We Made It To Branson

Pulled out of bubble Thursday at 9am.  17 degrees and very cloudy when we left.  Ran into snow flurries in southern MN and most of Iowa.  It did get pretty windy in Des Moines  the MH was getting pushed around. 

We stopped in Cameron MO for the night at 6pm.  We traveled 393 miles.  Stayed in a truck stop and it was 13 degrees when we got up in the morning.   Left the truck stop at 8 am stopped for gas paid $1.49 a gallon, pretty good.

Arrived at Turkey Creek Village RV park in Hollister MO, about 5 minutes from old Branson.   A very nice park right next to Turkey Creek (who would of thought).  Right now it is 51 degrees, just loving this weather.  It does get cold enough at night where we have to disconnect from the water and sewer.  But Mike just hooks it up in the morning. 

I will get some pictures and post them soon. 

Stay warm.

Down Town St. Paul, MN

On one of our last nights here in MN we decided to check out some Christmas lights downtown.

  They do a beautiful job of decorating.  We parked the car and walked around, it was a bit on the cold side in the teens and a bit of wind.  I wish I had dressed warmer.  

 the blue tree in the picture above had a very different shape really can’t tell from this angle.

We leave Thursday for Missouri. We will spend a few weeks doing the tourist thing and visiting with friends.  Will be home for Christmas.  Have to spend Christmas  with our family and friends at home.  I still have to be here for Holidays. 

A Sad Day

Chuck, our cat of 10 years passed away Friday Nov 28th.  It was a sad day for Mike and I.  Chuck loved to travel in the motorhome.  He enjoyed exploring all the places we spent time at. 

It will be lonely heading south this week without him.  We do have Stormy the devil kitty who is just a year old and wild as can be.  

Happy Thanksgiving

Mike and I want to wish our family and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving.

We have so much to be thankful for, we are living the life that we love, and our health is good.  We will be spending some time with all our children and grandkids, and with my dad who is doing great at 82.  Who could ask for anything more. 

So many more things we are thankful for, to many to list, but we are grateful for everyone of them.. Most of all the country will live in and the freedom we have here. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all, Love Mike and Sandy

We Did It

We became South Dakota Residences yesterday.  Our new address is 110 E Center St. #1050 Madison SD 57042-2908.  It was a very painless process less then 3 hours and we had our new plates for 3 vehicles our drivers license new address and registered to vote in Madison.   Our wallet is much lighter, but nothing is cheep anymore I guess.  The driving was the hardest part 14 hours round trip.  We left Monday morning and came back Monday evening.  We had planned on spending the night in a motel, but our new town is pretty small and not much to do.  And the cost of a motel did not fit into the budget after all the other expenses. 

I did bring the camera with to take some pictures, but the battery was dead.  So no pics. 

Less then 2 weeks and we start to travel.  OH BOY!

Getting Ready

Less then 2 week and we will be heading south.. Not far south, but to Barnson MI. We plan to stay in Branson until just before Christmas, then drive the car home for a few days to spend the holidays with family and friends. Back to MI and we will be off to AZ.

Friends meet in Pine City MN

The girls got together for a girls weekend in the middle of the week. LeeAnn and I drove up from the cities and Sharon drove down from Lutson, MN. We stayed at Cheryl's house in Pine City MN. A good time was had by all. Lots of good food and lots and lots of good champagne and wine, and more laughs then should be legal.

Starting on the left is Cheryl in the center is LeeAnn and on the right is Sharon. A toast to best friends and good times.


LeeAnn the day after, not sure if she was going to get out of bed a lay back down. She opted for the second. She did join the rest of us later in the day.


Cheryl's house is way back in the woods and is so warm and homey. We were lucky to wake up to snow in the morning. What a beautiful site. Sharon and I went for a short walk on Wed. morning, it turned out to be longer then we expected. It was warm and so quite in the woods.










Lots of hugs and kisses before we left . What a wonderful time with good friends.