Lake City (population 5,063) sits on the south side of Lake Pepin, where 100 years ago Ralph Samuelson invented the sport of water skiing. After some trial and error, both in making the skis and developing the technique for rising out of the water on them, the 18-year old Samuelson, while being pulled behind a…
In early 2021, we were invited to the wedding of Jonny Gomez, youngest brother of CJ and Michael, and Ailys Toledo, his long time girlfriend (at least as long as we’ve been a part of the extended family). The date was 5 February 2022, and we looked forward to attending the big celebration. We even…
On the 1st of December we moved Arthur from Cook’s Lake to the Midway RV Park on the Naval Support Activity Mid-South base in Millington, TN. Midway was only 13 miles from Cook’s Lake, but the base park is significantly cheaper per month and provides facilities such as the Navy Exchange, Commissary, and Fitness Center….
Arthur was parked at Cook’s Lake RV Park for November as we began our 5-month winter stay in the Memphis area. Across the winter, we planned on taking care of a number of personal items too difficult to accomplish when we’re on the road. But this situation also allowed us to drive Sid for some…
Hans-Peter and Carolyn Krahn gave MFI and me a book about Maine as a gift when I retired from ERM CVS and invited us to visit sometime. They live in Freeport, Maine, and Carolyn has a long family history in the area. MFI had never been to Maine, and I had only been to Loring…
We met Mike and Karen Ufnal during our last Air Force assignment at Randolph AFB from 1995-1998. Mike and I worked together within the Environmental Division. He was a very smart engineer, but generally a man of few words. When he did speak, you can bet his words were thought through carefully. Karen was the…
Beth and Barry Muller are our go-to friends-with-projects in Island Heights, New Jersey (population 1,650). We began doing projects for them at their former beach-rental property in Wildwood, NJ (population 5,157) back in April 2018, long before we implemented our current retirement plan. It was there, they first became aware of our construction/repair capabilities. They…
I was stationed in DC and working at the Pentagon for 4 years in the early 1990s. We lived in Alexandria, VA and the kids went to school at Polk Elementary. One of Sarah’s earliest and longest friendships from that time was Becky Lloyd. She lived nearby, and both attended Chris Collins Dance Studio. MFI…
Our next stop (with projects) was a return to Sumter, SC to visit our friends Nick and Cindy (Muszynski and Cogburn). Readers may recall that Cindy was managing Pisgah View Ranch during our nine year stint of helping there. They know what our capabilities are and excell at coming up with a great list of…
We drove to Hollywood, FL while Arthur stayed at the Hidden Valley Tiny Home and RV Park in Wylie, TX. This allowed us to be at Sammy’s third birthday party, celebrate Thanksgiving with the growing Gomez family, and take on their substantial project list. Here is a picture of the T-day table setting with turkey…
