A Beautiful Day In North East Texas

This was our sunset yesterday evening. Today was just great as both the temperature and humidity were lower than they have been . I washed the motor home as it's been two months since I last washed it with soap/water and besides the roof needed cleaning. Prior washing/cleaning has been done with The Solution.
Sandy’s current job is winding down and they should be through with the Corsicana line some time next week. Their next job will be either the Port Arthur line or mowing the highway right a ways in Upshur and Titus counties.

Mom’s house selling is moving right along with out to many amendments that we haven’t been able to deal with. The next hurdle will be the appraisal the buyer wants himself. We have had our appraisal already but since they have applied for a FHA loan they need to get their own.  Our realtor tells us the appraisal should be in within the next 48 hours. We are hoping to close sometime the middle of September.

I purchased the software “Streets & Trips 2009 w/GPS”  for $39.99 from Amazon.com and installed it. Naturally with my luck the computer did not recognize the GPS locator. Contacted Microsoft and they could not get it to work either. So, it must be a detective device. They are to contact me sometime tomorrow and give me instructions on its replacement.

Mowed the three acres here today after washing the MH and will need to do some edging and weed eating tomorrow. While mowing the ditches  I smelled the strong odor of a skunk. The closer I got to the culvert the stronger it became. My guess was that critter was in the culvert waiting on night fall to do its roaming. I naturally left the area immediately and will wait till tomorrow to finish.

One day remaining tell I get my nose job. Will update all as soon as I can get a wifi spot.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.

Two Days and Counting

  We are down to two days and this on my nose will be gone. I have to be at VA Shreveport at 6am Thursday August the 27th. This means we will have to be up and out of here by 4:30 as its about an hour and half drive from Lone Star to VA. I will be honest the thought of this process has me a little jittery. The one on the left isn’t quite as big and certainly does not look as bad. If all goes well we should be back at the motor home by 2pm that day with a new nose. In reviewing George’s blog http://blog.vagabonders-supreme.net/  he had a swollen eye with bruises. I guess I'll have two swollen eyes with lots of bruising.

They had to rush my Mom to the hospital Saturday evening as her blood sugar was 485 and her BP 200/106. Had us a little scared but upon arrival they managed to get these vital signs well under control. I suspect EMS had a lot to do with this as they gave her insulin there at Rosemont.  My sister followed EMS to the hospital and spent the night. When I talked to Mom Sunday morning her sugar was down to 180 and BP 110/69. She should be returning home sometime today. Mom will be 92 this October and she is a fighter. The Lord has blessed her with a good mind. Her only problems is her inability to walk. She certainly enjoys her scooter. It becomes her legs and takes her places otherwise she wouldn’t be able to go. She loves going out on the front porch and watching the planes take off and land at George Bush International Airport.

Sandy really likes her 12/4 now as Friday gives her a three day weekend. We took her Mom for some blood work Friday and visited her sister Pam in Longview. They really have a nice home and beautifully landscaped back yard with a pool. Saturday we went shopping in Longview as we have not had that fix since Sandy started working. We couldn’t understand why the stores were so crowed and the traffic was much more than a usual Saturday. We learned it was tax free weekend and that explained everything. We managed to work through it. We passed by Sam’s Club on the way home and Sandy all of a sudden said “I wonder if James needs bottled water for the workers”. She called and he said yes get me about 10 cases. So, I whipped into the parking lot near the exit and in she went. A few minutes later out she comes with her basket loaded with 10 cases of 30 bottles per case. I could barley see the top of her head. Being the calm dude that I am I asked her “Sweetie now how do you think we are going to get this in the Jeep”. If you believe that I have some ocean front property here in Lone Star to sell you.
Now mind you we were already pretty well loaded with groceries and our goodies from earlier shopping. Sandy being the “I can make it work” person that she is started rearranging thing’s in the back and about ten minutes later we had all ten cases in the back. However, I might add the Jeep seemed like it was riding on the frame due to all the weight. So, Down the road we went and it was a little more bumpy than normal.

Saturday night we watched The Bristol NASCAR race on TV. It did not disappoint us. All the cautions, wall scrapping and wrecks make it a good evening of entertainment. We were kind a glad to see young Kyle Bush finally win one. He may not have the personality that you like but you do have to admit he’s one heck of a driver. Sandy’s nephew Jeff and his wife MJ were at that race (his first NASCAR race).

Right now I hear thunder outside so maybe we will get a ;little rain before the day is out. Hope it doesn’t rain on Sandy’s work.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.

Happy Birth Day Bev!

August the 31st is my sister-in-law  Beverly Walker birthday. Since we will not have wifi that day we are wishing her an early Happy Birthday Bev. She is a great sister-in-law and really likes the King of Country Music George Strait. We were going to get her his new CD “Twang” but she beat us to the punch and purchased it the day it came out. So, I knew we had to come up with something that  would make her day. I thought about it for a while and this idea came to mind. Why not make her a collage of George Strait photos to put on her desk top at work. So, here is the end result.

By the way she just loved it. Sandy also downloaded this on her Iphon3G and is using it for her Wallpaper. Unfortunately today's country singers are to much toward the rock side of music and don’t even come close to King George. Now I do have to admit that today's singers gear themselves more to the younger generation leaving the slower pace country music to us seniors. However, George attracts the full gambit.
We have just about every song he has released either downloaded on ITunes and/or the actual CD’s. I might add I met George Strait onevening when he was performing at The Warehouse in San Marcos, TX. He was just getting started with the Ace In The Hold band. My how many years does that go back.

Yesterday evening while relaxing in the old lounge chair I looked across to the clearing of my BIL land next to our MH out of the woods comes a family(4) of wild black hogs. They just leisurely wondered  across the clearing into the woods on the other side.  also  a deer family (a Doe and two small Fawns) cross this same clearing. Maybe we need to turn the MH into a hunting lodge or deer stand.

Until the next time….MtnAire Travlers.

Our First Motor Home

This is a photo of our first RV a 1989 PaceArrow by Fleetwood. The two ladies standing beside it are Sandy and her sister Pam. This was Sandy’s maiden voyage without me.Pam tagged along to give her support and help watch the right side when going through towns.The photo was taken at First Monday at Canton TX. Yes, we go back a long ways of selling goods at First Monday. This particular time we were peddling hand made Country Crafts. Our shop was located in what they called Old Town at that time. They have since tore down all the shacks and there's nothing but open fields now. Here is a photo of the shop and some of our wares hand made by Sandy and myself. She was the artiest and painter. I was the wood worker.

Another reason Pam accompanied Sandy was they had to go to to Camping World in Denton, TX to have leveling jacks installed on the motor home. They left Sunday evening after closing the shop and arrived at Camping World after dark. She said they drove around in the parking lot trying to face the bedroom away from I35 so the road noise would not keep them awake. Finally after deciding to have the MH facing toward the highway they went to bed. Laying there Sandy said this isn’t going to work because its to hot. So, up she sprained and went up front to turn the generator on so they could run the  A/C. Well guess what the old gen set was located in the outside compartment under the bed. It wouldn’t have matter where they parked as all they could here was the gen set running.

Laying there listening to the gen set Pam said I have read where campers have died from exhaust fumes from generators and what if we don’t wake up in the morning. Being the good sister that Sandy is she got out of bed and went to the front and turned off the gen set and A/C. About 2am in the morning Sandy woke up with sweat pouring off her body and immediately said “Sister, I don’t care if we don’t wake up in the morning it is to hot I’m turning the gen set and A/c back on.” About 6am the next morning Sandy woke up and turned to Pam and said “Sister guess what we did wake up.”

There are many other stories of our RVing experience and I’m sure all of you out there have similar stories to tell about your adventures in the life style of RVing. Have Speedy and Sheri  share some of their adventures. They will make you bust your gut from laughing.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.

P.S. I don’t mean to bore you but since we don’t travel as much now we have no pretty photos and words about our trips to share. Besides this is my second time to use Live Writer and I needed the practice anyway.

Lonesome Dove

When AMC rebroadcasted the original Lonesome Dove TV mini-series about a month and half ago I managed to watch it again probably for the sixth time since it first aired twenty years ago.

Wow! What a masterpiece. It's hard to imagine it was done for TV. The cast, characters, plot, even the filming are first-rate. It always blows me away just like it did when first aired. Simply amazing. When viewing this movie its hard to imagine what this country was like back then…. hard living, for sure people striking out for new territories, new land, new lives. 
I recall reading some of Al’s post when they were in the Southwest traveling in their motor home  visiting all the ghost towns, old forts, places of the past and reading his words describing just how beautiful it was and wondering about those settlers before us navigating through the west. Its a lot like the RV Dreamers of
modern day as they travel different parts of Canada and the USA seeking out the beauty and adventures that these two great lands offer.

When Sandy and I where doing our major traveling for about seven years I was awed at the sites we saw.  From the east coast to the west coast we saw so much of our great country. I always wondered in my mind just what the early settlers did when they were traveling the same routes we do today. Their hardships, poor navigation, were so much worse than ours today. I also  wonder what people will be doing 100 years from now. Maybe rocket cars traveling to and from the earth to other places in our universe.

Until next time….MtnAire Travlers.