Home at Last!
It is so good to be home after traveling so much. I've lost count of the trips to Arkansas to visit son. DH works at son's store a lot. We've also visited daughter and grandchildren in Tennessee a number of times.
Our biggest trip was in July. The two of us took the motor home to the West Coast. We went through the State of Idaho using the same route that Lewis and Clark used to get to the Pacific. That is some beautiful country! The most beautiful were places we could not get a GPS or cell phone signal, in a deep valley of the Columbia River. The National Park Service maintains some campgrounds there and I am so anxious to go back and spend a few days there again.
We weren't able to spend as much time as we wanted as my sister's daughter, was getting married in Washington State and since it is just me and my sister now, we wanted to support my niece by attending the wedding.
Daughter and grandchildren flew into Portland, Oregon and we met at my sister's home in Washington. It was a civil ceremony at the Courthouse there but I was impressed with the solemnity of it and how spiritual though non-Christian it all was.
The reception was held at a Grange hall in the small town where my sister lives. It was a very casual affair with lots of food and music. Both in their thirty's but first marriage for both. It was a joyous affair.
After the wedding, our daughter and grand-children joined us in the motorhome to explore the Olympic Peninsular and Oregon Coast. More breathtaking views! If you are ever traveling on the Oregon Coast, you must add at least 3 days to your schedule. There is so much to see that you have to keep stopping.
One stop we made was unplanned tho. Hubby started having chest pains. We were in a very small seaside town at the time. I gave him an aspirin and we found a small clinic. He was not having a heart attack, but his blood pressure was very high. They gave him something to bring it down and said they really would like to keep him overnight but they did not have a bed or cardiologist on staff. The closest facility that did was 70 miles away. Hubby said he felt fine and the chest pains had stopped and signed a release that he would not hold them responsible to letting him leave. So-o we traveled on.
Next major stop was Yellowstone National Park. One of my most favorite places on earth. If anyone doubts that the earth is really very young-that is the place to go. It brings to our attention how the earth is still in a formation stage. I feel strongly about Biblical Creation and a worldwide flood. You can really see the evidence of both at Yellowstone.
Then we dropped daughter and grandchildren off at Omaha Airport so they could get back to Chicago by a certain date. Hubby and I drove the motorhome to Iowa to visit his sister there.
I had the best corn on the cob I have ever eaten at her house. She had bought it at a neighborhood roadside stand; I think it had been picked that morning. Each cob had both white and yellow kernels and was absolutely delicious. I will forever compare corn to that now.
Traveling in the motorhome is so comfortable. No suitcases to carry in and out of motels. Your own bed, bath and kitchen. While parked at hubby's sister house we did use her shower since we were only hooking up to her electricity. And she would fix breakfast for us but hubby could fix his morning cup of coffee before getting out of the camper.
Then Hubby's sister and her hubby and grandson, followed us on to a campground near Chicago. Daughter's husband had been given a box suite at the ballpark for a night. It was my first experience in a box suite. The food and service is so much fun. Daughter's friends from Nashville had flown in too. It was like a big party while watching the White Sox win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The children also had a wonderful time. Hubby's sister seemed to really enjoy the experience too.
We had taken a train to the game and got to the station just after the next to the last train back left. We had to hang around the station and that too was a new experience for us.
I had also planned to meet up with some online friends at Schaumberg near Chicago. On Saturday, my hubby and hubby of one of the online friends went to the ball game while my friends and I hung around the pool at the motel where they were staying. It was the first time most of us had met. It is really unbelievable how close you can get to someone on line. Meeting was such a joy and seemed so natural. We still keep in touch on our little website that one of the gals had set up. It was unbelievable to get to meet so many wonderful ladies.
Well, there is more but I'm going to stop here for today.
Our biggest trip was in July. The two of us took the motor home to the West Coast. We went through the State of Idaho using the same route that Lewis and Clark used to get to the Pacific. That is some beautiful country! The most beautiful were places we could not get a GPS or cell phone signal, in a deep valley of the Columbia River. The National Park Service maintains some campgrounds there and I am so anxious to go back and spend a few days there again.
We weren't able to spend as much time as we wanted as my sister's daughter, was getting married in Washington State and since it is just me and my sister now, we wanted to support my niece by attending the wedding.
Daughter and grandchildren flew into Portland, Oregon and we met at my sister's home in Washington. It was a civil ceremony at the Courthouse there but I was impressed with the solemnity of it and how spiritual though non-Christian it all was.
The reception was held at a Grange hall in the small town where my sister lives. It was a very casual affair with lots of food and music. Both in their thirty's but first marriage for both. It was a joyous affair.
After the wedding, our daughter and grand-children joined us in the motorhome to explore the Olympic Peninsular and Oregon Coast. More breathtaking views! If you are ever traveling on the Oregon Coast, you must add at least 3 days to your schedule. There is so much to see that you have to keep stopping.
One stop we made was unplanned tho. Hubby started having chest pains. We were in a very small seaside town at the time. I gave him an aspirin and we found a small clinic. He was not having a heart attack, but his blood pressure was very high. They gave him something to bring it down and said they really would like to keep him overnight but they did not have a bed or cardiologist on staff. The closest facility that did was 70 miles away. Hubby said he felt fine and the chest pains had stopped and signed a release that he would not hold them responsible to letting him leave. So-o we traveled on.
Next major stop was Yellowstone National Park. One of my most favorite places on earth. If anyone doubts that the earth is really very young-that is the place to go. It brings to our attention how the earth is still in a formation stage. I feel strongly about Biblical Creation and a worldwide flood. You can really see the evidence of both at Yellowstone.
Then we dropped daughter and grandchildren off at Omaha Airport so they could get back to Chicago by a certain date. Hubby and I drove the motorhome to Iowa to visit his sister there.
I had the best corn on the cob I have ever eaten at her house. She had bought it at a neighborhood roadside stand; I think it had been picked that morning. Each cob had both white and yellow kernels and was absolutely delicious. I will forever compare corn to that now.
Traveling in the motorhome is so comfortable. No suitcases to carry in and out of motels. Your own bed, bath and kitchen. While parked at hubby's sister house we did use her shower since we were only hooking up to her electricity. And she would fix breakfast for us but hubby could fix his morning cup of coffee before getting out of the camper.
Then Hubby's sister and her hubby and grandson, followed us on to a campground near Chicago. Daughter's husband had been given a box suite at the ballpark for a night. It was my first experience in a box suite. The food and service is so much fun. Daughter's friends from Nashville had flown in too. It was like a big party while watching the White Sox win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The children also had a wonderful time. Hubby's sister seemed to really enjoy the experience too.
We had taken a train to the game and got to the station just after the next to the last train back left. We had to hang around the station and that too was a new experience for us.
I had also planned to meet up with some online friends at Schaumberg near Chicago. On Saturday, my hubby and hubby of one of the online friends went to the ball game while my friends and I hung around the pool at the motel where they were staying. It was the first time most of us had met. It is really unbelievable how close you can get to someone on line. Meeting was such a joy and seemed so natural. We still keep in touch on our little website that one of the gals had set up. It was unbelievable to get to meet so many wonderful ladies.
Well, there is more but I'm going to stop here for today.
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