We've Been Sooooo Busy

We arrived at Redstone Campground in the White River Nat'l Forest south of Carbondale, CO on Friday, June 27 about 4:00pm after leaving Denver. Had to unhitch the truck about an hour out of Denver because the motorhome was overheating. Thought this problem had been resolved last year, but since we hadn't driven on steep grades until now we hadn't had any more problems with overheating. Sooooo, when we take the motorhome back to Elkhart, IN in October that will need to be looked at again. Otherwise, it was a great trip from Denver.

We have no cell phone service at the campground so I haven't posted on the blog for quite awhile. I do have excellent aircard service in Carbondale so can only get on the internet when we're in town. But we've been busy helping Tim and Karen so I've not taken the time to post to the blog until now. I'll just post a few comments and links to pictures we've taken of the beautiful scenery around here. The pictures should speak for themselves.

Tim, Karen, the boys and the moving truck arrived at their new house about the same time. The truck was just about empty when we got to the house, so we helped get the beds put together and tried to organize a few things. Last weekend was spent opening boxes and putting things away with the help of an 18 month old and 3 1/2 year old. But we accomplished a lot and the house actually looks pretty homey.

We have taken some rides into the mountains and taken many pictures. We sure are glad we have a 4-wheel drive vehicle so we can drive over some of the roads we've driven on.

I'll post the links to our Picasa Web Albums so you can see where we've been. Erin has also taken a lot of pictures and I'll include her pictures in the links.


We'll probably be leaving Colorado on Tuesday or Wednesday and I'll try to stay a little more up to date with posting.

So, more later.......

Catching Up

We spent four wonderful days with our friends, Roger & Elaine in Burdett, KS. We first met them in 1972 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary when Roger and Dan were both studying for the ministry. Circumstances have taken us in different directions over the years, but every time we get together we just pick up where we left off. Roger arranged for Erin to do some horseback riding and ride in a combine. She sure enjoyed the horses; and was calling her Dad to see if he would buy one of them for her. NO, we aren't pulling a horse trailer. :)

While in Burdett, we parked our rig at the city park. There was a 50amp electrical service and after some adapting of electrical connections by Leonard, who works for the city, we were able to use both air conditioners. The weather really wasn't as hot as we were expecting for June. Cool nights and daytime temps in the 80's.

We left Burdett on Monday and stayed at Shady Grove RV Park in Seibert, CO last night. It's a Passport America park. The sites are gravel, but fairly level with FHU's. Seibert is a VERY small town with not much to see or do, but it's a nice overnight stop before starting across Colorado.

We are now at Cherry Creek State Park in Denver. This park is on the southeast side of Denver, but inside the loop. It is so big, you don't even know the city is just a short distance away. The roads are asphalt with concrete, level pads. And there is quite a bit of space between the sites. There are lots of trees, but most sites are fairly open. We're visiting my sister and her husband for a few days before we move on to help Tim and Karen get moved in to their new home in Carbondale, CO.

Our site at Cherry Creek State Park, Denver, CO. They really need rain as you can tell by the dry grass.

We'll be in a National Forest campground just south of Carbondale with no hookups. We'll see how that goes. :) Hoping that someone cancels and we'll have electricity. Otherwise will have to run the generator every day to keep the freezer going. Will keep posted as to how that works.

More later......

Long Time Away

Just a note to let everyone know we are still among the living. We left Branson on June 15th and stayed for 4 days at a Corps of Engineer campground at Fall River, KS. NO CELL PHONE OR INTERNET SERVICE!!!! So was unable to update the blog.

Very relaxing after getting ready to start fulltiming, Sarah's wedding and the RV-Dreams rally.

But will try to get something posted this week. We are now in Burdett, KS visiting friends. We have known Roger and Elaine since 1972 when Dan and Roger were studying at Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.

Plan to spend a few days with these good friends and then move on to Colorado to see Tim and Karen's new house and visit with grandchildren, Elijah and Isaac.

More later......

New Friends

What a wonderful group of people at the RV-Dream's rally here in Branson. We arrived here Wednesday afternoon and have been pretty busy ever since with meeting new friends, attending seminars, eating, and just hanging out.

I'm still recuperating from last week and Sarah's wedding. What a wonderful time we had with all our children and grandchildren in Ohio for the wedding. And the wedding was really special. Sarah and Chad recited their own vows to each other and Sarah recited vows to Chad's boys, Clayton and Brice.

When the rally is over, I'll post some wedding pictures. Not sure why I've been so tired this week, but think it's probably related to finalizing our fulltiming, the wedding, and then moving right into the rally with no time in between to catch our breath. We'll be spending four days in southeastern Kansas next week, so should be able to recuperate then and get caught up on blog posts and pictures.

We are really enjoying having Erin with us. She has been bike riding with Grandpa, and is working toward being the all-time Phase 10 winner. :)

More later.......