We visited Michael, Sarah, Samantha, and Happy for three weeks over the 2022/23 Christmas and New Year Holidays. As always, they greeted us with a well-thoughtout project list of 42 items. We didn’t complete the list, but with Michael’s help during his vacation time, we knocked out much of it. Some were simple and hardly…
We enjoyed two outings with the grandkids during our Gomez 2022/2023 holiday visit. Both have always had an interest in the trains, which pass through Hollywood, FL, so we planned a day of train travel into downtown Miami. We also enjoy taking them out for breakfast, and took Michael and Sarah up on their recommendation…
The primary reason we wintered this year in the DFW area was to attend the Jon Bunner and Katherine Hearty wedding. This wedding has been on hold nearly four years for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the pandemic. Over that time, they’ve started their family and now have two precious…
In 1975 and ’76, I was assigned to one of the earliest environmental units created by the AF (Air Force). My position was in the Headquarters of Strategic Air Command at Offutt AF Base in Omaha, Nebraska. A co-worker of mine was Captain Felix Uhlik, one of a number of young Captains who referred to…
In late June and early July, we spent 3 weeks in Lake City, MN doing projects for our good friends Tony and Georgia Zugay. We also helped their daughter and her husband, Dawn and Tony Mendoza, with projects at their house in St. Paul, MN. It stood to reason we should also offer our help…
Tony Zugay let us know that his oldest daughter Dawn and husband Tony Mendoza could probably use our help. So when we coordinated our visit to Lake City, we also contacted Dawn and planned to spend the following week in St. Paul to help them out as well. Unfortunately, our plan didn’t quite unfold as…
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…
