Guest Blogger

Hi, it's me, Anabelle, writing this post for my Pa.  He sometimes lets me practice my writing skills and also my photography skills.  Pa and Mimi are lots of fun to be around, I wish they could stay with us more often, but Pa says he doesn't like snow.  How can anyone not like snow?

Of course, there is no snow now so we've been doing lots of other things together.  Their campground has a nice pool and we've spent lots of time there when we sleep over in their motorhome.

Pa has a nice big motorcycle and he brought it over to my house the other day to take me for a little ride around our cul-de-sac.  I put on my bike helmet, but then I decided I didn't want to ride on it, I'll wait until I'm a little older.

 

We love to go out to eat with Mimi and Pa.  We went to my favorite diner and I had the bestest desert ever!  Chocolate pudding with French Fries.  I can't get enough of it!

 

 

My sister Lizzie didn't like my desert, she just wanted to eat corn instead.  Maybe she'll like it when she gets older, she's only one year old.

 

 

My sister and I went shopping with Mimi and Pa.  I drove my own shopping cart car.  I did a great job and didn't knock over too many displays or people in the store.

 

 

Pa said I did such a good job driving that I should have my own car.  We found one just the perfect size for me by the campground.

 

 

I'm ready to drive it now, but Pa said I have to wait a few more years.  How come, I'm already three!!!

 

I had a good time with Pa's camera, I took a bunch of pictures, including about eleventy-leven pictures of my toes.  Aren't they pretty?

 

 

I have to go now, Mommy said I need to stop writing and take a nap!  Boy does she know how to spoil my fun!

 

Thanks for visiting Pa's blog and feel free to leave a comment.

 

 

 

How'd We Get So Busy?

So much for a peaceful time here in New Jersey.  It seems we've been busier than a no-armed paper hanger.  But that's what we like to do and why we travel.  So much fun connecting with old friends as well as spending time with Anabelle and Lizzie.

They came and spent the night with us last week.  We had a good time and spent a few hours in the campground pool.  They can't wait to come back again to Mimi and Pa's "house". 

The campground here at the Earle Navy base is really nice, it's small, but roomy.

One of the benefits here, along with nice sites and free WiFi is you are allowed to wash your rig.  I took advantage of that the other day and got up on the roof.  It gets pretty dirty and you waste your time washing the sides of your rig if you don't do the roof first, dirt will just wash down the clean sides.

It doesn't look too dirty, until you see this view:

Much better now.

 

While I was scrubbing the roof, several campers said I could come over and do theirs when I was done.  I told them I'd be glad to if they'd pay my fee: $100/foot.  Suddenly they changed their minds, strange, huh?  ;c)

 

While up on the roof, I inspected all my caulking, too.  Everything looked fine.

 

 

Now I have to wash the sides of the Journey, but I'll save that for another day.  I don't want to rush it and have nothing left to do...   :cD

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Mel's Angels

It's been interesting lately.  Nothing earth shattering, but enough to keep us busy while we're here in New Jersey.

First off, my laptop got the dreaded "unexpected_kernal_trap_mode" bug.  It appeared every once in a while, then became more and more prevalent until it made my computer unusable.  Researching on line showed it to be a driver problem, so I had to reset all my drivers.  Of course, this has wiped out many of my programs, to include Live Writer, so I've had to resort to Blogger for new posts.  Trying to reload Live Writer via a download has met with multiple failures so far.  I'll keep on trying.

When I returned from my motorcycle trip, my bike was a little on the dingy side, so out came the washing gear.

In no time I had it all suds up and grime free.

 

It came out sparkling clean and shiny.  In no time.  Don't I wish I could get the Journey this clean in the same amount of time!

 

Last week, we spent time at my Dad's house.  I rode my motorcycle up, followed by Marti in the car.  I had made arrangements with my two brothers, Dave and Gordy, to take our father for a bike ride on Saturday.  Until then, I had a bunch repairs to Dad's house to take care of for him.  At 93, he still lives very successfully on his own, but some of the maintenance is too much for him.  However, he still loves to cut the grass on his 2+ acre home on his riding tractor.   I know better than to get in his way when he is zooming around like a race care at Daytona.

 

We'll be coming back to stay with him again later in the month, a few more project to complete.  I have to install a matching gutter downspout on the back of his house, the existing ones are too far apart and in heavy rains the gutters overflow leading to some water in the basement problems.

 

 

I've never installed a gutter downspout before, but it can't be too hard, after all, what kind of trouble could I get myself into?   ;c)

 

It wasn't all work and no play.  My brothers arrived on their motorcycles, we put Dad on with Gordy and headed out for a nice ride along the Delaware River.

 

 

Mel's Angels riding again.  Gordy and my Dad, Mel.

 

We're back at the Journey now in the Navy Campground in Earle, NJ looking forward to some quality time with Anabelle and Lizzie.  Plus some time to clean up the Journey and complete a few maintenance items.

 

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