Jan 22, 2015 - Hard Times

I know.....it's been much too long since my last post. It's been a rough 6 weeks and I just haven't had the heart to write. My sister passed away on December 9th. We knew it was coming, but it's still a shock. We left the motorhome in Florida and headed back to Arkansas about 2:00pm. We stopped for the night in Marianna, FL at a very nice hotel. But as you can imagine, we slept very little. At 3:00am we were both awake so we got dressed and hit the road at 3:30am. We made a couple of wrong turns that cost us some time, but still arrived in...

Jan 5, 2015 - Verbessern des American English durch das Arbeiten in den USA

Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass das Arbeiten im Rahmen eines Auslandsaufenthaltes in den USA viele Vorteile mit sich bringt. Ob man sich für Work and Travel, Freiwilligenarbeit in einem Nationalpark oder im sozialen Bereich, Arbeit auf einer Farm oder Ranch oder als Camp Counselor oder aber für die Tätigkeit als Au-Pair entscheidet – die Arbeitsbereiche unterscheiden sich häufig doch sehr voneinander. Eines haben sie allerdings gemeinsam: Während der Zeit in den USA verbessert man durch die Arbeit sein American English. Durch den täglichen...

Jan 2, 2015 - Getting Ready

Getting ready...put line on new fly reel and rod purchased fire starter for camp fires guitar case and songs are ready for practice got a bean bag chair for watching TV went to the grocery store for food needed for the trip taking telescope for the clear skies in Arizona

Dec 3, 2014 - We're Off

We got a good start at 8:15am on Tuesday, Dec 2nd. The weather was cold but clear and we made it to Benton, IL the first night. It was still too cold to turn on the water so we "roughed" it the first night without running water. It was tough but we got through it. ;) We got an early start today (6:15) and we made it all the way to Texarkana (500 miles) today. The weather was wet all day with an annoying drizzle and a lot of traffic. But another safe day on the road. Tomorrow we head directly south through Texas. Down to Houston and then...

Nov 6, 2014 - Heifer international center

Nous nous sommes réveillés à une super belle journée ensoleillée, température dans les 70°F, pas de nuage dans le ciel. Après le petit déjeuner nous avons quitté la roulotte et nous sommes partis à pince sur le pont piétonnier pour aller visiter le Centre International Heifer, un organisme humanitaire qui cherche à contrer la faim dans le monde. Nous ne connaissions pas cet organisme et nous avons trouvé fort instructive et fort intéressante, malgré la centaine d'élèves sur place qui comme nous faisaient la visite. Nous avons quitter le...

Nov 5, 2014 - It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring...

De la pluie intense pour toute la journée, nous avons décidé d'aller au cinéma, nous voulions voir Fury, mais le projecteur de cette salle était défectueux, nous nous sommes contenté de: "Before I go to sleep." avec la belle Nicole Kidman, qui ne rajeuni pas. Un thriller assez bizarre. Demain on annonce du beau temps. Je vous laisse un "break" de photos pour aujourd'hui.

Nov 4, 2014 - Il pleut et puis après!

Aujourd'hui il pleut et nous avons décidé de prolonger notre séjour d'un autre deux jours, alors on quittera Little Rock vendredi matin, pour les deux autres jours j'avais droit à un escompte de Passeport America 50% pour la troisième nuitée et un escompte de GoodSam 15% pour la quatrième nuitée alors un autre gros $11.61 et $19.73. J'ai aussi acheté une passe journalière de tramway pour Agnès et moi un gros $2 chaque. Nous avons pris notre parapluie et sommes parti prendre le tram pour faire le tour du centre ville et voir les endroits qui...

Nov 3, 2014 - Little Rock Arkansas

Belle journée en ce lundi, nous avons quitté Memphis vers 10 heures pour un court voyage de 150 milles à Little Rock la capitale de l'Arkansas, l'origine de William Jefferson Clinton, un des meilleurs présidents des USA. Nous sommes arrivés ici au Downtown Riverside RV Park vers 13h00. Ici c'est comme si on serait en plein dans le vieux port à Montréal. Nous sommes en plein centre-ville pour deux jours et ce à $23.21 pour deux nuits avec un site sur le bord de la rivière Arkansas avec les 3 services à 50 amps. À Montréal on nous aurait...

Oct 27, 2014 - On the road again!!!!!

The title of my last post was restful days. That continued until Thursday afternoon. I called my Dr.'s office to ask if they had mailed me a copy of my bloodwork I had done the week before. Of course I had to leave a message which was fine. I just wanted to have a copy to compare with last years tests. Within 15 minutes the nurse called back and said that my liver enzymes were pretty high and the Dr. wanted me to have an ultrasound of my liver to see what was going on. After I asked several questions and told her we were leaving on Monday,...

Oct 22, 2014 - Restful days

There isn't much to write about this week. The weather is still almost perfect. Cool nights and warm days. No air conditioner needed. Just the windows open and a nice breeze coming off the lake. Ahhhhh, so nice! We didn't even start the car on Monday. We ate at home and just chilled out. Watched a little TV, but mostly just enjoyed the peace and quiet. Yesterday we did mostly the same except Jackie did make a run to Walmart to replenish our groceries. Yes, I am cooking again. I guess that's news in itself since it happens so seldom. We...

Oct 21, 2014 - West Memphis, Arkansas

This is hard to believe but we have been on the road for three full days and are still only a seven hour drive from Hannibal. The RV repairs took us in the wrong direction, so instead of being here in West Memphis, Arkansas yesterday, we were in Carthage, Missouri, having some work done on the RV. Now we are worn out and plan to rest tomorrow. We’ll be back on the road on Thursday and arrive in New Orleans on Friday. Today was a good travel day. We towed Marilyn’s Casper II for the first time, getting 9.1 mpg with the truck. After several...

Oct 20, 2014 - Springdale, Arkansas

We had a good night of sleep and left Carthage right at 8:00 this morning. The drive was easy and we made good time until we reached the stoplights in Bella Vista and in Benton, Arkansas. Even at that we pulled into Wheels RV right at 9:30. That was a short drive! The nice folks at Wheels RV began working on the RV soon after we arrived and took care of all the issues we had. Marilyn & I have spent time here before. In fact, our RV was purchased here back in 2011. At that time we discovered a great place to eat in Fayetteville. It is...