt="DSC00287" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bmPBTTMMrgc/T7_kWFDDwuI/AAAAAAAAC8Y/Wsl6gFgt-YQ/DSC00287_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="432" height="328" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Officer I was just trying to make a left turn.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pD0GoXNfD70/T7_kWbP2BlI/AAAAAAAAC8c/N7P7wUimCs0/s1600-h/DSC002934.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00293" border="0" alt="DSC00293" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8sczElqhVto/T7_kXRB1MBI/AAAAAAAAC8k/QQ-H89O7ygg/DSC00293_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="432" height="328" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We’re looking good.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-oQFSsE74yKM/T7_kXvbD2oI/AAAAAAAAC8w/l0v0yiXnixI/s1600-h/DSC002954.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00295" border="0" alt="DSC00295" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RerEgFKe2qk/T7_kYAw_sqI/AAAAAAAAC84/Xf9w3adajT4/DSC00295_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="438" height="333" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Bob says they don’t have ice cream so why even go in…they have wine!</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SBta-M-U1Bw/T7_kYuDC-AI/AAAAAAAAC88/Bp2_JxtpnoU/s1600-h/DSC002994.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00299" border="0" alt="DSC00299" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JD7O4ItGkt4/T7_kZEuHmhI/AAAAAAAAC9I/Fv-UmWFSMy8/DSC00299_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="334" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-43143115450658954032012-05-22T14:55:00.001-07:002012-05-22T14:55:49.742-07:00Salmonberry Campground…May 22, 2012<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">So we have finally made it to our destination, Salmonberry Campground, for the next 10 weeks.  We are volunteering as campground hosts at Salmonberry which is operated by Benton County.  This is the first time we have taken a volunteer position but it sounded like something we would enjoy and Oregon was #2 destination on my bucket list…Alaska was #1 and we spent the summer of 2009 traveling up there.  As most of you know, I do not do hot weather so that pretty much means we go west and north for the summer months.  Of course Bob is open to anything…thank you Jesus!</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Salmonberry, hereafter known as SB, is a beautiful little campground.  We have 27 tent and RV sites.  The campers do not have any utilities (water, electric or sewer) at their sites but there are water spigots along with dump areas for gray water in several places.  We are furnished full hookups (w,e,s) at our site plus we also have a washer and dryer to use in the utility building.  There is also a big utility sink…this is very nice and something we are not used to having.  A land line phone is also provided for us to make local calls only but we can receive long distance calls.  They do this because we have no cell phone reception in this area…too many trees.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">There is a day use area with picnic tables, a boat ramp and a trail that leads along the Alsea river for fishing and general enjoyment.  There are bait restriction for fishing in the river…I must find a Fish and Wildlife site for more information.  I did have to throw my line in a few times the day we got here but we won’t tell as I don’t have my license yet.  Mark Didelot, wish you were here to fish with me!  Bob does not fish…where did his parents go wrong?</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">So here we go…hope you find this place as beautiful as we do.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DoU18jyLkZo/T7wLNiusB_I/AAAAAAAACyg/QkvdAzzmMhg/s1600-h/DSC002084.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00208" border="0" alt="DSC00208" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7MMO3zLU_sg/T7wLOARlEHI/AAAAAAAACyo/-T1xu5vHp1s/DSC00208_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="334" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Showers and restrooms<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WaQGud0LtuE/T7wLO1g9rXI/AAAAAAAACyw/5ulayXdnLGE/s1600-h/DSC001994.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00199" border="0" alt="DSC00199" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LB12QXEY7ys/T7wLPZONeOI/AAAAAAAACy4/mSkByQwHrQU/DSC00199_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="334" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Some of the tent sites.</font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-23OVJHrlCyE/T7wLQHAJ1JI/AAAAAAAACzA/_rM3suyTgE4/s1600-h/DSC002034.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00203" border="0" alt="DSC00203" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kN865q7bqKg/T7wLQvfgaqI/AAAAAAAACzI/GGep48OYuXA/DSC00203_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="336" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Cissy had not seen grass in so long she was not sure just what it  was.</font><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-l2hsJsF7RBs/T7wLRJ9sy-I/AAAAAAAACzQ/BeqPUilGA14/s1600-h/DSC001974.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00197" border="0" alt="DSC00197" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-APHqg-FKDeY/T7wLReR6MmI/AAAAAAAACzY/6kj1AxDq_Xg/DSC00197_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="439" height="333" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Our site.</font><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MsK_1jGeTkA/T7wLR3PsqVI/AAAAAAAACzg/QR13DcYV8RE/s1600-h/DSC001984.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00198" border="0" alt="DSC00198" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-U1kJqzU2b90/T7wLSdkFHBI/AAAAAAAACzo/W2wUTaFEn1c/DSC00198_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="337" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And some of the RV sites.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-92Lp6tUNvGk/T7wLS9UNpGI/AAAAAAAACzw/Qav4nn46ALo/s1600-h/DSC002004.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00200" border="0" alt="DSC00200" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--Cm3KdNGIZc/T7wLTUOx21I/AAAAAAAACz4/hqLxjE0qahI/DSC00200_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="342" /></a></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fCZQA9YGOjs/T7wLT_UokdI/AAAAAAAAC0A/yWoT0G4Oi8Y/s1600-h/DSC002024.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00202" border="0" alt="DSC00202" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-glQ27DJXels/T7wLURP1kNI/AAAAAAAAC0I/hTy4fNVvO2w/DSC00202_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="452" height="343" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The campground.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z6sv92utIig/T7wLUkt5MDI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/uhNbhGYW1_k/s1600-h/DSC002054.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00205" border="0" alt="DSC00205" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2Scj41xyc_8/T7wLVEAIT_I/AAAAAAAAC0Y/9PwBavZ_hVk/DSC00205_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="335" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-w2XRxFcPDaA/T7wLVm_t7SI/AAAAAAAAC0g/EZQGz-DaCeg/s1600-h/DSC002064.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00206" border="0" alt="DSC00206" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-szfqf5rzVgE/T7wLWJOJMbI/AAAAAAAAC0o/icY5U4id8AM/DSC00206_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="337" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nN39MbmyJ4I/T7wLWcwNuOI/AAAAAAAAC0w/ZKRkFscGTUU/s1600-h/DSC002074.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00207" border="0" alt="DSC00207" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-s-IIk5NT2Rg/T7wLXdG3c1I/AAAAAAAAC04/m2PIdK46Bcg/DSC00207_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="332" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gk2etWFi5-Q/T7wLXsNYeSI/AAAAAAAAC1A/knY-uyNscVE/s1600-h/DSC002104.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00210" border="0" alt="DSC00210" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sb6OZsr_hss/T7wLYXAHBFI/AAAAAAAAC1I/qNWg5TarUYE/DSC00210_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="331" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1MnPNFSsy4c/T7wLYinzuLI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/wLX4ncMOl7s/s1600-h/DSC002124.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00212" border="0" alt="DSC00212" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UDcRPyduEg8/T7wLZO-yRcI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/R8UFYG19__M/DSC00212_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="336" /></a></p> <p>As a postcard would say…Wish you were here!</p> <p>Moving On.</p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-81291481523407066942012-05-22T14:53:00.001-07:002012-05-22T14:53:52.781-07:00Alsea, Oregon May 2012<p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">So, after we got all put back together, we were able to move to Salmonberry Campground which is 7 miles west of Alsea, Oregon on state highway 34.  We are about 34 miles west of Corvallis and about 34 miles east of the Oregon coast. (Meg…the campground is about 7 miles west of Alsea on Hwy. 34.) </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The weather has just been beautiful up until night before last.  It has been raining pretty much all the time for the last 48 hours…forecast is continued rain for the next few days…it is such a nice, gentle rain.  Mark and Sue, Chuck and Loraine…it reminds me so much of Alaska.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We do not have cell phone reception or internet access in the campground but we are able to get satellite TV unless it is raining as it is now.  I don’t mind not having a phone but I sure do miss the internet.  We have to drive about 2 miles to get phone reception but usually we just drive the extra 5 miles into Alsea and go to the library and use their internet connection.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Alsea has a population of 164…they have a post office, library, medical clinic, one general store and one restaurant. Alsea is on Oregon state highway 34…between Corvallis and Highway 1 on the  coast. </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This is Highway 34…the main street in Alsea.  I was on the front porch of Deb’s Café…you see the general store just down the street to the left…the library and medical center are about 1/2 mile from Deb’s Café.  Welcome to Alsea, Oregon.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OLrkmNfwIhE/T7wKy5zve8I/AAAAAAAACww/gfe8-fdrt7A/s1600-h/DSC001898.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Leaving Deb's Cafe in Alsea, Or May 2012" border="0" alt="Leaving Deb's Cafe in Alsea, Or May 2012" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wjxb575zRME/T7wKzVM4CHI/AAAAAAAACw4/gUAVVR4KUQU/DSC00189_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="332" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kOILM3JpY0I/T7wKz6pzuCI/AAAAAAAACxA/i-ubb-yHOcY/s1600-h/DSC0019012.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Deb's Cafe in Alsea, OR May 2012" border="0" alt="Deb's Cafe in Alsea, OR May 2012" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-r2D-rYmHEK4/T7wK0Vox-GI/AAAAAAAACxI/lLUqCl9TXGw/DSC00190_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="329" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This guy was roaming around at a vacant house in Alsea.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-il7tTMuUHI8/T7wK1jx48EI/AAAAAAAACxQ/9cRcYL-t8Ew/s1600-h/DSC001924.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Alsea, OR May 2012" border="0" alt="Alsea, OR May 2012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fr4MrnH5k30/T7wK2I4jORI/AAAAAAAACxY/2uhIt3lcsFY/DSC00192_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="330" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The clinic</font><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xHzz2fLSv8E/T7wK4PpesxI/AAAAAAAACxg/7w5kOHJb1UA/s1600-h/DSC001944.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Medical Clinic Alsea, OR 2012" border="0" alt="Medical Clinic Alsea, OR 2012" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bLeGq6Kui4s/T7wK4kJ61qI/AAAAAAAACxk/lyy-Z1XIiaU/DSC00194_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="432" height="328" /></a></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gORdY-jc2JY/T7wK5AFvPzI/AAAAAAAACxw/9kW1sMl9P6Y/s1600-h/DSC001968.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Library Alsea, OR May 2012" border="0" alt="Library Alsea, OR May 2012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0BkcfmOdFKM/T7wK5X4mp5I/AAAAAAAACx4/ueazl8joxOk/DSC00196_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="438" height="333" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And the library…the most important location in town for us.  If we are going to be stationary for any length of time we always go to the library and get cards…libraries are a wealth of information, not just for books but for the daily papers, current magazines and just the general knowledge the librarian has.  Kathy, the librarian in Alsea and Ashley, the librarian in Philomath (about 18 miles east of us) have been trying to figure out how I can borrow library books on my NOOK.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The day we walked into the post office, the postmistress, Nicole just immediately said “Oh, you must be Box 231”.  The parks department also furnishes us with a post office box while we are here.  One of the beauties of a small town is that everyone knows you…One of the downfalls of a small town is that everyone knows you.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yI8A1n_3oOQ/T7wK6HNwcNI/AAAAAAAACyA/Xhy_mOyCleM/s1600-h/DSC001969.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Library Alsea, OR May 2012" border="0" alt="Library Alsea, OR May 2012" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IgmQ8FqHW5M/T7wK6xtRIZI/AAAAAAAACyI/ZgOik0bpXHI/DSC00196_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="336" /></a> </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QbptfP5gScg/T7wK7ePp2XI/AAAAAAAACyQ/IOxRB1nNrNM/s1600-h/DSC002264.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00226" border="0" alt="DSC00226" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-i0RKVvInahI/T7wK7vLwGEI/AAAAAAAACyY/b1zF8Zy-ALk/DSC00226_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="339" /></a></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-2890842185582715392012-05-19T14:24:00.000-07:002012-05-21T14:48:33.652-07:00Old Friends<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">While on our way from Texas to Oregon recently we were able to hook up with some friends that we had not seen in a while…we are always so excited when we are able to do this.  It seems you just can’t get away from RVers…not that we would want to.  And, part of the beauty of this is you just never know when you are going to cross paths with friends.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We left Caldwell on April 28 and headed northwest…spent our first night on the road in Abilene.  The next day we drove to Clovis, NM for the night.  Our third night we stopped in Albuquerque, NM and stayed on historic Route 66 at Enchanted Trails RV Park.  It was a neat park with some interesting old RVs.    They actually use these vintage RVs are used by them as rental cabins…neat.  The Wiz really liked this one.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-k4HUOdXIrc4/T7gPPOpSzTI/AAAAAAAACv8/qZaS43zNEQ0/s1600-h/DSC000813.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00081" border="0" alt="DSC00081" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UPZTt2_wVW4/T7gPPygY1MI/AAAAAAAACwE/M7YgAAPTbuY/DSC00081_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Our good friend, Margaret Bushon, was also on the road from Silver City, NM.  We were able to meet her that evening at Standard Diner in Albuquerque for dinner.  It was soooo good to see Margaret.  We met her while working at Adventureland amusement park in Altoona, Iowa in 2005 and continue to stay in touch with her.  Margaret was our social planner that summer in Iowa.  What a great lady…love you Margaret.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vNTZuOb3T6g/T7gPQjC8ukI/AAAAAAAACwM/RhibtLttcJM/s1600-h/2012-04-30-19.21.085.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="2012-04-30 19.21.08" border="0" alt="2012-04-30 19.21.08" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZxTLxWdbzXc/T7gPR9h7pQI/AAAAAAAACwU/3f9mQdOgCtw/2012-04-30-19.21.08_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">After spending a second night in Albuquerque we hit the road headed west.  We made it to Holbrook, AZ that night.  I realized that our friends, The 2 Lindas, were also working in Holbrook…I keep up with their blog.  Wowee…this is great!  I called them as soon as we got settled to try to get together for dinner…it gets better…they had just put some homemade eggplant parm in the oven and invited us to join them.  The food was wonderful and the visit with good friends even better.  We love their new rig…a toy hauler.  We agreed to meet them the next morning at 8:00 for breakfast at Denny’s.  Well, you know how the Moore’s are…we can screw up the simplest thing.  We got up early the next morning as we did not want to be late for breakfast…arrived at the restaurant about 15 minutes before the appointed time.  Bob checks his watch and assures me we are there in plenty of time so we go in and order coffee and start checking news and emails on our phones while waiting for Linda and Linda.  We wait and wait and wait…hmmm, they are never late.  Bob are you sure of the time?  Yes, it is now 15 minutes after 8 according to Bob.  Then I remember…he has the watch from hell!  I ask one of the wait staff what time it is and find out it is now 7:15 am not 8:15 am…another cup of coffee anyone?  You gotta remember those time changes  when travelling.  We can now name every item on the menu at Denny’s in Holbrook, AZ.  We had a great time seeing the ladies again…we decided it had been 2 years since we were with them in Pensacola, FL when we went to watch the Blue Angels.  Good friends.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nvY1w56xz5A/T7gPSRQUDzI/AAAAAAAACwc/_AdYzEQ8Lq4/s1600-h/Linda2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Linda" border="0" alt="Linda" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UedlcndWI5M/T7gPTFkGYMI/AAAAAAAACwk/eLPoJ8d4R4A/Linda_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving On.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-32745617275984888922012-05-19T14:21:00.000-07:002012-05-19T14:27:43.387-07:0050th High School Reunion Caldwell, TX<p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">April 2012</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">So, a few months ago I received an invitation to attend my 50th high school reunion in Caldwell, Texas.  I showed the invitation to Bob assuring him that they must have addressed it to the wrong person as there was no way I had been out of high school for 50 years…but alas, there was no mistake.  It is truly hard for me to believe that it has been so many years since I graduated.  Then in speaking with several friends it seems they too were were going to be attending their 50th reunions in different parts of the country.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">And so we made the short trip from Georgetown, TX where we had been staying, to Caldwell.  The reunion, the first I had attended since graduating high school, was so much fun.  It was held at the home of Jan Davis…which happens to be right across the street from our house in Caldwell.  Jan has a beautiful home and garden and it was the perfect setting and size for our gathering.  She and Linda Key did a terrific job in putting the affair together. Thanks ladies for having it in April and not waiting for the roasting heat in summer.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Of course The Wiz had to attend so he became an honorary Hornet for a night.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aK-eZ6c_Avg/T7gOPU8TJiI/AAAAAAAACuM/FjFW5STyp1o/s1600-h/Bob--Vicki-Hornet-Reunion2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Bob & Vicki Hornet Reunion" border="0" alt="Bob & Vicki Hornet Reunion" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UK9a4ulVlEU/T7gOP--DrqI/AAAAAAAACuU/kmHbZjNpUBo/Bob--Vicki-Hornet-Reunion_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="480" height="360" /></a> </font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-d__-56vBvOI/T7gOQdn4xwI/AAAAAAAACuc/0OGQ1Za8Y38/s1600-h/DSC000583.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00058" border="0" alt="DSC00058" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9xSQb5SM5Dc/T7gORCODM9I/AAAAAAAACuk/-REaM8vzAW8/DSC00058_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fuZY5HG4Kgg/T7gORjgcDLI/AAAAAAAACus/-pi7zY4Pk9U/s1600-h/DSC000593.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00059" border="0" alt="DSC00059" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kvo0Tldgazo/T7gOSK3i_dI/AAAAAAAACu0/FGPKIT9juxU/DSC00059_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Of course my Bob had no trouble fitting right in…here he and Albert “Gopher” Matus are getting something worked out…we will all sleep better tonight.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--vLjtq7dtCU/T7gOSjkROzI/AAAAAAAACu8/zncWrL0DwK8/s1600-h/DSC000603.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00060" border="0" alt="DSC00060" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9Yc2OvW9b5A/T7gOTER8BEI/AAAAAAAACvE/DGbRAakRsZE/DSC00060_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-h2I0SsWm5sM/T7gOTierMDI/AAAAAAAACvI/XxPzruiphhM/s1600-h/DSC000623.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00062" border="0" alt="DSC00062" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6535MJeo9Jw/T7gOUX8H1nI/AAAAAAAACvU/uncuMOAhfOc/DSC00062_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">That’s my friend Jane Marek seated looking up and speaking with Diana Watson.  Jane is a quilter and knows all the quilt shops near Caldwell.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FrCbneT6g9k/T7gOUm9dAdI/AAAAAAAACvY/IdAv9rZOcbc/s1600-h/DSC000643.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00064" border="0" alt="DSC00064" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5JxvNrqgVxs/T7gOVWW5SJI/AAAAAAAACvk/XCBzDPhgRAI/DSC00064_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4fXU4tiBxQA/T7gOV3RlVJI/AAAAAAAACvo/EcLdhs-Coyc/s1600-h/DSC000673.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC00067" border="0" alt="DSC00067" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-f33hui2hPpo/T7gOWbwqRiI/AAAAAAAACv0/WPyLlOAdNdo/DSC00067_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Please notice the letter jacket, number 48, draped on the chair to the right…that is the jacket David Jones earned playing football at CHS. When he arrived at the party wearing it someone said that only David would still have his letter jacket and only David would be able to still fit into theirs.  The gentleman in the center front, Kenneth Key, has a claim to fame…his son, David Key, is a professional team roper and was the national champion a few years ago…or was it world champion!  Oops, anyway, if you are into rodeo you will recognize David Key’s name.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">A good time was had by all…we had planned on pulling out of Caldwell the next day but ended up staying another week in order to have some dental work done and get back to the quilt shops…Jane made me go!  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">A great time was had by all.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-6757182519703762122012-05-09T19:05:00.001-07:002012-05-09T19:05:39.048-07:00Mardi Gras in Alabama May 9, 2012<p> </p> <p>Okay, so we are back to Alabama…it’s February and it’s Mardi Gras!  (Remember I am still trying to catch up.)  First you need to remember that Mardi Gras did not originate in New Orleans but in Mobile, AL.  </p> <p>Bob and I decided to join Escapees…a club made up of RVers…yeah I know, another one.  To try to make a long story short…the Escapees have a park in Summerdale, AL which is about 8 miles from the park we winter at in Fairhope, AL.  Escapees are, to put it mildly, a fun loving group of people who are never idle.  Mardi Gras is the largest celebration the park, Rainbow Plantation, has during the year.  They elect a queen and a king…and here they are making their entrance to one of the activities.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BDSP3AQnrqc/T6siNqycbgI/AAAAAAAACqA/jpX2jQp8A_o/s1600-h/DSC09887%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="The king and queen make their entrance." border="0" alt="The king and queen make their entrance." src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JHTbjUugHfU/T6siOAJdC5I/AAAAAAAACqI/NgeS7dwLZT0/DSC09887_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="426" height="323" /></a></p> <p>And the jester…</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nNng21Yby6U/T6siOpC-5SI/AAAAAAAACqQ/tDCOCNn7QFw/s1600-h/DSC09885%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="The court jester." border="0" alt="The court jester." src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l0fp3WDcPng/T6siPP1CrSI/AAAAAAAACqY/3ElDOlpRBdY/DSC09885_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="431" height="327" /></a></p> <p>Our great cook that plans and oversees all of our meals at Rainbow Plantation…you can see what a sophisticated group this is.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jEm_8nikNAs/T6siPphkLQI/AAAAAAAACqg/rKZUyAJV3q8/s1600-h/DSC09904%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Our illustrious cook...Larry." border="0" alt="Our illustrious cook...Larry." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xKR3wJzGG6c/T6siQKz7LKI/AAAAAAAACqo/RZo5-3Tpptc/DSC09904_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="325" /></a></p> <p>Why, we even had The Chenilles performing one night.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jHpyHeYnWII/T6siQqF2Y5I/AAAAAAAACqs/ORez4IouTQA/s1600-h/DSC09891%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09891" border="0" alt="DSC09891" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AvBu3hvD-FU/T6siRWDv3qI/AAAAAAAACq0/LINjYonx9mE/DSC09891_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="295" /></a></p> <p>Besides fun and games, this group does a lot of charitable work.  Some of the ladies got together and made 15 quilts in one day and donated them to the sheriff’s department for the boy’s home that they sponsor.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hTKRVXYJ5wo/T6siR-uwayI/AAAAAAAACq8/cN5x2PoQTe0/s1600-h/DSC09961%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Everyone had a job." border="0" alt="Everyone had a job." src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LPBRV1WoU4o/T6siSrOokoI/AAAAAAAACrI/EeDdhC0mzA4/DSC09961_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="330" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DtaKCVqFlzs/T6siTTUILeI/AAAAAAAACrQ/7prwQ3DsvVs/s1600-h/DSC09965%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="We needed a little foot action to get these quilts done!" border="0" alt="We needed a little foot action to get these quilts done!" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9RSLvTuZM5s/T6siT-iszHI/AAAAAAAACrY/3i2bhWomoJc/DSC09965_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="436" height="331" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8D8rhRK4veE/T6siUGr3YHI/AAAAAAAACrg/18FLRsoQtkw/s1600-h/DSC09957%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="These ladies were cutting fabric from old shirts." border="0" alt="These ladies were cutting fabric from old shirts." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hmjNVU6f7Ds/T6siUlelflI/AAAAAAAACro/GLwoZscNV50/DSC09957_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="336" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BTTGtfEPORI/T6siVGhW95I/AAAAAAAACrw/o8IUwt3Zq_A/s1600-h/DSC09962%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09962" border="0" alt="DSC09962" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-15qahqky4Og/T6siVZZSdBI/AAAAAAAACr4/b0tiHJ2gKqM/DSC09962_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="337" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eLpwvyzUA1s/T6siV9JuppI/AAAAAAAACsA/8mqWr5PmanE/s1600-h/DSC09953%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="We even had some guys helping out." border="0" alt="We even had some guys helping out." src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5LTq7iN1MU8/T6siWY982zI/AAAAAAAACsI/YHppu_CDrZs/DSC09953_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="335" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aykMb470ln8/T6siW94M6yI/AAAAAAAACsQ/hS9HwV_X5tM/s1600-h/DSC09963%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Can't you just hear the Wiz..."Faster ladies, faster"." border="0" alt="Can't you just hear the Wiz..."Faster ladies, faster"." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--gFii1WD3zU/T6siXK-TjNI/AAAAAAAACsY/d-qidUvIvYk/DSC09963_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="336" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ULTuBSdQVYM/T6siXq4mZEI/AAAAAAAACsg/4gm_eNYqO_o/s1600-h/DSC09958%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Mary giving directions." border="0" alt="Mary giving directions." src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fZ72MpE5St0/T6siYI-d28I/AAAAAAAACso/iJhd_3RsROU/DSC09958_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="443" height="336" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-SgtaAKrHhTY/T6siYQ5qxQI/AAAAAAAACsw/zu_noPCxNcM/s1600-h/DSC09952%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="One down, fourteen more to go!" border="0" alt="One down, fourteen more to go!" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XxlTTBRWahE/T6siYxvMWYI/AAAAAAAACs4/7g1tLx4p8HE/DSC09952_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="339" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TYMjGJjmFRA/T6siZT6-EwI/AAAAAAAACtA/MoZIg8_7Nyo/s1600-h/DSC09955%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="The sewing machines were whirring." border="0" alt="The sewing machines were whirring." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-07MgQ3xQnbE/T6siZinVmEI/AAAAAAAACtI/Etfzc9vCUTw/DSC09955_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="339" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S4pcDH3OIvA/T6siaDmO_rI/AAAAAAAACtQ/ADaAu1LznR4/s1600-h/DSC09960%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Making squares for the quilts for the boys." border="0" alt="Making squares for the quilts for the boys." src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GhXsgaO_olU/T6siaiOPw3I/AAAAAAAACtY/bOo0GJmPg64/DSC09960_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="337" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qyiSEE4nrBs/T6sia-Mu85I/AAAAAAAACtg/mVdQqLTKPY0/s1600-h/DSC09951%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="What...you mean they were supposed to go the other way!" border="0" alt="What...you mean they were supposed to go the other way!" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CC8GhKd0HiU/T6sibvEvrLI/AAAAAAAACto/wnVgFzzLIb0/DSC09951_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="445" height="338" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pj7luMPpuRc/T6sib87y4iI/AAAAAAAACtw/43KHN8SKQWQ/s1600-h/DSC09956%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Getting the fabrics pressed before going to the cutting area." border="0" alt="Getting the fabrics pressed before going to the cutting area." src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iEjypIJb--g/T6sicFe41nI/AAAAAAAACt4/PQ441u-ebBs/DSC09956_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="332" /></a></p> <p>Some of the guys pitched in also as you can see.  It was a busy day.</p> <p>Moving on.</p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-39873267753576509052012-05-08T18:56:00.001-07:002012-05-08T18:56:10.737-07:00We’re Back May 4, 2012<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I can’t believe I have not blogged since December of last year but it seems that is the case.  So here we go…finished working at Amazon.com on Dec. 23 and headed for the Dallas, TX area where we spent a wonderful Christmas with Bob’s two brothers and sisters-in-law and Gayle’s children and grandchildren…had a wonderful time. Just so you know the Moore boys…John, the youngest is on the left, Jim the middle boy is…drum roll…in the middle and of course my sweetie Bob, the oldest, on the right.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JvjWfYGMlmQ/T6nOgySkbsI/AAAAAAAACnM/36qiZIXbGPg/s1600-h/DSC09753%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Jan, Julie, Gayle, me, John, Jim and Bob...The Moores." border="0" alt="Jan, Julie, Gayle, me, John, Jim and Bob...The Moores." src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C7BlFcb84qE/T6nOhdK7j8I/AAAAAAAACnU/9ylTHVp6jxc/DSC09753_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="337" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"> Then down to the Austin area to visit with my sister and her family.  Got some doctor stuff done and headed to Lake Charles, LA to see our good friends, Susan and Mark Didelot, not sure why I did not get a picture, it was so good to see them…then we were off to Red Bay, AL for our annual service appointment with Tiffin Motorhomes and Red Bay Diesel. </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Friends, Art and Geri (on either side of me) were starting their new job as campground hosts at the Tiffin service center CG…we worked at Amazon together.  Then we discovered that our friends, Joe and Jan Lawrence who we had not seen in several years were also in the Tiffin campground.  You just can’t get away from us RVers.  We all enjoyed dinner together one night.  </font><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Bwruf-Ssb9s/T6nOh_C3QZI/AAAAAAAACnc/QImNmzFhd0A/s1600-h/DSC09796%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Geri, me, Art, Joe, Jan and Bob at the xxxxxx." border="0" alt="Geri, me, Art, Joe, Jan and Bob at the xxxxxx." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/---Jlpk3JOFM/T6nOiihXrGI/AAAAAAAACnk/R4rWD6cmuxo/DSC09796_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="335" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Finished up with all of that and pointed the Phaeton south to spend a few months at Coastal Haven RV Park in Fairhope, Al.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">When we got there we found our fearless leader, Linda Saunders, whipping up goodies for us…Linda doesn’t quilt but she makes sure we don’t hungry during our sewing sessions…thanks so much Linda.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dq5JZA8BtfE/T6nOjhmT3-I/AAAAAAAACns/pp8UvAqTCcQ/s1600-h/DSC09817%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09817" border="0" alt="DSC09817" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N3-u7oBaN-0/T6nOkD1WQsI/AAAAAAAACn0/yW4MMDLweTA/DSC09817_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a>This was our fourth winter in southern Alabama.  Had a wonderful time visiting with friends, eating so much shrimp and quilting with the ladies at CH. <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FF4_WQdHlmQ/T6nOkuevN4I/AAAAAAAACn8/pcQuccrgdEo/s1600-h/DSC09866%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Another great meal at Coastal Haven." border="0" alt="Another great meal at Coastal Haven." src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0eo28HhbmBM/T6nOlSrTSaI/AAAAAAAACoE/7R6Y98n-Eeo/DSC09866_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="353" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Elise and Margie showing off one of Elise’s quilt tops.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MKN1eC6ZXwI/T6nOmBE6gEI/AAAAAAAACoM/mwCEw_RHE1M/s1600-h/DSC09812%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09812" border="0" alt="DSC09812" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IrM-Q8aPiMI/T6nOm4bcmpI/AAAAAAAACoU/OIe2RqXREzw/DSC09812_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="460" height="349" /></a></p> <p>Bonni and Linda making some big decision…like where to go for lunch!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ta_PeeOuXGM/T6nOndIfPLI/AAAAAAAACoc/x5AVRw9BeGA/s1600-h/DSC09815%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09815" border="0" alt="DSC09815" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cJNYC76Zz-M/T6nOoHrTaKI/AAAAAAAACok/LpPU0ymJCPM/DSC09815_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="349" /></a></p> <p>The Wiz and me showing off one of the quilt tops I finished.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FWnudJ5weYM/T6nOonssVzI/AAAAAAAACos/R_CFxVCwHs4/s1600-h/DSC09980%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="The Wiz and I have completed a quilt top...ready to go to the quilter lady." border="0" alt="The Wiz and I have completed a quilt top...ready to go to the quilter lady." src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RgSgyhnTMDE/T6nOpV6XiCI/AAAAAAAACo0/mAnbcq7DMoY/DSC09980_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="458" height="348" /></a></p> <p>Joan, Dodi and Sandy with one of their quilted hot pads.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YQ-Pyd7AKUA/T6nOpumEVlI/AAAAAAAACo8/ORlAllxGEJQ/s1600-h/DSC09813%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09813" border="0" alt="DSC09813" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sazBxrTwo7E/T6nOqdig0uI/AAAAAAAACpE/00K_5jvXjFo/DSC09813_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="457" height="347" /></a></p> <p>Deanne and Eleanor sharing a machine during one of our classes.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BBHBzUCHsrY/T6nOqtzNh5I/AAAAAAAACpM/BV-g65wCc44/s1600-h/DSC09814%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09814" border="0" alt="DSC09814" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qasOpByEsgw/T6nOrczYSYI/AAAAAAAACpU/7z3wiYZK45M/DSC09814_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="458" height="348" /></a></p> <p>The Wiz is helping me work on my “mystery quilt”.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_S1VMgKvtRg/T6nOr-V2KjI/AAAAAAAACpc/CZ-sPXBT9EQ/s1600-h/DSC09967%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="The Wiz and I working on a quilt for my sister at Coastal Haven." border="0" alt="The Wiz and I working on a quilt for my sister at Coastal Haven." src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v-qp0nPdSsA/T6nOssqg91I/AAAAAAAACpk/FD8nhpDKmaw/DSC09967_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="457" height="347" /></a></p> <p>Mary Lawrence giving Rosanne some further instruction during one of our classes.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ReSUTsB6l8M/T6nOtD5NMeI/AAAAAAAACps/YKouuPVicpY/s1600-h/DSC09823%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC09823" border="0" alt="DSC09823" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-275w4O55wrg/T6nOuWr4cgI/AAAAAAAACp0/zh590mmgnAE/DSC09823_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="350" /></a></p> <p>Sally…where are you…I don’t seem to have a picture of you with one of your beautiful creations…my bad!</p> <p> More to come so stay tuned…Moving On.</p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-31300667197030860782011-12-01T00:50:00.001-08:002011-12-01T00:50:55.804-08:00December 1, 2011<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Can you believe it is already December…we will be saying good-bye to 2011 and hello to 2012 very shortly.   Hope you have all been making your Christmas lists and checking them twice for Santa…you gotta believe.  And what about black Friday and cyber Monday?  Did everyone get the bargains they were looking for?  We decided that until the retailers starting including diesel, food and insurance in their holiday sales there was not one thing we needed.  Flying J, Kroger, AARP…do you hear me???????</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">We have started the push at Amazon.com…we have started working 11 hour days, rather nights, and have also added one more day to the work week so we are putting in 60 hours a week…well, I am trying.  We are “scheduled” (this is Amazon.com speak for mandatory) to work 50 hours this week with another 10 hours optional.  Also Amazon.com won’t let us work more than 6 days in a row…isn’t that special.  I wish you could see the Amazon.com distribution center that we work at…they have one million square feet…the original building belonged to Golden Books.  I will certainly be glad when December 24 rolls around and we exit the building for the last time but there are things we will miss.  Our little group that sits together for breaks and lunch is so much fun…we do laugh a lot.  We are all pickers and love to find out what interesting items we have each picked for customer orders…believe me you can get ANYTHING at Amazon.com…ANYTHING.  So much for work.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">We had a great Thanksgiving…we actually caught a break and did not have to go in to work until 10:30 pm.  That gave us enough time to have a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with friends Dan and Rita.  Rita brought the turkey and pumpkin pie and I provided the rest.  Everything was so good…especially being able to enjoy our time with good friends…we met Rita and Dan at Adventureland in 2005 and have seen each other at least once a year since then.  Last year we had Thanksgiving dinner at their place…I think it is a great tradition. </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"> </font><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-i2jDObrTcJA/Ttc_7ENJbAI/AAAAAAAACm8/BJFdy8kYrC8/s1600-h/003%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="003" border="0" alt="003" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iY3JRZogyN0/Ttc_75_G3vI/AAAAAAAACnE/taTo9Js0vxU/003_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="432" height="328" /></font></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Weather has turned cold at night…Bob has had to scrape ice from our windshield when we got off of work at 4:30 am a couple of times…lowest has been 18 degrees one night but the days are just beautiful.</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-24527713629766342932011-11-20T19:06:00.001-08:002011-11-20T19:06:58.920-08:00Not Much Going On…November 20, 2011<p> </p> <p>     <font face="Comic Sans MS">Just checking in…not much happening in Coffeyville, Kansas…we are still hanging in there at Amazon.com.  Only 5 more weeks to go…they are starting to bring on more and more people…ramping up for “peak”.  Pretty soon we will be running over each other…especially as we are pickers.  If we are picking in an area where other people are stowing product, we pretty much have the right of way.  After all, you great people placing those orders with Amazon.com don’t receive your product until we can get it picked and on the way to shipping…we have the power!</font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">When we got off of work at 3:30 am on Saturday a group of us made our weekly trek to the doughnut shop…can’t go to a club for happy hour so it’s doughnuts for us.  We probably had about 14 or so this week…as I said, there’s not much going on right now.  Anyway, we got home about 5:00 and hit the sack for a couple of hours…well, I was up by 7:00 am but Bob slept on until early afternoon.  There was a craft show starting at 8:30 and some friends and I wanted to go early so we could then go home and get some serious sleep.  Unfortunately, Jean had come down with a sinus infection and just was not up to making the show but Deb Gray and I followed through and met at the show.  It was pretty small but it was nice just to have something to do.  Here we are with other friends, Dan and Rita, who were also there. </font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS"> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lypgxryIj3I/Tsm3JK56MKI/AAAAAAAACmc/BGcCFhMxNhE/s1600-h/November%25252019%25252C%2525202011%252520001%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="November 19, 2011 001" border="0" alt="November 19, 2011 001" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rhYjLDm0egQ/Tsm66New67I/AAAAAAAACmk/xqX2nbvymB0/November%25252019%25252C%2525202011%252520001_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="457" height="347" /></a></font></p> <p>Deb and I decided to go on to Chetopa, Ok to see what was going on at the annual Pecan Festival.  Did not take long to make our way through the arts and crafts and then we were on our way back to Coffeyville.  So after a short nap  Bob and I drove to the small…I mean really small…I mean tiny, tiny community of Liberty to have beer and burgers at a local…er, establishment called Jack’s.  The real highlight is that they have a pool tournament on Saturday nights.  I do have to say it was a nice time with Deb and Paul and Barb and Bubby and the burgers are wonderful.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m7y_jkviZqY/Tsm67WxrF_I/AAAAAAAACms/yr8EV15sURs/s1600-h/November%25252019%25252C%2525202011%252520007%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="November 19, 2011 007" border="0" alt="November 19, 2011 007" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PRpPV1E9m6o/TsnAQB2iRzI/AAAAAAAACm0/BZRT7d-_eqs/November%25252019%25252C%2525202011%252520007_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="352" /></a></p> <p>Weather has been cold today so we have done nothing but sleep and watch TV.  Back to work tomorrow evening…remember, only 5 more weeks to go.</p> <p>Moving on.</p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-79188366320146494392011-11-06T23:26:00.001-08:002011-11-06T23:26:47.143-08:00Sunday October 7, 2011<p> </p> <p>Things are going pretty well as we continue to work at Amazon.com here in Coffeyville, Kansas.  We have both had colds but Bob is back to normal and I am almost there…quite a few of us have been sick.</p> <p>Weather continues to be nice…we had a couple of nights below freezing but mostly good weather.  I do have to say that yesterday we felt the effects of the earthquake that struck north/central Oklahoma.  There was a quake in the early morning hours and then last night we were watching the local news out of Tulsa when the motorhome started swaying…the newscaster announced that Tulsa had just experienced another earthquake and that it was stronger than the one they had early that morning.  It only lasted a few seconds and if we had not heard the news cast we probably would have thought it was a strong gust of wind.  Tulsa is about 70 miles south of Coffeyville…we are right on the Kansas/Oklahoma line.</p> <p>We had to work Halloween night but Cissy got to go out and parade around the RV park in her Halloween costume that afternoon…she was so cute!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-V-VW9o7YWI8/TreIGFfINBI/AAAAAAAACkc/v4Bare9gl9c/s1600-h/013%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="013" border="0" alt="013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qnywQSRVrpQ/TreIGgE6HFI/AAAAAAAACkk/Ns5MWEhrMVE/013_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="339" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XhiB5KaAntQ/TreIG-ouh7I/AAAAAAAACks/7KRCf61HbEE/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-v_nwDFAJaDk/TreIHo1XXPI/AAAAAAAACk0/h-tfYcbelfo/image_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="233" height="326" /></a></p> <p>Friday night we were sent home at lunch time (10:00 pm) from Amazon…there was a problem with the water, or lack of, so they closed the entire building.  Several of us went to the Pizza Hut to eat and enjoy our unexpected time off.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JIVDNB22j-w/TreIIF4cUuI/AAAAAAAACk8/a3w5Q0xFWPI/s1600-h/Pizza%252520Hut%2525202011%252520%2525232%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Pizza Hut 2011 #2" border="0" alt="Pizza Hut 2011 #2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AffDeFI8QNI/TreIIlFb2aI/AAAAAAAAClE/P4DYoX2VPGw/Pizza%252520Hut%2525202011%252520%2525232_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="355" height="280" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DuWVC-5q68M/TreII58OvvI/AAAAAAAAClM/BvBoQujO7W8/s1600-h/Pizza%252520Hut%2525202011%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Pizza Hut 2011" border="0" alt="Pizza Hut 2011" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QqPR82QEQDY/TreIJdTjLSI/AAAAAAAAClU/0u7PCLWbHkg/Pizza%252520Hut%2525202011_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="345" height="272" /></a></p> <p>I have to learn how to transfer pictures from my phone to my computer without them coming out so poorly…sorry guys.  </p> <p>Today we drove to Pawhuska, OK…did not really start out to go there but that’s where we ended up.  Interesting…it is home to the Osage Nation.  The town is small…around 3,000 people and not very pretty.  I did think the Episcopal Church was attractive.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2TvyHdlqIpk/TreIJ46oWsI/AAAAAAAAClc/LWLUMkVVoQk/s1600-h/017%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="017" border="0" alt="017" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KZCG2c2uecg/TreIKlWvCPI/AAAAAAAAClk/t6C8cw3sB2A/017_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="335" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gwvh26PI0tU/TreIKywz_XI/AAAAAAAACls/k-q3Tc3anl4/s1600-h/019%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="019" border="0" alt="019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-diyvg6wCPMk/TreILXWf6lI/AAAAAAAACl0/hQvN2KctDjM/019_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="438" height="333" /></a></p> <p>I think there was a church on almost every corner in town.</p> <p>Pawhuska is supposedly the site of the first Boy Scout troop in America…1909.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sSsAyYx0O7Y/TreILyMR33I/AAAAAAAACl8/1pyadTZcqtY/s1600-h/020%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="020" border="0" alt="020" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--u9zhCm847s/TreIMr-2W6I/AAAAAAAACmE/8T0cC2IrQTU/020_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="337" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9RAyYpDoKyw/TreINAM1QnI/AAAAAAAACmM/qtP0CBOgo_Y/s1600-h/021%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="021" border="0" alt="021" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8d8RTaJpGeE/TreINWvhFjI/AAAAAAAACmU/nMA5wcMrlnQ/021_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a></p> <p>On our way home we stopped in Bartlesville, OK and spent about an hour at the Osage Casino…not winners tonight.</p> <p>Moving on.</p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-83448768060600857702011-10-02T22:28:00.001-07:002011-10-02T22:28:47.138-07:00October 2, 2011 Coffeyville, Kansas<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Time flies when you are having fun…now if I was just having fun!!!   Awww, I can’t really say that.  Tomorrow night we start our third week of working at Amazon.com in Coffeyville, Kansas.  Bob and I are both picking this year and staying very busy and walking a bunch…I mean a bunch.  My feet have been killing me so we made a trip to Brown’s shoe store on Wednesday and bought new shoes, orthotics and socks…well, I now have happy feet!  I actually came home Thursday and Friday mornings and my feet were not throbbing…yippee.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">When we got off of work on Friday, several of us met at the local Daylight Donut shop…they open at 4:00 am.  My friend Carolyn says our meeting there is like most people that go to a bar for a drink on Friday afternoons…this is the closest we can get to that concept.  You take your kicks where you can get them in Coffeyville.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Saturday is always great because it is a day off…I didn’t get up until around 1:00 pm, got ready and headed off to Wal-Mart.  Home again and started preparing a hash brown casserole.  The owners of the RV park we are in, Buckeye RV Estates, were having a cookout for everyone with them furnishing the hamburgers and hotdogs and fixings and everyone contributing a covered dish…well some of the dishes weren’t covered.  There were about 70 or so people there, everyone had a good time and the food was awesome.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Dueling grills.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GlceNVOmcpw/TolH7eaTuII/AAAAAAAACj8/dnphQ7uO52I/s1600-h/108%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="108" border="0" alt="108" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vbX8lbAPP7w/TolH8s21n6I/AAAAAAAACkA/yW9mytw5fUI/108_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">By the time everyone arrived the tables were loaded with food.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HagJSwu-xm0/TolH9HnP9DI/AAAAAAAACkE/4-6NXj9Gh5c/s1600-h/114%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="114" border="0" alt="114" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-n-uH621va7s/TolH-TDV-uI/AAAAAAAACkI/j16w9i6Djws/114_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></font></p> <p> <hr /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-W3u-l1QHdsM/TolH_ZOXnVI/AAAAAAAACkM/AuA8ku64L-U/s1600-h/119%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="119" border="0" alt="119" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CqXuxYQrEAk/TolIAcDsLUI/AAAAAAAACkQ/O-YYTfkSEMU/119_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Our friend Rita was presenting an RVers flashlight to a couple that is leaving so they can find their way back to Buckeye…it was really cute…I believe it was a toilet paper cardboard roll with matches taped all around it.  Way to go Rita.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wza-vjRMmHM/TolIBiXOYzI/AAAAAAAACkU/zIj9te9FdQs/s1600-h/121%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="121" border="0" alt="121" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WNEK2zbNxYI/TolIDHjWUPI/AAAAAAAACkY/dRGApmRodt0/121_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="383" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Some of the guys built a campfire when it started to cool down but Bob and I decided to make our exit as there were several college football games on TV that we wanted to watch.  Got home, we each claimed a sofa and got ready for some great football…ten minutes later we were both sound asleep.  Oh well, so much for time off.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Sunday was pretty much a repeat as far as resting went.  I did manage to cook breakfast about 2:00 pm, did lots of laundry and then got in some fishing for about an hour or so while Bob sat outside and read with Miss Cissy sleeping by his chair.  She was very tired.  It was a good day for the Moores.  Back to work tomorrow night.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-68056157945886678062011-09-03T08:30:00.001-07:002011-09-03T08:30:32.507-07:00Friday September 2, 2011<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Our time to leave Colorado is fast approaching…this is the last weekend that our campground will be open…we lock the gates on Monday at 1:00 pm.  We should be completely full for the next 4 days…this is good because it means we won’t be cleaning sites every morning…most people coming in will be here until Monday.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We have had a lot going on this summer with Bob’s situation and the passing of our sweet Little Buddy Moore but bottom line is that we have enjoyed our time here at Peak One Campground.  Our campers have been wonderful…there are always one or two stinkers but mostly good.  The area is just beautiful and Bob has really enjoyed the root beer floats from A&W.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">My sister and brother-in-law came in from Texas this past weekend to spend a few days with us…and to beat the 100+ degree temps that are having at home.  We drove over Loveland Pass and I got this picture of Tom and Bob.  It was quite chilly at that altitude…I hurried back to the car after snapping the picture.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-uKstSB-bKno/TmJH8-PeleI/AAAAAAAACjU/lEPtFZRGBRQ/s1600-h/0104.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="010" border="0" alt="010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KH5uKBtUZ_M/TmJH9zg9LlI/AAAAAAAACjY/G7k9tgp6-Iw/010_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="330" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Another day we headed south of Frisco to Buena Vista, CO…a nice little town with a cute historic district…luckily Bob was able to find some Blue Bell ice cream to keep up his strength.  While riding around, Tom spotted what he first thought was some yard statuary…but then it moved!<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LOmAFSKuhFM/TmJH-rFlSjI/AAAAAAAACjc/U8bgNeIWmcw/s1600-h/0264.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="026" border="0" alt="026" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6DB8rG7JGjs/TmJIAVO4R0I/AAAAAAAACjg/NMWrTCk4F9g/026_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="445" height="338" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-faB4HRJ7_vk/TmJIBB8hpeI/AAAAAAAACjk/vkDd-tPWK_E/s1600-h/0279.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="027" border="0" alt="027" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-To4F4Azl5e0/TmJICDLrelI/AAAAAAAACjo/g5fLD0T63mo/027_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="446" height="339" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The gentleman that owned the house came out and shook more apples from the tree for the mule deer.  He told us that he had lived there for 2 years and the deer keeps coming back to eat…he actually touched the deer on the antlers and got him to eat out of his hand.  He said that as soon as the animal starts to shed the velvet on his rack, he would not get close to him as the deer would start to get aggressive because it would be rutting season for him.  It was so cool to be able to get this close to see this animal.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">It was a tough day for Tom and Cissy…<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7ydFc1JFs0c/TmJICxAZTFI/AAAAAAAACjs/UHwHZ7ZqjM8/s1600-h/029%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="029" border="0" alt="029" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2hd1txJgioU/TmJIDnM7WQI/AAAAAAAACjw/B_1uyye1OQE/029_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="349" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We have had no reports of any bear in our area all summer but in the paper earlier this week there were reports of 2 bear sightings within just a few miles of the campground.  Unfortunately one of the bears was killed on I-70 at the Frisco exit which is only 2.5 miles from us.  The other report was of a sow and her 3 cubs…the sow was also killed on the highway and 2 of the cubs panicked and climbed a utility pole and were electrocuted…the third cub was captured and removed from the area.  We have hundreds of ground squirrels (look like chipmunks to us) and black crows but that has been about it for wildlife…we did see 2 rabbits late one night in the campground.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We have worked with some great people this summer…meet “the kids”  Jim and Betty…they are a part of our maintenance team.  They are our hippies…they live in a converted school bus named Rocket, use an outside shower and have been sleeping in a tent all summer.  Jim runs the bus on used grease that he collects from a couple of businesses.  They are so cool!  </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TQtk_jLCmNE/TmJIEKjiqWI/AAAAAAAACj0/TZxDO_vWATI/s1600-h/2011-07-27%25252013.02.23%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="2011-07-27 13.02.23" border="0" alt="2011-07-27 13.02.23" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gII73ps8oeA/TmJIFlaClbI/AAAAAAAACj4/gIVa6zxn41o/2011-07-27%25252013.02.23_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="339" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-46706288167448742002011-08-15T16:43:00.001-07:002011-08-15T16:43:21.114-07:00Surprise, surprise! August 15, 2011<p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3">I can’t even remember when I last posted so if I repeat myself just be gracious and bear with me.  </font></p> <p><font size="3">We arrived in Frisco, CO and began our camp hosting job at Peak One Campground around the 20th of May.  We have had a good summer but have been very, very busy with everything that goes on in the campground…we oversee 28 sites which is just enough for me.  We take care of cleaning the sites when a camper leaves, the bathrooms and lots and lots of paperwork.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Arial">We have also had some personal things going on…at 11:00 am on June 28 we had to let our Little Buddy Moore go to sleep…he had gotten to where he had not eaten in several days and was not able to even keep a sip of water down.  We spent the entire day of the 27th at the vet’s office trying to make things better but by the next morning it was evident that this was not to be.  Our little guy will always be with us in spirit and in our hearts.</font><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-79MGbZgnGVQ/TkmugzaY0AI/AAAAAAAACh0/Wp9wJLZ866s/s1600-h/Little%252520Buddy%252520Moore%25252006-11-2009%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Little Buddy Moore 06-11-2009" border="0" alt="Little Buddy Moore 06-11-2009" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-d7PFvF70qq0/TkmuikR_1TI/AAAAAAAACh4/v1_IZTh_Lb4/Little%252520Buddy%252520Moore%25252006-11-2009_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="470" height="357" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3">At the same time, Bob was going through a really weird situation.  He, as a pedestrian, was hit by a travel trailer that was coming into the campground.  Long story short…he was knocked unconscious…had a CT scan at the ER to confirm that he had a concussion…referred to an internist because the CT scan revealed that Bob had hydrocephalus and the ER doctor felt he had had it for a long time.  Internist ordered a spinal tap…then referred Bob to a neurosurgeon in Denver.  He ordered an MRI and final diagnosis is that yes, Bob does indeed have hydrocephalus and was probably born with it…his ventricles are “huge” per the neurosurgeon.  Final word is that they don’t want to put a shunt in as they feel Bob has compensated for this all through his life and they are afraid the shunt might do more harm than good.  This is good news as far as we are concerned…at least we now know to watch for certain things that might…key word is might…take place or may never happen.  They are betting that things probably won’t change for Bob…thank you God for a great report.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Now for the fun things…we actually took the time to have our first campfire last week and treat ourselves to s,mores!  I thought Bob was going to OD on them…Carolyn thinks she outdid him but I am not sure.  We had a great evening with our friends and co-hosts, Carolyn and Roy and friends Nelda and Jim who are hosting at another campground not far from us.</font><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SgMwJ5ADoBY/Tkmuj6fHsCI/AAAAAAAACh8/77XPesRz2Ms/s1600-h/001%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="001" border="0" alt="001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lSCBdM08sz0/Tkmum-c-BvI/AAAAAAAACiA/XXLuTPPRthI/001_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="366" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VZ_PRGqWse0/Tkmuppf8urI/AAAAAAAACiE/bXftD9nw4eU/s1600-h/002%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="002" border="0" alt="002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MjbLI49DMqk/Tkmutkx_sTI/AAAAAAAACiI/TNkEoLnjqss/002_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="483" height="367" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8V7aeOM6yj8/Tkmuus-EKvI/AAAAAAAACiM/cb6hVhhE6M0/s1600-h/003%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="003" border="0" alt="003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CZtDO4tWUG4/Tkmuv19rR5I/AAAAAAAACiQ/mlTLiyeutoA/003_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="485" height="368" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FcfTc0XcFSE/TkmuxfIE8XI/AAAAAAAACiU/pV0MqIXPNnA/s1600-h/007%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="007" border="0" alt="007" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uASR7fmwlXA/Tkmuz3aZS3I/AAAAAAAACiY/wwAGJ7SIO0w/007_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="480" height="364" /></a></p> <p><font size="3">Cissy says “ Whatdyamean there aren’t any more?”</font><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-b_VEUR-tLRk/Tkmu1Y1pg4I/AAAAAAAACic/s3NJSN_UpQE/s1600-h/006%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="006" border="0" alt="006" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--CAR8rAA1-Y/Tkmu2-IRufI/AAAAAAAACig/SJEWadjgyfI/006_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="481" height="365" /></a></p> <p><font size="3">We had three gentlemen camping with us the other night from Arkansas…hope you can see the little brown bear that rode the whole way on the back of the motorcycle in the center…kind of hard to see.  The gentleman said the wind caused the bears arms to flap and all the kids in cars thought the bear was waving at them…they also travelled with a gnome that belonged to one of their uncles.</font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FzW7Lbmxl1s/Tkmu4e8AllI/AAAAAAAACik/Ty8SIv47sfY/s1600-h/008%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="008" border="0" alt="008" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LD6OQws4paU/Tkmu5R9zD8I/AAAAAAAACio/mwjQ2F5PLmA/008_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="449" height="341" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-EaQt25tFvvQ/Tkmu6YZfyvI/AAAAAAAACis/ssKtFhsEaB4/s1600-h/009%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="009" border="0" alt="009" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dpDEWOJ-Dpk/Tkmu8KwQGDI/AAAAAAAACiw/0b7-MyMSu_M/009_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="445" height="344" /></a></p> <p><font size="3">Today we had to come into Denver…getting new tires on the motorhome in the morning.  We are staying at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds which is located in Golden, CO…a suburb of Denver.  Nice camping area and easy to get to.  We will return to Frisco as soon as we are done tomorrow…the company we work for, Thousand Trails, is having an employee appreciation dinner tomorrow evening.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4fuR9MuN_jc/Tkmu9F1C1bI/AAAAAAAACi0/_4QlH0dXdj4/s1600-h/010%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="010" border="0" alt="010" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3zD16gclbS8/Tkmu-nSsL_I/AAAAAAAACi4/KhD2dPmYaZQ/010_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="350" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K7QU11xWJ6s/Tkmu__l9KCI/AAAAAAAACi8/oAkGPHKqPH8/s1600-h/011%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="011" border="0" alt="011" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AAavSrK0xvs/TkmvBOUGDKI/AAAAAAAACjA/xIn0QWIZh2w/011_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="460" height="349" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b61pITw3ojg/TkmvCgZH1sI/AAAAAAAACjE/wMAP0_xYgfo/s1600-h/013%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="013" border="0" alt="013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gRgO_s9ocSM/TkmvDhoQUyI/AAAAAAAACjI/E4cOIOEEoLY/013_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="350" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T9wBayL3w7Q/TkmvEudkcbI/AAAAAAAACjM/g-NBAtQeYb8/s1600-h/014%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="014" border="0" alt="014" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SQyrCWkx6Ww/TkmvF1oxDkI/AAAAAAAACjQ/OMd-6XsUk18/014_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="460" height="349" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-71414361657368048712011-05-19T06:25:00.001-07:002011-05-19T06:25:51.440-07:00May 19, 2011 Frisco, Colorado<p> </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Good Thursday morning…it’s about 6:30 am Mountain Standard Time in Frisco, Colorado.  Frisco is 80 miles west of Denver just off of I-70.  We are in the White Mountains National Forest…our campground is Heaton Bay.  Frisco is where we will be spending the next 4 months working as campgrounds hosts but Heaton Bay campground is not going to be our location…we will be about 5 miles from here at Peak One.  Peak One is on the other side of Frisco on the road to Breckenridge, CO…Breckenridge is less than 7 miles from Frisco.  But I digress…</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This is what we woke up to this morning.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TdUaSw8pM-I/AAAAAAAAChc/4WJy-n2pN_A/s1600-h/002%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="002" border="0" alt="002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TdUaUILxzBI/AAAAAAAAChg/d6kn9sUMtS0/002_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="270" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TdUaU1HhM5I/AAAAAAAAChk/3QY9MZI9YI0/s1600-h/005%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="005" border="0" alt="005" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TdUaViC6fEI/AAAAAAAACho/i2pffxTvDdM/005_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="270" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We have had temps at or below freezing at night since we got here last Sunday.  We have predictions of snow/rain for the next few days and have had snow flurries off and on all day yesterday. </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Today is our first actual day of work…at least being on the payroll.  We are not at our campground, Peak One, because they are having a problem with the water.  We have 3 loops at Peak One…Bob and I are hosting loops A & C and our friends Carolyn and Roy Trout are hosting loop B.  We drove out and checked out our loops on Tuesday and Carolyn & Roy are not even able to get into their host space due to snow.  Roy was able to drive through it because his truck has four wheel drive…there is only one bad area of snow but there is no way they could get their motorhome through it right now.  Not sure exactly when we will move…right now we have electricity but they have to bring us water and pump our tanks.  We will have full hookups once we they get Peak One up and running. </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">After spending last summer in the Black Hills National Forest in Hill City, South Dakota I have to say we were shocked when we saw this area.  We had heard that the forest here had been devastated due to pine beetles but we were not quite prepared for what we found.  Heaton Bay looks pretty good…Peak One looks worse…it is not a pretty campground at all.  I would be hard pressed to find a suitable area to pitch a tent at any of these campgrounds…they are filled with tree stumps where the Forest Service has had to cut down trees to try and stop the infestation and to clear dead trees.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I guess I should tell you that these campgrounds are located on and around Dillon Reservoir which is very pretty.  The water is low right now but the folks in the area are worried about the run off once the snow melts in the surrounding mountains and reaches the “lake”.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">The towns of Frisco, Dillon and Silverthorne sort of all run together and are very pretty…I will have more pictures soon.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This is a picture of the Dillon Lake (reservoir is too hard to keep typing) that I took the other day from one of the public areas.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">A large portion of the lake is still iced over.  </font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TdUaWQ9cDuI/AAAAAAAAChs/VTnfcefgEQk/s1600-h/129%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="129" border="0" alt="129" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TdUaXaJ8E4I/AAAAAAAAChw/EUjtVaWhWHQ/129_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="266" /></a></font>  </p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">When Bob came back in from taking the dogs out a few minutes ago, he commented that it did not feel like it was only 26 degrees…I am thinking it feels warmer because the air is so dry…but 26 is 26.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-12785758413442123652011-05-12T09:14:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:31:14.259-07:00Kentucky April 2011 Part II<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"></font></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">While in Kentucky drove to Columbus where a battle between the North and South took place.  The Confederates laid a chain across the Mississippi River with the idea that when the Yankee ships would be stopped by the chain…did not happen.  Here is James with the anchor and a part of the chain…the links were massive.  James said when he was younger, he and his friends would prove how strong they were by how many of the links they could lift off the ground…I think he said his record was thirteen.  This is a beautiful park and they also have a campground.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHAU7wgFI/AAAAAAAACf8/z_H6KZHtYBs/s1600-h/038%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="038" border="0" alt="038" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHBafE9VI/AAAAAAAACgA/WZMPcdmtlx8/038_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="458" height="348" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHB2ghwvI/AAAAAAAACgE/cZ8TXxrPSaQ/s1600-h/046%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="046" border="0" alt="046" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHDd2CzaI/AAAAAAAACgI/alMqGJ4rOZs/046_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="456" height="346" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHDzLy94I/AAAAAAAACgM/-xbj9F62LSo/s1600-h/047%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="047" border="0" alt="047" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHFOmNNuI/AAAAAAAACgQ/8FSJPquSEAU/047_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="350" /></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">These young men were to be part of a battle re-enactment that was taking place later that day in the park.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHFkW8cfI/AAAAAAAACgU/VN5MJi30Jec/s1600-h/049%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="049" border="0" alt="049" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHG0zos9I/AAAAAAAACgY/t9vXVwYvZ7g/049_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="345" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHHiSvwVI/AAAAAAAACgc/QbREBoqmHsM/s1600-h/050%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="050" border="0" alt="050" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHIxE5xuI/AAAAAAAACgg/hTeh6cIH8KM/050_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="342" /></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">We then went to Clinton, KY where we attended the first annual Chicken Festival.  They had several vendor booths and lots of food plus live music. Here are Bob, James and Sandra checking some of the wares. </font></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHJj2Ul-I/AAAAAAAACgk/OxUIfGGGDBE/s1600-h/055%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="055" border="0" alt="055" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHKYci_II/AAAAAAAACgo/6rwlPdpWwKU/055_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="462" height="351" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHKzNYqWI/AAAAAAAACgs/IIPoLt6MhrE/s1600-h/056%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="056" border="0" alt="056" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHMlAcT3I/AAAAAAAACgw/HZhJAnJSDi0/056_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="461" height="350" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHNJs0VQI/AAAAAAAACg0/iQRWEaq8yaU/s1600-h/057%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="057" border="0" alt="057" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHOYPB7CI/AAAAAAAACg4/J_yCFzT_o8w/057_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="462" height="351" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHPB38p1I/AAAAAAAACg8/XWFYdo-dUFo/s1600-h/063%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="063" border="0" alt="063" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHP_GEuiI/AAAAAAAAChA/b_4ZCXlTXco/063_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="456" height="346" /></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">And Bob makes friends wherever he goes.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHQbrwH7I/AAAAAAAAChE/xL6QCeJ_2Mc/s1600-h/060%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="060" border="0" alt="060" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHRUycGkI/AAAAAAAAChI/Kh8eiWwc0mE/060_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="464" height="352" /></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">James and Sandra used to sell funnel cakes at festivals such as this.  James thought this booth looked so much like the one he had built…and it was!  It looked much better when James built it but this is the second or third owner after he sold it.</font> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHSLlasZI/AAAAAAAAChM/7b2LGMfMnwE/s1600-h/061%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="061" border="0" alt="061" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHS-lvaPI/AAAAAAAAChQ/Horir8TccGM/061_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="470" height="357" /></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">And so it was time to say goodbye to the Chicken Festival…we hope to be back again.  Thanks to Sandra and James for all their hospitality, great food and friendship.  James even prepared homemade ice cream Sunday afternoon.  We left on Monday morning.  Goodbye Kentucky.</font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHTsYjnbI/AAAAAAAAChU/kkR2DNv4JLE/s1600-h/064%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="064" border="0" alt="064" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TcwHUuweMZI/AAAAAAAAChY/4sgvcvl6is0/064_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="473" height="359" /></a></p> <p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-91174863047405695742011-05-12T08:30:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:31:14.322-07:00Kentucky, April 2011 Part I<p> </p> <p>I know I am going backward in time…such is my life. </p> <p>After leaving Red Bay, AL we headed north to visit our friends Sandra and James at their home in Fulton, KY.  We met them at a Mardi Gras parade in Foley, AL 3 years ago…they spend the month of February on the beach in Gulf Shores, AL…actually the stay in a condo on the beach.</p> <p>They live outside of town so we had room to park the rv next their house.  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8lNei2gI/AAAAAAAACeE/KUZicSSGkO0/s1600-h/066%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="066" border="0" alt="066" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8mMC0HYI/AAAAAAAACeI/3HxsDvJ9NX8/066_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="358" /></a></p> <p>Their place is just lovely…I forgot to take a picture of their pond that is stocked with catfish and crappie.  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8mgUnjrI/AAAAAAAACeM/YUUh59nRtS4/s1600-h/067%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="067" border="0" alt="067" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8n7a7-hI/AAAAAAAACeQ/srI0e0VojRc/067_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="353" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8offwjlI/AAAAAAAACeU/tN0wUJf80zg/s1600-h/068%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="068" border="0" alt="068" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8pQluwQI/AAAAAAAACeY/3Q1Pmsld99M/068_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="353" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8qOMMQ_I/AAAAAAAACec/x_pMYVKA7FQ/s1600-h/069%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="069" border="0" alt="069" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8rR0V8fI/AAAAAAAACeg/rRkHQCEYbEQ/069_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="465" height="353" /></a></p> <p>Sandra had a great dinner prepared for us the night we got there and James even prepared homemade ice cream one day…what wonderful people and hosts they are.  </p> <p>On Saturday we travelled north to Paducah, KY for their annual quilt show.  I have to say I was truly overwhelmed by the beautiful quilts I saw…we spent most of the day there and still did not begin to see all of it.  There were quilts from all over the world but a number of them that won ribbons were from Japan…this is truly an art form.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8xLZz08I/AAAAAAAACek/MRjBgMqCqpE/s1600-h/014%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="028" border="0" alt="028" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv86jwJlOI/AAAAAAAACfQ/dAtPTZ8CeGc/028_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv87NWtVEI/AAAAAAAACfU/zF9MeWg5YUk/s1600-h/029%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="029" border="0" alt="029" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv88GjnF_I/AAAAAAAACfY/sAmt5-pNluE/029_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="292" height="389" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv88-DNAgI/AAAAAAAACfc/9dTlKcPCrQA/s1600-h/033%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="033" border="0" alt="033" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8-w39EGI/AAAAAAAACfg/TjufFpHd5BQ/033_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="438" height="333" /></a></p> <p>This was one of my favorites…</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv8_UjM_aI/AAAAAAAACfk/T5AKWZQj7D8/s1600-h/031%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="031" border="0" alt="031" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv9AUo9kxI/AAAAAAAACfo/dySxPABgRm8/031_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="291" height="393" /></a></p> <p>I had told Sandra that we have friends, Mary and Wayne Wolz from Caldwell, TX who have a business called Mary’s Patterns.  I knew they were involved with several really big quilt shows but wasn’t sure if they were still doing Paducah.  Well, golly…we turned a corner and guess who we found!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv9BI3OQyI/AAAAAAAACfs/asRlX0sETlY/s1600-h/037%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="037" border="0" alt="037" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv9B6xl4OI/AAAAAAAACfw/UcBDCCXEvGM/037_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="349" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv9CYphm2I/AAAAAAAACf0/FUAHlyiYVkY/s1600-h/034%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="034" border="0" alt="034" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv9DDtOwTI/AAAAAAAACf4/XotBgGT2Pd4/034_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="459" height="349" /></a></p> <p>Mary is so creative and talented with all of her designs.</p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-15951680924777142432011-05-12T08:00:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:31:14.379-07:00Missouri May 2011<p> </p> <p>We left Kentucky on May 2, driving in rain, rain and more rain.  We decided to head south into Tennessee even though we wanted to end up going north.  By doing this we were going to be able to come out west of St. Louis and it only added a few miles to our route.</p> <p>I feel so sorry for all these folks in this area that are experiencing the flooding…there was water everywhere and we went by several roads that were closed to traffic.  We were getting a bit worried at one point…the rain just would not stop.  Our goal was to make it to Sikeston, MO before stopping so I called the Missouri Dept. of Transportation at one point to get a road advisory.  The gentleman I spoke to told me that he lived in Sikeston and so far I-55 was open.  He advised that he could not make any promises as to what was to come but that once we got to Sikeston we might want to go on to Cape Girardeau which is about 25 miles north of Sikeston…so we plugged ahead to CG.  We ended up spending Monday and Tuesday night at Cape Camping RV Park.  It was an okay park…folks in the office were very nice.  CG is located right on the Mississippi River…duh…what were we thinking!  There is a wall that blocks the city from the water…yeah.  We bought a few things at Walmart and I was able to get a haircut…not at Walmart…and we had some pretty good Mexican food at El Torero.  </p> <p>Now about the Walmart…been there, done that.  There are not many places that we have been that we have not cared much about returning to…Rapid City, SD is the only one that comes to mind, hate, hate, hate that Walmart, and now I am adding Cape Girardeau, MO to that list…their Walmart runs a close second to RC.  The old downtown area is really cute but on .</p> <p>the whole there is just too much traffic in a small area.  I am sure there are some really great things about CG that I did not get to experience that might change my mind…but again, maybe not.  I asked the woman in the campground office about what we really needed to see in the area and it took her a while to think of anything.  The only thing she could come up with were the seawalls or I guess they are riverwalls.  There are murals all along the wall and they were nice but it took about 2 minutes to see them. </p> <p>So how many people have I offended?  Sorry if I did not have more positive things to say about CG but I have to tell it like it is…possibly someone could give me some idea of what I should have seen and done while we were there. </p> <p>We drove across the Mississippi River into Illinois.  Water everywhere.  These guys were building a levee to try to keep the water out of their business.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv1-IBOfOI/AAAAAAAACd0/92IzS7Fq_ag/s1600-h/073%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="073" border="0" alt="073" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv1_cU7npI/AAAAAAAACd4/egfXsuAAZoo/073_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" height="336" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv2AJT6IEI/AAAAAAAACd8/T84kHJfRO48/s1600-h/078%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="078" border="0" alt="078" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/Tcv2A53RdGI/AAAAAAAACeA/jgbuAJBoZzk/078_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="438" height="333" /></a></p> <p>A number of smaller roads were totally closed.</p> <p>Moving on.</p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625212388370069179.post-18870464793241613452011-05-10T07:13:00.001-07:002011-05-10T07:16:11.299-07:00Red Bay, AL… April 2011<p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This post is backtracking…trying to catch up.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">We left Coastal Haven RV park on April 20 and headed north to the Tiffin motorhome service center in Red Bay, AL to have a couple of things done to our Phaeton motorhome.  As we did not have an appointment, we were not sure just how long we would be there before being able to get into a service bay.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">But, as usual, we met some great people and formed new friendships.  And we got to eat at our favorite breakfast place in Red Bay…Jack’s.  Here we are starting with the lady in the black top…Barb, Don, Lucy, me, Bob, Carol, Mike and Tom.  Barb, Lucy and Carol are all quilters.</font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclIDD5YnUI/AAAAAAAACdU/lXIAYHDdg2c/s1600-h/0017.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="001" border="0" alt="001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclIDdLVQbI/AAAAAAAACdY/IKiqJt9SfKY/001_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="511" height="288" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">After we had breakfast, we met with these folks again and Bob asked Don, the gentleman in the red shirt, if they happened to have been in South Dakota last summer.  Don said they had…they stayed at Sheridan Lake campground where we were the hosts.  Small world department…they are from Maine.</font></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">For you Tiffin folks, this is one of the large trees at the park in downtown Red Bay.  We spent most of one night and the next day in the designated storm shelter at the Tiffin service center due to siren warnings.  Just about the time it was all clear we would start to leave and then another siren would go off.  It was a tiring experience but thankfully no one was hurt and only minor damage in Red Bay.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclID-nHWaI/AAAAAAAACdc/WpMYCcYA-rs/s1600-h/003%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="003" border="0" alt="003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclIEe8QBuI/AAAAAAAACdg/DUJkLdPJ9Cg/003_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="482" height="366" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclIEjmyXBI/AAAAAAAACdk/txUZhntwy-A/s1600-h/004%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="004" border="0" alt="004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclIE55zuyI/AAAAAAAACdo/P2eQWyXa3uk/004_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="477" height="362" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This was taken in Belmont, AL, where the Tiffin paint shop is located.  There was more damage to  buildings here but again no injuries.</font><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclIFRlCDxI/AAAAAAAACds/HedZPrWjXNM/s1600-h/010%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="010" border="0" alt="010" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6UzmK3a0Qxo/TclIFnRApbI/AAAAAAAACdw/gerzNl1BsOM/010_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="466" height="354" /></a></p> <p><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Next stop…Kentucky.  Moving on.</font></p> Bob and Vicki Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638147730622616055noreply@blogger.com0