by Zoe I was the first, the first puppy born to a first time mom on a cold February morning in 2009. It’s good to be first but in this case my mom didn’t have any idea what was going on or what to do. Thankfully my kennel mom, Arlene, came to the rescue and […]
Grocery shopping is an art form, if you’ve had the misfortune of shopping at the local Walmart on Saturday morning you might consider it martial art form! I have a theory about grocery shopping – it takes an hour to go the grocery store. You can go every day and pick up a few thing […]
We, of a certain generation, save kitchen stuff. What is the purpose of saving an old burnt cookie sheet, a cracked wooden spoon, or a bent spatula? In reality, we think these things are treasures and surely our children or grandchildren will be thrilled to have them. After all, that cookie sheet made the best […]
During the 1990’s we made several trips into Mexico with the truck/camper, towing the ATV. Nelson, a friend from Raytheon, was involved with a dive club and they organized trips across the border to dive in the Gulf of Mexico or in some cases to ride the ATV’s. Nelson invited us along and we made […]
This trip was a little different for us, we used two Bluegrass Festivals as an excuse to spend six weeks in Colorado. We left Tucson on the first triple digit day of the year. We were quite proud of our timing, that kind of heat in Tucson made it perfect weather in the White Mountains, […]
On our usual trips to Phoenix we leave Zoe at home with a new dog bone and strict orders to run for the house if a coyote, or God forbid, a snake gets into the yard. As near as we can tell she follows the rules, doesn’t get into trouble and seems happy to see […]
When we travel a familiar road, and this is one of many Spring trips to Florida, we tend to choose favorite places to stay. InLouisiana, it is usually in Lake Charles, at the Sam Houston Jones State Park. This time we decided to try something completely different and found a campground outside Eunice, Louisiana. Eunice […]
The motorhome is washed the windows are sparkling, the travel info is stored in the breakfast nook, the brownies are safely stored in the oven, the pantry and fridge are full, Zoe is in her place, so I guess we are ready to roll. This is where Monty says, “You ready ski-cat? I reply “Hit […]
This was the summer we sampled Shoofly pie in the Amish County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and feasted on lobster in York Harbor on the coast of Maine. At Ben and Jerry’s ice cream factory in Vermont we tasted new flavors, and mourned the demise of old flavor favorites at the ice cream graveyard. We toured […]
There he was slithering down the hallway heading for our bedroom. Monty will tell you the serpent was at least six feet long with glowing eyes and smoke streaming from his nostrils. Actually I think the smoke might of obscured Monty’s view of this eighteen inch long gopher snake. But since this is Monty’s story […]