Extended stay in Texas

Oil leak in El Paso, TX
Texas sunset in Haslet, TX where we met friends for dinner
North Texas RV Repair, Krum, TX
Our 'home' spot for the next few weeks while getting our rig repaired.


We encountered some problems along the way to TX, so will be here longer than we had planned. God has been so good and provided for us and protected us. PTL! We were involved in an accident in AZ and then developed an oil leak (unrelated to the accident) that we found in El Paso. We spent three days at Cummins in El Paso to get the oil leak repaired (new oil pan that was covered under warranty with three months to go! PTL) and now we are at North Texas RV Repair in Krum, TX waiting for parts to repair the front end damage. These folks do a great job and we are quite satisfied with them. We are staying in their back lot with electric and water hookups and are close to Denton, TX so have lots to see and do while we are waiting. We know God has us here for a reason.

January Wedding

The 'I Do's'
The wedding party
First bite of wedding cake (it was really good!)
Our grandkids Bethany, Colby, Alex, Shane and Ceret
Our son, Todd and his wife LaTia with grandkids, Alex, Bethany, Colby and his girlfriend, Jess in the background.

The happy couple, Mr and Mrs Vince Leone


Our big news this month is our daughter Dawn's wedding to Vince on Jan 18. Of course she was a lovely bride and everything went well. They went to the Bahamas on a cruise for their honeymoon.

We leave AZ in 10 days heading for TX for three weeks before moving on east, heading to GA to pick up our enclosed trailer. Larry is starting to get excited about the trailer and I will be SO glad to be back in the motorhome in the co-pilot seat!

We went to Tombstone,AZ last week and saw CNN do a live 'man on the street' upload. We were invited inside the bus and that was quite an experience! They have 10 TV's going, 2-25 watt generators, six A/C units and a HUGE satellite dish on top. Larry said 'forget the cowboys, I want to see that bus!' There were seven guys traveling from SC primary to LA for the primary there on Feb 5 and stopping along the way to see how 'rural' America views the upcoming election. They were in Tombstone for only one hour so we picked the right time to go!

Happy New Year!

Our granddaughter Bethany singing her solo at her schools 'Holiday Concert'
Our new Tweety Christmas tree ornament, a gift from good friends
Enjoying pie at our Christmas get-together
New Tweety that greets you as you come to our door
Our new Tweety stained glass medallion from Mexico


I'm late in posting this, sorry. We were quite busy over the holidays and then Larry got sick and wasn't able to attend our Christmas gathering with the kids. He is fine now but it did take him some time to feel 100% again.

We are currently in Casa Grande, AZ at one of our favorite parks. We drove our car to Yuma and Algodones, MX to get our teeth fixed, get Larry new glasses and fine some 'Tweety" bargins. We came away poorer but happy. Larry tried 'progressive' lens and so far is very happy with them. He said trifocals with lines make him 'look old'.

Back in warm AZ

This is the nice site where we are in Phoenix. The patio is several feet longer than the coach!
Larry with grandson Colby, checking out Grandpa's new phone

Our two granddaughters on Thanksgiving. The younger one, Bethany, is now taller than her cousin, Ceret.


We are in Phoenix at a new park. Ellen won a month here when we were in Redmond, OR at
The Rally. We have a really nice site with mail delivery to our door, something we haven't had in over twenty years!
We had Thanksgiving at our daughter's home. We haven't seen our son yet but are hoping to see him on Monday when we are going to the east side of town. We stay pretty busy while we are here with Doctors appointments, visiting family and friends and checking out our favorite places to shop. Larry is the shopper and knows his way around the area so likes to get 'things' here.

70th annual Potato Festival Parade, Merrill

Minature Merrill water tower
Galloping Glitzs
Lost River High School Band
Really small RV, great big truck!
Festival Queen and her court float
2007 Grand Marshall, Dan Boyd
What we woke to on the morning we left
Snow on the car AGAIN!

We woke up to snow Oct 20 the day of the Potato Festival and the day we left OR. The snow was gone by the time we went through Cedar Pass in CA and we had a good trip with no problems. We are now in Pahrump, NV and it has been 'old home week' as we have seen six sets of friends that we have met in the last four years on the road. We are finally warm and it is great to be wearing shorts again! We were unable to find another trailer so I'm driving the car. Larry was able to get 9.2mpg on the motorhome and he is really happy about that. The car also did better than we expected so all is well. God always does know what is best!

BACK IN MERRILL

We are back in Merrill again preparing for our trip south. We unexpectantly sold our open car trailer so we are looking for a cheap one to use until we get to GA in March 2008 to pick up the new enclosed trailer we have ordered. Since our car is not towable I will have to drive it the 3000+ miles if we don't find a cheap replacement, but God knows best and we are sure He will guide.

We had SNOW yesterday afternoon for about 10 minutes!! It didn't stick and I tried to take pictures (see above) but all you can see are small white streaks that are really big snow flakes. We are hoping the weather will warm up again or it will be a looong three weeks before we leave!!

August 2007

Twin Rocks on the Oregon coast south of Rockaway Beach. Note the hole in one rock.
Pelicans on the Oregon beach near Bayview, OR
Sunset at Oceanside, OR So many beautiful views along the Oregon coast!


We enjoyed the FMCA Redmond convention, had an awesome time and saw God work several miracles!

We are now in Seaside, OR on the Oregon coast and have bicycled into town both days we have been here. This is one of Ellen's favorite places. We will be here another 11 days before heading to southern OR.