2017/06/23 - Friday - Vacation - Day 09 - SQ, Wet, & Race

Got somewhat of a late start for the morning, but we finally made it to the convention center for Square Dancing Convention.  We did some talking, walking, shopping, and more talking.

Now it was time for lunch, so we headed outside for a "short" walk.  During lunch the rain started up. So for the return trip we tried to use the Sky Walk.  We crossed the street and went into that building to start to use the Sky Walk.  But that ends about half way back, so back outside we went into the pouring rain.  Once on the next section, about half way again, it had you find a very weird path to continue into the last section of the Sky Walk before finally getting to the Convention Center.

We did more walking and talking.

Now it was time for going back, changing, and getting dinner.  It was pouring down with Flash Flood Warning (Alerts came over our phones...).  Several time driving back to the RV, I was splashing big time through some very deep water.

Back at the RV Mom M discovered that the cab over part had lots of water.  We spent the next hour with towels to soak up all the water and trying to determine where the water was coming from.  Several towels are now hanging in the shower to drip dry.

We got ready and headed out for dinner on the way to the convention center.  After the long time at dinner the group decided that we will just return back to the RV.

Back at the RV the rain had almost stopped so no new water spots and we might have found where the leak is coming from (driver side window up in the cab over.)

Amanda, Cheryl and I headed out for some night time photo shots.  We came upon a bicycle race.  Amanda took several shot for the next two hours.  One of the racers wife also noticed Turquoise and she stop and talked with us for the last hour.

Back at the RV the moms were almost ready for bed.  We got most of the things put away and we left the section to dry out some more, so that meant Mom M to sleep on the floor using the half of the over the cab cushion.

2016/07/09 - Saturday - Vacation - Day 23 - Home

We got a early start, I did not want to be out in the desert to late because of the heat.  We left at 7:40 (really early start :) )

Next stop was gas at Costco.

Next stop was at Pilot to get gas.  Then on over to Little Sisters Truck Wash to get the RV and Van washed.  We also ate lunch while they did the washing.  The RV had not been washed for about 3 years so desperately needed.  That took about an hour.

We got gas at Sam Club and then dropped Mom D at home.

We made it home about 3:16 and proceeded to do the vehicle shuffle.


For the last week, my back has been getting worse and worse, sometime during the vehicle shuffle, my back really hurts!

Once we somewhat got settled, Cheryl wanted to go pick up my bike and get new bikes for her and Amanda.  She order two new bikes!

Starbucks was a required stop on the way home

For dinner we went out to Red Robin....

So off to bed early for me.

2011/04/17 - Sunday - Bike Ride?

the morning start late today - we did not get start until almost 11:00.  Cheryl of course went and got her drink from Starbucks.

I went and filed the tires up on the tandem, but when I tried to ride the bike the paddles would not put power to the wheels - the chain moves forwards and backwards.  So now I need to get the bike fixed - bummers!  No ride for us.

The rest of the day we relaxed, we did this and that.  I worked on the route for our vacation this year - it will be a straight run to Detroit, but on the way home, I am still working on that.  We will be visiting around three of the Great Lakes and I know that we will be stopping in Elkader to visit family.  But based on today price of gas - this trip will take all of the vacation fund money - so we need to save a little more for the trip...

2008/11/15 – Saturday – Smokey

I had things planned today, but first it was off with Mom D and Cheryl to the winery. We got our spirits for the holidays.

Next on the agenda turned out to be the fires that are happening in the LA area. I found out a very good friend of mine from work lost her house. She and her partner and their cats all got out last night safely, but lost their house.

Cheryl and Amanda did some shopping, while I watch the news about the fires.

Cheryl went to her nail appointment.

I started on the hall closet and was doing a little de-cluttering.

Mom D called about her bike not starting, so she came and got me to help her with that. I got her bike started and she took it to the dealer to get it fixed.

Since I was out with Mom D she wanted a better antenna for the new digital TV signal, well that did not work so we returned that for a different on and that one worked – I might have to by that one, instead of the current setup I have now (with the aluminum foil on it.)

Once I got back home I put the stuff back in the hall closet.

I got a status about the bike – well it not good; it will coast us about $500 to fix it. So now I am going to see if the original dealer will work with me to get it fixed – not good!

I watched more the fire reports. While watching I noticed that the Brea fire was really close to another friends place so I called J.M. Yep he was on mandatory evacuation. He was getting things ready to leave, but he was staying as LONG as possible. His wife had left to find a place to stay for the night.

On Friday we worked on Amanda computer and blew it away – installed XP back on to it. So I still could not find the driver disk for the computer. I worked on my pile of CD/DVD and organized my collection trying to find it – but no luck on that front.

The smoke from the Brea fire was really bad for us. We shut all the windows and Cheryl was having problems breathing because of the Smoke.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

2008/08/02 – Saturday – More Calling

We got up and Amanda and I left for the today’s caller’s class.

Cheryl and Eric got picked up by Mom D, and they headed to an area square dance president meeting.

Amanda stomach did not agree with what she got from Starbucks this morning, so she did not do any calling – she did participate in the discussions during the class.

Class was over at 4:00.

I wanted to get some ride time on the bike, so I took a trip around the block. The bike did take a little bit to get it started, but it did run good.

Cheryl finally convinced me that she needs a new phone. (Yes the phone was partly broken but it was still working.) 2 hours later and $200 later, she has a palm phone and Amanda got a new phone (she paid for hers from her allowance.)

Thanks to Lisa, she took us out for dinner, we went to TGIF.

2008/07/26 – Saturday – Week Recap and Calling

During the week, Cheryl did get her arm looked at and now she is out of her splint.

Eric had an orthodontist appointment.

Friday night Amanda attended her first session of the current Caller Class that she is doing. I am her partner for the class.

Cheryl and Eric went and helped the Orange Coast Lariats with the Orange County Fair Square Dance demonstration.

Today Amanda and I were in the class all day, so we are both tried.

Cheryl did a little bit of shopping for the bike, but she did not like anything, so I guess we will be doing our shopping on the internet.

2008/02/09 - Saturday - Fixing Things

The week had nothing new, so nothing to really document. But one minor thing I guess – Amanda did not clean her aspect of the RV. So the RV is still not cleaned out. Eric also had a flat tire on Thursday so we had to take him to school on Friday.

Saturday I worked on the RV and got the box dropped, but I need to get a few things before I can finish that – so that will happen on Monday or Tuesday.

I finally finished the floor in the dinning room that is I finished the kitchen and dinning room edge.

Now Rosie is not working correctly; I have cleaned it toughly, but still not working correctly. I really do not want to buy a new one, but it looks like I need to.

2008/01/27 – Sunday – Relaxing Day

I fix Eric’s back tire – needed a new entertub.

We watched the last of the Netflix movies that we had, now we need to send all four back.

The rain did come a go; we had a few times when we had sunlight!
Otherwise the day has been one of those relaxing type of day.

2007/10/12 – Friday – Picking Things Up

Cheryl left for your business trip to San Francisco.

I got a phone call from Mom D – something about her scooter. We made arrangement for this evening.

Lunch was with some friends over to Alpine Village. Two of the friends did some shopping.

I got home, moved the Jeep, and got the kids to hop into the RV. The drive was the normal Friday night drive. Once I got to Mom D Work, I could not do the u-turn so now I had to drive the next 10 minutes to get back – what a pain to get the RV turned around.
I loaded Mom D scooter onto the trailer.

Mom is a little sore from her spill, but she is ok.

We made it back to the bike dealer in time, so we unloaded and got her scooter in for a good check of things.

After getting the RV and trailer back into the driveway, we hopped into the van and all went out to Hoft Huts for dinner.

We finally cleaned out the back end of the Jeep. For some reason there was a gallon of milk and it had exploded the top and was stinking the Jeep up. So, now it is all cleaned out.

Finally it started raining around 10:30 tonight.

2007/09/23 – Sunday – Quick Drive Home

The night was not a very good night sleep – about 4 in the morning, people started setting up for a swap meet in the next parking lot behind us. A lot of noise! – Cheryl did not notice.

About 7:00, people started to park all around us so they can go to the swap meet – man talk about rude people

We went to the dance hall and talked with people. I did do two round dances, but we did not do any square dancing today.

Amanda was picked up by one of our friends. And she is going to spend a few days with them (still doing her school work!)

We got home about three – the drive was really easy – not a lot of traffic to worry about.

Eric return home riding on the back with Mom D moped – he had a blast.

I put up 5 different entries on my other blogs of all the pictures of the weekend.

2007/09/19 – Wednesday – Banking

Lunch was with the office for a birthday luncheon at L.V. Seafood.

I was requested to pick up mom from a dealer to take her home.

Cheryl made a good dinner for us.

Cheryl worked on the accounts some more, while I did some banking requirements.

Eric told me that he needed one of his tires filled up at 10:00 at night. So of course he got a little tongue-lashing for telling me so late. But I did go and fill both tires up.

Late – But Made it.

Amanda did not make it to her first period class, but at least she got there to attend the rest of her class. We did find out about her grades in some of her classes and as expected she is failing, but here is still plenty of time to recover (hopefully).

Lunch I went with two friends over to an Italian place – but it was a little code setting out on there patio

At home the family relaxed and watched a few movies. Nothing really exciting.

Dealing with Amanda issue, she has now agreed to a goal. If she does not miss another day of school, unless she is sick (temperature, throwing up, or something major), for the remainder of this year and all of next school year, she wants a dirt bike (yes a motorcycle). This brings up a whole lot of things to consider. I don’t want her to be by herself when she is out, so that means I need to get one myself. The other main thing to consider is how would I transport the bikes and the Jeep at the same time. Then there is all the cost of the gear necessary to keep both of us safe. And now thinking about it, I would really like her to have a training class to make sure she (and I) know the safety aspect of the bike. Wow I sure hope this works!

It’s a big goal for her and a major financial expectation from us, but with the battles we have had and if she really needs a major goal, then I really hope this works.

We have told her many times, that our love is unconditional (of course that is always hard for a youngster to understand!)

Del Mar – Home – Class

Well, I woke up to noises from the outside from the RV. Diesel noise, sweeping machine, and music from somebody near by. I took a shower and then took the dogs for their morning walk.

When I return back to the RV after the walk, I noticed that the rear passenger side trailer tire was flat. O GREAT. So for the next hour I changed the trailer tire. Most of the time was spent trying to get the flat tire and then the good tire to register on the Smarttire system. The tire had a big slice on the inside so I have no idea how that could have happen.

Cheryl left to go get lunch. Once Cheryl was back, I went in, ate lunch, and relaxed before breaking down camp.

During this whole time, there were four semis unloading some type of motorbike. The front looked like a small car but with handlebars, but with only one back wheel. See my other blog for photos.

Once on the way, I did stop at the rest area to dump the tanks, and then onto home.

Once at home, we got things mostly put away. And then it was time for Cheryl and I to head out for our Round Dance class. I finally learned how to do a ‘fish tail’ (a two step move.) And because we were at the Round Dance class, I only watched maybe five minutes of the Supper Bowl.