Tucson

Hi fans Its been a while sense I've posted so thought I would bring you up to date.After we left Oregon we stopped by Sacramento CA to visit our friends the Glover's for a few days. Howie is there for cancer treatment and the prognoses looks very good and Norah is in good spirits.Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts.We left there and spent two days in Bakersfield and then one night at Edwards AFB. We stopped one night in Needles CA and then went to Yuma AZ for a week to see son. we stayed at the Yuma Army Proving Grounds they have a good Fam Camp there and we soaked up the sunshine and heat which we haven't had all summer. We also visited Mexico and I had my teeth cleaned and Kathy picked up stained glass hummingbird insert for our front door it looks great. We spent some time with son who had foot surgery in Feb when we were here and now after his rehab is doing great it was so good to see him walking normal as when we left Yuma in April he was in cast & using crutches. We left Yuma and stopped in Casa Grande and had lunch with our good friend Jack & Carol Van who live there and we will see them again at the NASCAR races in Phoenix in Nov. We arrived in Tucson the 21st and are staying at DMAFB fam camp. We went to dinner with or Daughter Karen grand-daughter Briana and son-in-law Jeff it was so good to see them again Kathy got her hair cut Saturday and Jeff took me to the Arizona basketball red & blue game it looks like they will have another great team. Briana will graduate in Dec. from the university of Arizona nursing school and we are so proud of her. Our grandson Josh will get married in Dec also.We will be very busy in the month of December. with family and we still have all our friends to visit also.I hope this has brought you all up to date and hopefully i didn't leave out anybody or stops as some of you know how great our memories become with the ageing process If anyone is in the area give a call and hopefully we can see you. So until later safe travels.

Winchester Bay,Oregon

We arrived Thursday pm and are in a great park (Winchester Bay RV Resort) its a little pricey but what the hey we are on vacation. this park looks over the bay and salmon & crabbing are the big thing here. The weather is wet and looks like it will be here for some days but we will leave here Monday and go up to Roseburg for a few days and then head down I-5 towards AZ. So far we have had a great summer up here in the Northwest and have had some good times. The ocean views have been awesome and both Oregon & Washington do a great job on protecting the shores and have some great state parks. We have a good friend who can use some prayer's Howie Glover has lung cancer and will be operated on soon the prognosis looks good as they found it right away and it hasn't spread so keep him & Norah in your prayer's I ll close for now so until later Safe Travels.

Newport OR

We arrived in Newport yesterday the 21st after spending a week in Astoria our stay in Astoria was good it rained 4 out of the 7 days but that can be the PNW We did make it to downtown and was able to see Ringo Star's yacht that he leases didn't know who's it was until seeing it on the 10:00pm news that night they said he was visiting Astoria for a while as he is somewhat a history buff. We also toured Long Beach WA across the Columbia river and enjoyed that area again. We are at the port of Newport marina RV park nice view of the marina & bridge the weather has been good so far will be here a week this is one of my favorite town's on the OR coast I can walk the marina and there is lots to see and revisit here. We still don't know where our next stop will be as we slowly make our way back to AZ not much going on here other than living the dream so until later safe travels.

Camp Murray

We arrived here the 1st and will be here 7 days. this is a Army guard base and the camp ground is on American lake near Tacoma WA very nice little park We had our two son's down today for our last visit with them before leaving. Its been great to see them every Sunday we had a cook out today and they are just so envious of our lifestyle and the camp grounds that we stay in. It was hard to say goodbye to them. Kathy & I decided to go back to Pacific Beach for five days as we like it there and the weather has warmed as it was a bit chilly when we were there six weeks ago and I believe we will back track down the Oregon coast as we really love it around the coast and the weather is warmer hope it holds up. We will slowly make our way back to Arizona for the winter. On a sad note we lost a great RV friend & 2007 class mate today Jay Carter pasted away after a gallant battle with brain cancer out thoughts and prayers go out to the Carter family we had many a good times with Jay & Fay at our class get togathers Until next post safe travels

Port Townsend Wash.

Hi all you fans out there. We arrived in Port Townsend yesterday drove all the way from Chimacum 12 miles. We have visited this place a number of times in the last 5 weeks and have always wanted to stay here at Point Hudson marina & RV park.Its location is great you can see the shipping passing down the straits and numerous sailing & motor yacht's abound.Reservations is a must so when we were able to secure three days we were very happy and to see the smile on Kathy's face is priceless.Out our back window we can see the marina and down town Pt Townsend's main street. Its a picturesque historic sailing town and we love it.We will leave here Thursday and go over to Tacoma at Camp Murry military RV park will post from there later Anyway we are having a great time hope all of you are also. Until later safe travels.

Still in Chimacum

Yes we are still here having a great time. My two sons came over last Sunday and we introduced them to Marty and Howie & Norah,now they know that yes we do have friends that live this lifestyle also. The oldest is now following Marty's blog. We went down to Port Townsend and we walked around the town and marina had a great visit and early dinner and drove them back to Kingston to catch the ferry back to Seattle. Saturday Kathy and I took a three hour boat tour ride to Protection Island. There was a Naturalist on board that explained the history and wild life around the island Kathy picked up a few new birds and also got the two she really wanted to see the Tufted Puffin and the Harlequin Duck. There were over 30 eagles and close to 500 seals and a few sea lions. We felt that we got our money's worth. This Sunday we took the ferry over to the guys side and they treated us to the locks on lake Washington where the salmon were just starting their run we saw a few nice one's. The locks were busy with all the weekend boat traffic we were then treated to lunch by Green lake and then toured a winery (Chateau Ste Michelle)Which bottles one of Kathy's favorite wines. The grounds were beautiful. Anyway they took us back to Edmonds and we caught the Ferry back to Kingston. Will see them over on our side this Sunday The ferry transit systems works extremely well and runs on schedule and are a real treat to ride for us desert dwellers The weather has been great so far and looks good for this week anyway "fans" until next post. Safe Travels

Chimacum

Well here we are in Chimacum Washington SKP park we arrived Tuesday and our friend Marty came by to greet us. Verizon air car is a hit and miss so that is disturbing. Our other friends Howie & Norah came back(they were out of the park for a few days) and we had a little reunion of the full timing class of 2007. Howie had to go to Seattle for a medical procedure and we are praying it helps out with a nerve pinching in his neck . Anyway not sure how long we will be here but a week at least. I've got to run with Kathy and do some shopping so will try and post again in a few days if the air card is up and running. Safe travels.