tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43163507856359876482024-03-14T02:08:50.156-06:00Cave DwellingsBuckhorn Creek, Lake O' The Pines, Jefferson, TXDennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.comBlogger823125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-24150624313264797942018-04-10T21:10:00.000-05:002018-04-10T21:10:53.090-05:00For Those Who Noticed I was "MIA"...As some of you realized, my last blog was Jan 9th and the first 6 weeks of our Winter trip was pretty much a mix of organized mayhem and missteps...Sorry to leave you hanging, but it became a bit harder to sit in front of the computer..more about that later...<br />
Soooo, I pretty much left you all in the Bandera/Luckenbach area...which, by the way, is a great place to be left!!<br />
We left Cowboy town, not really sure about our next stop for 2 weeks. We had found a couple new spots to go, and it's always an adventure to "step out of your box" once in a while...We traveled about 3 hours to an Army Corp Park called Willis Creek on Granger Lake near Taylor, TX.<br />
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This was a very quiet place and we found out that you can extend your stay here...Food for thought..The town of Taylor was pretty cool, and we managed to find a pub or two..imagine that!<br />
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Just about 2 miles from our camper, we discovered we had yet another
historic spot..<br />
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Here we have the house that was used in the filming "The Texas Chainsaw Murders" remake ...Definitely not a family classic. There is a family that now owns it, and you are discouraged from<br />
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I also had the unexpected pleasure of inspecting theBaylor Scott & White Medical Center ER...Murpy's Law
revisited me, and my back went out...out where, I'm not sure, but I got
some kick-ass muscle relaxers, spent 24 hours flat on my back watching
reruns of CSI, and being helped to the bathroom by my male nurse...Oh, I
almost forgot..our toilet began leaking again, so MacGyver ordered a
new one online for pick up at WalMart...Nothing could go wrong by
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On Jan. 21st, 2 days before we were to leave Willis Creek, the Federal Government shut down...SAY WHAAAAT?? We were kicked out of our site a day early and rushed to find a park to stay in..Luckily the government opened back up in time for us to go to our next reservation at Georgetown, Cedar Breaks RV Park...Yes, another Army Corp park..HEY, what can I say? We are cheap old people!!!I won't 'waste time on Georgetown, except to say that our toilet came in at their WalMart, and it was the one made for midgets..Yep, apparently a "low profile" means you squat, or in Den's case, get on your knees..Back it went and we managed to flush our current toilet manually..for a while.</div>
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Moving on to our next reservation, we were again in unchartered territory..Belton Lake, Cedar Ridge RV Park near Belton, TX..</div>
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We had a welcoming committee of Wild Turkeys and almost tame deer!! This place was really nice...<br />
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Lots of group camping areas, a nice marina and many places to walk..I would go back for sure..While surfing online for "pubs", I happened upon a unique looking older pub called Pendleton Pump.. I managed to talk Dennis into driving the 10 miles out into the middle of nowhere to see what kind of place it was..I should have known to be ready for anything when they used the words "dive bar" to describe it...<br />
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<span class="st"> This 100 yr old brick building has a <i>history</i> of being a grocery store, doctor's office, filling station and then a <i>bar</i>/lounge since the 1970s. Beer and setups. 2 pool tables, gaming machines, 2tvs and a juke box. Dj on Sat. I was ready with my "flask" of Rum..all I needed was a Coke and I was a happy girl..</span><br />
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<span class="st"> I was doing just fine until I looked up at the ceiling above me...and decided I could be drinking spiders and not know it...</span><br />
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Yep, this place was truly a dive bar..but Den and I loved it enough to take a selfie!!<br />
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Just two old "Yankees", tryin' to adjust as Winter Texans!!</div>
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Now that we had found one "Dive Bar", we were determined to find another...and we did...</div>
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This place was called The Monkey Barrel Bar..and we fit right in...This was an old gas station at one time...and...you had to go outside to use the bathrooms..I KID YOU NOT!!..But...guess what..The toilet seat was heated...Ya just cannot make this shit up!</div>
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We just had to do one more selfie at the Monkey Barrel...</div>
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Why are these RVers smiling, you ask..? Because they finally had to purchase a brand new RV toilet while they were in Belton...FINALLY!!!!</div>
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OK..Let's get on to our travels.....From Lake Belton, we went to yet another new place for us..We drove about 45 minutes (love me these short drives ) to Stillhouse Hollow, Harker Heights, TX...near Killeen, TX. </div>
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Another great spot...but it was soooo cold and windy!!<br />
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It was from this area, we decided to take a drive to Waco and see Chip and Joanna Gaines Silos in downtown Waco...It was very neat!!</div>
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This place is quite large ..It has many gift shops, a great garden area, a bakery and there is so much to see!!!<br />
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Above is the baker in front of the silo...Of course,we had to go inside!!!</div>
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....And...we had to take some cupcakes home!!! Another place I wanted to see near the Silos was one of the houses they did a make over on..It was called the Shotgun House, and our daughter Terrie and her girlfriends stayed in it when they went to visit the Silos...<br />
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This is called the Shotgun House because it's long and skinny...Unlike the old lady standing in front of it....</div>
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One other reason we went to Waco, TX was to drive out to the site of <a href="https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://img.wennermedia.com/920-width/cults-waco-1e4c9bbf-4bd0-49d6-bec5-4b836306b05a.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/american-cult-5-spiritual-groups-that-went-too-far-w502446/the-branch-davidians-1955---1993-w502448&h=517&w=919&tbnid=fmN_C_zgBg_6hM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=199&usg=__3gh6ETGeXJ6UyyK_EP9CgEMgurQ%3D&vet=10ahUKEwjA1ff4jLHaAhWF4IMKHZCjCgwQ_B0IzgEwFg..i&docid=AGCcCeo4jk75HM&itg=1&client=firefox-b-1-ab&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA1ff4jLHaAhWF4IMKHZCjCgwQ_B0IzgEwFg">Branch Dividians</a> tragic fire..There was a residence there...and when we pulled in a dog came out of a house barking...<br />
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We drove through the wrought iron gate and the dog was not going to let me out of the truck, so I took photos out of my window...<br />
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Above is a listing of every soul who lost their lives at this site..So very sad....<br />
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After an emotional visit to this site, we left through the iron gates, keeping in our thoughts of David Koresh, and the 82 of his followers..young and old right down to little babies...<br />
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I have tried to give you more of our trip to Texas this Winter...I still have most of March to cover..This is already becoming way too long, so I will post the rest of our trip in a few days..Thanks to those who were concerned why I wasn't blogging...Your worries are a non issue..I am alive and well, and still a total nut case who tries to find humor in most situations...<br />
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-32870773080435171362018-01-09T16:04:00.001-06:002018-01-09T16:04:50.960-06:00There's just something about Texas......When we decided to come to Texas this year instead of Florida, we knew it was going to be a totally different type of trip...Usually, it's not as warm, less traffic (except near the big, big cities), more music and a totally different type of "wild life". Our first month of Texas travel was done in the Piney Woods and the Canyon Lake area..two totally different places. On Jan 1st, we began our New Year by driving to Bandera TX for our next week's reservation at Skyline Ranch RV Park. We had never been there before, but it was one of the few places that still had reservations open..<br />
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This is where they have cook outs at the RV park.</div>
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This is their Rec Hall...</div>
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Here is a view of some of the spots...They are full hook up, $200 a week for 50 amp and they have good monthly rates too. They have a couple laundries, but some of the machines don't work (as usual).<br />
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The property the RV park sits on goes right down to the Medina River, which is just beautiful..and you can meet some real characters along the way..<br />
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Bandera, TX is a really fun town..and that area is true cowboy area...I do mean real ranchers and ranch hands. On the weekends it is a very busy place, with lots of tourists in town..and lots of Yankees..like us....and some people made a horse's ass of themselves.</div>
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Yep, horses and cowboys every where.<br />
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I am standing next to a Remington sculpture...amazing!<br />
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We visited a couple famous "saloons" in town..The first was called The 11th Street Saloon..on 11th street..Really old, lots of lost undergarments hanging from the ceiling...</div>
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We also visited another great place in the basement of an old building called Arkey Blue's Silver Dollar Saloon..It has been owned by Arkey Blue for 45 years..and he and his band still play there...In fact many famous country singers have played here...Below is the door that goes down the steps...<br />
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This is the view of the steps from the inside..<br />
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One more reason we loved our RV park in Bandera...It was one short walk across a parking lot to the Wildhorse Saloon...Yep, no driving for this good time!! AND, they had a dance hall and a band Saturday night!!</div>
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This here Cowboy left his cowboy hat at home...but I liked his look and went home with him...</div>
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I know this is long, but I have to get in a few photos of Luckenbach..Yep, we made it there too from Bandera on a day trip..It wasn't very busy, and the weather was cool and windy, but that doesn't stop us!</div>
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We had a great time..Some of the entertainment was pretty lame, though...<br />
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Not sure who this old broad is, but she couldn't sing at all..And who wears a Chicago Bears sweatshirt with Texas cowboy boots anyway??<br />
Yep, hangin' with Waylon and Willie , and the boys!!<br />
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-52374504590301713832017-12-31T13:05:00.002-06:002017-12-31T13:05:31.275-06:00Enjoying the Texas Hill Country..but bracing for severe cold..I believe the last time I posted a blog was when we were in Jefferson, TX. We sure enjoy it there, and will be stopping back there in March on our way back to Illinois..( I don't want to even THINK of that yet!). This past 2 weeks, we have been happily parked at Crane's Mill CG in Startzville, TX on Canyon Lake. We were going to head over to the other side of the lake on Jan 7th at Potter's Creek, but they won't allow camping in any Army Corp park on the same lake in the same month without being gone 16 days..and this isn't going to happen..<br />
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We are in site 25 on the lake and it is just perfect. There are only 30 camping sites here, so you need to reserve one ahead of time if you want to be here for Christmas and the New Year..and we did. Here are a few photos from this area..<br />
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The deer are pretty thick around here, but a little timid when we tried to get them to pose...</div>
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Above is the marina here..It is really big and it is a floating marina, so it goes up and down with the levels of Canyon Lake...Lots of nice homes on the hillsides.</div>
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Also, there are some beautiful sunrises and sunsets..This is a sunrise..You don't want to know what I looked like when I jumped out of bed to get this...frightening visual..</div>
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Having been in this area before, we knew that there was a great and very friendly VFW in town,and another one just down the road in Satler..These are open to the public and we have always encountered great local people who don't mind us Yankees bothering them with stupid questions..</div>
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This is an example of how lame I am...trying to get a photo of us in the bar mirror...Dennis is a God man to put up with me sometimes..as I am a constant source of embarrassment..</div>
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Every chair in here has been donated in honor of a veteran..I think that is waay cool!</div>
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Notice the shuffleboard in the backgrounds here. They have tournaments on Saturdays...We use to have those in the bars when my Dad took me in the bars, way back in the day. He would plop my butt up on the bar stool next to him, buy me a Coke and get himself a Meister Brau...Those were the days..Nice to see a blast from the past that time hasn't touched in the way of the shuffleboard..</div>
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We had intentions of going into San Antonio to the River Walk, but out weather was not cooperating..Texas is now on it's way to having one of the coldest Decembers on record...We have been ready to disconnect our water at any day...probably tonight..It is suppose to get down to 25 degrees. </div>
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Since San Antonio was a "no go", we opted to go into Gruene, TX..OK, I will not go into my normal history lesson, but I advise any people like myself (crazy for US history) go to this link..<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruene,_New_Braunfels,_Texas">Gruene, TX</a>.</div>
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You will not be sorry..interesting stuff..Here are some photos I took in Gruene..</div>
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Above is the Gruene Dance Hall, built in 1878, and Texas's oldest dancehall. This is where George Strait got his start too...and John Travolta did his famous "dance scene" in the movie "Michael"..</div>
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There was a band playing in the dance hall, so we decided to have an adult beverage (all they can serve is beer and wine...no problem...)..and we took a seat at one of the long wooden tables and enjoyed the revelry!</div>
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On the other side of the huge dance hall is the old original bar, where my partner in crime got me a wine and he had a draft beer...good times!!</div>
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Of course you cannot come to Texas without partaking of some good 'ol Texas BBQ Brisket...and we found some great stuff in Sattler, TX..</div>
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Yep, this is Texas all right, y'all. Ya order up from the window and either eat it outside or take it home..We took ours back to the camper..but not without a stop at the Sattler VFW on our way back..<br />
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I loved this jar at the VFW...but I also knew that I can have a sailor's mouth on occasion and didn't want to have to mortgage our house to get outta there, so I kept in on the "down low"..<br />
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I cannot forget to mention that our "shitter" has broken twice in one week. Yes, I am serious...The flusher broke once, and Dennis took our toilet out and managed to fix it...</div>
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It broke at midnight that night, so a few trips to the Shower house/ bathrooms with a flashlight were our destiny until daylight..Then MacGuyver got to work and fixed it in the morning..</div>
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Not exactly where the toilet is suppose to be..on our bedroom floor...</div>
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OK, that was lucky, he had an extra part with us...But our luck ran out about 4 days later, when I did the foot flush and it broke again..It was about 4PM, so we made a high speed run to the nearest Camping World, praying they could have the part..Keep in mind our camper is 11 years old, so our chances were slim to none they would have it..and a new toilet might be in our future...</div>
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However, we lucked out and they had our part..Probably because nobody had a toilet that old and they were left with aging toilet parts..At any rate, we raced back to the Hiker, Dennis installed the part in about an hour and we were on board for our Happy Hour, only 1/2 hour late..</div>
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So, that pretty much covers our last 2 weeks..Tomorrow we are heading to Bandera, TX, "Cowboy Capitol of the World"..We will be staying there one week, and hoping the weather gets warm enough to wander around outside...Also hoping to get to Luckenback from there..As for tonight, it's New Year's Eve and MacGyver and I are planning an exciting evening of staying inside, cooking pork chops and having a few adult beverages...I believe I will be meeting the "Admiral" for drinks later..</div>
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EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-6862955838606731552017-12-16T16:10:00.002-06:002017-12-16T16:10:34.323-06:00Jefferson, Texas....a taste of NOLA!Dennis and I have been sitting here in Jefferson, TX for about 10 days now..I know, I know..I haven't blogged about it yet..That is because there is so much to see here, and we have definitely been seeing stuff..First of all, we are in a great camping spot at Buckhorn Creek Campground, site 113..We have squatted here before, and love it..<br />
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Above photo was taken from our campsite..The weather has been pretty cold, but sunny. Dennis is having campfire withdrawal, as they have a burning ban here...We loaded up on firewood in Texarkana and the GMC is definitely over weight..However, some of that weight could be cases of beer..and wine...and rum...and tequila..and brandy..and sweet vermouth..(Hey, I like a good Brandy Manhattan when the weather is cold!)</div>
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Our campsite is water and electric..and the views are outstanding..especially the sunsets..</div>
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This town of Jefferson is very historic..Yep, get ready for an extended History lesson about Jefferson, TX...Please take notes, there will be a test later...<br />
"<i>Jefferson became a port of entry into the Republic of Texas and
then the State of Texas. It was also a major shipping port for those who
wished to sell agricultural products, especially cotton. Cotton was
brought to Jefferson from as far away as Dallas by ox wagon and then
sold in Jefferson through receiving, forwarding, and commission me<span class="text_exposed_show">rchants
to markets in New Orleans and St. Louis. Many of the immigrants who
came to Jefferson stayed and built homes and shops here.</span></i><br />
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Thomas JeffersonJefferson, Texas is located on Big Cypress Bayou in the
Cypress Valley of Northeast Texas. It is the County seat for Marion
County. Named for Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War patriot who was
known as the “Swamp Fox”, Marion County was created in 1860. Jefferson
was named for Thomas Jefferson, and was conceived as a port city by
Allen Urquhart and Daniel Alley, who saw its potential as the head of
navigation when they prepared a plan for the town site in 1841.</i><br />
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In 1845, when obstructions were removed from Big Cypress Bayou,
steamboats could reach Jefferson from New Orleans. After the arrival of
the first steamboat, Jefferson became a boom town where many pioneers to
Texas first set foot on Texas soil when they disembarked from the
steamboats.</i><br />
<i> During Jefferson’s Golden Era as a steamboat port
from 1845 until 1875, it became a cosmopolitan town like most port
cities with a confluence of cultures and businesses. The architectural
styles, which developed in Jefferson during this period of prosperity,
resembled those of New Orleans. The homes were primarily of Greek
revival design.</i><br />
<i> When the log raft was removed by the Army Corps
of Engineers in the year 1873, the water level in Big Cypress Bayou was
reduced and navigation to Jefferson was threatened. Railroads were also
extended during this period of time across Texas, which reduced
Jefferson’s commercial market area. The town ceased to be a prominent
port city and commercial center. However, many of the mid-nineteenth
century homes and buildings on the Historical Registry remain.</i>"<br /> Photos to follow...</div>
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Jefferson is on the Big Cypress Bayou and they give swamp tours..We took one a couple years ago and it was well worth it..There is also an old historic cemetery here where many notable people are buried..and they give ghost tours of some of the antebellum homes that are haunted..We love it here so much that we booked ourselves right back in the same spot for next March...<br />
Of course, we are familiar with some of the favorite "haunts", and not all are haunted..We love <a href="http://auntieskinners.bikersforburnsurvivors.org/">Auntie Skinner's Riverboat Club</a>. I must confess that there is a story of a resident ghost spooking up the stairway after hours...This place is one of the oldest buildings in Jefferson and was many things before it became a bar...and their food is great!<br />
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Soooooo much fun here! It is the original brick and those front windows used to be doors...</div>
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Tomorrow, the Cave Dwellers are seeking a new "dwelling place", and so we will dump our tanks and hit the road. Our next destination for Christmas and New Year's Eve will be Crane's Mill Campground in Startzville, TX on Canyon Lake, North of San Antonio. Again, we have stayed here once before. At our age it is best not to have too many surprise destinations..we like structure so we don't forget where we are...Startzville is a 6 1/2 hour drive from here, and this is another thing about aging...We don't ride as well as we did...When we get out of the GMC after that length of time, we need about an hour to get our land legs again....and also we need a huge supply of Ibuprofen..Trust me, parking this thing is much more pleasant when WE are both in a pleasant mood. It is for those reasons that we will just break it up into 2 nights..and arrive Monday after stopping tomorrow night somewhere in between..See, we <i>have </i>learned somethings over the camping years..<i></i></div>
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<i> </i>We did have a bit of a scare the first morning we arrived..I opened our camper door to this sight....</div>
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HOLY BUZZARDS, BATMAN!! It was like they were just waiting for us to get out of bed and take our walk, so they could have an early morning snack..Those darn Vultures seem to show up where ever we go..I cannot imagine why...We have learned to be very careful we don't fall down ...They would be on us like buzzards on carrion..Just the thought makes me tremble..</div>
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OK, so that is enough of commanding your attention for the moment...One thing about Texas..the ants make hills the size of the great pyramids, and the mosquitoes are whiskey drinking, gun totin' varmits that can survive a killing frost and are the size of dragon flies...YAHOO!!</div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-34335139802998438382017-12-04T13:51:00.001-06:002017-12-04T13:51:11.193-06:00Enjoying our life and being grateful...After a rough start, Dennis and I have managed to shake off the bad vibes and begin enjoying this trip to Texas. We have been parked at Wright Patman Lake, Clear Springs Campground, since last Thursday...This is always a stopping off point for us when we get to Texas. Usually it is much busier than this time, though.<br />
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We have been in this spot before and the view of the lake is amazing...and it's very quiet here!!<br />
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That "wall" you see around our camp area looks like stones...but don't be deceived. It's actually bags of concrete...Very interesting, but it wouldn't have been my choice for a retaining wall..However, it seems to work well..</div>
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This park has a ton of camping sites...Some are on the lake, and some are in the woods..They even have 3 cabins you can stay in that overlook the lake...</div>
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Above is one in the center and you can see another one on the right..I don't think they are much more than one room with a porch, fire pit and grill..You would need to bring cots and sleeping bags..and a fishing pole, of course!</div>
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This is the view out of our back window...</div>
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There are many trails and places to walk here.. This particular one use to be a road into the park, but is now closed. We love this quiet place to take our walks..It is a far cry from walking and dodging the early morning school traffic back home...not to mention sleeping with only the tree frogs to listen to..And there are no train horns here to nearly throw me out of bed either!!</div>
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We have our Hiker decorated for Christmas too...I think it's pretty cozy...</div>
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Don't be put off by the creepy, crabby doll on the back of our couch..It's just Maxine..I told her I would bring her if I could steal some of her insults from time to time...</div>
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This is our dresser in the bedroom..a touch of home ...</div>
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When I clean the Hiker, (which only takes about an hour), I have a small Eureka vacuum that we have had since we had our Cougar, in 2003. I must be an aggressive vacuumer because I ended up breaking the end of the handle off...So, I was about ready to throw it out until MacGyver took it and made me a new handle to put on the end...I should have known he would find a way to salvage it..It's only 14 years old, after all..</div>
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We have had great weather here...65 and 70 degree days and a campfire every night..</div>
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We will be leaving here Wednesday, the 6th and heading only one hour away to <a href="https://www.visitjeffersontexas.com/">Jefferson, TX</a>. Jefferson is another of our favorite haunts..and I do mean haunted..There are many ghost stories about the haunting of many of the old historic homes in Jefferson. I highly recommend everyone to spend some time in this old riverboat town..Rest assured I will post lots from Jefferson!</div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-465116276872134912017-11-27T15:31:00.000-06:002017-11-27T15:33:45.483-06:00If it weren't for bad luck.....So....Dennis and I finally got on the road last Saturday. We had planned to leave on Nov. 28th, but the weather was so great, we loaded up early and made like a baby to "head out"...Sorry, I couldn't resist.<br />
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The refrig was loaded to the max!!</div>
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FINALLY!! On the highway by our home, heading out of town..</div>
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We had no reservations until Nov. 30th in Texarkana, TX. We planned to stop overnight at Gun Creek Campground in Rend Lake (Southern IL) for one night and then move on to Lake Wappepello in South Missouri for 4 nights, making the last leg of our trip to Texarkana on Thursday, the 30th of November...YAAAAY "On the Road Again"....or so it seemed.<br />
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Here we are just North of Pana, IL fueling up...I could NOT stop smiling..But..I was to find out all was not as it seemed.</div>
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We pulled out of the gas station and got just one mile from Pana, IL and Dennis suddenly had no power steering in our truck...AND..he immediately discovered we had no power brakes either. He slowed waaaaay down, knowing he only had his trailer brake to stop us. We saw a cafe ahead on a T intersection with a big parking lot. Dennis managed to strong arm the Hiker into that lot and pull off to the edge of it..At least we were off the highway!!</div>
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Dennis is pretty handy at almost everything, hence his nickname, McGyer. He decided that our serpentine belt broke and was shredded due to a faulty Idler pulley. (For those of you who think I am knowledgeable about auto mechanics, think again. I am quoting a much frustrated McGyer.) </div>
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He got on his phone and found out that there was a NAPA Auto Parts in Pana, but we couldn't drive our truck. Den called the place and talked to a nice guy who knew just what we needed, took our CC number over the phone, and sent someone out to deliver the parts to us..Now, THAT , my friends, is customer service.</div>
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McGyver has put this belt on before, but at home. And he really needed a few more tools than he had with us...Before long, a nice man stopped to see it he could help..</div>
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They both worked side by side until this nice man had to leave to go to work..McGyver was at it alone again..But the Gods of Southern Red Necks were with us!</div>
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How much brains and brawn does it take to put on a serpentine belt??? Apparently FOUR!!Count them..1,2,3,4!! Four great guys that stayed with Den for at least 30 minutes until..WALLA! Success!!! </div>
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Dennis offered some cash to these guys, and they refused it..saying to pay it forward, which we definitely will!! Back on the road again to Rend Lake, IL, about a 2 hour drive, but we finally made it.</div>
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We left Rend Lake Sunday AM and drove about 150 miles to Lake Wappepello, MO, Redman Creek Campground...Whew!..Well, almost.<br />
When we got to the campground every site had decorations set up, lights and balloons, candy canes, toy shops, toy soldiers..and NO ONE was allowed to camp there. It was a weekend Xmas drive through celebration of lights...<a href="http://www.eventcrazy.com/Wappapello-MO/events/details/13397-Festival-of-Lights-Christmas-Auto-Tour">7-Festival-of-Lights-Christmas-Auto-Tour</a>.. We proceeded to drive through it, looking pretty idiotic, I might say..JUST GREAT. The camp host found us as we drove the Hiker through the campground, aimlessly wandering trying to figure out what was going on. The camp host spotted us, and told us to go about 3miles across the dam to People's Creek and we could get a spot there. OK, we can do that.<br />
We drove in and found a spot. There was a sign that said do NOT set up until the camp host allows you to. We spotted a site with no reservation on it and pulled in. We didn't set up..We knocked on the host camper and no one answered. A nice lady camper said the host might be at another spot up the road and she offered to drive Dennis up there so we could get permission to set up..However they couldn't find him. 2 hours later we decided to set some stuff up..Yes, we are renegades..Hey, it had been a bad start!!<br />
Dennis had no more than got our water, electric and the TV dish all set up,and I had gotten stuff out, when the park gustapo showed up. Dennis told him we had waited a long time. This guy was pretty nice, but informed us that this was the only site in the place that had a reservation beginning the next night...and that we had to move in the morning to another site..Aaaaaall righty then...<br />
We are now all set up in our new site at People's Creek, Wappepello Lake, MO. The weather is wonderful, and we are now "happy campers"...finally.<br />
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I certainly hope this trip soon gets less stressful! As for now, we are just about to light a campfire and have an early "Happy Hour". Sometimes you get the bear...sometimes the bear gets you...I think I felt his hot breathe.<br />
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<br />Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-79341509746782589112017-11-03T16:31:00.001-06:002017-11-03T16:31:19.595-06:00Biding our time until we can leave!Dennis and I are hoping to leave this area for the Winter and our "lift off" date is tentatively set for November 28th. We will spend 2 nights on the road until we land in Texarkana for a few days. There was a time when we drove it in just one overnight stay, sometimes Wally Docking around Blytheville AR..not a great place to be alone in a parking lot..I'm not a big fan of the Wally Dock idea..I prefer at least a neighbor, albeit a bad one..Misery loves company. One thing we have plenty of is time..Why rush it?<br />
We have been busy this last part of October. Our grand kids have been busy and we have tried to keep up with their activities. Our oldest Wolff cub, Aiden, has been playing Youth Tackle Football down in Zionsville, IN.<br />
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They won both games too!! This weekend they have a Superbowl and play 2 games again!! The NFL doesn't even do that!! Aiden's little brother, Maddox, plays flag football and their season is over, but Madds is always there to support his big bro!<br />
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Our Heiser grandsons are pretty busy too! The oldest, Peyton, is a Senior and runs Cross Country as I have mentioned before. They placed 2nd in the Regional and are now headed down to Peoria for the State Championships this Saturday. We aren't able to go, but his mom will keep us informed on how it goes. Last week I went to his track meet dressed like Nanook of the North!! Those runners were just in their shorts and tank tops...BRRRRR!! The fields were wet and we had snow flurries..My feet were soaked..What the heck?? This a darn track meet, for God's sake, NOT a football game!!<br />
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This is a Senior picture...He's a great kid, inside and out..Of course, I am not prejudice at all!</div>
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Peyton's younger brother, Campbell, had a part in the middle school play. Campbell is 13 and played the role of a Sheriff..</div>
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Campbell and his Mom and Dad...</div>
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The kids have nicknamed Campbell "Soupy"..He's a really fun kid! He is so little, just look at those toothpick legs!..Oh, and those are MY cowboy boots,making their stage debut!!</div>
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We were not proud at all!! Campbell is following in his sister's Thespian footsteps..And speaking of his sister.....</div>
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Dennis is busy in the combine. They are way behind due to so much rain. I have been trying to start loading our Hiker. We haven't taken it on a Winter trip in two years and we almost stripped it clean when we parked it, so there is a LOT to load. It doesn't help that it is parked quite a ways from our house! We also discovered that our slides were not working properly, so Dennis got underneath where the gear gizmo was. He first thought we may have to buy a new $700 motor (YIKES!), but discovered it was just some thingamajig on top of the motor that was the problem. As you can see, I have no idea what it is called, but he got online, ordered said thingamajig on line, and put it in when it arrive . WALLA!! Slides work.</div>
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I am a little nervous about this trip because the Hiker has been just sitting for a long time...I sure hope the ol' girl doesn't throw a hissy fit about having to get off her pad and travel again! She is, after all, 10 years old..How old is that in people years? So Dennis and I are trying not to jinx this trip. The whole idea of getting outta here this Winter is rest and relaxation. Now if I can just remember where I had everything put away in the Hiker, and can redo it the same way..I do, however, remember where I stored that wine!!</div>
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<br />Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-78887301654998250582017-10-11T18:07:00.000-05:002017-10-11T18:07:40.486-05:00If it weren't for bad luck...Yep, if it weren't for bad luck, Dennis and I would have no luck at all! I finally thought I could see a bit of very dim light at the end of our medical tunnel..Not to be..October 1st I woke up with a bad belly ache...It didn't get any better, and in fact got worse throughout the day. Finally, about 3PM, Dennis talked me into ANOTHER trip to the ER..I really didn't want this. I felt we were becoming "frequent flyers" at the Sandwich Hospital ER lately,..But...I also somehow knew I was NOT going to get any better at home..I was thinking gall bladder..Nope. .peritonitis and appendix trouble..Surgery 9PM that night. Yep, plans made in jello.<br />
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They began pumping me full of antibiotic immediately..Apparently, they didn't rupture..but were very close to it..Sheesh!</div>
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The good news is I got to go home the next afternoon, promising to behave myself. My intentions once home were to resume normal activities...I soon found out that emergency surgery can take a person down and the healing process can be a bit slower than I planned. Just today I took up my normal 2mile walk..at a much slower pace, I might add. Hey, and guess what?? My surgeon took some great 8 X 10 glossys of my infected appendix before he yanked them..Christmas cards, maybe???</div>
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Some good news, though...Dennis got his cast removed from his arm..He has one more Xray and the doc will decide if he needs Physical Therapy..Of course, you know darn well he is in the fields combining beans as I speak. I think Den and I might need to live in a padded room..or at least wrap ourselves in bubble wrap..</div>
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Also good news was the fact that our granddaughter was home from Ball State University for a few days for Fall Break .</div>
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Trying to be optimistic, Den and I are still planning a Winter Trip to Texas this year..We are re-visiting a few "old haunts" in Cowboy Country..One of our first stops will be Clear Springs Campground at Wright Patman Lake in Texarkana, TX. We almost always make this our first long stop..</div>
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It can still be pretty cold there in December..but anything is better than Illinois!!If you hope to stay here in March, you had better have reservations..Those Arkansas/Texans fill up the park over Spring Break..One drawback to this park...it is a dry county..Gotta go back into Arkansas to buy any adult beverages!! One really good thing about this park...it is only 2 miles from a nice RV dealership and parts place..!(We know this because we have had things break at times here!!)</div>
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Our next stop will be Lake Jefferson, TX, about 2 hours South of Texarkana..We love this place at Christmas time!</div>
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Jefferson, TX was a riverboat town at one time. The riverboats came up the backwaters of the Mississippi from New Orleans until the passage got overgrown and too narrow to accommodate the boats..The railroad was a big deal here too!</div>
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Our next planned stop will be at Canyon Lake, Texas..Cranes Mill campground is where we will be for 2 weeks over Christmas..This is an Army Corp campground, and there is another one on the other side of the lake called Potter's Creek. Texas is another place you need reservations for Christmas..They even set off fireworks over the lake..Here are a few photos from Cranes Mill campground.</div>
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Dennis is a firewood gatherer, and you are allowed to pick it up here! This park is close to a little town called Startzville, TX. It has a great VFW, grocery, hardware store and laundromat..Not to mention a local pub just outside the park..We will spend Christmas here..if we get to make this trip!</div>
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Soooo, all in all, Dennis and I are blessed. After this last trip to the ER, I did learn a few things :</div>
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"off the shoulder" model,you need to "rock it"...own it..Walk that
hallway like a runway model!<br />
~I now can add Dilaudid to narcotics
I cannot take. The ER doc tried a 1/2 of 1/2 dose in my IV, then sent
me for a chest X-Ray. I became a fainting vomit comet and scared the
bejesus out of the poor X-Ray tech. <br />
~Remember that the hospital is not the Ritz-Carleton..That button by your bed is NOT Room Service<br /> .<br /> ~Also remember that this is called Out Patient Surgery for a reason..Yep, you're IN..and you're OUT..Botta Bing, Botta Boom!<br />
And here are some things to remember after you go home<br />
When they gave you Milk of Magnesia with a Prune Juice chaser, this
could have a delayed reaction of epic proportions. Stay close to your
commode...and..keep in mind that "passing gas" might be beyond your
expectations.<br />
~Even though your mind feels 18..(OK, 40), your
sphincter is almost 70..and it's similar to an old rubber band..The
pucker power is kaput.<br />
~This is no time for doing "chores". If you must do laundry, dump it all in one load and pray the colors don't bleed.<br />
And, lastly, everybody tells you that the 2nd day after surgery is the
worst..Truth here. So, just chill out, relax, read a book, order out,
hang around in your jammies. I sit on my front porch and watch the
neighborhood, reminiscing about the movie "The Burbs"..All I need is
Bruce Dern. As for my personal choice of bed time meds, I have found
that 2 Extra Strength Tylenols followed by a vintage glass of Franzia
box Refreshing White is good for my pain control...And this time of year
it MUST be in my skeleton head wine glass...Life is good, if not
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-71263881908099988602017-09-23T15:40:00.001-05:002017-09-23T15:40:57.382-05:00Yep...the Cave Dwellers are still here..To say this has been a "busy" summer is just the tip of the iceberg...and we all know what happened to the Titanic! After our trip to Destin, Dennis was due for his hopefully final colonoscopy August 7th. (which turned out OK, FINALLY!!) At that time, he had an EKG and it was discovered that he has what is called A-Flutter..an issue with the Atrial chamber of his heart beating too fast...Bottom line is that could possibly cause a clot..and a stroke. This is not good news.<br />
So, we made an appt with our Cardiologist and he put a heart monitor on Dennis, with a radio transmitter that sent EKG's regularly to ..someplace, maybe Oz....(it was like having a magic nurse watching your every move!) He had to wear this for one month...grrr.<br />
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We managed to fit in a trip to Zionsville to visit our Wolff Cub grand kids and watch them play some tackle and flag football while Dennis was bionic...<br />
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Our oldest Wolff Cub is #9..He is 8 years old and they play youth tackle football.</div>
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Above, the little blondie chewing on his flavored mouth piece is our younger grandson. He is in first grade, and they play flag football..As you can see, it's hard to hold the interest of first graders..</div>
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In the meantime, back home, we were in the process of tearing off our 40 year old deck and having a new one built..Of course, Dennis Cave decided to begin tearing it off by himself without help...and....well, he made a misstep, fell.. and broke his left arm..Dennis took an ambulance ride to the ER, where our daughter-n-law works and we know most of the people up there.( ya just can't keep anything secret in a small town) That afternoon, Den came home with a sling and an appt with an Orthopedic Doc a few days later.<br />
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We were lucky to have such good friends to come and help get that old deck down and removed!<br />
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As it turned out, the Ortho Dr. decided Dennis should have a cast for 6 weeks...Allllll righty then..<br />
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So, after wearing the heart monitor for a month, it was determined Den has A-Flutter AND A-Fib..They set him up for a procedure called Ablation, where a Cardio doc and his team go through the femoral artery up into your heart and cauterize the bad spots..a 4 hour procedure that has a 70% success rate. Dennis had this done last Tuesday...No wonder we drink. He will have an EKG in one month, and another a month after that. They really won't know if it worked for about 6 months..In the meantime, Den is on blood thinner....and so,knowing how klutzy my hubby can be, I wanted to put him in a padded room to keep from cutting himself somehow..One of my ploys was to make sure he got an ELECTRIC razor..and he did!!</div>
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After our deck was completed began the process of staining it..with a brush...in the sun..We are getting too old for this stuff....Here is the new deck before we stained it...</div>
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It turned out pretty good. This is the second time in our married lives that Dennis Cave hasn't done the work himself..Just 6 weeks ago we had a new furnace and Central Air put in our house..PUT IN, buy professional heating and air guys!! Den has a hard time sitting still and letting others help..as you can see....</div>
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Below is our deck after staining it all...</div>
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Turned out pretty nice...I did a good share of staining it, but MacGuyver helped me, albeit one handed, on all of those damn spindles...sheesh!!</div>
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In the middle of the hubbub, our granddaughter, Taylor, started college at Ball State University..</div>
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This is her dorm room...She and her mom decorated it. No dorm rooms I ever visited ever looked this great.</div>
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Above is our Taylor on the right, with a couple college friends..Too bad they aren't having any fun.</div>
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Also, our grandson, Peyton, began running Cross Country track. Pey is a Senior in high school this year.</div>
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Peyton is the second runner in black and white checked shirt..He really got tall this summer..Dennis and I finally got to go to a meet!!</div>
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Proud grandparents of this kid..He just had his Senior pictures taken:....</div>
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Sooo, not to be giving lame excuses, but we have been a bit busy lately...However, I have to tell you that we are planning a Winter trip..hoping we can make it. We will be leaving end of November and traveling to Texas, staying at Texarkana, Jefferson , Canyon Lake, and possibly Bandera. Other spots are also in the works...I have made reservations through Jan 1st so far, but am still working on the rest. If there is any GOOD karma left , we could use some!!! But as we all know, plans are made in jello...</div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-71311783648056591822017-07-23T15:39:00.001-05:002017-07-23T15:39:03.683-05:00FINALLY!!! A DESTIN-ATION!It obviously doesn't take much to get my shorts in a dither...Our entire family (all kids and most grands) took a trip for a Cave-A-Palooza....in Destin, Florida last week. This has been planned since early Spring and was hatched one evening during a Christmas get together...The idea was our children's..to see if we could co-habitate in one big spot ( meaning a large house) for a solid week without police intervention. I have to admit, some times it was close, but we managed to finish our week by the ocean without any major disasters..and we are all still speaking~! Here are some photos of the good times...<br />
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One of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen...</div>
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Crystal clear blue water and white sand beaches..</div>
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It was seriously like a living inside a water color work of art!!!</div>
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This was our 7 bedroom, 5 bath, 2 kitchen house 1 short block from the ocean. There were bedrooms on every floor, including the "tower room" on the 4th floor...Our granddaughter, Taylor, got that one!<br />
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...and we had a long skinny pool at our house too!<br />
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Here are all of the kids! Obviously they had NO fun at all!!!!! We had to sweep sand out of the house every day at least twice! <br />
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Frank Lloyd Wright, eat your heart out...Now THIS was a working sand castle complete with a moat!!!<br />
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The "adult" table...We do clean up pretty good!!<br />
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Sophia and Landon loved boarding that surf!!!<br />
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Some went "Go Carting"!!!<br />
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Taylor had no fun at all..what a shame.<br />
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Chris and John Wolff<br />
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Chris and John brought along what is called a Sky Lantern..It's much like a mini hot air balloon...You can hand light it and watch it fly..We did that our last evening on the beach...</div>
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....And finally it begins to fly!!!<br />
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This was so amazing to watch it disappear...It went really high!</div>
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Thank you for tolerating my very long family blog. Obviously, we took sooooo many photos and made so many memories. This was probably a once in a lifetime trip and we are so very blessed to have such a crazy, fun group altogether in one place!!!! Cherish those moments!<br />
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-27576299450894691412017-06-27T17:35:00.001-05:002017-06-27T17:35:26.414-05:00My reputation as a sporadic irresponsible Blogger is now a fact.Yep, that would be me..totally unreliable, unpredictable, off-the-wall, bit of a flake and slightly mentally unstable..I couldn't make a plan and stick to it if I tried these days...So, without further adieu, I will give you a run down of my mundane life lately..I say mundane, but in my crazy world, it has been pretty fun!<br />
Our oldest grandchild and only granddaughter graduated from Kaneland High School with honors and will be attending Ball State University in Muncie Indiana this Fall on a Presidential Scholarship..(See how my head swells and my braggadocio goes out of control when I mention grandkids?)<br />
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Taylor's baby brother, Campbell, had a choral concert. (The kids call him "Soupy", and he loves it!) These middle school kids are amazing singers too, and next year Campbell will be an 8th grader and one year from high school! Peyton graduates this year, so it will be a few years of change at the Heiser house...<br />
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Campbell is a little guy with a big deep Baritone voice! I love when kids get involved in stuff, athletics, the Arts, ...anything to keep them busy and give them a sense of belonging.</div>
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As some of you might know, our son, Kelly, is a Lieutenant at the Oswego Fire Department...Well, he got a nice promotion to Captain!! Dennis retired from Sandwich Fire Dept. as a Captain, so this meant a lot to all of us...We attended the ceremony and Dennis got to pin Kelly's Captain badge on him...</div>
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Proud Mom and Dad...Hmmm..Dennis' shoes look like he could glow in the dark, right?..I need to supervise his apparel more carefully...........<br />
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I am going to attempt to load a video of our granddaughter's Senior solo she dedicated to me at her Senior choral concert...I sure hope it loads..She sang "I Dream A Dream" from Les Miserables for me. In the play, this was sung by the character, Fantine, who was left alone, and destitute. In this song, Fantine thinks of happier days and wonders how all went so wrong in her life....I totally cried...Turn up your sound and enjoy...<br />
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Sooooo...not much else to report here...We are planning a family Cave-A-Palooza at Miramar Beach near Destin Florida for the week of July 8th -July15th...This should be interesting, to say the least! </div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-9870473019459679432017-06-01T18:57:00.001-05:002017-06-02T16:22:14.978-05:00Taylor Madrigals<br />
Our granddaughter, Taylor is the girl on the left of the two girls seated in chairs. They shared a solo..Turn up your sound and listen until the end..Beautiful voices..and soooo proud grandparents!!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLNUqrMB-2y-x6fjl13bauJ0emUUWULgpk" width="425"></iframe>Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-80151106627159859782017-05-29T18:08:00.002-05:002017-05-29T18:08:20.247-05:00Our family loses our hero...Our family lost our Uncle Clarence Bark , Jr. last week..He was a WWII Veteran and 93 years old. Here is his obituary...<br />
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<strong>Clarence H. Bark Jr, 93 of Montgomery, passed away Wednesday
May 17, 2017 at Jennings Terrace in Aurora, IL. Clarence was born
August 25, 1923 in Sandwich, IL, the son of Clarence Sr. and Jane
(Arnold) Bark. Clarence grew up in Sandwich, IL until he entered the
United States Navy in World War II in 1941; working as a machinist on
both the USS Lexington and USS Bennington Aircraft Carriers in the South
Pacific. After serving 6 years in the Navy, Clarence worked in
construction as a bricklayer and then at Thor Power Tool in Aurora,
where he used his skills as a machinist that he obtained while in the
Navy. He left Thor Power Tool in 1974, and began working for Armour
Dial for 15 years, retiring in 1989. He served on the Montgomery
planning commission for over 30 years and the Grand Marshall in 2012 for
the Montgomery Fest parade. He enjoyed bowling, fishing and camping.
Clarence is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jeanette, 1 sister,
Juanita (the late Raymond) Anderson. Many nieces, nephews and other
relatives. He is preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother, William
(the late Esther), and 1 sister, Katherine (the late Campbell) Cave. </strong><strong>Family
will be receiving guests Wednesday, May 24, 2017 from 5pm to 7pm at
Dieterle Memorial Home, 1120 S. Broadway, Montgomery, IL 60538.
Interment will be private. Donations to the Fox Valley Veterans
Breakfast Club, 1603 Timber Lane Drive, Montgomery, IL 60538. For
information visit </strong><a href="http://www.dieterlememorialhome.com/"><strong>www.dieterlememorialhome.com</strong></a><strong> 630-897-1196.</strong><br />
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We loved him dearly and he will be missed...<br />
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Uncle Clarence and his wife of 58 years, Jeanette..She is now 101 and living at home..</div>
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Uncle Clarence and his two sisters, Juanita and Katherine, Den's Mom...</div>
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Uncle Clarence and our granddaughter, Taylor..Tay is now 18 years old.</div>
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Our family was sooooo blessed to have Uncle Clarence among us. We learned much from him and will never forget him...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was one of the photo boards I made up for his memorial service...<br />
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Above is a post card sent to him from friends in 1924 when he was overseas...and the photo on the right was taken when the peace treaty was signed in Japan..</div>
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Rest In Peace, Clarence Bark, Jr...our hero..</div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-55782770766912157312017-05-01T19:03:00.001-05:002017-05-01T19:03:50.397-05:00Contrary to popular belief, I am still on the planet…Let me re-introduce myself..My name is Donna Cave, and I am (apparently), a
VERY sporadic blogger..I am irresponsible, but not intentionally. My hubby,
Dennis, and I are RVers…albeit ALSO sporadically..and NOT by choice. We live in
Sandwich, IL in our sticks and bricks (for almost 43 years..close to forever)..
And, yes, Sandwich is spelled just like a ham and cheese. Sandwich is in
Northern Illinois, which I refer to as the “armpit” of the nation..Obviously, I
would much rather be from a state that most of it’s former governors haven't
spent some time making license plates in prison. Some of you may remember me
vaguely. I’m known for my nasty sarcasm, wicked kidney stones, and occasional
four letter word…like SNOW. OK, now that you are beginning to recall who I am,
I will attempt a blog. I must warn you, though…Dennis and I have been trapped
here in Illinois for one full year without hooking onto our fiver, so my blogs
are limited to family stuff, corn fields, wandering around our back yard to look
for a photo op, and more family stuff. By now you have probably figured out that
this blog won’t be “riveting” material, and yes, it will be mostly about our
family.<br />
Speaking of family…(drum roll), we had an Easter party that I refer to as a
Cave-A-Palooza. Here are a few photos…<br />
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These cuties are some of our grands..L to R is Taylor, Campbell, Maddox, Sophia
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We have these get togethers a few times a year and so far there have been no
bail bonds to pay, police called or noise abatement issues…key word here are “so
far”. Our granddaughter, Taylor, is a Senior in high school and will be
attending Ball State University next fall with a Presidential Scholarship. Tay
is our “thespian” and loves theater. This year she was in the Kaneland High
School Spring Musical, “Singing In the Rain”, playing the very animated roll of
Lina Lamont. Yep, you know darn well I have photos!</div>
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That is our Taylor in the big wig..</div>
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Tay can really belt out a song..and dance…I may be a big prejudice, but she was
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Taylor’s brother, Peyton, is a Jr. in high school and runs track and cross
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Below is the Wolff family…John, our daughter, Chris, and their two
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And below, are our 5 step GREAT grands, Zachary, Caitlyn holding Ashton, Sophia and Landon.</div>
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The Heisers, Taylor, our daughter, Terrie, Campbell, Peyton and son-in-law, Tim.</div>
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Last weekend we had a monsoon for about 2 days..It just happened
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Our granddaughter, Taylor, and her date and boyfriend, Joshua.</div>
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Hard to believe she is graduating..boohoo.</div>
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Below is our grandson, Peyton and his date and FRIEND, (so he says), Rachel..</div>
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OK, you can wake up now and wipe the drool off the computer keyboard. Hey, at
least I showed up and did a blog!!! And don’t think you are off the hook so
fast…With a graduation coming up,we have a few more photo ops, not to mention
another musical (Campbell), choral awards night, middle school choral
concert..and I will see what other events I can come up with to bore you to
tears…OH, almost forgot..I have another Lithotripsy (kidney stone demolition)
coming up this month…Stick around, it will be a BLAST!!!!</div>
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Well, this has been quite a Winter..There have been a few roadblocks thrown our way...Den's multiple colonoscopies, my kidney stones, and a dash of angst, anxiety and panic thrown in for giggles. I actually did realize I was having some depression issues this Fall. This was complicated with health issues, which kicks up the stress levels.<br />
I won't bore you with the details , but I had my 7mm kidney stone "blasted" last week...Now I have a meteor shower of fragments to pass, but at least they are much smaller. I also noticed my mood has improved since I had that done. I know that infections can cause mood swings, and I suspect I did have a touch of an infection after carrying that stupid stone around since last August. I am hoping to continue feeling better and by the way...LET'S GET THIS SPRING THING GOING!!<br />
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Here are a few photos taken at Falcon State Park, Falcon Heights, TX</div>
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We took this trip January, of 2009</div>
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The birding there is amazing..and they sure weren't afraid of us!</div>
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The Javelina weren't frightened either...THEY frightened ME ! The first time they wandered into our campsite, I was sitting outside..I promptly ran inside!!</div>
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One of our favorite things we did while in the Rio Grande Valley was visit Los Ebanos, TX. This is where they have the only remaining hand pulled ferry. This ferry crosses a VERY narrow spot of the Rio Grande between Los Ebanos and Gustavos Diaz Orgaz MX. </div>
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Yep, that thar is Mexico on the other side..</div>
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The little town of Los Ebanos was named after the Ebony Trees there..Here is the huge Ebony Tree that the wire cord which carried the ferry is wrapped around...</div>
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When we were there, they were working on it, and there was a cute little store to get stuff at..I'm not sure if it is still there. This ferry operates only when the owner decides he wants to..The day we were there it was not operating..</div>
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OK, enough of my travel log..My biggest frustration is not finding any cool things to blog about here at home..I have been waiting patiently for Spring so I could watch our grandsons play in their sports..track, baseball, all that good stuff!. Two of the Heiser kids are also in the Spring Musicals this year, and the older brother is a track runner. Our two Wolff Cubs in Zionsville are in soccer, flag football, running...anything sports..So I do have that to look forward to!! </div>
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I have also been enjoying coffee with my YaYas on Tuesday mornings!</div>
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Usually there are 4 of us, but one of us (the LUCKY one) was in Florida for the Winter..GRRRRR!</div>
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OK... Hey, at least I managed to pull this off...kind of..I am not good at blogging lately, but will try to get better at it...Thanks for checking in..</div>
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<br /><br />Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-13960059911829031312017-02-05T16:11:00.000-06:002017-02-05T16:11:45.151-06:00My life is currently on hold...so I am reliving RV memories...At this time, Dennis and I are both tending to some medical issues..He is having his 3rd colonoscopy in 6 months tomorrow..This means he will be prepping during the SuperBowl..It's a good thing the Chicago Bears aren't playing, that could be a deal breaker..As more me and my stones...I am having lithostripsy this Thursday in LaGrange, IL..Actually called ESWL, Extracorporeal Shock Wave, this is suppose to break up the kidney stones into small sand-like pieces so they may pass easily through your urinary tract..Key word here, is EASILY!! We shall see...Soooo, hopefully once all this junk is over,we can begin to plan our next Winter's trip...In the meantime, I am revisiting some old Winter trips..This one was the Winter of 2011-12.<br />
We spent most of January at <a href="http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/falcon/fees-facilities/campsites">Falcon State Park, Falcon Heights, TX</a>. The birding there is fabulous!! Lots of exotic and colorful birds...<br />
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Nice pull through sites, some with full hook up and some with just W and E...<br />
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The Pyrrhuloxia look like Cardinals , but are different...and they LOVE to look into shiny things and peck at them..They see themselves and think it is another bird, so become aggressive..not good for your mirrors, so everyone covers them with WalMart bags to prevent the scratching...The Orioles do the same thing...<br />
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Above is a female Pyrrhuloxia....</div>
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Above is a Green Jay...These are sooooo colorful!!!</div>
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And here we have a Titmouse...adorable..</div>
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I refuse to give these creepy things more than one photo...They are evil!</div>
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Falcon Lake is actually the dammed up Rio Grande, so Mexico is just across the bridge...However, I don't recommend crossing here, or at Roma down the road...Best place to cross is in the "Valley", at Progresso...much safer...well, somewhat safer. </div>
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There is a lot of fishing that goes on here at Falcon Lake, but make sure you don't cross into the Mexican waters (other side of the lake), this may not bode well for you...</div>
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There are lots of trails to walk here...This is the last time we were there, so if you do want to go, make sure you get on the website and check it out first..It is pretty remote, and the nearest shopping for groceries of any kind is Rio Grande City, about 40 miles away..The town of Roma is pretty neat, having some very old historic buildings...</div>
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Some of these old buildings were used to film the movie Viva Zapata! made in 1952 and starring Marlon Brando..</div>
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It's fun to park and just walk around the streets. There is a place that overlooks the Rio Grande and into Mexico where everyone wants their photo taken..including Dennis and moi!<br />
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Just behind us, across the river, is a very different world than we are lucky enough to have here in this great country!!</div>
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Looking out of the back window of our Hiker..Their campsites are really nicely set up...</div>
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Lots of places to ride your bike, and the weather is usually darn nice. We always seemed to end up there in January, but once we stayed 6 weeks. That was when you could stay longer than 2 weeks. I advise getting a Texas State Park Pass if you intend to camp in Texas...it is well worth it!</div>
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...and they have fabulous sunsets there, too!!!!</div>
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<br />Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-70106183407636197842017-01-15T15:28:00.001-06:002017-01-15T18:00:22.470-06:00Lots of Winter fun with family...But I'm still FREEZING!!So, here it is a brand New Year..We aren't exactly where we hoped we would be this January, but I have to say we have gotten in some great quality time with our family!...But I could do without this cold and snow!<br />
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It seems that we get a minimum of 8" every time it snows here!! And the squirrels are invading my brand new bird feeder!!!<br />
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Our grandson, Campbell, performed with the special singing group MidKnight Special for a Xmas program...He seems to be following in his older sister's thespian and musical talents..<br />
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That is Campbell, 5th from the left...next to the reindeer..haha.<br />
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His big sister is thrilled for him...<br />
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...And so were Grama and Papa...</div>
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Since we have been gone for most Xmas's this past 9 years, we decided to spend Xmas Day with our youngest grandkids in Zionsville...They are ages 5 and 8, and we have never seen them open gifts on Xmas Day in person..What a fun time that was! We were invited to John's Mom and Stepdad's on Xmas Eve for drinks and dinner...</div>
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They have a lovely home in Carmel, IN ,not far from Chris and John's..<br />
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John' s mom,Jan, and I get along great..We are two proud gramas alright!</div>
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You know darn well that I cannot behave long!!</div>
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Xmas morning John's Dad and Stepmom came over to Chris and John's for the opening of presents!!</div>
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We are soooooo glad to have been there for these kids!! It was a wonderful Xmas Day!!!</div>
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This year started with a <strike>bang </strike>big blow...as in wind! We have had non stop wind so it seems. A few days ago I took my walk in 50 mph wind gusts!!!</div>
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OMG! I felt like Dorothy!!!And you know who almost got her Ruby Slippers!!!</div>
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Not to worry...MY Ruby Slippers are safely tucked away for another day!</div>
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As most know, I have a huge love of theater...and my kids know this for sure. So, when Terrie and Tim invited me to go with them to see the theater production of the musical, The Little Mermaid, I was thrilled. (Dennis likes it when our grands are involved, otherwise...not so much..) The musical was amazing!! I cannot stop singing "Under The Sea"...</div>
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The above is a "file" photo..I would have been thrown out on my arse if I even PRETENDED to take a photo during the performance!!! We did get a couple before it began though...</div>
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Of course, before we went to the 8PM performance, we had to get dinner and ice cream...Our dinner was at a place called Shinto Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Lounge... What fun!!<br />
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Taylor just cannot behave....wonder where she gets that?????</div>
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Our Hibachi Chef was named Chris...He was fabulous..making us laugh, lighting fires, and flipping broccoli florets in our mouths with his spatula...and yes, I caught mine..How could I miss with my piehole!!</div>
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These kids are so darn much fun at these ages...Tay is 18, Peyton is 16 and Campbell is 12. Good kids, if I do say so..<br />
Soooo ,now that I have given you reason to nod off, I will leave you alone for another period of undetermined brain lock...I gotta say, being home all Winter is draining my creativity!!!! Sometimes you just have to wait until the urge strikes you but in the meantime.....<br />
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-18278367119287652342016-12-29T18:02:00.000-06:002016-12-29T18:02:09.218-06:00A Trip Down Memory Lane...with our Keystone Cougar..We bought our first fiver in 2003, two months after we bought our GMC 2500 diesel truck to pull one with. In 2005, we took our first long trip..We went all the way to California and back in one month..What the Heck were WE smoking??<br />
We did some camping in Texas on the way..but usually, we just stayed one night in one place, and packed it up and moved on the next. We were new at it...and dumb..We were retired, after all..what was the big hurry?? Here are a few photos of that trip.<br />
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Above 3 photos are at Perdernales State Park, in Texas. Very nice park!<br />
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These two were taken at Luckenback, TX...No, we didn't see Waylan, Willie and "the boys"..but we did see some great grinnin' and pickin'..<br />
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In Arizona, we saw a sign for a road leading up the mountain to Kitt Peak Observatory..so..We drove the road to the top and toured it..Then we had a harrowing drive DOWN that steep grade road pulling our Cougar..Hey, as I said, we were DUMB!!<br />
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I'm soooo glad we got to do this crossing one last time!..Our daughter, Chris, just happened to be goind to Vegas while we were out there, so we agreed to meet up with her at New York, New York Hotel and Casino for dinner ...and an adult beverage...This was before she married her now hubby.<br />
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Good gravy!!! Dennis and I were MUCH younger...and somewhat more "fluffy" back then!! We spent one night at Sam's Town RV park and left ...FYI, Sam's Town is NOT a good place...There were gunshots over the razor wire wall next to our camper...We got the Heck out of Dodge fast the next day, and ended up at Alamo Lake State Park in Arizona..We actually spent 3 nights there..<br />
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On our way back East, we stopped at Patagonia State Park,, North of Nogales AZ. We decided we wanted to walk across the border to Nogales, MX..This was our first experience doing that and from what I hear, Nogales is no longer considered safe...<br />
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We bought some great turquoise and had a few beverages and salsa at a restaurant there. We checked to make sure it was frequented by "gringos" like us...very good Margaritas too!!!<br />
On our way back, we stayed in West Texas at Eagle's Nest RV Park in Van Horn, TX...This park was great, and lots of campers stopped there..After all, there aren't many places to stay out there in them thar hills!!<br />
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That picture above is Chuy's Mexican Restaurant...and the famous football star/commentator, John Madden was known to frequent that place...The story has it that he was afraid to fly and drove to all of his "gigs'. The food was great,and they had Madden's special chair there with his name on it!<br />
From here we were back safely ensconced in Texas again, and stayed at Canyon Lake , Potter's Creek Campground, North of San Antonio..This is a great Army Corp park and had turned into one of our fav's...<br />
The following 4 pics were taken at Gruene, TX, just North of San Antonio and New Braunfels, TX...We love this little town..It has one of the oldest dance halls in Texas where George Strait got his start..Plus, the beautiful blue Guadalupe River.. <br />
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On our way home from Texas we now make it a plan to stay at Lake Wappapello, in Southern Missouri..From there we can make it home on one day...Here are a couple pics of that place..<br />
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WHEW!!!! I am exhausted from just putting this blog together..one trip, one month, one stupid couple of new RV'ers...Yep..that would be US!!!!Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-80240009893317401582016-12-12T17:25:00.000-06:002016-12-12T17:25:21.466-06:00Taylor's Madrigal Performance..This will put anyone in a Christmas Mood!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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No words to describe the talents of these kids...so I am attempting to post 1-2 videos. We attended the Kaneland High School Madrigal Dinner this last weekend..It was fabulous!!! Be sure to turn up your sound and enjoy these..This first one is our granddaughter with a solo in a very beautiful song.<br />
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We are sooooo very proud of Taylor and all of the wonderful voices of these talented kids...I will now post a short video of our Jester in action on stage...this is a very short one!<br />
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OK...I hope you viewed these..They are so wonderful and really fun to watch and listen to around the holidays!! Thanks for tolerating my bragging!! We are blessed..<br />
<br />Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-41242269259763371812016-12-05T18:14:00.002-06:002016-12-05T18:15:52.474-06:00Another epic Cave-A-Palooza...and.. proud grandparentsWe had a great family get together last weekend at the Cave Casa...<br />
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We had lots of food and drink, great family and friends...<br />
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Here we all are...Terrie, Chris, me, Kelly and Dennis...what a group, right??Our granddaughter is performing in the Kaneland High School Madrigal Dinner again the this year, and she is the Jester again...They had a mini performance at the Sugar Grove Library and some of the family went to watch..</div>
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Dennis and I are going to see one of the 5 performances they are putting on at the high school this weekend, so you know darn well I will probably post more...</div>
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We had a very pleasant surprise concerning Taylor this weekend..She was accepted at Ball State University Honors program and awarded a Presidential Scholarship..</div>
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Taylor will major in Criminal Justice with a minor in musical theater...but that could change in the 4 years...</div>
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What a wonderful weekend...but I could have done without the 8" of snow we got yesterday...I am having a hard time adjusting to NOT going South for the Winter...I need to think like a Cardinal,and just enjoy the snow......nope,not happening.</div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-3190028856901098112016-11-25T10:26:00.000-06:002016-11-25T10:26:15.104-06:00Giving ThanksWe have been busy here at the Cave Casa with family stuff…We went to
Zionsville,IN to babysit the Wolff Cubs so their parents could go to Jamaica for
5 days. Aiden is now 8 and Maddox is 5..No more diapers to change or lost
pacifiers to look under a crib for…AND…no more cribs, either!!! Both kids are in
school now, too. The school bus picks them up on the corner in front of their
house at 8:24AM..NOT 8:23…NOT 8:25….AT 8:24!!!! And they get dropped off at the
same spot at 3:45PM…exactly!!! We arrived Friday afternoon . Chris and John had
a 5AM flight on Saturday, and they arrived back home on Wednesday evening at
9:30PM..The most time we spent with the boys was the weekend because they were
in school Mon, Tues. and Wed.…<br />
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with. Well, not really “roped in”..Dennis is obsessed with these puzzles! We
have been known to take as many as 6 of them in our Hiker when camping..We even
had a special cloth to put the puzzle on while assembling it.. That way, you
could fold it up and put it away, and still use our RV table to eat on..Now THAT
is ridiculous!! .It took 2 boys and one Papa 2 days to finish it..The boys are
pretty darn good at puzzles on their own too!<br />
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They finished this one in no time…working together…This isn’t <em>always</em>
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Satuday we walked to the park in Zionsville. The weather was fabulous..60
degrees and sunny…and these kids were lovin’ it!<br />
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This park is on the Eagle River and is really pretty…There are 3 different
playgrounds, a tennis court, and a couple ball parks there too!<br />
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These are great kids…cute too..but I might be just a tad prejudice…..Ya
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Actually, the photo above is more the “norm”…Saturday night the boys
and “moi” put together an award winning stuffed crust pizza!!<br />
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We used string cheese to roll into the outer crust…WALLA!! That pizza was
seriously awesome!!<br />
We had a great time with the boys and their Mom and Dad got
some much needed relaxation in Jamaica..”NO PROBLEM, MON!”<br />
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After we got back home, we had another great family day with the Heisers…Our
youngest Heiser grandson is following in the thespian footsteps of his big
sister and loves to be “on stage”. We attended his middle school play, “The
Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes” on the following Sunday matinee. Campbell
(nicknamed “Soupy” by his friends) is in 7th grade and the play involves 6th,
7th and 8th grade students. The setting was a mental hospital where most of the
patients thought they were someone famous. One patient thought she was the
Queen of England, one guys thought he was George Washington..and so
on…Campbell’s character was named Henry Lee, but he thought he was Count
Dracula…OMG..Campbell was the littlest, skinniest Dracula I have ever had to
pleasure to encounter…Here are a few pics taken on stage..<br />
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He may have been small, but when he opened his mouth, his Dracula voice was a
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Taylor, his big Sis, and Peyton, his big bro were sooooo proud of
Campbell..This is a big deal for him…He use to be very afraid to be noticed and
has some sensory issues..For Campbell to begin stepping out of his “comfort
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Grama and Papa were extremely proud of our grandson!!!</div>
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Soooo,now that I have bored you with more family stuff, I need to
say that Dennis and I are no longer upset at the fact that we won’t be going
anywhere this Winter..The fact is, we are so blessed to have our health and
family, we are actually getting ready for the holidays with anticipation at
being here…NOT, however, the shoveling part of being here..but it is what it is!
I even had to go buy a new Christmas tree, since we haven’t been home for quite
a few Christmases, our old tree went to Wolff Den about 6 years ago!!</div>
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Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-80305240228811047272016-11-07T17:40:00.001-06:002016-11-07T17:40:50.652-06:00Such is life…<p>A bit of a disappointment today..Dennis had his second colonoscopy in 3 months and the Doc was not able to complete the removal of this nasty polyp..We need to go back one more time in February for a 3rd and final colonoscopy. The reason it couldn’t be completely removed yet is because they did so much cauterization at the site, the Doc didn’t want to perforate his colon. This creepy polyp is like a cling on, and the spot where it is located is a very thinning part of his upper colon..Sooooo, it’s going to be a very looooong Winter.</p> <p>Having said that,I totally understand that health trumps vaccations, and in the grand scheme of things, we are both healthy , happy and able to “tolerate” another Northern Illinois Winter..and yes, I am spoiled…and I do know we are blessed in comparison to others..Enough of my rant…Here are just a few reminders of one of our last Winters home…Feb 2, 2011..</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jqV3HqZ6wSA/WCEQx5XW-4I/AAAAAAAAfK8/52BwDN5hsZY/s1600-h/100_9269%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1AFwk4uFOFE/WCEQye33TeI/AAAAAAAAfLA/YbhP-7XkUPA/100_9269_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="308" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CnYulSGmiLU/WCEQzfBLDNI/AAAAAAAAfLE/9f-FZe1s8Ns/s1600-h/100_9275%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nebQrmLTeXE/WCEQz8Zv2hI/AAAAAAAAfLI/Yza7FGFVR60/100_9275_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="399" height="301" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0_lrm-JTvu8/WCEQ0dIPKLI/AAAAAAAAfLM/H2PdIcXPAKc/s1600-h/100_9279%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z7eMX8L8LIU/WCEQ0x_Es-I/AAAAAAAAfLQ/6CEMXih24-I/100_9279_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="432" height="326" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dRU9N7SXAJ0/WCEQ1XBRlmI/AAAAAAAAfLU/Hl6tNb3C9R0/s1600-h/100_9278%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-00cIcfZ8GJk/WCEQ1w_Zu3I/AAAAAAAAfLY/XyqAz0NZNP0/100_9278_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="545" height="253" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K7t7Yyko3Mo/WCEQ2Qqb_wI/AAAAAAAAfLc/YQr5QGntUkM/s1600-h/100_9280%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9280" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="100_9280" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ueRqrH7ONrU/WCEQ27y5SCI/AAAAAAAAfLg/9tcAPHnHI9o/100_9280_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" height="302" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-34_99VEXNKg/WCEQ3b2ZgdI/AAAAAAAAfLk/PKq4sNdGhyI/s1600-h/100_9300%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9300" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_9300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OTFZJnVkJTM/WCEQ4qmkrgI/AAAAAAAAfLo/sBTs-5nmxtk/100_9300_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="457" height="312" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jR2rZaLTd-I/WCEQ5bSF09I/AAAAAAAAfLs/wlpcTnCFfek/s1600-h/100_9297%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9297" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="100_9297" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IKofKjhXy_c/WCEQ54r-RHI/AAAAAAAAfLw/MrjwrjUTFSc/100_9297_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="418" height="315" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8nIwExQA1SA/WCEQ6hAqYPI/AAAAAAAAfL0/u-d-m2b0sEE/s1600-h/100_9294%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9294" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="100_9294" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EUtWOGp3lvo/WCEQ7PrlC5I/AAAAAAAAfL4/YiDiwprCBbs/100_9294_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="580" height="382" /></a></p> <p align="center">Not sure why I look so darn happy…You can see the snow blowing across the road out behind me in the distance…</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6e01VPzBDCc/WCEQ7nLCtTI/AAAAAAAAfL8/pOiWVvupG6M/s1600-h/100_9314%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9314" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="100_9314" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bHdrl6FheNM/WCEQ8ViNqGI/AAAAAAAAfMA/7yt048mR-jY/100_9314_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="448" height="337" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_seyxKCOzcc/WCEQ87pRA4I/AAAAAAAAfME/I9sfXBkx8fA/s1600-h/100_9315%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9315" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="100_9315" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rxDzZx6mr9M/WCEQ9Xx3YbI/AAAAAAAAfMI/UvgBXAy-GX0/100_9315_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="444" height="334" /></a></p> <p align="left">These were taken 4 days and about 6 more inches later …My trusty Owl got blown off the gas grill on our deck and Dennis heard  him “WHOOOOOING” under the snow…Who??? </p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qfr5Fm5xRFo/WCEQ9_JN40I/AAAAAAAAfMM/iLBQCJsR83M/s1600-h/100_9316%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9316" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="100_9316" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hk7Gw0m2Mec/WCEQ-cwJxqI/AAAAAAAAfMQ/fNnHC686oMY/100_9316_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="500" height="376" /></a></p> <p align="center">A little worse for the wear, he will survive to guard our deck 5 more years..and is still standing guard on our deck grill…I hope he hangs in for yet another year!</p> <p align="left">So……It  looks like I might have to segue from beach and blue skies, running around in shorts and flip flops to ski caps, boots, mittens and mukluks for my blogs..Hey, I will try to find humor in almost anything..and Old Man Winter isn’t going to get me down….(I might have to wade through the snow drifts to have cocktail hour by our fireplace in the Hiker a time or two,though…)</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cCItZagR4gs/WCEQ_DUH6_I/AAAAAAAAfMU/bMlL-cvfgbA/s1600-h/100_9304%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="100_9304" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="100_9304" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7oJonNsPFhE/WCEQ_hzDxGI/AAAAAAAAfMY/5XxHMe96j64/100_9304_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="562" height="426" /></a></p> <p align="center">boohoo….</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JjPfchMF2dA/WCEQ_zr4fcI/AAAAAAAAfMc/dBKNqLan-is/s1600-h/Grumpy-Cat-In-The-Snow%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="Grumpy-Cat-In-The-Snow" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Grumpy-Cat-In-The-Snow" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1tmD1fmssi0/WCERAU1tr6I/AAAAAAAAfMg/pOoob4omy4w/Grumpy-Cat-In-The-Snow_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="437" height="430" /></a></p>Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-11238456022372713232016-10-26T17:39:00.001-05:002016-10-26T17:39:05.983-05:00“Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks!”<p>OK, I’m totally and entirely not to be depended upon.  My “adventures in blogging” are becoming “hide and seek” games with my writer’s block.  Sometimes ya just gotta reach down into that abyss and pull a rabbit out of your hat…So here is my <strike>rabbit</strike> blog…and I have no idea where this train wreck is headed, so hang on!</p> <p>Not much going on in the way of travel, and I am now a farmer’s widow, as Dennis is officially in the corn and bean fields.  I keeping him that that he pulled a “bait and switch” on me..He never told me he was a closet farmhand when we were dating!!!  But he loves this stuff, so who am I to ruin his fun between the rows??</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-28hTI78gab0/WBEwN3pOnuI/AAAAAAAAfH8/vZOCEc17OQg/s1600-h/100_40768.jpg"><img title="100_4076" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="100_4076" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kIbF8iKMfJ8/WBEwOWgNX5I/AAAAAAAAfIA/EuYPUKqA3IQ/100_4076_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="312" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sObcq1BHe5c/WBEwPNzELEI/AAAAAAAAfIE/8-fWHG6bwKM/s1600-h/100_40777.jpg"><img title="100_4077" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="100_4077" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mas0W2Evfm4/WBEwP810AhI/AAAAAAAAfII/262VgOtCfvc/100_4077_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="409" height="308" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UJkZPCTka9s/WBEwQSqWGEI/AAAAAAAAfIM/-tjUQcRTWwE/s1600-h/100_408511.jpg"><img title="100_4085" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="100_4085" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v0-0SKjc3QI/WBEwRH1ENDI/AAAAAAAAfIQ/l5fqCUQ-V4M/100_4085_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="401" height="302" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JrNDV4KcA34/WBEwR2G2K0I/AAAAAAAAfIU/NjpYjhQ0L0M/s1600-h/100_40926.jpg"><img title="" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_STFL73bQ1c/WBEwSRTkN7I/AAAAAAAAfIY/YfPs-ICXLpw/100_4092_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" height="310" /></a></p> <p>Dennis has also taken a couple of our grandkids with him for the ride when they were little…and, as you can see, they LOVED it!!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EkZ4GiBnlzI/WBEwTCFA7DI/AAAAAAAAfIc/XDmvJP93Wjo/s1600-h/100_40875.jpg"><img title="" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l5lc99824sE/WBEwTpij6MI/AAAAAAAAfIg/YQGVVpkuFiU/100_4087_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="487" height="367" /></a></p> <p align="center">Above photo was taken in 2009..Peyton was 9 and Taylor was 11…Campbell was 5 and wanted NO part of this monster machine!!</p> <p align="left">So….. for the good part of a month (depending upon the rainy weather), it is up to me to find things to keep me busy, and my attention span is very short…  However, surprisingly, I have found a lot to do about tidying up this place..mowing grass, go shopping, cleaning the basement, look for bargains at garage sales, cleaning out cupboards, shopping, wash the GMC, shoppping…and finally….. getting around to blogging!!!</p> <p align="left">I have been taking my walks without MacGyver, as he now works from sun up until after dark…</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ck-a5X-a9pY/WBEwUTItbiI/AAAAAAAAfIk/Fuyvm4QB6xs/s1600-h/20161017_073443-15.jpg"><img title="20161017_073443-1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161017_073443-1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rpg8Gh1Ys7g/WBEwUwSmL_I/AAAAAAAAfIo/WmTHI-qH1_c/20161017_073443-1_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="439" height="250" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GFYGby6foGk/WBEwVVCg6MI/AAAAAAAAfIs/k2ImivEwRQc/s1600-h/20161021_0737305.jpg"><img title="20161021_073730" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161021_073730" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mqPb2peAgVg/WBEwV9so-fI/AAAAAAAAfIw/s-EKlmkwqGI/20161021_073730_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="250" /></a></p> <p>Here we have two different mornings….and two totally different skys….Our weather is beginning to remind me that Winter is ahead of us…and I had to dig deep into my closet for my earmuffs!!  However, it is still October and some color is beginning to tint the landscape around our house..</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OIsNOTfD41U/WBEwWmeULMI/AAAAAAAAfI0/F-L4tdadjfY/s1600-h/20161025_0754205.jpg"><img title="20161025_075420" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161025_075420" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PbfGjAw7yJY/WBEwXOmDzLI/AAAAAAAAfI4/fsl4Pz0kvdg/20161025_075420_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="629" height="363" /></a></p> <p align="center">We got our Halloween goin’ on outside the Cave Casa…</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oC6V7E19bUU/WBEwXyIJhnI/AAAAAAAAfI8/xNuRsVFZUTk/s1600-h/20161010_2055045.jpg"><img title="20161010_205504" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161010_205504" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-09UujfdGaaU/WBEwYYaLvQI/AAAAAAAAfJA/K2TWO3IrZU8/20161010_205504_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="651" height="375" /></a></p> <p align="center">…and also have it goin’on inside too!!</p> <p align="left">When October rolls around, I get out my handy dandy Caramel Corn recipe and take all day making a couple recipes.  This stuff is the best ever..melts in your mouth. It is a bit labor intensive, but worth every minute and stir..</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Tk4H9cOsAxc/WBEwZB7lgXI/AAAAAAAAfJE/mpop38TdUFw/s1600-h/20161013_1427355.jpg"><img title="20161013_142735" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161013_142735" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7mwEbwc0uG0/WBEwZjUGNXI/AAAAAAAAfJI/jCviOYD5DJk/20161013_142735_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="251" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--XNRQ0-WWQw/WBEwaHQdTFI/AAAAAAAAfJM/hWxo8OoaymA/s1600-h/20161013_1828515.jpg"><img title="20161013_182851" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161013_182851" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lzN-gd-aFt4/WBEwa5dfkaI/AAAAAAAAfJQ/GUY1LxAiFUQ/20161013_182851_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="440" height="250" /></a></p> <p>Since MacGyver is in the corn with the Green Giant (the green combine), I have been taking our elderly Aunt to see her hubby in the nursing home..Tuesday, the first day of the World Series (Cubs against the Indians), they had a big celebration for the residents of the nursing home, so I took Uncle Clarence and Aunt Jeanette to take part in the festivities….Wow, they had lots going on! Everyone had on their Cubs shirts or hats and there was peanuts in the shell, Cracker Jacks, chips, hot dogs and…..BEER! Just like going to Wrigley Field!!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l0gWxQKtr_4/WBEwbR1AY-I/AAAAAAAAfJU/rg8VTlEFBfg/s1600-h/20161025_1351525.jpg"><img title="20161025_135152" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161025_135152" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XY93OUdbe9Y/WBEwb1szNaI/AAAAAAAAfJY/u_XyvhMMgh4/20161025_135152_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="439" height="250" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SW41D7j_zHs/WBEwcnRIzhI/AAAAAAAAfJc/u5XfJK2cSI8/s1600-h/20161025_1353005.jpg"><img title="20161025_135300" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161025_135300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MtPKdf8SnZw/WBEwdH2_rJI/AAAAAAAAfJg/GNDzkHyZTXg/20161025_135300_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="445" height="253" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HWu2gGNpZhw/WBEwdqIzYwI/AAAAAAAAfJk/byWutZHxIro/s1600-h/20161025_1351385.jpg"><img title="20161025_135138" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161025_135138" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8-IqQUIP2NQ/WBEwebIKu3I/AAAAAAAAfJo/MAqlef1QhLc/20161025_135138_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="428" height="268" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F3L4fEZ-KnM/WBEwe3nP6DI/AAAAAAAAfJs/pPtZJCtQU-U/s1600-h/20161025_1352166.jpg"><img title="20161025_135216" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20161025_135216" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aCMQCn-aX5c/WBEwfrJxMzI/AAAAAAAAfJw/vlZYHxLonCo/20161025_135216_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="267" /></a></p> <p>Aunt Jeanette is 101 years young…Uncle Clarence is 93..and they were enjoying the “buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks!” part..Then they brought out the hot dogs, with ketchup, mustard, relish and onion…and Uncle Clarence had himself a bottle of Dos Equis beer!!!! He sure enjoyed that!! Also, at this nursing home they have “comfort dogs” come in and visit the residents. I think this is an awesome idea, and we had the pleasure of meeting the Doberman Pincer, Molly. She was soooo well behaved and everyone enjoyed her presence.</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fclKAkTJxAM/WBEwgEbQg1I/AAAAAAAAfJ0/Vmeq8gKg03M/s1600-h/20161025_1259145.jpg"><img title="20161025_125914" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="20161025_125914" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vVYZkXb3hGI/WBEwhJWgugI/AAAAAAAAfJ4/xwT81GTzhGo/20161025_125914_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="476" height="398" /></a></p> <p>So….that has been my last few weeks in a nutshell…I’m not anxious to think about spending many more days here in Northern Illinois, but “Ya gotta do what Ya gotta do”, right?  Not sure if or when we will get into our Hiker and hit the road…I do know it won’t be Florida, if we get to go anywhere…Right now, I just need to focus on passing a humongous kidney stone..oh joy..I will try to do better at posting more often…Key word is TRY!!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2RCZk7Y_FkY/WBEwhglql8I/AAAAAAAAfJ8/4lKJRXHgjpA/s1600-h/kidneystone3.jpg"><img title="kidneystone" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="kidneystone" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xOZS82oFW4c/WBEwiWHP8BI/AAAAAAAAfKA/oURqi0XdqfE/kidneystone_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="366" height="498" /></a></p> <p align="center">Maybe this is the answer…..</p>Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-40357179869327590532016-10-05T18:41:00.001-05:002016-10-05T18:41:28.302-05:00Long time..No see ums!<p>Yep….I know…my bad!!..I have been very neglectful in respect to blogging…It seems that the faster I go the behinder I get!  Also, when not “on the road”, I have a hard time coming up with anything to blog about… I inserted the word “No see ums” on purpose..Those little bugs are everywhere here..Yep, there IS such a thing as a bug by that name…Turns out they are so small you can hardly see um..but you can feel their bite!..OK, no travel makes me a dull girl/ old lady…So, guess what I am blogging about???  Yes, you guessed it…FAMILY!!!</p> <p>On Sept. 24th, our only granddaughter turned 18 years old..Man, that one hurt!! She was our first grandchild, and it seems like yesterday!.It turns out that her birthday was on the same day as Kaneland High School Homecoming dance…and yes, I have pictures..( did you ever doubt it?)</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eRSVtUYa_oM/V_WPTpQT1mI/AAAAAAAAfFU/IG4GiWcBeA8/s1600-h/14469607_10207543402202425_5936051494778148003_n%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="14469607_10207543402202425_5936051494778148003_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14469607_10207543402202425_5936051494778148003_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Bv4HkczaS_8/V_WPUNC9C3I/AAAAAAAAfFY/-cTNfZUFt1w/14469607_10207543402202425_5936051494778148003_n_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="409" height="353" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e6_GXPd_4Yo/V_WPUpdaO9I/AAAAAAAAfFc/Jfmms9-FCdw/s1600-h/14462750_10207543368961594_7256256868290903552_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14462750_10207543368961594_7256256868290903552_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14462750_10207543368961594_7256256868290903552_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--E0fks61PSs/V_WPVCD3sUI/AAAAAAAAfFg/Wq2-FxBFg4g/14462750_10207543368961594_7256256868290903552_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="266" height="352" /></a></p> <p>The “gang” met at her house for photos, and they had a cake for her..and a few gifts..Her Mom and Dad bought her that shirt…hmmmmm….</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gkKzffbH5gY/V_WPXUZ1rjI/AAAAAAAAfFk/U0PEYuT04YM/s1600-h/14484618_10207543343160949_3123950607553417747_n%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="14484618_10207543343160949_3123950607553417747_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14484618_10207543343160949_3123950607553417747_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jIP-v_3LfRs/V_WPXy6uq3I/AAAAAAAAfFo/maVfqbu27E4/14484618_10207543343160949_3123950607553417747_n_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="321" height="426" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C8azzQ7CPTE/V_WPYslJgeI/AAAAAAAAfFs/osz5Lik-i1E/s1600-h/14364827_10207543349921118_3186891558976798770_n%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="14364827_10207543349921118_3186891558976798770_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14364827_10207543349921118_3186891558976798770_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YuXsNGKijKE/V_WPZOKpjdI/AAAAAAAAfFw/bizTfJ1kDlw/14364827_10207543349921118_3186891558976798770_n_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="366" height="427" /></a></p> <p>Her wonderful boyfriend, Joshua, is one lucky guy….(in my humble opinion)…</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BdX5FKLAX2o/V_WPZ95xS6I/AAAAAAAAfF0/g83_iuj8MiM/s1600-h/14440668_10207543351361154_949049300106936514_n%25255B9%25255D.jpg"><img title="14440668_10207543351361154_949049300106936514_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14440668_10207543351361154_949049300106936514_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rMykKnK9BXQ/V_WPaQ0TWLI/AAAAAAAAfF4/pz1ZJL162Qw/14440668_10207543351361154_949049300106936514_n_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="348" align="left" height="434" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dresses for homecoming have changed since I was in high school…We wore a wool skirt and a sweater, penny loafers and bobby socks..Get over it, Donna… Actually, Joshua was in the musical with Taylor last Spring.  He played Jack (of Jack and the Beanstalk fame)..that’s how they met…</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dpe9EAlzm7U/V_WPbCivT2I/AAAAAAAAfF8/9WgeTN-vEds/s1600-h/101_8072%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="101_8072" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="101_8072" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LV0-9lxoe5g/V_WPbvRpwdI/AAAAAAAAfGA/wTa6x8kQ1jU/101_8072_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="610" height="459" /></a></p> <p align="center">Taylor was Cinderella…sings like a bird..Here are Tay (Cinder) and Joshua (Jack)…</p> <p align="left">We also attended a Cross Country track meet that our oldest grandson, Peyton, ran in….There were about 16 teams running!!</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QsFU_o02mmY/V_WPcOFg2QI/AAAAAAAAfGE/HdcAjndBbuU/s1600-h/14368901_1381665511843923_5691203885726231237_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14368901_1381665511843923_5691203885726231237_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14368901_1381665511843923_5691203885726231237_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B3TbsA_lXqY/V_WPc0SEuOI/AAAAAAAAfGI/6XeLWjgUR7U/14368901_1381665511843923_5691203885726231237_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="268" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WYnyj9cweE8/V_WPdftQG3I/AAAAAAAAfGM/IZOBPbwhro0/s1600-h/14469556_1381665608510580_2659744765402986933_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14469556_1381665608510580_2659744765402986933_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14469556_1381665608510580_2659744765402986933_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZYkOkwBsuV0/V_WPd-eXeRI/AAAAAAAAfGQ/tumreLReFrg/14469556_1381665608510580_2659744765402986933_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="467" height="265" /></a></p> <p>Peyton is a Junior and runs with the Varsity…He broke his personal best time on the 5 K at this meet. Pey is the smallest one on the team! (4th from the left)…</p> <p>We also did a trip to Zionsville, IN to visit our Wolff cubs…</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-86qEyHrZj3w/V_WPeXjYdAI/AAAAAAAAfGU/hxEAq0_9YPU/s1600-h/14330066_1373635569313584_4999309537073306189_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14330066_1373635569313584_4999309537073306189_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14330066_1373635569313584_4999309537073306189_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3mwRx1IIMCg/V_WPfBTX17I/AAAAAAAAfGY/WvpJFf3rLKc/14330066_1373635569313584_4999309537073306189_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="478" height="272" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cVjFjtq3UJw/V_WPfjLLxdI/AAAAAAAAfGc/DoB-t69tMcA/s1600-h/14364899_1374899319187209_2315970263200350733_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14364899_1374899319187209_2315970263200350733_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14364899_1374899319187209_2315970263200350733_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q9-bkYlm5Zg/V_WPgWqfFcI/AAAAAAAAfGg/Uop0mKiy2ro/14364899_1374899319187209_2315970263200350733_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="380" height="296" /></a></p> <p>We made stuffed crust pizza…and the kids played a concert for us in the garage..Aiden, 7, on left,…Maddox, 5, on the right…friend of family middle..</p> <p>I love Zionsville, Indiana…It is so quaint with brick streets and neat little pubs..</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-90rCkBY6pyw/V_WPg4g5ykI/AAAAAAAAfGk/7fkCADEwiG4/s1600-h/14372294_1374900289187112_7361761472436990998_o%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="14372294_1374900289187112_7361761472436990998_o" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14372294_1374900289187112_7361761472436990998_o" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dHUT0-gNhhs/V_WPhRSqzWI/AAAAAAAAfGo/5y-sYl8Uu5I/14372294_1374900289187112_7361761472436990998_o_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="421" height="240" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ijNt4Rjr-gc/V_WPiFhynRI/AAAAAAAAfGs/YBa6-G4Mth0/s1600-h/14380114_1374900349187106_5313935726568361974_o%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14380114_1374900349187106_5313935726568361974_o" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14380114_1374900349187106_5313935726568361974_o" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SG43cYsJk5E/V_WPireNamI/AAAAAAAAfGw/9krmroMmDQw/14380114_1374900349187106_5313935726568361974_o_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="419" height="238" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gUKNyEQqjZE/V_WPjI9OavI/AAAAAAAAfG0/O0X1rgDNv7A/s1600-h/14359150_1374899825853825_6244197310868194065_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14359150_1374899825853825_6244197310868194065_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14359150_1374899825853825_6244197310868194065_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vfjGXWzhcTM/V_WPjkcsi7I/AAAAAAAAfG4/ffdRDxKwS98/14359150_1374899825853825_6244197310868194065_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="198" height="347" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lm3O3IJ4l-k/V_WPkAvQhoI/AAAAAAAAfG8/P4EZeBluxwo/s1600-h/20160917_135736%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160917_135736" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160917_135736" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A15ge6AZ2yE/V_WPkmOTvlI/AAAAAAAAfHA/eCaLkmXsL5M/20160917_135736_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="478" height="272" /></a></p> <p>My beautiful daughter, Chris…and her worn out hubby, John…</p> <p>ALSO…We went to Kelly and Cindy’s for a Chicago Bears tailgate party at their house..</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bsVeciv1mvg/V_WPlbz7VSI/AAAAAAAAfHE/G5ZSZTMd6TM/s1600-h/14494877_1391576637519477_6965435575169392406_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14494877_1391576637519477_6965435575169392406_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14494877_1391576637519477_6965435575169392406_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v81c6g2QgSA/V_WPl97ZgXI/AAAAAAAAfHI/Brx3Et1Voi0/14494877_1391576637519477_6965435575169392406_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="388" height="221" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wrg_ZWkdSxo/V_WPmo4jOnI/AAAAAAAAfHM/rLLdLzwZ8XE/s1600-h/14568217_1391576674186140_7673611379669149687_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14568217_1391576674186140_7673611379669149687_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14568217_1391576674186140_7673611379669149687_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RtOrZLr8zGo/V_WPnT_Q5jI/AAAAAAAAfHQ/ilpttORQxIY/14568217_1391576674186140_7673611379669149687_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="389" height="221" /></a></p> <p>They have a Cave Cave in their garage, complete with bar and TV…However, Kelly was in full tailgate mode and had to have the real thing..</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-426CPbjqlP0/V_WPoH73p8I/AAAAAAAAfHU/iRSTTCQE9yg/s1600-h/14457273_1391576380852836_184099531825729174_n%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="14457273_1391576380852836_184099531825729174_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="14457273_1391576380852836_184099531825729174_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xMl7OcR1zZE/V_WPopMq31I/AAAAAAAAfHY/gkHKv92_P5g/14457273_1391576380852836_184099531825729174_n_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="520" height="413" /></a></p> <p align="center">Yep….He put a TV in the back of his truck too! We Cave people know how to do it right!!</p> <p align="left">So,now that I have bored you to tears, yet again, with a family blog, I am infringing on my “cocktail hour”…Hey, a girl has to relax now and then!!! I will try to do better about my blogging..Key word here is TRY!</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8INO4hA4J0Q/V_WPpY_ydOI/AAAAAAAAfHc/29czD0cJZYI/s1600-h/maxinefall1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="maxinefall1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="maxinefall1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D7sOvoWidSI/V_WPp2NGEqI/AAAAAAAAfHg/5r6_4StvKHw/maxinefall1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="509" height="466" /></a></p> <p align="center">WE CAN ONLY HOPE!!!!!!</p>Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316350785635987648.post-45363520582823456152016-09-12T18:25:00.001-05:002016-09-12T18:25:52.867-05:00A few family photos, a reprieve from Chicago docs, and another Sandwich Fair…<p>Well, I went to see my Endocrinologist last week at Northwestern Hospital.  I haven’t seen her since April and my surgery. She is trying to get my thyroid levels normal with Synthroid.  She also took away my Calcium pills and put me on Vitamin D..I have a few more blood tests to do, but she arranged for me to have them done closer to home..I don’t have to see her again until next June…YAY!!! Enough with the medical stuff already!!!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fs1Ng_3zHmw/V9c5IMw6MJI/AAAAAAAAfCY/w0ZZgGPddg8/s1600-h/14212764_1361118520565289_333251025598554316_n%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="14212764_1361118520565289_333251025598554316_n" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="14212764_1361118520565289_333251025598554316_n" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1qxG-5DuEnE/V9c5IjlsuNI/AAAAAAAAfCc/aVoEU1snV-w/14212764_1361118520565289_333251025598554316_n_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="533" height="303" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PAVdW2rCnIM/V9c5JdzlDkI/AAAAAAAAfCg/dqQfMZs2sRA/s1600-h/20160907_115328%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160907_115328" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160907_115328" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QDDuFkmaHao/V9c5JwHDiHI/AAAAAAAAfCk/klzeIa9i2h4/20160907_115328_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="322" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--xPg2xFoUNI/V9c5KR9nj4I/AAAAAAAAfCo/4EKdrKV4JxM/s1600-h/20160907_122327%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160907_122327" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="20160907_122327" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OgQmmcyN7Rk/V9c5K_uSeLI/AAAAAAAAfCs/7kyQvpn89VU/20160907_122327_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="243" height="428" /></a></p> <p align="center">Of course, Dennis and I had to grab a bag of Garrett’s Popcorn to eat on our Metra ride back to Elburn…YUMMO!!</p> <p align="left">We have been busy this September keeping up with our grandkid’s activities..This is Taylor’s last year of high school poms, she graduates from Kaneland High School next Spring and is now looking at colleges..</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JB17wcS6OWs/V9c5Ln0MWCI/AAAAAAAAfCw/W99Icjz3Kdg/s1600-h/101_8190%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="101_8190" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="101_8190" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LMF8NzsDt0U/V9c5MGHZUoI/AAAAAAAAfC0/eFlHq-LhOUs/101_8190_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="268" height="366" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-guhVtfZK6l4/V9c5M7RMwsI/AAAAAAAAfC4/mTTEUgm1dIU/s1600-h/101_8201%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="101_8201" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="101_8201" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gevJVkDl53w/V9c5NVYkUvI/AAAAAAAAfC8/2xDCwa3yMvM/101_8201_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="235" height="370" /></a></p> <p>Peyton is a Junior and busy in Cross Country track meets…</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yUCQSy4-bqA/V9c5N3SNQrI/AAAAAAAAfDA/QHUUqHkx-D8/s1600-h/peytrack2%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="peytrack2" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="peytrack2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-16RrQkpWv30/V9c5OQB4jvI/AAAAAAAAfDE/vFcP6rTKQ50/peytrack2_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="215" height="377" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Pc0MazwjLeU/V9c5O8TLDxI/AAAAAAAAfDI/Kp9VHlvgbzQ/s1600-h/peytrack3%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="peytrack3" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="peytrack3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kyb2A1oxjVQ/V9c5PgPNenI/AAAAAAAAfDM/mOxPMuS4-bc/peytrack3_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="213" height="375" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gpQB5c4gyvE/V9c5QCQsZrI/AAAAAAAAfDQ/sxfzx8k2kLE/s1600-h/peytrack4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="peytrack4" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="peytrack4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F2O3v5NWaN4/V9c5QmfIfsI/AAAAAAAAfDU/cUEnCf8zoEw/peytrack4_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="214" height="375" /></a></p> <p>Peyton and his proud Mom,  Peyton and his proud Dad and little bro, Peyton and his proud sister, Tay.</p> <p>And, it looks like Campbell is following in his big sister’s footsteps..He auditioned for the Harter Middle School Fall Play, and also a singing group, MidKnight Special..and he nailed them both!!!</p> <p>We had a mini Cave-A-Palooza here last weekend…The Wolffs, Heisers and Caves were all here to go out to the 129th Sandwich Fair..(you can walk out from our house).</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ieuKMQGbQQw/V9c5RaJg-sI/AAAAAAAAfDY/FmadgpxOt1k/s1600-h/20160910_123633%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_123633" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_123633" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LFpol4yXF6U/V9c5R6E8btI/AAAAAAAAfDc/sWZAvwLo1oI/20160910_123633_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="249" height="298" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wjp8A3sd90Q/V9c5Sc1RYlI/AAAAAAAAfDg/Ypoz769AIpw/s1600-h/20160910_123822%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_123822" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_123822" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XYM7m1dftRA/V9c5TONxvJI/AAAAAAAAfDk/_3M6cquzTno/20160910_123822_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="338" height="283" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SUsmSUDGX-M/V9c5T6SK_pI/AAAAAAAAfDo/bTj6n4fI20Q/s1600-h/20160910_123846%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_123846" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_123846" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GeOV2UnbqG4/V9c5Ud4EYCI/AAAAAAAAfDs/NbWO6QbrcF8/20160910_123846_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="263" height="283" /></a></p> <p>Our step great granddaughter, Sophia….our grandson, Maddox..Face painting was a must for these two!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lZ5Oz4YQ0sE/V9c5VSk51GI/AAAAAAAAfDw/Et978BKXjp0/s1600-h/20160910_121436%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_121436" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_121436" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pHWZ7mxteUo/V9c5WCTY1FI/AAAAAAAAfD0/WV2bWjNt7xI/20160910_121436_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="360" height="268" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I-NautyTank/V9c5W6A5Q3I/AAAAAAAAfD4/Y3Tk5pf4QsI/s1600-h/20160910_134212%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_134212" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_134212" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vei7_cS3MFE/V9c5YWA6PuI/AAAAAAAAfD8/BahuYEEHmqk/20160910_134212_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="477" height="271" /></a></p> <p>This food stand was offering steak and potato!!! On the right, is Aiden, our oldest Wolff Cub..no face painting for him..adventure rules!!</p> <p><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6vyNMkrhuDw/V9c5ZT9rfFI/AAAAAAAAfEA/ylclcqijos8/s1600-h/20160910_124140%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_124140" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_124140" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JtuI1U2ZeOM/V9c5Zyp9SyI/AAAAAAAAfEE/He8A7Aa0npY/20160910_124140_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="296" height="233" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KqjheQyrrRI/V9c5aheXCeI/AAAAAAAAfEI/KDo3CEg7RYw/s1600-h/20160910_130119%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_130119" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_130119" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i31bAta1qys/V9c5bGWj--I/AAAAAAAAfEM/mUWItGArS2E/20160910_130119_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="344" height="196" /></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uOX4vX1O8yU/V9c5b890NrI/AAAAAAAAfEQ/fimsU4-TNrA/s1600-h/20160910_131344%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160910_131344" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="20160910_131344" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m3UNLJ7kaCI/V9c5cQEUzzI/AAAAAAAAfEU/TYRA3qqr2Rw/20160910_131344_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="246" height="204" /></a></p> <p>We played games..I should say, we adults supplied the kids with the $$ and they played games…Middle pic is left to right, John Wolff (yawning…late night), Den, Cindy, Kelly  and Chris…That last pic is smoked turkey legs.  For $8 apiece I should look into making some and hawking them out there for $7, right??</p> <p>Some of the crazy adults (of course not me) went back out to the fair and watched the tractor pull at 6:30PM..Cindy and I stayed back here with the little kids…and a nice peaceful campfire…</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HXcBAmkNLJw/V9c5c_AvocI/AAAAAAAAfEY/QWnO4C3v5jo/s1600-h/cavekids%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="cavekids" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="cavekids" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3JOlsuV6kbY/V9c5dqBAO3I/AAAAAAAAfEc/iGhuJG4MDZY/cavekids_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="580" /></a></p> <p align="center">I LOVE this photo of my kids!!!!!!</p> <p align="left">We also have been going up to see our Uncle and Aunt….He is 93 and now in a nursing home..She just turned 101 and is still living at home…alone…(not OUR idea, hers!!)</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c5UEDR4h7W0/V9c5eIgq_xI/AAAAAAAAfEg/r7pdcgiNlhE/s1600-h/20160825_122859%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="20160825_122859" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="20160825_122859" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u89rgIdRzT4/V9c5em7SGtI/AAAAAAAAfEk/FGHV9sjlTsE/20160825_122859_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="526" height="298" /></a></p> <p align="center">Amazing kids,these two…I need to pay more attention to their diet and follow it, right???</p> <p align="left">So that’s been what is going on at the Cave Casa….Dennis will be in the combine helping the farmers pretty soon…Next weekend we are going to Zionsville to watch our Wolff Cub grandsons play flag football…And I am soooo happy Fall has finally arrived …It was a rainy, humid, hot summer with no A/C in our house…Me thinks Dennis is going to relent and put in Central Air…If nothing else, it makes this palace more sellable in the future!</p> <p align="left"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d2D5Z-6qgNw/V9c5fWJ_YOI/AAAAAAAAfEo/IJ9YktMeoTA/s1600-h/maxinefall1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="maxinefall1" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="maxinefall1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uOcCFe8Gbio/V9c5f8YT_lI/AAAAAAAAfEs/00XNBa8uDaw/maxinefall1_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="533" height="490" /></a></p>Dennis and Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.com1