Dilemma

Lately I have been experiencing the itch to hitch and move.  Not just to a different campground but a new area all together.  Although I'm in a dilemma because we have commitments.   Our first commitment is to our kids and grand daughter as they are here with us.  Hailey is a joy and having a blast.  I know that is why we stay so close in the summer at the ranch is because of our kids and grand kids love it here.  We get to spend quality time together that we do not during the winter months.  Last night our grand daughter curled up on her papa’s lap and hugged him and told him she was glad she was here with us.  My heart tugged.  We love our kids and grandkids so much and they are precious too us.  The kids will be heading home on Sunday, not sure when were taking the grand daughter home yet.

Secondly we have committed to doing some volunteer work when we leave here and then the first week of October we have the RV Convention.
 
A part of my heart wants to stay here and enjoy the rest of our summer with our family, yet another part of me is ready to hit the road and explore new adventures.  I find the more we live the full-time lifestyle the more i enjoy moving and seeing new places. I’m ready for fall to arrive so that we can continue our journey of exploring the USA.

Happy 4th of July

Today is a wonderful day .. being able to celebrate our freedom we have in this country weather you do it living in a home on wheels, or stick home is wonderful.  Doing it with family is even more wonderful. 
 
We spent the day riding, swimming and trying to stay cool.  The past several days have been really hot ones.  Temps have been in the high 90’s.


Later in the evening we went to the fire works display.  We’ve seen great displays the past 3 nights.


Of course we’ve had a wonderful time with family and  visiting with good friends.

Parade and Watermelon

Today has been a day packed with lots of fun and celebration.  The parade this year was really nice.  Much more participation then last year.
       
After the parade there was a big crowd waiting for the watermelon feast.
As you can see the kids were enjoying the fun

I snapped these photo’s of my grand daughter

Another fun filled day

Making Memories

We’ve been having a great time with our grand daughter.  I’m really getting a nice suntan .. I think Grandma has had too much sun.
    
It was getting dark and Hailey and I walked over to the spring to see the fog on the water. 

Breathing taking and then Hailey wanted to catch lightening  bugs.
   
I love this photo i captured of her. 
  
Our campsite is just across the road.

We’ve been having a great time here the ranch and esp spending time and making memories with our precious grand daughter.

Lots of Activity

I’ve been getting up and enjoying the beautiful mornings we’ve been having.  I let the dogs out and then take my pop outside and sit and enjoy the sound of the water flowing. 

We’ve been enjoying our grand daughter Hailey.  She has kept us busy, fishing, swimming, 4 wheel riding.  Hailey caught a nice size fish and she is so proud of it. 
  
Several campgrounds are filled up and the others are getting fuller every day.  Everyone is coming in to get ready for the big weekend.  For the park to be so full of campers.  This weekend will be very busy with lots of activities and lots of traffic. 

While Hailey and hubby were off fishing, i took the chance to clean up the camper and do a couple loads of laundry.  Tomorrow night Gabe and Kelsey will be here.
We are just enjoying the peacefulness of our campsite.

Road Trip

I was awaken around 6.30 am by hubby telling me to get up.  Ughhh .. i wanted to roll over and go back to sleep.  Of course that wasn’t happening as we have a long day of a road trip planned.  I drug myself out of bed and got ready to roll.  Remembering to get the dog leashes.  I have forgotten them before on a road trip :) 

We were on the road by 7.10 am and on our way to Illinois.  We went past the Big Store (it’s where we purchased our truck, trailer and 4 wheeler tires last year)  It was blazing and looked like not much of it was left.

We stopped to fill up with diesel and some how i lost $100 in cash!  I was not happy.  I had stuck it in my wallet folded up but when i went to pay for fuel i couldn’t find it.  Once we got to the truck i searched and searched but no luck.  My loss .. some one else gain :((

We arrived in Jerseyville to pick up our grand daughter Hailey around noon and then we stopped by to see our youngest son.  It was back on the road by 1 pm.  We stopped and got Pizza for lunch/dinner on the road for us and McDonald’s for Hailey.  We arrived home around 7 pm.  Over 600 miles and a 12 hour day.

Hailey wanted to go for a ride so drove around the camp grounds .. wow their all still pretty full for it being Sunday.  Seems everyone is already getting their big 4th of July spot.

We sat outside a bit while Hailey played but it was just too humid and hot so we retired inside where we played.  It’s 11.15 pm and Hailey just went to sleep so it’s off to dream world for me as well .. night all

Up to here with Google

Ughhh i am so feed up with google.  I can not post comments to my own blog or anyone else.  I try to sign in with my ID and then it takes me to sign in and then after i sign in it takes me right back there again. Once i do get to the post comment page and i type in the code requested it takes me right back to the beginning.  Why can’t google get their stuff together?  This has been happening for several weeks now and from I’ve been reading I'm not the only having these frustrations.

In order to post a comment i must sign in as Anonymous.  I do not like being Anonymous.  I have an identity and want to use it.  Come on google get your stuff together and get this problem fixed …. NOW!!!