We made it!!

11-02-11 - We arrived at Happy Trails about 5:30 Oct 30th. We did a good final leg down after spending the night at St. George, UT with the Dueck's - Rod & Barb. They fixed us a nice dinner and a soft bed to sleep in the 29th. Then the morning of the 30th played about 5 games of pickleball before heading down the road to Happy Trails.

The weather was excellent for our trip down from WA. with not a drop of rain the whole way. So can't ask for anything better then that. We had washed the motor home before leaving home and the only thing we had to clean when we arrived was bugs of the frontend and windshield. So all and all an excellent trip down.

The weather has been really nice the last three days since getting here. But change is on the way as we had a strong wind today which is going to bring us cooler weather starting on Friday. Will have to keep things buttoned down in the yard so wind doesn't blow things away.

Day Three on the road!

10-27-11 - Well, we left Darby, MT on Hwy 93 this morning and south the road was very curvy and had a 7,100 ft. pass to go over and all the way down the south we only averaged about 40 miles per hour on the curvy part and that was just about 4 hours of slow going. The weather has been really good except the nights are cold. All the way through ID & MT on Hwy 93 was very interesting and looks of nice things to do. A lot of this area is ranching and seen lots of animals, Cows & Horses. With me being an old farm boy was a fun area to go through.


Then after getting off Hwy 93 we came down on Hwy 20 and then Hwy 26 and hooked into I-15 which is freeway and our speed picked up and did well the rest of the day. We are spending the night at Wal Mart in Bringham City, UT which is about 20 miles north of Salt Lake. We picked up groceries and should keep us going for a few days. The motor home has been doing really good.

So now tomorrow we will be heading to St. George, UT to see our friends, Rod & Barb Dueck. So maybe we will get there early enough to play some pickleball.

We are on the Road!

10-25-11 - Well we have the motor home packed and ready to hit the road. We pulled out of our place at about 9:10 AM on the 25th. We had a very good day of driving from Lynden/Seattle and then over hwy I-90 and ended up at Medical Lake near Spokane. A total of 365 miles for our first day on the road, not bad. Spent the night at Silver Lake Bible Camp and took a couple of dear friends out to Mexican Food and had a fun evening.

We had a very cool evening as we weren't plugged in and it was cool this morning when we got up. Our friends said it got down to 23 degrees last night. So we had frost on the grass and everything was white and also the fog coming off Silver Lake was beautiful. This morning I had a chance to take some pictures of the camp as they are always improving things. Terry Andrews the manager does an excellent job of keeping things up to date.

Jessie Beisheuvel!

This was our granddaughter getting ready to
serve against Whatcom Community
College. Their team is doing a great job and
are in Second Place in their league

Bellevue/Whatcom Volleyball!

10-23-11 - This was our last chance to see our Granddaughter Jessica play volleyball with her Bellevue Team. They played a good Whatcom team and won in three games on their own floor. Jessie played a very solid game and the rest of the team also did very well.

They have only lost one game in league and are in solid second place. I think this coming week they play Shoreline the only team that has beaten them in league. Bellevue did beat them in 5 games in the tournament a few weeks ago. So I think now they can beat them again, also because Jessie is healthy and playing well.

Then next step is to hit the road for AZ on Tuesday morning the 25th.

So what do Grandpa's know!!

Oct. 22, 2011 - The rain and cold have not been nice around here and we are ready to head south.

Jessie our volleyball player has completely healed her jammed left shoulder. Then the mono thing is still around. But praise the Lord she has been cleared to play and has been starting the last three matches. Her team has been doing just great and we have had a chance to see all three matches and they have won them all. Then her little sister Jada had a soccer game this morning, when we left the house in was raining, cats & dogs. But after the first few minuets of the game the rain stopped and the sun came out partly. They played a tough team and ended up trying the game at 2-2. So they are doing great with only one tie and one loss for the season. They have won all the other games.

We will be heading to Seattle in an hour or so since our WSU Cougs are playing Oregon State at CenturyLink Field. So we are praying for no rain for the game which starts at 7:30. But our Huskies from Seattle get the game at 4 PM and you figure since it is in CA. We just don't get any respect with the Westside folks.

So we will be on the road Tuesday Oct. 25th and will be getting to Happy Trails about the 29th of this month. So are so ready for having some sunshine and warmth in our lives. It must be the age or something but just don't like wet and cold anymore.

Busy September!!

9-29-11 - We have been busy watching, soccer games on Saturday's, since Jada our youngest granddaughter is just about 10 yrs. old. So that has been fun and also watched some girls volleyball. Earlier in Sept. watched Jessie our granddaughter who is at Bellevue College play until she jammed her left shoulder. She had been off for about two weeks and was just about to start playing when she came down with Mono. So that means no playing for a month. So that meant that we probably won't get a chance to see her play anymore this year.

Soo, if that is the case, we will be heading to AZ as soon as we can get packed and have all our ducks in a row. Which also meant having to rent one of our apartment units. Just got a call last Saturday a lady was moving. So have been busy with that hopefully have it rented before our departure date of Oct. 17th.

Always some to keep these grand parents busy. Finishing up yard work, repairing some stuff, etc. There is light in the tunnel and our weather has been pretty good, with some sun and temps into the 70's for some of the days. But the way the leafs have been coming off the trees I think that fall is right around the corner. Time is getting short before we hit the trail.