Can't believe it's been 5 days since my last blog posting, so little seems to have transpired yet so much has. We spent two nights in Woodburn, OR right near Molalla, OR where we had planned on stopping and paying another friend from Orangewood (Kitty Madlinger) a visit before heading to the coast. A funny thing happen....Kitty and her daughter Connie had went to the coast for a couple of days, but returned in time for us to visit our last night there. A short visit but a nice visit non the less, just one of the disadvantages of our traveling by the seat of our pants so to speak......we do like it that way though!
It wasn't far to get to our next stop, Florence, OR, what a nice little place along the pacific coast of Oregon. The liberal environment is a bit unsettling at times, things like hanging from bridges protesting ships heading to Alaska oil diggings while others paddle in support from the kayak's made from petroleum! Then you have the 5 cent deposit not all the regular bottle like a few other states (very few) but it's also on those paper thin water bottles you buy by the case....$1.20 deposit on a case and then you have to push them into a container with a hole to have the code read one by one at the store! NO crushing.....and NO caps left on??? Oh well you take the bad with the good when in this corner of our country!
First night in Florence and we got to visit with old friends Al Rojas and his wife Tabitha, they moved to Florence two years ago, actually the same time we were visiting the area last. Hoping to do more with them during our weeks visit. Two very nice looking golf courses and we plan on playing both during the week sometimes. I'm sitting at an outside table at a place called "Spice Bistro" while Bev does some work and I do this blog....because our Wifi sucks at the camp site, oh well. Good food and a lot of tourist walking by And locals with dogs! I love dogs, but don't walk by my table and let your dog lick my leg while I'm eating! I've had many a dog but never felt compelled to take them where or near strangers eating and enjoying the day, and trying to bring them into eating establishments......once more, oh well.
Can't wait to take some pics of Sand Pines golf course tomorrow........links style course! By the way did I mention the weather is nice, very nice, low to mid 70's here on the coast line. One more note....I'm already tiring of seeing fluorescent yellow "O" and green crap........for me, Go Beavers when in Oregon!
Friday, July 31, 2015
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Liberty Lake, Idaho (laundry day)
Saturday the 25th and we're now at the RV (mini park) of RnR RV Sales and Service in Liberty Lake, Idaho. Our reservations at Blackwell's Island RV in Coeur D'Alene ran out and the place is always so busy as most this time of year we couldn't get an extra night or two. I have an appointment for some minor service items on Monday here at RnR (antenna, water pump noise/leak, lights on tow vehicle) so it's nice that they have this parking area with "full-hookup service" for out-of-town traveler's. We are looking forward to hitting the road again and heading towards Florence, Oregon for our next stop. We finally found a place there for a week off the coast and on a lake which sounds like it's just full of fish! Yes, fish.....and Bev wants to rent a boat and do some fishing, go figure...I guess catching all those Walleye at Devils Lake got her the bug. As we all know, fishing isn't always throw the line in and reel in a fish shortly afterwards, sometimes you must work at it so we'll she how she fares next weeks.
Sometimes you want to be alone, and sometimes you want to be around friends and family and a trip or journey like this can afford one the best of both worlds. We'll have been gone from home at least 3 months by the time this journey is over, and will have experienced the best of both those worlds. We do so enjoy being alone, just the two of us in a new area of the country or even familiar parts of the country. We do enjoy waking up in the morning with nothing to do but relax and enjoy the day together, our alone time, or by exploring someplace new. We very much enjoy going to a movie in the evening in a small town movie theater, or any town movie theaters. We go the the movies occasionally when at home, but on these trips it seems to be at the top of an evenings list as long as there is something worth seeing. That is why it is also nice to have so many friends in so many different states across the country. We will have spent time with friends in every state we been in from time we left Iowa and all our family there. We've spent time with friends in WI, MN, ND, and now ID and looking for to seeing friends in OR and CA before heading home. It is nice to stop and spend time with friends while traveling, but nice spending time alone also. We're just so lucky to have so many friends all over the country.
These past couple of days have really been relaxing, we really haven't done much of anything, today is laundry day (once again) so we'll be heading to the nearest laundromat to spend about 2 1/2 hours of doing 4 loads. It usually run about $20 to do laundry at a nice place, Big Boy washer usually cost more but help get us in and out a bit sooner. Tomorrow we hope to get the coach in and out without costing too much and then hit the road towards Oregon!
Sometimes you want to be alone, and sometimes you want to be around friends and family and a trip or journey like this can afford one the best of both worlds. We'll have been gone from home at least 3 months by the time this journey is over, and will have experienced the best of both those worlds. We do so enjoy being alone, just the two of us in a new area of the country or even familiar parts of the country. We do enjoy waking up in the morning with nothing to do but relax and enjoy the day together, our alone time, or by exploring someplace new. We very much enjoy going to a movie in the evening in a small town movie theater, or any town movie theaters. We go the the movies occasionally when at home, but on these trips it seems to be at the top of an evenings list as long as there is something worth seeing. That is why it is also nice to have so many friends in so many different states across the country. We will have spent time with friends in every state we been in from time we left Iowa and all our family there. We've spent time with friends in WI, MN, ND, and now ID and looking for to seeing friends in OR and CA before heading home. It is nice to stop and spend time with friends while traveling, but nice spending time alone also. We're just so lucky to have so many friends all over the country.
These past couple of days have really been relaxing, we really haven't done much of anything, today is laundry day (once again) so we'll be heading to the nearest laundromat to spend about 2 1/2 hours of doing 4 loads. It usually run about $20 to do laundry at a nice place, Big Boy washer usually cost more but help get us in and out a bit sooner. Tomorrow we hope to get the coach in and out without costing too much and then hit the road towards Oregon!
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
We landed in Coeur D'Alene on Saturday the 18th but couldn't get into Blackwell's Island camp so we spent a couple of nights at the Coeur D'Alene casino RV park until our spot opened up at Blackwell's. We could only get a spot at Blackwell's for 3 nights and then would have to move sites for a 4th night and now we've been able to move to another spot for 2 nights instead of the one night which will make it 7 night in Coeur D'Alene all together. We like staying at Blackwell's but it seems so hard to get a site without reservations long in advance, and as you might have surmised we just don't travel that way. When you are "seat of the pants" travelers you usually take what you can get at the moment in time you are occupying! Hey.........we like it that way.
We had been thinking of renting a pontoon boat again this year here at Blackwell's, but it's up to $300 a day and Jeff and Margene are not able to join us so we've passed on the idea. Besides you may remember my "close to death" experience of two years ago here after jumping overboard to take a swim.........over weight and 67 years old didn't make for a pleasant experience let me tell you!
We will be spending Sunday night at the RnR RV in Liberty Lake, WA. RV camp area while waiting to get the coach in for a bit of service on Monday morning. No big problems, just a couple of minor things while we're in the area (Liberty Lake is like 20 miles from Coeur D'Alene just inside the boarder of Washington) we like the service provide by this huge shop in the past. Having the coach water pump looked at, it's leaking a bit and may need replaced and then the TV antenna isn't cranking all the way up so having that checked also as well as the wiring to the car since the lights haven't been working since Camping world put on a new 4-way before we left Phoenix. Should be in a out within a few hours.
We finally hit the links again yesterday, it had been a couple of weeks. We just played a course in Liberty Lake called Trailhead, a very nice executive 9 hole course we've played in the past while in the area. ( http://www.libertylakewa.gov/343/Golf-Course ) We've both been experiencing a bit of back pain and it actually felt good to get out. It has been a very relaxing few days here in cda (it took a long time to learn the spelling of this city and even the locals us cda a lot instead of writing it out) we always enjoy the cool nights and not so hot days like we've had this year here. Blankets and the 50's at night and mid 80's during the day..............just what the doctor ordered for this trip!
We had been thinking of renting a pontoon boat again this year here at Blackwell's, but it's up to $300 a day and Jeff and Margene are not able to join us so we've passed on the idea. Besides you may remember my "close to death" experience of two years ago here after jumping overboard to take a swim.........over weight and 67 years old didn't make for a pleasant experience let me tell you!
We will be spending Sunday night at the RnR RV in Liberty Lake, WA. RV camp area while waiting to get the coach in for a bit of service on Monday morning. No big problems, just a couple of minor things while we're in the area (Liberty Lake is like 20 miles from Coeur D'Alene just inside the boarder of Washington) we like the service provide by this huge shop in the past. Having the coach water pump looked at, it's leaking a bit and may need replaced and then the TV antenna isn't cranking all the way up so having that checked also as well as the wiring to the car since the lights haven't been working since Camping world put on a new 4-way before we left Phoenix. Should be in a out within a few hours.
We finally hit the links again yesterday, it had been a couple of weeks. We just played a course in Liberty Lake called Trailhead, a very nice executive 9 hole course we've played in the past while in the area. ( http://www.libertylakewa.gov/343/Golf-Course ) We've both been experiencing a bit of back pain and it actually felt good to get out. It has been a very relaxing few days here in cda (it took a long time to learn the spelling of this city and even the locals us cda a lot instead of writing it out) we always enjoy the cool nights and not so hot days like we've had this year here. Blankets and the 50's at night and mid 80's during the day..............just what the doctor ordered for this trip!
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Idaho.............yep, finally in Idaho (it only took 49 days and 4219 miles)
I can't believe it's been 5 days since I blogged last, maybe because it's just been a lot of relaxing and hanging out in the motor home at a few different stops along the way to Idaho. Two years ago we took basically this same route across the northern United States, stopped in Medora, North Dakota to play golf at Bully Pulpit and heading westward after the round of golf. This year we stayed in Dickenson, ND for a few days and enjoyed the area between there and Medora. The Medora Musical was a great show and if you were a native North Dakotan you would be beaming with pride! Bev made the comment "it makes one want to move to North Dakota" a very proud and deserving State for sure. As I mentioned on FB, it you are ever in the area of Medora the Musical and the city are a must see!
Driving through Montana the next couple of days is always nice, because this is one of the most beautiful States in the Union.........big sky and all. Montana just seems so big, vast hills into majestic mountains and crisp steams lining the highways. It has literally taken us 4 days from leaving ND to finally entering Idaho, with stops in Billings for a night and a couple of nights in Garrison, MT just past Deer Lodge MT. We found a great little RV park off the road near Garrison, Bernie & Sharon's RV park and camp. A God fearing couple bought the place in the 90's and turned a dump trailer park into a nice camp/RV park. All the facilities needed plus more, laundry, game rooms, shower houses, and even a building with a chapel with services on Wednesday evening and Sunday mornings. Should have stayed into Sunday just to worship with those folks and the campers there. With reservations needed at Blackwell's camp in Coeur D'Alene that we had made we had to hit the road.
We're now in Coeur D'Alene and going to spend at least 5 days here, we had hoped to visit Jeff and Margene DeSmet (friends that used to live in Orangewood) but found out yesterday their visiting family in Northern California until Wednesday evening. We have not plans after leaving Coeur D'Alene so maybe we stay an extra night or two if we can keep the space at the RV park a couple of extra days and visit our friends.
It's hard to believe we've been traveling for 49 days already, over a month and a half and we're about half way through this journey of 2015. There is so much more ahead of us, and just so blessed we can make these journey's each year. It's not just to get out of the heat of Phoenix, but it's the folks we visit and meet along the way............you just wouldn't believe what a small world this is! We love the USA and traveling it's many wonders. You can take the same roads from one year to the next and see all sorts of new things you missed the trip before, stopping to smell the roses here boss!
I just added the ( )'s to the title of this blog, 49 days and 4219 miles...........stop and think about it, that's averaging 86 miles a day! So glad gas has been on average about $1/gal. cheaper this year than last.
Driving through Montana the next couple of days is always nice, because this is one of the most beautiful States in the Union.........big sky and all. Montana just seems so big, vast hills into majestic mountains and crisp steams lining the highways. It has literally taken us 4 days from leaving ND to finally entering Idaho, with stops in Billings for a night and a couple of nights in Garrison, MT just past Deer Lodge MT. We found a great little RV park off the road near Garrison, Bernie & Sharon's RV park and camp. A God fearing couple bought the place in the 90's and turned a dump trailer park into a nice camp/RV park. All the facilities needed plus more, laundry, game rooms, shower houses, and even a building with a chapel with services on Wednesday evening and Sunday mornings. Should have stayed into Sunday just to worship with those folks and the campers there. With reservations needed at Blackwell's camp in Coeur D'Alene that we had made we had to hit the road.
We're now in Coeur D'Alene and going to spend at least 5 days here, we had hoped to visit Jeff and Margene DeSmet (friends that used to live in Orangewood) but found out yesterday their visiting family in Northern California until Wednesday evening. We have not plans after leaving Coeur D'Alene so maybe we stay an extra night or two if we can keep the space at the RV park a couple of extra days and visit our friends.
It's hard to believe we've been traveling for 49 days already, over a month and a half and we're about half way through this journey of 2015. There is so much more ahead of us, and just so blessed we can make these journey's each year. It's not just to get out of the heat of Phoenix, but it's the folks we visit and meet along the way............you just wouldn't believe what a small world this is! We love the USA and traveling it's many wonders. You can take the same roads from one year to the next and see all sorts of new things you missed the trip before, stopping to smell the roses here boss!
I just added the ( )'s to the title of this blog, 49 days and 4219 miles...........stop and think about it, that's averaging 86 miles a day! So glad gas has been on average about $1/gal. cheaper this year than last.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
North Dakota..Montana...and men shopping for groceries!
There is a reason this country of ours is now leading the world in oil production, and one is hard working dedicated men making a living for their families anyway and anywhere they can. We visited this area two years ago at the height of the boom in these oil fields, and even with a bit of a slow down their still going strong here.
But what brings about this blog is what I/we see in the stores and shops and RV parks around these small towns in this neck of the woods. Let's take the RV parks, most are full, expanded, but yet a few spots for travelers like ourselves. Housing has been booming and high priced as you might imagine, so trailers, RV's, motor homes, park models are filled with folks making a living sometimes far from home. Yes, sometimes far from home and far from families but providing a good income and sending it home.
We shop a lot at Wal-Marts while on the road, and in these small communities it's the go to store for most folks, including the guys working in the oil industry and all the jobs that go along with keeping the industry going. Literally thousands of jobs are created keeping the drillers and their rigs operating.........my God if you were a truck driver right now you could write your own ticket anywhere around here for big bucks...........help wanted truckers signs along the highways.
Enough of that, needless to say jobs are abundant if you want to work..........but this is about my shopping experience. In the few days and weeks we've been in the area I've had occasion to go shopping for odds and ends at Wal-Mart and groceries there and other markets. The isles are filled with men, hand baskets, grocery carts, and typical man stuff in those carts. I notice things like frozen pizza, lunch meats, munchies and things like that, large cans of white chicken meat, hamburger and hot dogs and beer! Their not like shopping for the week but shopping for the next couple of days it seems or maybe just for lunch stuff and eating out a lot. These are the guys living away from home and building bank accounts for their families and making due with want they can prepare I guess. My shopping has been in the early evening like after work for these guys, and on weekends. Weekends at Wal-Mart will have long lines at the service counter and a counter called "money service" where these guys go to send money back home to their families.
But what brings about this blog is what I/we see in the stores and shops and RV parks around these small towns in this neck of the woods. Let's take the RV parks, most are full, expanded, but yet a few spots for travelers like ourselves. Housing has been booming and high priced as you might imagine, so trailers, RV's, motor homes, park models are filled with folks making a living sometimes far from home. Yes, sometimes far from home and far from families but providing a good income and sending it home.
We shop a lot at Wal-Marts while on the road, and in these small communities it's the go to store for most folks, including the guys working in the oil industry and all the jobs that go along with keeping the industry going. Literally thousands of jobs are created keeping the drillers and their rigs operating.........my God if you were a truck driver right now you could write your own ticket anywhere around here for big bucks...........help wanted truckers signs along the highways.
Enough of that, needless to say jobs are abundant if you want to work..........but this is about my shopping experience. In the few days and weeks we've been in the area I've had occasion to go shopping for odds and ends at Wal-Mart and groceries there and other markets. The isles are filled with men, hand baskets, grocery carts, and typical man stuff in those carts. I notice things like frozen pizza, lunch meats, munchies and things like that, large cans of white chicken meat, hamburger and hot dogs and beer! Their not like shopping for the week but shopping for the next couple of days it seems or maybe just for lunch stuff and eating out a lot. These are the guys living away from home and building bank accounts for their families and making due with want they can prepare I guess. My shopping has been in the early evening like after work for these guys, and on weekends. Weekends at Wal-Mart will have long lines at the service counter and a counter called "money service" where these guys go to send money back home to their families.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Back on the links............
We hadn't been on a golf course since like July 2nd with Alan and Kathy Nelson, so today we made it a point to give the little white ball a beating! There was a lot of fishing while at Devils Lake and that took over for the golf, but it was good to get out on the links again.
We played a course here in Dickenson, ND called Heart River golf course, what a well manicured golf course and enjoyable to play, we had a great day. You need to check out the pictures on FB if you haven't already. Two years ago we played the course "Bully Pulpit" in the Bad Lands, top notch course and a great experience for sure. We probably won't play it again this trip, we like to play all sorts of courses wherever we stop and new ones come first.
Tomorrow evening we have tickets for the Medora Musical, something we've heard a lot about and decided to check it out for ourselves. An outdoor amphitheater, western setting musical of dancing songs and skits from what we understand. We also purchased tickets for the "pitch fork fondue" dinner buffet cowboy meal. There will be Buffalo, BBQ ribs and BBQ chicken and all the trimmings served cooked over the outdoor BBQ. You can check it out and this URL:
http://www.medorand.com/attractions/?50
Bev has been getting a lot of work done, she loves it when she gets busy while traveling this great nation of ours. She gets some work done in the morning (even though there is a time difference) and then again in the early evening after a day of exploring or whatever. The traveling office is in full swing and Fairway's mobile office is alive and kicking on the roads of the USA. I keep telling Bev she needs to tell her boss to give our coach a "Fairway Wrap" and we'd be advertising across the USA during our travels. Yes, a rolling Fairway office.............I can see that!
Looking forward to some Buffalo roast and a great show tomorrow night, will let you know what we think.
We played a course here in Dickenson, ND called Heart River golf course, what a well manicured golf course and enjoyable to play, we had a great day. You need to check out the pictures on FB if you haven't already. Two years ago we played the course "Bully Pulpit" in the Bad Lands, top notch course and a great experience for sure. We probably won't play it again this trip, we like to play all sorts of courses wherever we stop and new ones come first.
Tomorrow evening we have tickets for the Medora Musical, something we've heard a lot about and decided to check it out for ourselves. An outdoor amphitheater, western setting musical of dancing songs and skits from what we understand. We also purchased tickets for the "pitch fork fondue" dinner buffet cowboy meal. There will be Buffalo, BBQ ribs and BBQ chicken and all the trimmings served cooked over the outdoor BBQ. You can check it out and this URL:
http://www.medorand.com/attractions/?50
Bev has been getting a lot of work done, she loves it when she gets busy while traveling this great nation of ours. She gets some work done in the morning (even though there is a time difference) and then again in the early evening after a day of exploring or whatever. The traveling office is in full swing and Fairway's mobile office is alive and kicking on the roads of the USA. I keep telling Bev she needs to tell her boss to give our coach a "Fairway Wrap" and we'd be advertising across the USA during our travels. Yes, a rolling Fairway office.............I can see that!
Looking forward to some Buffalo roast and a great show tomorrow night, will let you know what we think.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Catching up a bit........
After leaving Devils Lake we decided to head north and visit Canada. We've had passports for about 5 plus years and have never used them, Bev wanted a stamp in her passport...so we're this close why not visit Canada (a first for both of us). We camped in a small camp ground with full hook-ups for $20 a night, very cheap for full hook-ups on this trip so far. Pembina, ND just a couple of miles south of the Canadian border, so after a good night sleep we headed to Winnipeg the next morning.
The first border agent we see gives us a lot of questions to which I guess we answered to his liking and he began to send us on our way to Winnipeg.........wait a minute, don't you stamp our passports? He said it wasn't necessary but if we wanted them stamped just pull over to the left and go inside and the agents will stamp them. Bev says "hey I want the stamp" so we pull over, park and proceed inside the building. Sign says wait for the next agent, so we join some others who cars are being searched by agents outside. A couple of agents come in and call us up to the counter and ask for our passports. We explain the guy out side said if we wanted a stamp to come inside so here we are! This dude starts with an attitude, asking all sorts of questions including all those asked by the agent outside at the booth. I explain while grinning a bit that the wife wanted stamps on our passports so that's the main reason for us being in here. He gives us a bunch of shit about this being his country and we'll be entering his country and on..............then he says to me: "you agitated?" I grinned and said NO..........he said you look agitated! Then he told us to go sit down as he farted around with another agent and thumbed our passports and poked at his computer for a few minutes then called us back up and gave us our passports...all stamped. Bev was now happy and off we went saying under out breath...........what an asshole! But I must say if we were illegals we probably wouldn't have gotten passed the border. Good job boys!
Go figure we find a Casino in Winnipeg, very nice place and very big and we decided to give it a go. We only took $100 in and they used Canadian money..............go figure! We exchange our $100 for like $121 Canadian (the rate was like .79 to the 1.00) anyway when the few hours was up we had had dinner I ended up with $650 Canadian so I guess I won about $500 bucks or so. Only one problem, they didn't exchange it back into US dollars...........so here I am with $600 plus Canadian money until I find a bank on Monday that will exchange it for me. After dinner and tips etc. I have $600 which is probably about $475 US. Canadian bills are like plastic, plastic and see through in parts, very funny money that looks like play money compared to US currency, and very hard to bend in a money clip which I carry. Oh well when in Rome..............
We're now in Dickenson, ND and will probably stay here a few days commuting back and for to Medora for maybe golf at Bully Pulpit and also the famous out door amphitheater and the musical they preform all summer long. We hear it's a wonderful show and a must see if you are in the area! The bad lands will be visited for sure.
The first border agent we see gives us a lot of questions to which I guess we answered to his liking and he began to send us on our way to Winnipeg.........wait a minute, don't you stamp our passports? He said it wasn't necessary but if we wanted them stamped just pull over to the left and go inside and the agents will stamp them. Bev says "hey I want the stamp" so we pull over, park and proceed inside the building. Sign says wait for the next agent, so we join some others who cars are being searched by agents outside. A couple of agents come in and call us up to the counter and ask for our passports. We explain the guy out side said if we wanted a stamp to come inside so here we are! This dude starts with an attitude, asking all sorts of questions including all those asked by the agent outside at the booth. I explain while grinning a bit that the wife wanted stamps on our passports so that's the main reason for us being in here. He gives us a bunch of shit about this being his country and we'll be entering his country and on..............then he says to me: "you agitated?" I grinned and said NO..........he said you look agitated! Then he told us to go sit down as he farted around with another agent and thumbed our passports and poked at his computer for a few minutes then called us back up and gave us our passports...all stamped. Bev was now happy and off we went saying under out breath...........what an asshole! But I must say if we were illegals we probably wouldn't have gotten passed the border. Good job boys!
Go figure we find a Casino in Winnipeg, very nice place and very big and we decided to give it a go. We only took $100 in and they used Canadian money..............go figure! We exchange our $100 for like $121 Canadian (the rate was like .79 to the 1.00) anyway when the few hours was up we had had dinner I ended up with $650 Canadian so I guess I won about $500 bucks or so. Only one problem, they didn't exchange it back into US dollars...........so here I am with $600 plus Canadian money until I find a bank on Monday that will exchange it for me. After dinner and tips etc. I have $600 which is probably about $475 US. Canadian bills are like plastic, plastic and see through in parts, very funny money that looks like play money compared to US currency, and very hard to bend in a money clip which I carry. Oh well when in Rome..............
We're now in Dickenson, ND and will probably stay here a few days commuting back and for to Medora for maybe golf at Bully Pulpit and also the famous out door amphitheater and the musical they preform all summer long. We hear it's a wonderful show and a must see if you are in the area! The bad lands will be visited for sure.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Watching Star Wars Trilogy...........Why?
Devils Lake, ND has turned out to be a wonderful experience on this our journey of 2015, so much to do and great friends to spend time with.......oh yes and Walleye fishing! We arrived here on July 2nd which was 3 days early for our reservations at Woodland Resort, so we were able to snag an RV spot at Spirit Lake Casino until our spot opened at the resort. Moved into the resort on Sunday and can't believe we'll be leaving on Thursday already. Hey, guess we could hang around but still want to head West more and possibly venture into Canada somewhere along the line. Host Friends Fran and Barb Johnson have made this stay such a pleasure you wouldn't believe it. We were as if we were part of the family on their 4th of July gathering, and the BBQ and fish fry that followed were fantastic.
Went Walleye fishing for the first time with Fran and we caught our limit of 10 nice Walleye, I must admit as a beginner I had that luck and caught a slight majority of them. Fran was more like a paid guide, he supplied the boat, the fishing area's and the rigging that made it possible to have the catch we had. Taking the girls out tomorrow and the boat limit will then be 20 and we hope to meet that challenge also!
Went Walleye fishing for the first time with Fran and we caught our limit of 10 nice Walleye, I must admit as a beginner I had that luck and caught a slight majority of them. Fran was more like a paid guide, he supplied the boat, the fishing area's and the rigging that made it possible to have the catch we had. Taking the girls out tomorrow and the boat limit will then be 20 and we hope to meet that challenge also!
Learned a new card game the other night with Fran, Barb, Bev and a couple of their friends Al and Carol. It was called 9 holes or Par 9 or something like that, like a golf game of cards, fun and would like to find a game like it of our own.
Oh yes, Star Wars..........remember me saying we had no TV reception while spending the time in Superior due to tree interference and weather..........well this camp is also well protected with huge trees and I'm literally in between trees on all sides! Needless to say we don't even have the one or two local channels this time, we've been without TV for all but 3 days out of the past two weeks and I must say are doing quite well without it. Have no clue as to whats going on in the world around us so I just feel like one of the multitude that doesn't give a shit. We have plenty of DVD's and for the past two nights it's been the Star Wars Trilogy! Oh well maybe Dances with Wolves tomorrow night, I love it Bev thinks once is enough..........................
Friday, July 3, 2015
Devils Lake, ND
Arrived in Devils Lake, ND last night, 3 days before our reservations at Woolland RV park here at Devils Lake. Yes finding a place last minute on a weekend like the 4th of July is no an easy assignment that we know. After numerous calls looking for cancellations etc. we found a place for one night at the Spirit Lake resort/casino on Devils Lake. It's in an overflow area of the RV resort with electric hook-up only, so we're basically dry camping with the water on board (approx. 70 gallons upon arrival). Then late last night the resort called and the spot, #13 was now available for the other two days so hey 13 was lucky this time and so were we!
Made contact with my friend Fran Johnson this morning via text message to let him know we'd be doing laundry (much needed at this point) most of the day after Bev does a bit of work, his reply " I'm our fishing right now" for a fish fry tonight! How nice, I'm hoping he takes me out a couple of times and shows me how to catch a mess of Walleye's............we've attended one of his fish fry's back at Orangewood, and he does a bang up job with those fish, what a great treat it was!
The weather outlook is looking pretty good for the next week so hopefully it stays that way from here on out across the north and northwestern USA. Love this country and traveling through it's many, many wonderful areas not so highly publicized, the rest of the world I'm sure is nice as well but this is the United States of America and there is so much to see, and people to meet. God bless America!
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Wednesday a.m.
Just returned from the progressive auto body shop for the initial estimate on the damage done by the hail the other morning. It was a lot worse than I had thought, this guy found stuff I couldn't even see and came in with what he says is a very conservative estimate..........$6000.00! Things like the roof he put down as to be repair but said it in fact may need to be replaced, molding the same and the hood definitely replaced. His words were: "I won't lie to you, this is bad, worse than I imagined". So when we get back to Phoenix I take it to a body shop specializing in this sort of damage ( the progressive rep called it an art to repair this sort of damage due to hail) and see what they estimate and go from there.
In other news, we played golf once again yesterday with Alan and Kathy Nelson, this time at Nemadji golf course in Superior, WI. As usual a couple of bad holes but pretty happy with the round of 47 on the front and 43 on the back, but very happy with the 13 fairways hit. The driver is getting the ball down there straighter all the time, 15 fairways the other day and 13 yesterday, pleased as punch!
Just paid for another night here at Northland Camping and RV park, needed to get the estimate and one last dinner with Alan and Kathy tonight before hitting the road tomorrow after we get all closed up and ready. We'll be heading towards Devils Lake, North Dakota ultimately and it's actually only a 7-8 hours drive but we plan on it taking 2 1/2 days....hey a lot to see between here and there if you look!
Right now I'm waiting for Bev to wrap up some work and get ready for a trip over to Duluth, we need to stop by the RV store and the Golf shop over by the Mall. Lazy day ahead and travel day tomorrow!
In other news, we played golf once again yesterday with Alan and Kathy Nelson, this time at Nemadji golf course in Superior, WI. As usual a couple of bad holes but pretty happy with the round of 47 on the front and 43 on the back, but very happy with the 13 fairways hit. The driver is getting the ball down there straighter all the time, 15 fairways the other day and 13 yesterday, pleased as punch!
Just paid for another night here at Northland Camping and RV park, needed to get the estimate and one last dinner with Alan and Kathy tonight before hitting the road tomorrow after we get all closed up and ready. We'll be heading towards Devils Lake, North Dakota ultimately and it's actually only a 7-8 hours drive but we plan on it taking 2 1/2 days....hey a lot to see between here and there if you look!
Right now I'm waiting for Bev to wrap up some work and get ready for a trip over to Duluth, we need to stop by the RV store and the Golf shop over by the Mall. Lazy day ahead and travel day tomorrow!
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