Old Pictures, Old Papers and Duchess

It ’s almost the end of September.  Temperatures usually cool and weather starts to turn this time of year.  In some areas  of the country tourists start planning northern trips to check out the fall colors.  However, most of the folks we know turn their northern thoughts to southern ones.  We’ve watched as folks start on their journey south.  These are the people who follow the sun.  We’ve started seeing RVs and motorhomes with Canadian plates heading south down I-5.  It must be time.

From high school to college

 Let's learn to ride bikes - camping with our 4 grandkids - years ago 

We’ve had some gorgeous weather this month.  However, now we’re getting a couple days of rain followed by temperatures in the high 70’s.  That’s just about perfect for us.  In a week or two we’ll be moving our motorhome out of the storage lot and begin preparing it for another journey.  It’s not that we’re looking forward to preparing it for that journey.  For some reason, this time we’re not.

Yes, I definitely was an angel!

The couple days of rain we’ve recently had have definitely kept us inside.  However, we’ve enjoyed that too.  It’s also made us put off finishing the painting we were doing.  Instead of painting we pulled a couple large boxes out of our shed to sort.  The boxes were loaded with travel pictures, family pictures and old genealogy paperwork.    Some of this paperwork was accumulated almost 40 years ago.  I’ve been scanning what needed to be scanned and tossing  what needed to be tossed.  Many scenery pictures taken on trips have been burned and others have been scanned.  Since I haven’t been taking other pictures, you get my old pictures on this blog and you’re likely to see many more in the future.  Aren’t you lucky!!

Florence, Italy to St. Petersburg, Russia to the Great Wall of China

This time of year we absolutely have no neighbors around our little cabin.   Well, I take that back.  The neighbors we do have beg for food.  The two or three feral cats that come to visit expect a handout.  They are no different from the nine or ten deer we see daily.  Everyone wants a tidbit or two.  We always have something on hand for them.

It’s quiet here.    We’re tucked in the trees (kind of) away from everything and everybody.  If the weather would hold out, I could definitely be happy hanging around longer.  However, we know eventually the nice weather will go away.   The cold weather will come and that won’t be something either of us want to deal with.  Neither cold nor hot is something we care for.  Other than the cold we’re struggling off and on with internet.  Sometimes it seems just fine and other times, we can hardly get online.  I’ve purchased a couple extenders but have yet to set them where they need to go. 

Our first kayaking adventure in Kauai

Terry still has a couple doctor appointments ahead of him.  Once those are behind us we may start talking about our next journey but until then, we’re content to do what we’re doing which isn’t a whole lot. 

Duchess has been struggling a bit too.  Her legs seem to be getting worse at times and they sure aren’t what they used to be.  However, at other times, they seem to be okay.  Not sure what we’re going to do but today we have her with the Vet who is running tests and monitoring her.   

Duchess as a pup!

‘Tis life on the road.

“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”