Happy Halloween to everyone, Miss Madison has her outfit on which is a onesy that says" Baby's 1st Halloween", Kim said she has to wear it all day but Danny made me promise not to put the black bow on her head.
Dave has given up bike riding or until he either gets a 3 wheeler or a bike he can put his feet on the ground when he stops. Yes, you guessed it, he was riding over to Kim's yesterday and fell again. He went to Danny's doctors and he dislocated his thumb so now it is in a kind of cast thing. When he fell he landed on the peddles, I guess, because above his knee he has a line of holes, he doesn't know what part of the bike he landed on. Now he has both legs scabbed up because the last time he fell and still hasn't gone away was when we were in Colorado and he fell while we were out riding. (or else it's just a big scar now, not sure) I don't know what we are going to do on Thursday's now because I have to be at Kim's by 6am so he either drops me off, stays home until I get back at 8pm or takes the bus over to Kim's, we have a week to figure it out.
I mentioned that I have the best employers because I've only been back 3 weeks and they are letting me have a week off already. Dave and I are heading out to St. George Utah tomorrow for a week. I mentioned before in the blog that we had some friends, Linda and Larry, just move there and Bob, Jackie, Dave and I were going to try and visit them on the way back from the Balloon Fiesta, but no time for Dave and I because Kim was going back to work. It ends up Larry passed away 2 days after we got back to Bakersfield. Jackie and Bob are there now and visiting with Linda and keeping her company. The memorial service is on the 8th so Dave and I decided to drive to St. George and visit with Linda too before the service. We will drive back on the 9th because Kim has to work on Monday the 10th, unusual day but it happens. She will have a work class to go to on Wednesday so that week will be busy for me so maybe it is a good thing I take a week off ahead of time. Miss Madison is really easy to watch she is a very happy baby, today has been a little tough but you have to expect days like those, no big deal. I even got to show her off to the mail lady, who is dying for one of her kids to have kids. She said her husband said "their 1st two kids were false advertisement" which means the 3rd one was hell on wheels.
Miss Madison has just woken up again, I'm only getting 1/2 hour naps out of her today every 2 to 3 hours, tough day like I said, oh well.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Catch Up Time
Catch up time again.
Last Saturday we drove down to Simi went by Brad and Diane's and saw the remodelling they are doing on the house, then it was lunch time at El Patio. After that we went over to David and Jodi's house where we hung out until leaving for "9 to 5" the musical. We took the subway into L.A. then went to dinner before the play. The play was good but "Wicked" much better, after the play we got to go back stage and see the props and how everything moves around on stage. The fun part was walking back out to the street, where everyone is lined up to see the actors come out and get autographs. We come walking out and they are all looking like "who are these people" too funny. The play now is headed for Broadway for a 2 year run, but what is coming out here now is "Spring Awakening" which Spanky had told us about when we were in New York and we saw it "off Broadway", good musical. Remember if you want tickets to see it, David Jr. can get tickets, probably not free but real close to the stage. For 9 to 5 we were 12 rows back from the stage, great seats.
We drove back Sunday morning because Miss Madison was getting dedicated in there church. Kim had a great dress for her, she was all smiles until Kim took her from Danny and laid her down in her arms, she liked seating up looking at everyone. She is going to be a ham in front of crowds, she had her tongue out and was all smiles, even when the pastor held her.
Monday and Tuesday we were watching Madison from 3:30 to 7pm because Kim was working for Medcor, Danny's employer, giving out flu shots, but Kim was working at the K-Mart warehouse. Kim called while Dave and I were playing pickle ball and wanted us to come over early because her new thing is shopping for bargains on Craig's List, and she had found something she wanted for Miss Madison and needed to pick it up by 2. Dave went with her to pick it up which it is a bouncy chair with all kinds of things to keep Madison entertained. Then on Tuesday she found something else and so did Dave. Our couch in the RV is covered with towels because Valley lays on it so Dave decided to sew a new cover for the couch but we can't remember what happened to our sewing machine since moving so Dave got on line and found a sewing machine to buy. So on Tuesday, at 2 Kim picked up another play thing for Madison then they went and picked up the sewing machine. When Kim left for work Dave went to Joann's and picked out some fabric to make the cover for the couch.
Wednesday, after pickle ball, Dave got started on sewing. Let me tell you the cover came out great, damn this man is talented. In his second life he is going to make a wonderful wife for someone. He loves musicals, sews, cooks, cleans, knows electrical, can build things, repair things, ect. ect.very talented, I'm really lucky.
Thursday was another all day babysitting and yesterday Kim called at 6 and said she was on "stand by" which meant I was on stand by too. She ended up getting called in at 11:30, Dave and I were just going to leave and go shopping, but had to report for duty. I don't like stand by, now I can see why she doesn't like it either, it's hard to plan anything. Kim has talked to her boss about this but she might have to transfer to another department. She is only working 3 days a week and she sure doesn't what to be on stand by on any of those days. When you are on stand by you only make like $2 an hour, that sucks.
I think that has gotten me caught up, new pictures are posted of the dedication and others.
Last Saturday we drove down to Simi went by Brad and Diane's and saw the remodelling they are doing on the house, then it was lunch time at El Patio. After that we went over to David and Jodi's house where we hung out until leaving for "9 to 5" the musical. We took the subway into L.A. then went to dinner before the play. The play was good but "Wicked" much better, after the play we got to go back stage and see the props and how everything moves around on stage. The fun part was walking back out to the street, where everyone is lined up to see the actors come out and get autographs. We come walking out and they are all looking like "who are these people" too funny. The play now is headed for Broadway for a 2 year run, but what is coming out here now is "Spring Awakening" which Spanky had told us about when we were in New York and we saw it "off Broadway", good musical. Remember if you want tickets to see it, David Jr. can get tickets, probably not free but real close to the stage. For 9 to 5 we were 12 rows back from the stage, great seats.
We drove back Sunday morning because Miss Madison was getting dedicated in there church. Kim had a great dress for her, she was all smiles until Kim took her from Danny and laid her down in her arms, she liked seating up looking at everyone. She is going to be a ham in front of crowds, she had her tongue out and was all smiles, even when the pastor held her.
Monday and Tuesday we were watching Madison from 3:30 to 7pm because Kim was working for Medcor, Danny's employer, giving out flu shots, but Kim was working at the K-Mart warehouse. Kim called while Dave and I were playing pickle ball and wanted us to come over early because her new thing is shopping for bargains on Craig's List, and she had found something she wanted for Miss Madison and needed to pick it up by 2. Dave went with her to pick it up which it is a bouncy chair with all kinds of things to keep Madison entertained. Then on Tuesday she found something else and so did Dave. Our couch in the RV is covered with towels because Valley lays on it so Dave decided to sew a new cover for the couch but we can't remember what happened to our sewing machine since moving so Dave got on line and found a sewing machine to buy. So on Tuesday, at 2 Kim picked up another play thing for Madison then they went and picked up the sewing machine. When Kim left for work Dave went to Joann's and picked out some fabric to make the cover for the couch.
Wednesday, after pickle ball, Dave got started on sewing. Let me tell you the cover came out great, damn this man is talented. In his second life he is going to make a wonderful wife for someone. He loves musicals, sews, cooks, cleans, knows electrical, can build things, repair things, ect. ect.very talented, I'm really lucky.
Thursday was another all day babysitting and yesterday Kim called at 6 and said she was on "stand by" which meant I was on stand by too. She ended up getting called in at 11:30, Dave and I were just going to leave and go shopping, but had to report for duty. I don't like stand by, now I can see why she doesn't like it either, it's hard to plan anything. Kim has talked to her boss about this but she might have to transfer to another department. She is only working 3 days a week and she sure doesn't what to be on stand by on any of those days. When you are on stand by you only make like $2 an hour, that sucks.
I think that has gotten me caught up, new pictures are posted of the dedication and others.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Miss Madison / Flu Shots
Today my time with Miss Madison started at 8:30am, although I was at the house about 7:20, so Danny could get ready for work, but low and behold Danny and Miss Madison were still sleeping. Danny was really awake but since Madison hadn't gotten up yet why should he? I sat in the living room and read my book until he was up changing Madison, he called me in so I could see you smiling and stretching, boy she is a happy baby, it must be the good genes she got from me. :)
Madison and I went into the living room and started playing and before Danny left he made her morning bottle. Yesterday she slept just about all day, it seemed, but today was different, no sleeping. She took 20 to 30 min. naps but that was it. When I put her in her crib at 10am for her 2 hour nap, I went in the other room and started working out. I was watching her on the monitor then the next thing I know the dogs were barking like crazy, which of course woke her up. It was a fellow student of Danny's dropping off some xtra credit work for school. Miss Madison had her little nap and wanted to go back to playing and me reading her nursery rhymes. Kim called and said if she didn't get her morning nap she will take a long one in the afternoon. (I should have asked her what time in the afternoon) Anyway, around 11:30 she fell asleep again, so I put her in her crib and set up the monitor. I'm in there working out and again at noon she woke up again, here we go back to playing and reading. When she gets a little fuzzy I give her a bottle then she is wide awake again, she really is a good baby, always smiles and can entertain herself with her moving her arms and legs, she loves doing that and talking the whole time. She's a good story telling as Great Nana Tomaselli would say, she just talks and talks.(just like great Nana)
Dave rode the bike over in the afternoon and hung out the rest of the day with us. At 2:30pm Miss Madison fell asleep again so back to her crib, which lasted almost an hour this time. I got her up changed her and just stood in the living room and rocked her in my arms and back to sleep she went. This time I didn't put her in the crib and just put her on the couch and that's where she still laid sound asleep when Dave and I left at 7pm. Danny had gotten home at 5:30pm, Dave had fixed dinner, we all talked and ate then Dave and I left at 7pm to go to Kim's work to get our Flu Shots.
It really has been fun the last 2 days, it's been 26 yrs and 3 months since I've done this and I'm sure back then it was a lot easier on the arms and back. :)
Madison and I went into the living room and started playing and before Danny left he made her morning bottle. Yesterday she slept just about all day, it seemed, but today was different, no sleeping. She took 20 to 30 min. naps but that was it. When I put her in her crib at 10am for her 2 hour nap, I went in the other room and started working out. I was watching her on the monitor then the next thing I know the dogs were barking like crazy, which of course woke her up. It was a fellow student of Danny's dropping off some xtra credit work for school. Miss Madison had her little nap and wanted to go back to playing and me reading her nursery rhymes. Kim called and said if she didn't get her morning nap she will take a long one in the afternoon. (I should have asked her what time in the afternoon) Anyway, around 11:30 she fell asleep again, so I put her in her crib and set up the monitor. I'm in there working out and again at noon she woke up again, here we go back to playing and reading. When she gets a little fuzzy I give her a bottle then she is wide awake again, she really is a good baby, always smiles and can entertain herself with her moving her arms and legs, she loves doing that and talking the whole time. She's a good story telling as Great Nana Tomaselli would say, she just talks and talks.(just like great Nana)
Dave rode the bike over in the afternoon and hung out the rest of the day with us. At 2:30pm Miss Madison fell asleep again so back to her crib, which lasted almost an hour this time. I got her up changed her and just stood in the living room and rocked her in my arms and back to sleep she went. This time I didn't put her in the crib and just put her on the couch and that's where she still laid sound asleep when Dave and I left at 7pm. Danny had gotten home at 5:30pm, Dave had fixed dinner, we all talked and ate then Dave and I left at 7pm to go to Kim's work to get our Flu Shots.
It really has been fun the last 2 days, it's been 26 yrs and 3 months since I've done this and I'm sure back then it was a lot easier on the arms and back. :)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
1st Real Day of Babysitting Miss Madison
I say 1st real day only because Dave and I went over last night, Wednesday night, to watch Miss Madison because Kim started giving out flu shots last night. Danny was going to go somewhere for xtra credit for school but since he had a anatomy test, today, he stayed in the spare bedroom and studied until Kim got back. So even though we watched Miss Madison for 2 hours it didn't really count because Danny was in the next room. OK that's out of the way.
Oh, before I forget, Dave was helping me and going to make Miss Madison's bottle and as he was putting the water in he kept spilling. He did it again over the sink as Madison and I are watching and he spilled again, he said he couldn't see out of his glasses plus the bottle had a curve to it. Anyway, he poured again, and we both watched carefully and as he spilled again we realized the bottom of the bottle was missing. It was one of those curved bottles that both ends twist off, too funny, I'm sure you would have had to be there, but we sure got a good laugh.
Thursday:
Kim called me this morning at 5:30am, I asked her to, but of course I kept waking up every hour on the hour so I wouldn't miss my 1st day with Madison. Kim called, right when I was getting out of bed because Dave had just woke me up, the only hour on the hour I didn't wake up. The day did really go good, it was my 1st day so I have to get my own routine going. Kim called 4 times and texted once, Danny came by after school and before going to work then he called about 4 times too. 2 calls were because of Miss Madison's eye and he had called the doctor about it and called me back to let me know what the doctor had said. Her eye we just need to watch and keep putting the medicine in it that Kim and Danny already had. Dave rode the bike over to Kim's, because I took the car and the dog with me, and watched Madison sleep while I worked out a little bit. Dave had stayed at the RV to clean the carpets and couch, which turned out great, he said they were really dirty. With all the travels since we had the new carpet put in a year and a half ago I'm sure was really dirty.
Anyway, Miss Madison would eat some, play some, talk a lot, then sleep a lot, which made it for an easy time. As she gets older I know it is going to be more of a challenge, heck, it's a challenge trying to hold her in my arms anymore, she is getting bigger everyday, I can't wait until she can hold her head up by herself without moving, that way she won't look like a drunken sailor. :)
Tomorrow's a short day, 7:30am to 5:30pm unless Danny has to stay late at work.
Saturday we are driving down to Simi to go with David Jr. and Jodi to go see 9 to 5, this is the closing weekend, then on Sunday Miss Madison is being blessed here in Bakersfield. Another 2 days of long drives, I thought we were retired and suppose to take it easy??
Oh, before I forget, Dave was helping me and going to make Miss Madison's bottle and as he was putting the water in he kept spilling. He did it again over the sink as Madison and I are watching and he spilled again, he said he couldn't see out of his glasses plus the bottle had a curve to it. Anyway, he poured again, and we both watched carefully and as he spilled again we realized the bottom of the bottle was missing. It was one of those curved bottles that both ends twist off, too funny, I'm sure you would have had to be there, but we sure got a good laugh.
Thursday:
Kim called me this morning at 5:30am, I asked her to, but of course I kept waking up every hour on the hour so I wouldn't miss my 1st day with Madison. Kim called, right when I was getting out of bed because Dave had just woke me up, the only hour on the hour I didn't wake up. The day did really go good, it was my 1st day so I have to get my own routine going. Kim called 4 times and texted once, Danny came by after school and before going to work then he called about 4 times too. 2 calls were because of Miss Madison's eye and he had called the doctor about it and called me back to let me know what the doctor had said. Her eye we just need to watch and keep putting the medicine in it that Kim and Danny already had. Dave rode the bike over to Kim's, because I took the car and the dog with me, and watched Madison sleep while I worked out a little bit. Dave had stayed at the RV to clean the carpets and couch, which turned out great, he said they were really dirty. With all the travels since we had the new carpet put in a year and a half ago I'm sure was really dirty.
Anyway, Miss Madison would eat some, play some, talk a lot, then sleep a lot, which made it for an easy time. As she gets older I know it is going to be more of a challenge, heck, it's a challenge trying to hold her in my arms anymore, she is getting bigger everyday, I can't wait until she can hold her head up by herself without moving, that way she won't look like a drunken sailor. :)
Tomorrow's a short day, 7:30am to 5:30pm unless Danny has to stay late at work.
Saturday we are driving down to Simi to go with David Jr. and Jodi to go see 9 to 5, this is the closing weekend, then on Sunday Miss Madison is being blessed here in Bakersfield. Another 2 days of long drives, I thought we were retired and suppose to take it easy??
Monday, October 13, 2008
New Pictures Posted
I don't know how but I now have my own picture album, so if you look to the left and click on Jeri's picture album (I think that's what it says) you can see all the pictures I was behind in on posting. They are pictures from the beginning of July until we got back on Oct. 10th, sorry I got so far behind.
Anyway, Miss Madison showed me a welcome home Nana surprise. On Kim's blog she has been reporting how she is having a hard time going poo poo. Kim went and got prune concentrate and started giving it to her on Friday night. She gave it to her 3 times on Saturday too and she was finally able to go. Sunday night Miss Madison woke up after we were done with dinner and I was walking her around the house. She started to get a little fussy, so Kim was getting the prune juice and bottle ready. When I held Miss Madison a little bit away from me, Kim points down to the front of Madison and it is a real dark mess. We went running to the changing table and she had poop everywhere, she had so much it came out the front of her diaper. Danny was in studying so we yelled for him to come and help. Kim ran to the bath tub and started the water. Danny striped Miss Madison and gave her to Kim who was waiting in the bath tub with the water running. Kim held Madison and Danny helped rinse her off, Madison wasn't happy at 1st but then loved the warm water. Too darn funny, I wish I had gotten a picture. I start my baby sitting duties this Thursday so I told Kim "NO MORE PRUNE JUICE" I sure hope I don't get a mess like that, but I'm sure I will.
Anyway, Miss Madison showed me a welcome home Nana surprise. On Kim's blog she has been reporting how she is having a hard time going poo poo. Kim went and got prune concentrate and started giving it to her on Friday night. She gave it to her 3 times on Saturday too and she was finally able to go. Sunday night Miss Madison woke up after we were done with dinner and I was walking her around the house. She started to get a little fussy, so Kim was getting the prune juice and bottle ready. When I held Miss Madison a little bit away from me, Kim points down to the front of Madison and it is a real dark mess. We went running to the changing table and she had poop everywhere, she had so much it came out the front of her diaper. Danny was in studying so we yelled for him to come and help. Kim ran to the bath tub and started the water. Danny striped Miss Madison and gave her to Kim who was waiting in the bath tub with the water running. Kim held Madison and Danny helped rinse her off, Madison wasn't happy at 1st but then loved the warm water. Too darn funny, I wish I had gotten a picture. I start my baby sitting duties this Thursday so I told Kim "NO MORE PRUNE JUICE" I sure hope I don't get a mess like that, but I'm sure I will.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Back in Bakersfield, California-Happy Bday Dezira
Got back to Bakersfield yesterday afternoon around 2:30pm and the RV Park was pretty full on the side we park on. Low and behold there is a RV Rally going on here. It's the Van Nuys Traveler's, the one's we met last year and Kim, Danny, Dave and I hung with them and had some fun. This year they have a lot more rigs here, and last night when we got back from dinner with Miss Madison and parents :) they were very quiet and we didn't see anything going on. Dave and I were pretty tired from driving from New Mexico in 2 days, anyway, so there was no way we could have joined them.
We got to Kim's about 4:30pm yesterday and were blown away to see how big Miss Madison was. She is 12lbs now and boy sure can't hold her as long as I use to in my right arm, walking around the house with her my right arm is going to look like one of Popeye's pretty soon. What a happy little angel she is, beautiful too, but Nana Alton has the touch still, when the hot flash hit Miss Madison went to sleep. While we were at dinner she slept and when dinner was over she woke up, boy, Kim has her trained right. :)
Kim did give me the scary news, her 1st day back at work, which is this Thursday, I will be baby sitting from 6:30am until Danny gets home from work. If everything goes OK for Danny at work he should be home by 8:30pm if he has to stay then Kim should be home by 9:30pm. She has to work past 7pm because of giving flu shots from 7pm to 9pm. Let's hope she doesn't cure me from baby sitting again, just kidding, I hope.
Today we went to the house about 1:30pm after cleaning our RV, it had so much dirt because of all the dry camping we have been doing. Driving thru Arizona was like being in a wind tunnel the hole time, I even helped driving both days because Dave's arms needed a break.
I have more on the end of our Rally to post, mainly so I can look back years from now and remember what had happened so if you don't read the next blog, you will miss out on some of the funny stuff.
Sorry we couldn't drive down to Simi for Dezira's 17th bday party, but way too tired.
Happy Birthday Dezira.
We got to Kim's about 4:30pm yesterday and were blown away to see how big Miss Madison was. She is 12lbs now and boy sure can't hold her as long as I use to in my right arm, walking around the house with her my right arm is going to look like one of Popeye's pretty soon. What a happy little angel she is, beautiful too, but Nana Alton has the touch still, when the hot flash hit Miss Madison went to sleep. While we were at dinner she slept and when dinner was over she woke up, boy, Kim has her trained right. :)
Kim did give me the scary news, her 1st day back at work, which is this Thursday, I will be baby sitting from 6:30am until Danny gets home from work. If everything goes OK for Danny at work he should be home by 8:30pm if he has to stay then Kim should be home by 9:30pm. She has to work past 7pm because of giving flu shots from 7pm to 9pm. Let's hope she doesn't cure me from baby sitting again, just kidding, I hope.
Today we went to the house about 1:30pm after cleaning our RV, it had so much dirt because of all the dry camping we have been doing. Driving thru Arizona was like being in a wind tunnel the hole time, I even helped driving both days because Dave's arms needed a break.
I have more on the end of our Rally to post, mainly so I can look back years from now and remember what had happened so if you don't read the next blog, you will miss out on some of the funny stuff.
Sorry we couldn't drive down to Simi for Dezira's 17th bday party, but way too tired.
Happy Birthday Dezira.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Staying Another Night
We are suppose to leave by 10am tomorrow morning, we all want to stay one more day because Thursday they are bringing out the character and odd shape balloons and we want to see that. What we will do is get going on Thursday late morning instead of Wednesday, still should be home by Sunday.
The guys didn't get to work on the balloons Sunday morning because Saturday night we had a monsoon that hit here, it rained, I mean poured all night long. This RV Park was a mess some people that had to leave had to have tow trucks get them out of the mud. Around 8am it had pretty much quit raining so I could walk Valley around but in the afternoon it was sprinkling here and there. We went to the Balloon Museum then managed to walk around the Balloon Park without the big crowds. Sunday night it was clear so the balloons were brought out and they managed to do the Balloon Glow Show which was great to see then more fireworks.
Monday it was too windy for any balloons to fly and it was tour day anyway with our caravan. We went to El Pinto Restaurant, this place seats over a thousand people, very popular place, anyway they gave us a pepper cooking demonstration, boring. The lunch was great then we went to an Indian place, then on to Old Town Albuquerque to do shopping. Boring, boring, boring we decided to take our own car today and follow the bus to Sandia Peak and Tram ride. After we have lunch up there the buses are then going to a Turquoise Museum and Bob, Jackie, Dave and I have no desire to do that so we will do running around on our own.
This morning we didn't get a chance to go to the Balloon Field so they came to us. The balloons were landing all around our RV Park, pretty neat. Will have tons of pictures to post when we get a chance.
Bye for now.
The guys didn't get to work on the balloons Sunday morning because Saturday night we had a monsoon that hit here, it rained, I mean poured all night long. This RV Park was a mess some people that had to leave had to have tow trucks get them out of the mud. Around 8am it had pretty much quit raining so I could walk Valley around but in the afternoon it was sprinkling here and there. We went to the Balloon Museum then managed to walk around the Balloon Park without the big crowds. Sunday night it was clear so the balloons were brought out and they managed to do the Balloon Glow Show which was great to see then more fireworks.
Monday it was too windy for any balloons to fly and it was tour day anyway with our caravan. We went to El Pinto Restaurant, this place seats over a thousand people, very popular place, anyway they gave us a pepper cooking demonstration, boring. The lunch was great then we went to an Indian place, then on to Old Town Albuquerque to do shopping. Boring, boring, boring we decided to take our own car today and follow the bus to Sandia Peak and Tram ride. After we have lunch up there the buses are then going to a Turquoise Museum and Bob, Jackie, Dave and I have no desire to do that so we will do running around on our own.
This morning we didn't get a chance to go to the Balloon Field so they came to us. The balloons were landing all around our RV Park, pretty neat. Will have tons of pictures to post when we get a chance.
Bye for now.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Rain did Come
By the way, Dave and Bob took naps in their own rigs, just to clear up that last blog comment. After they woke up we all decided to walk to the Balloon Museum and check it out because tomorrow it is suppose to rain. The museum was OK, after that Dave and I decided to walk to the balloon field and see all the both stuff. Bob and Jackie were still enjoying the museum, or at least Bob was, and said they would walk down after they were done looking around. Boy the wind was sure picking up and as we walked around you saw the clouds rolling in, the wind picking up and within a few minutes the rain drops started. It never got going hard with the rain, it would start then stop, but Dave and I walked the whole thing and made it back in time for the bus ride back to the rig, never did see Bob and Jackie. When the bus dropped us off Dave went to Bob's and they had taken the bus back when the rain drops 1st started, that's why we didn't see them. It was a good thing they did because where we are parked it is nothing but dirt and the wind got going so bad, Bob had managed to reach up and close all of our windows from the outside so all that sand did not get in the coach. Needless to say we weren't able to BBQ outside, so Dave made a wonderful dinner of Sausage, peppers and onions over pasta. The 6pm balloon show was cancelled because of the winds, for 1 thing, the other was the rains that would come and go. While we were having dinner the Fireworks show did go on and we could sit right in our rig and see the whole thing without getting wet, it was a really nice evening. Bob and Jackie left about 9pm because, if it isn't raining in the morning, they still have to be on the balloon field by 5:30am, Bob said I'm going home and going to bed, it's been a long day.
Hell of a Balloon Show this morning
Jackie did get up and we took the guys to the gate at 5:30am. We then came back walked Valley around, watched the Dawn Patrol show, that was neat, it was still dark and they were making their balloons glow, then at 7am headed for the balloon field. We found where the guys were and they hadn't even started setting up yet. When they did get going Bob got to go in the Balloon with the owner and Dave was in the chase vehicle. What a hell of a show seeing hundreds of balloons take off, different shapes, colors ect. now we know what we missed 2 years ago when it got rained out. Thousands and thousands of people walking around the food and vendors booths, will wait until Monday or Tuesday to check out the stuff, when everyone has gone back to work.
We got back to the rigs by 11am, had lunch and Bob and Dave went to sleep. Starting at 6pm tonight is more balloon activities and fireworks, if it doesn't rain.
We got back to the rigs by 11am, had lunch and Bob and Dave went to sleep. Starting at 6pm tonight is more balloon activities and fireworks, if it doesn't rain.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Albuquerque New Mexico
We landed at the Adventure Caravan RV parking space about 10am. I would guess most of the RV's came in last night, oh well. When we were 1st pulling in we saw Nancy and Dan from our Mexico trip and once we got parked we were parked next too Troy and Mary Ann from our Mexico trip too, what a small world. At 2pm we had a meeting with the caravan telling us what will be happening for the next 5 days then later on someone showed up to show us how hot air balloons work, no big deal.
We had heard the balloon crews were looking for volunteers with the balloons and the chase vehicles, so Dave and Bob rode down, on the bikes, to the fields and signed up. Starting tomorrow, Saturday, then again on Sunday we have to drive them to the fields at 5:30am so they can be part of the balloon crew, I should say I will be driving them, I don't think Jackie can be ready that early. (ha ha)
I haven't been able to take time to have my nails done since Oregon, so needless to say I'm down to 1 and 1/2 left. But might as well leave them off because when I start baby sitting Miss Madison I don't want poop getting under the nails. :) Plus, with the way the market is going I just can't afford it anymore.
Love ya
More updates later.
We had heard the balloon crews were looking for volunteers with the balloons and the chase vehicles, so Dave and Bob rode down, on the bikes, to the fields and signed up. Starting tomorrow, Saturday, then again on Sunday we have to drive them to the fields at 5:30am so they can be part of the balloon crew, I should say I will be driving them, I don't think Jackie can be ready that early. (ha ha)
I haven't been able to take time to have my nails done since Oregon, so needless to say I'm down to 1 and 1/2 left. But might as well leave them off because when I start baby sitting Miss Madison I don't want poop getting under the nails. :) Plus, with the way the market is going I just can't afford it anymore.
Love ya
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
Have Arrived in Santa Fe, New Mexico
We landed finally this afternoon in the Elks Lodge in Santa Fe, NM and what a nightmare finding the place. Dave was leading, of course with the GPS, and Bob ended up getting stopped by a red light. We slowed down trying to wait for them but nowhere to pull over to, so Jackie and I kept talking on the walkie talkies because Bob's CB Radio isn't that good when you get to far away. Anyway, Dave missed the right turn and we had to go up to the next block so we were trying to tell them to stay to the right and follow the road but cars were backed up and they couldn't get over. Once we got back on the road we should have been on all of a sudden we saw the Elks sign and there was no way we could make the turn into the driveway. We turned at the next street and pulled over when we could, I got out and ran back down to the street to see if I could see Bob and Jackie and talk to them on the walkie talkie. I got a few words in and then the radio went dead. Dave called Bob on the cell phone and told him what he had to do and what the cross streets were. We had an open street on our left so Dave said he was going to back a u-turn and I asked are you are sure you can make one and he said NO but would try and if he couldn't he would just go straight down the street on our left. Well, he couldn't make the u-turn when we were 1/2 way thru and turned real hard to the right to go down that street on our left, which now is on our right. We made the right but it ended up being a cul-de-sac, Dave drove very slow and got very close to the mail boxes, even a guy up on his roof had to stop and watch this move, but we managed to make it thru the cul-de-sac, get back up on the tiny road and made a left into the Elks which was on top of a hill. I ran to the back of the hill, were you could see the road to watch for Bob and Jackie and I kept trying the walkie talkie. Next thing I know I see them coming down the road, they passed the Elks driveway and I'm yelling and trying to get there attention, even the cars that were driving by that saw me trying to get their attention started honking and them and pointing to me. They finally saw me and said they had to turn around again, when they came back by they managed to get to the driveway and get parked. They said they drove right on by and never saw the Elks sign and ended up in Mexico, actually what looked like Mexico, small streets, houses right on the road, hanging trees ect. What they had done was drive down to Old Town Santa Fe, too funny. Then Jackie said their bedroom slide was coming out when they turned corners, NOT FUNNY, but sure enough Bob had to re-insert a pin into his slide, thank goodness it never came all the way out.
After the guys got the coach fixed, oh by the way, we found out what was wrong with the lights on our car not working. One thing was Dave when we 1st got to the State Park in Littleton had by mistake let the electric cord hang down and that shorted the wires out. Then we ended up calling Monaco and they helped with which spark plug was out on the RV to make the car lights work.
Anyway, we drove down into down town Santa Fe, really neat town tons of things to see, it is a artsy crafty place and lots of sculptures.
Tomorrow we head out to the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque and hopefully the weather stays warm like it has, pray for no rain.
After the guys got the coach fixed, oh by the way, we found out what was wrong with the lights on our car not working. One thing was Dave when we 1st got to the State Park in Littleton had by mistake let the electric cord hang down and that shorted the wires out. Then we ended up calling Monaco and they helped with which spark plug was out on the RV to make the car lights work.
Anyway, we drove down into down town Santa Fe, really neat town tons of things to see, it is a artsy crafty place and lots of sculptures.
Tomorrow we head out to the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque and hopefully the weather stays warm like it has, pray for no rain.
Good and Bad News
We got to talking and planning out our trip back to California with Bob and Jackie and had planned on stopping in St. George Utah to visit with Larry, Linda and my Aunt Evelyn but no go.
The senior Olympics are going on in St. George starting on the 7th and going on for 2 weeks and all campgrounds are full, Elks too. So Dave and I decided to just start heading back home and just make a stop in Sedona for a couple days. Bob and Jackie and going to hang out at different places until the Olympics are over then go to Linda and Larry. We will just have to go to St. George later on, maybe in a couple months when we need a break from baby sitting. That's the bad news, but the good news is we should be getting home now on the 11th or 12th, 3 days earlier then we planned.
The senior Olympics are going on in St. George starting on the 7th and going on for 2 weeks and all campgrounds are full, Elks too. So Dave and I decided to just start heading back home and just make a stop in Sedona for a couple days. Bob and Jackie and going to hang out at different places until the Olympics are over then go to Linda and Larry. We will just have to go to St. George later on, maybe in a couple months when we need a break from baby sitting. That's the bad news, but the good news is we should be getting home now on the 11th or 12th, 3 days earlier then we planned.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Now in Aguilar, CO but were in Littleton, CO
I'll do a quick update of the last couple days. When I last wrote, on Sunday, we ended up going to Fruita for a couple hours because they had their 7th annual street fair.
Monday we headed for Littleton, CO to visit Marisa and family. We made a few stops on the way because the scenery was just so beautiful. The hills with the changing of the colors was amazing to see. We tried to stop in Veil but couldn't find a big enough place for the rigs and tows, but we did drive thru town.
Monday we got to Marisa's a little after 5pm and got a tour of the house. What a great place they have, the basement is going to be a lot of fun for them to get it arranged just the way they want it. The rest of the house was great too, hell of a deal they got, Dave said to many stairs for him. I can't believe how much stuff they have gotten done in only 7 weeks being there. I told her everyone is visiting almost back to back of each other, and after October it will probably be really quite for a while and then she will get home sick again for everyone. They did very well for themselves and they did what they had to do, I don't know what I'm going to do when Kim moves away from me, it will be hard. Anyway, we went out to dinner with Marisa, Shawn and Inara which was a very nice dinner, it was too bad the day we arrived and saw what the stock market had done, dropped 777 points, none of us were too happy. We even thought about just going to Costco for a hot dog dinner since that's all we could afford, just kidding. The state park we stayed in was a big rip off, we not only paid for camping but then they made us pay for tags for our rigs and our cars, it ended up being $36 a night, which is very high so needless to say that didn't add to our moods either.
Tuesday Marisa and Inara came over to the park because they had never seen the rig, so we had a nice visit then, plus, Marisa got to pick up her house warming gift, and Inara's bday present from Kim and Danny, that we had been travelling with. After Marisa left we drove to Red Rock Amphitheatre, hell of a nice place to visit. We must have been there for 2 hours, very famous place to see, almost every performer has been there, that includes singers and comedians, I believe they started using it in 1910. After that we had to do some shopping then back to the state park.
Wednesday morning after Dave and I took Valley for a walk we decided to ride our bikes around, well, Dave fell again. It seems to happen every time we are stopping, this time he put his right leg down his tires sunk into the sand and down he went. It was almost like in Thousand Trails when I thought he faked the fall. He took all the skin off his right knee and some off his arm and pulled a muscle in his left thigh. Needless to say we have to get him a bike that when he puts his legs down he can touch the ground, he just doesn't have the balance like he use to.
We started to leave at 9am but when the car was hooked up to the rig the lights didn't work, lights blinkers ect. Bob and Dave worked for 1 1/2 hours to get it to work and no go so we left anyway and Bob and Jackie just stayed close to us while driving.
We are now stopped for the night in a place called Aguilar, CO. it is an RV Park on the top of a hill over looking the freeway but a hell of a view all around us. The town we were going to stop in the RV Park was trash, the office wasn't even open it said "Park and pay later" don't think so. We then were headed for Trinidad but lucked out on this RV Park.
We head out tomorrow for Santa Fe New Mexico, wish us luck.
Monday we headed for Littleton, CO to visit Marisa and family. We made a few stops on the way because the scenery was just so beautiful. The hills with the changing of the colors was amazing to see. We tried to stop in Veil but couldn't find a big enough place for the rigs and tows, but we did drive thru town.
Monday we got to Marisa's a little after 5pm and got a tour of the house. What a great place they have, the basement is going to be a lot of fun for them to get it arranged just the way they want it. The rest of the house was great too, hell of a deal they got, Dave said to many stairs for him. I can't believe how much stuff they have gotten done in only 7 weeks being there. I told her everyone is visiting almost back to back of each other, and after October it will probably be really quite for a while and then she will get home sick again for everyone. They did very well for themselves and they did what they had to do, I don't know what I'm going to do when Kim moves away from me, it will be hard. Anyway, we went out to dinner with Marisa, Shawn and Inara which was a very nice dinner, it was too bad the day we arrived and saw what the stock market had done, dropped 777 points, none of us were too happy. We even thought about just going to Costco for a hot dog dinner since that's all we could afford, just kidding. The state park we stayed in was a big rip off, we not only paid for camping but then they made us pay for tags for our rigs and our cars, it ended up being $36 a night, which is very high so needless to say that didn't add to our moods either.
Tuesday Marisa and Inara came over to the park because they had never seen the rig, so we had a nice visit then, plus, Marisa got to pick up her house warming gift, and Inara's bday present from Kim and Danny, that we had been travelling with. After Marisa left we drove to Red Rock Amphitheatre, hell of a nice place to visit. We must have been there for 2 hours, very famous place to see, almost every performer has been there, that includes singers and comedians, I believe they started using it in 1910. After that we had to do some shopping then back to the state park.
Wednesday morning after Dave and I took Valley for a walk we decided to ride our bikes around, well, Dave fell again. It seems to happen every time we are stopping, this time he put his right leg down his tires sunk into the sand and down he went. It was almost like in Thousand Trails when I thought he faked the fall. He took all the skin off his right knee and some off his arm and pulled a muscle in his left thigh. Needless to say we have to get him a bike that when he puts his legs down he can touch the ground, he just doesn't have the balance like he use to.
We started to leave at 9am but when the car was hooked up to the rig the lights didn't work, lights blinkers ect. Bob and Dave worked for 1 1/2 hours to get it to work and no go so we left anyway and Bob and Jackie just stayed close to us while driving.
We are now stopped for the night in a place called Aguilar, CO. it is an RV Park on the top of a hill over looking the freeway but a hell of a view all around us. The town we were going to stop in the RV Park was trash, the office wasn't even open it said "Park and pay later" don't think so. We then were headed for Trinidad but lucked out on this RV Park.
We head out tomorrow for Santa Fe New Mexico, wish us luck.
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