Wendy's yard overlooking the valley.


The dogs have definitely adopted Wendy

Ernie and Zak.......who by the way is a girl but Wendy liked the name Zak so her full name is Zakita.

Zak having a go at Mexi's ball!

I just love Wendy's neighbors......a whole herd of Highland Cows........Probably shouldn't, but you just want to hug them!

The darkest one is the Bull........and his harem!

The last day of the trip we drove to Vernon where we stopped at the Staples to pick up Colin's new computer. He had ordered it on route for pick up when we got there.
We had called Wendy, my girlfriend that we were going to visit and she was very surprised to discover we had made it there that quickly but was glad to we were there. She had an appointment that day but told us the driveway was clear and we were welcome to pull in and set up. As it turned out, by the time we got there she was home and the reminiscing began. Colin sort of got the brunt of setting up as I was so busy talking to Wendy.

When Ernie, Wendy's husband came home we had a great dinner and then did some more catching up before we called it a night.

Just a bit of snow leaving Cheyenne Wyoming!


Billings Montana had all these crazy sculptures on the street.

We managed to leave the park by 12:30. just as we were finishing with the hook up it started to rain and the temperature dropped about 10 degrees. After heading for the front office to pay our electric bill, we hit the highway. It was hard driving as it was so windy, once we turned into the wind it was much better but the fuel economy was pitiful.
Around supper time we checked our route and realized that we were heading for the same town that Ed and Frances were staying in for a few days while they visited with her family. We had already planned to stop for dinner there and continue on further before we stopped for the night but I called her anyway and asked when dinner was suppose to be ready.....she sounded a little confused and then clued into what I was doing. Ed had come down with the flu yesterday and she had a trailer full of company so she really did not need us there too!
We had dinner at a really good German Restaurant in Fredericksburg, the food was excellent!! Would definitely go out of my way to go back there!
On the way back to the trailer I misjudged the height of a curb and went down on all fours, bruising my right hand and scrapping my knee and wrenching my right arm.......GREAT! Ouch!
We drove another 100 miles and then stopped at a Wal-Mart for the night. TROUBLE.....for some reason our new batteries were not charging and we had to dig out the generator to give them a boost. We were not anticipating having to use the generator so soon so Colin went out at midnight to get gas. We really need to run it because the temperature is freezing here. One day driving and I feel like I need my long johns ! At least there is no snow.


Day 2 of driving took us to Cheyenne Wyoming. The days trip was good with bright sunshine and warm temps even though we reached some elevations of just shy of 8000'.
The night before I was getting into the shower and Colin's razor was laying on the floor and naturally I did not see it. I stepped right on it and managed to put a nice gash in the bottom of my foot......Ouch!! At least I don't have to worry too much about walking on it as I am sitting in the truck most of the day.
We woke on day 3 to a lovely snow storm!!!! We waited for a bit on leaving as it was suppose to get better as the day went on but it just kept getting worse. We had to sweep off our slide in order to get it pulled in and then went and had lunch and then decided that we should probably make an attempt at leaving. The on ramp was slick and only one clear lane on the highway. As we drove it kept getting better so we made the right decision to leave.
By the end of day 3 we arrived for the night in Billings Montana. cold here but no snow on the ground.

The rest of our trip to Canada was uneventful. Crossing the Border was a breeze ........just one car ahead of us and a very nice lady who help ed us......no problems. We spent the last night of the trip just outside of Penticton.

Al checking the boiling pot to see if we are ready to start.

corn and sausage waiting to go in.

The potatoes and onions are done!

Uh-Oh someone spilled a drink.......no problem we are outside, hose it down.

Bob was given the task of taste testing the sausage...............I think it's good!

Everyone gathered and waiting patiently for their grub.

I don't know.........looks pretty good to me!

Nothing to do now except clean up the mess.


We have been planning to do this all winter but our "Shrimp Boil" finally came to fruition. Two of the ladies on the street went out, purchased shrimp, sausage, potatoes, onions, and all the fixings required. 4 of us brought deserts and one couple brought hot Garlic bread sticks. At 4:00, we got the pot going and started with potatoes and onions, next sausage and corn and lastly the shrimp. Another job well done by the Juarez Street Gang! "Delicious"!!

Everybody did a great job and the meal was delicious. There were about 20 of us all together and it cost us $7.00 per person.......such a deal!!

Workers disconnecting the addition from the trailer.

The trailer is pulled out and is free.


The trailer with 1/2 the roof on top and the clothes line still on the back heading down the road.
Here you can see the old entrance into the trailer from the addition.

Just the addition remaining, loaded onto the trailer and ready to go.

The site with everything gone.

This year the owner of our park decided to raise his yearly lease rates on the lots that hold park models and mobile homes. In turn neighboring parks have offered bonuses to move to their park. In many cases these bonuses more than cover the cost of having a unit moved to the new park. Our street alone saw the removal of 8 mobile units.

Many of these are old travel trailers that have had rooms built onto them. The movers come in and disconnect the mobile units from the additions and then move both pieces to the new location. Very interesting to watch. The one in the pictures was just down from us so I had a good opportunity to photograph the whole procedure. This one took 3 days but most are done in one day.

Egrets made out of sewer pipe.......they are kind of cute!


Grapefruit Blossom............smell so good!!

Some pretty flowers in someone's garden.


There were a ton of blooms on this rose bush but the nicer ones were closer to the house so I didn't want to go stand under their window.

Colin and the White dog going for a walk.


Little pink flowers growing in the grass.


This is friend, Momma Cat.......she usually runs out to say hi to the dogs but today she decided to stay in her spot in the sun on the roof of the shed.

Cloe is a 7 month old Siberian Husky that belongs to our neighbors.



Mexi was all tucked in and sleeping today............ on the other hand........

Splash was very busy playing with her stuffed dog!


Today was a rather dreary day, rainy and cool but in the afternoon it actually cleared up and was very pretty outside. When I took the dogs out for their late day walk I decided to take the camera with me and capture all the interesting things I saw in photos. As it is Spring here now everything is in bloom and the air is heavy with the fragrance of all the blossoms.....Orange and Grapefruit especially. It just smells so good!!

Wow! clean truck!!

Starting on the top, working my way down! I was working on the edge, if you look right below where I am standing you can see the difference.

It's along way up there!

I have spent 2 days cleaning vehicles. One day doing the truck (was really badly needed) and one day washing the outside of the trailer (also really badly needed).

Since the weather this year has been very dismal and cold it has taken me a long time to get my self in gear and wash the vehicles. Now that it is done I have a great feeling of relief.

The last week here will be spent running around stocking up on all the stuff we like to take home with us, ie., shrimp, Jalapeno Peppers and Special holding tank stuff. Next comes the packing part.................that will be fun this year as Colin has bought some large items he will need for working on the house. I think we will end up throwing one of our chairs out as they are in dire need of replacing anyway.

The Birthday Boys......Bob, Colin and Dan

The cake!

Corky, Bob, Carole, Margaret, Colin Dan and Suzy

Our group all congragated together in the Rec Hall.

Suzy an Dan playing the Potato game.


Jerry winding up to throw his bean bag.

Colin getting some critical adjustments before his throw.

As it turns out there were 3 guys on our street all turning 60 this year. All of us scheming wives got together and planned a "St. Patrick's Day Bash"......at least that is what we told the guys. There were a lot of untruths told and some strange trips out for the girls. We made it a pot luck so no one had to do a lot of prep work. All in all we had about 50 people turn out. When all the guests were there we wheeled out the table with a huge birthday cake and balloons and presented the boys with ribbons, which read, "Living Fossil" "Older than Dirt" and "Over the Hill" There were no gifts but no shortage of funny cards.

We played a game where the women had a nylon stocking with a potato in the bottom tied to their waist. They had to walk to the other side where their husbands had a bucket between their legs. That's right ......no hands and get the potato into the bucket. So very funny to watch!


Next we played bean bag baseball.......a game I think was invented for geriatrics so they could tell their friend they played baseball. You have two teams facing each other in chairs with a big box at the end of the two rows with holes in it marked 1st base to 3rd base, home run, foul and out. You stand at the opposite end and throw the bean bags into the holes......easier said than done. When you get for example 3rd base, you go and sit on the 3rd base chair and then you have to wait for the next person to try and get you home. Colin and I were on the team that won both games. Very fun!!

the evening ended early but everyone had a good time.

Hey....how you doing down there!

Each year we have a flock of Parrots that land in the tree across from our trailer. They spend the day in the tree and then around 5:00 they start to squawk and leave for some other place.

Just before they left I managed to get a picture of this particular guy spinning around on a branch .... It took me about 20 pictures to get only only a few good ones as they blend in with the leaves very well.

Can we play now Daddy??? Can we? can we??

Splash gets very excited about the ball being thrown but Mexi is the one who brings it back.

That there is two very happy little dogs!

Waiting patiently to have our leash put on cause a car was coming.

The stuff you see in the picture is not brush, but mountains of re-bar being pulled out of the rubble.

So after a winter of horrible weather we finally have had a few days of sunshine and warm temps. After going to aerobics we decided to pack some drinks and towels and head for South Padre Island and take the dogs for a run on the beach. The dogs thought that was a great idea!! They had a good dose of ball chasing and going crazy running in the sand. After removing as much sand as possible from the dogs and the humans we got back in the truck and drove to the end of the island. There was a huge condominium being built and it was discovered that it was settling and was deemed unsafe so it had to come down. They imploded it and have been busy hauling away all the re-bar and concrete a huge job. They have huge trucks hauling the debris away.....one after another lining up to be loaded. I am thinking that someone lost their job over that one! (You can see the actual demolition on You tube just google "South Padre Island Tower Demolition")

On the way home we stopped in Harlingen for some dinner and then on back to the trailer.