BobbiAndLeeRV

BobbiAndLeeRV
9-22-06
Reno Nevada

Dearest Readers,

The adventure continues!!
There are new pictures posted- after July 15, 2006. We are up to July 25th, and we will try to post some more this week-if we have any internet. We are headed through the Donner Pass tomorrow, and there are rumors there is already snow. We know there will be winds up to 40mph. Then we head down the gold rush highway-US49.
Yahoo will not let me send an email with many recipients, so for now there will be no email alert.
9-19-06
Boise Idaho
We are back in Boise and headed for California in the morning. We are heading down 95, not our Baltimore interstate, but a little red road through the alkali flats of Nevada. There is a whole index on the AAA map for Ghost Towns, and lots of dotted lines for gravel roads. Since we were too wimpy to leave this afternoon since it was raining, you can be sure we are not taking our baby on the gravel roads.

Today we took our baby for its (her?) first oil change. Sort of like the baby’s first haircut? Yesterday we took her into Bodily RV for RV repairs. We had a leak that ran under the kitchen sink from the shower- but naturally, not every time. Lee Seabolt, that legendary fix it man, took all of the vent covers off, and the bottom out of the kitchen cabinet, but surprise, he found sawdust rather then water. Bodily left lots of caulk debris everywhere so we are confident the problem is solved.

When we returned to Boise and our little 35 foot long storage lot, where we parked our 35’9” RV, we were stunned to find no dents, scratches, mouse droppings or graffiti. Luckily, the Ravens-Oakland game was on and televised in Boise, so Lee could keep Bobbi company while she unpacked the suitcase and 3 duffels.

Since last we wrote we have been home for ‘vacation’ and up to Canada for a wedding.
We had a beautiful week at the beach. Penny and her beautiful 6 year old twins, Tommy and Madi, joined us, as did my sister, Judy, and her family – Jayme from Idaho, Lauren and her 4 year old son Evan. Weather was good, and we were entertained each morning with Madi’s stories, thrilled with Tommy’s small airplane launches from the third floor loft, and mesmerized by Evan’s total recall of all of the details from “Cars.” You can’t have any more fun that a four year old and six year old twins at the beach. Sadly, the hermit crabs did not fare well. One passed away following the demise of its shell, and the 2nd one got out of its cage, roamed all over the car during the 3 hour ride home and camped out in the sand chair, where it was located several days later. On a brighter note, Pink Sparkling Diamond joined the family, a lovely brown, pink nosed mechanical bunny, who can hop, squeak, and had to be led on a leash most of the week. Brad distinguished himself with Uncle duties, Andy cooked some fabulous breakfasts, and Lee got in some golf. It was a great time.

We borrowed back the Minnie Winnie that we had “sold” to Andy, and headed up to Canada for the wedding of my “longest” not “oldest” friend’s daughter. Hayley and Lance both graduated from the Royal Military College- Canada’s version of West Point and the Naval Academy, so the groom was spectacular in navy dress blues, and the bride was just beautiful. The young people at the wedding were the best; the bridesmaid is the only female among 40 navigators that fly some fighter bombers. The wedding was held in the tent in the rain, at their heritage farmhouse in Ontario, about 30 minutes north of the Thousand Island Bridge. Unfortunately, Ernesto also came. Who ever heard of a hurricane in Canada!!!???. Nova Scotia maybe, but above New York???. The grooms family was from the West Coast-their Prince George is a city north of Calgary- I don’t think anyone ever calls it PG. At any rate, we had 15 for dinner, 40 for brunch, etc. for a couple of days before and after. The trip confirmed our decision to buy a new RV if we were going to spend any significant time in it.

We noticed when we were home, that several of you, dear readers, were so surprised that we were still married, still speaking to each other and still planning on returning!! We think the secret of our success is that Bobbi has been partially deaf since 1980, and Lee, can’t hear much any more, so we both assume when the other is shouting at us, it’s because he/she wants us to hear what we are saying. We’re on the road again and having fun! We’ll be trying again to post some pictures, but not until after we leave the Donner Pass.