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"Gramps" Blog
 

Looking Up

Diane has spent the last week in Florida visiting our daughter, Jeri, and her family. The care of myself, Joel, the house and last but not least, Teddy Bear, has been left to me. That means that I need to take a high-energy, long-legged Cocker Spaniel for a walk every day or he goes stir crazy. When that happens he rings the bell hanging by the back door every ten minutes so that someone, me, will let him out. Getting up from the couch every ten minutes tends to spoil the continuity of the f
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Chef Garry's Motorhome Adventures
 

...another newbie joins the family!

I joined the FMCA this summer and truly enjoyed reading the blogs, so thought I'd share another newcomers adventures! I'm sure that the veterans will laugh and hopefully say "been there done that"! After much tire kicking over a few years I purchased my first motor home, a 2005 Tiffin Phaeton, this past summer. The dealer agreed to replace a foggy drivers side window. A surprise to both of us, it took 8 weeks to get this accomplished. I finally took possession of the Tiffin in August, only to f
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"Gramps" Blog
 

Bicycle Built for Four

Last Friday morning I headed out to Lowes to buy a couple of things. I needed a flush valve seal for the low flow toilet in the bathroom next to our bedroom. I put off getting one for days just because I hate anything to do with plumbing. Plumbing is wet and it leaks and it frustrates me. However, a water bill that is bigger than it should be due to a bad toilet frustrates Diane so I found myself at Lowes buying the seal, some light bulbs (the old fashioned kind). I also picked up a Roman Shade
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"Gramps" Blog
 

Family

I believe that I am a pretty good motor coach pilot. I still believe that, even though I hit my mailbox while making a sharp turn into our driveway. Obviously I didn’t pull up the street far enough and turn sharp enough, but no real damage done, except to my pride. My car driving skills while making service calls … that is another thing altogether. I tend to talk on my cell too much while driving. I get distracted by the radio, the voices in my head, and the vehicles in front of me. The last
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

Granddaughters on Board - Days Two and Three

We are taking care of our two granddaughters, age 5 and 3. Our first day was a trip to a local zoo and amusement park in Lodi, California. Day two we planned to stay at home. It turned out to be a very good plan as the second day it rained all day. We had planned on being outdoors for part of the day but we were all inside the motor home for the day. A day indoors with the girls is eased by Louise's experience as an elementary school teacher. We keep a supply of crayons, stickers, coloring book
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

Granddaughters on Board - The First Day

Our trip to California had one commitment, taking care of our two granddaughters, ages 5 and 3, during their two week school break. The school is on a year round schedule which explains the vacation this time of year. We look at this as a special privilege of grandparenthood. Monday we stayed with the girls at their house. Tuesday morning Dad dropped the girls off on his way to work. The girls would be ours for three days and two nights. Mom had several night events at the school where she work
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"Gramps" Blog
 

Back in the Saddle Again

According to my outdoor wireless thermometer it is currently 43 degrees Fahrenheit. I am sitting comfortably in my motorcoach listening to two things ... a worship CD and the intermittent sound of ice falling inside the fridge. I am defrosting and so is the fridge. As you may have gathered from my previous blog entries, or lack thereof, I have been pretty much frozen in place at home maintaining my business. Our coach has just been sitting waiting for us to come back to it. This last Tuesday
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

A Day of Exploring

Our summer has been one of little travel and few activities beyond medical care. Fortunately, this has not been life saving medical care. The medical care was more like quality of life care. My left knee was replaced on June 2 and my right knee replacement was done July 28. As a result, I haven't been getting out and about as much as normal. Exploring has been a big part of our life since we started living full time in the motor home. We've traveled all 49 RV states and most of Canada. Along th
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LAWLES276's Blog
 

Just Starting off.....

Greetings from NJ as I plan my first extended RV trip, scheduled for departure in Nov of 2011....I am new to this "blog", but not new to RV travel. I intend to travel from NJ, to Florida with a 6 week stay on the west coast, after seeing the NASCAR championships in Homestead. I will be traveling with my 2 Labrador Retrievers, so would love info on finding dog friendly RV parks. My goal is to travel the Gulf Coast, into Texas and on to Phoenix for a NASCAR Race in March, as well as a race in L
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

Trying a Different Route Pays Off

We have just completed our trek across country from Missouri to California. We've done this trip many times since we have grandchildren in both states. The quickest route is to travel I-70 west to Denver then jog north on I-25 to Cheyenne, Wyoming where we pick up I-80 on to California. This trip we decided to take a different route. We planned to visit friends in Yankton, South Dakota so it seemed that going north into Iowa and then west to Sioux City, Iowa would be a nice change. Interstate 70
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Jack & Peg's Great Adventure
 

On the Road Again!

Like the song goes we are “On the Road Again”! We had a great stay in Maine with our Son and family and Nana had quite the time with the little grand daughter. We arrived there the last week of July and the time just seemed to fly by. I guess the saying is right “time flies when you are having fun”! We love Maine, however, after being in the dry Southwest it was hard to get use to all the rain and moisture, especially the humidity! It was really nice to see everything so green. It is too bad
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JanetGroene's Blog
 

Future Cooking on the Go column

My reader mail tells me you want more recipes that feed just two persons. I am thinking of doing a future column on just that. What do you think? I'd also like your suggestions for future Fulltimers Primer columns. Keep in mind these columns are written several months ahead.
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"Gramps" Blog
 

Remembering.

Diane, Teddy Bear, and myself are doing well today. It has been a hectic and yes stressful couple of months. Today however I don't want to write about that. I will soon. Today I want to be hopeful, to remember that even during rough times there is a greater power at work. So until I can find the time to write again, I thought it would be good to reprise one of my entries, one that seems appropriate considering the significance of today. Derrick Just a few days before I had this dream that Dia
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camperette's Blog
 

Hello

This is my first attempt at blogging. We have been a member of FMCA for so long that I have forgotten when we actually joined. We still work so unfortunately we don't travel far from home. We do like to visit the Georgia State Parks. Today the storm (Lee) has moved out of the area and the temp during the day is just fabulous for camping and riding with the top down on the car.
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

Preparing for Departure

The weather is taking one last lash at us. Temperatures have been in the high 90s and into the 100s the last three days. Friday and Saturday are forecast to be in the 100s and then we should see cooler temperatures for the remainder of our stay here in Missouri. My right knee was replaced on July 28 and is now 5 weeks old. I'll see the surgeon for the 6 week check on September 7 and then we are leaving. I will need to come back for a 12 week check and will do that by flying back to St. Louis fo
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"Gramps" Blog
 

FIRE and RAIN

Fire and Rain. That is the headline of our local paper this morning. I thought of it as the title of my blog entry days ago, but I wasn’t fast enough to use it first. The headline sure fits our present situation. The Dismal Swamp has been on fire for weeks. The fire has thrown a big cloud of smelly, acrid, blue smoke that moves around which makes being outside an unpleasant experience. The only hope to ending the fire was a time of heavy continuous rain. Well, we are getting that now, as I w
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Jack & Peg's Great Adventure
 

It Has Been a Wonderful & Adventurous Year

Well we have come full circle and are currently back in Maine where we started from last September. It is amazing how fast time seems to fly since we have retired a year ago. We have seen some really amazing parts of this grand country of ours and had some amazing experiences as well. We truly enjoyed wintering in Texas and really enjoyed our volunteer experiences at Goliad and Buescher State Parks and met some very wonderful people along the way. We have been so very fortunate and blessed.
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havefun's Blog
 

Texas bound

This is my first time blogging. So here it goes. We are heading to Texas this winter for the first time. We have heard that it is very nice down there and the people are very welcoming to winter Texans as I guess we are called. We have spent the last five years of your motorhomeing for the winter in Florida, however, we thought we needed a change this year so here we come. We are are going to be spending time in Canyon Lakes rv resort. I sure hope it is nice because I am only going by what
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

Role Reversal

Today we become house sitters. Our daughter and her family are off for a family vacation. They are leaving, our motor home remains parked in their driveway. The summer continues to melt away and we aren't going anywhere. Normally, we're long gone by this time of the summer. One of our reasons for buying the motor home in the first place was to escape the unbearably hot mid-west summers. This summer we're stationary and the rest of the world is on the go. Despite my whining about our being parke
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

A Lot of Work for a Little Mouse

I haven't been doing much work around the motor home lately. My left knee replacement is healing well and I'm up to getting out and around more these days. The water filters in the basement needed replacement so I waded into the midsection of our home. As I began removing stored equipment I noticed little chewed bits of the blue shop towels I use. So now my task becomes a project. Sure enough, there are more and more signs of a mouse. We haven't had one for eight years but it has finally happene
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mpelchat@irv2.com's Blog
 

Next Stop - Madison, Wisconsin

This is my first Blog here on FMCA and I hope to come back from time to time to add more content. In 2005, I was fortunate to have been asked to take a position as a Workhorse Ambassador since I was on one of their W22 chassis. Over the course of the program I attended several FMCA Rallies and spoke to a great many FMCA members in seminars as did other guys that worked with me. The last event that I attended was the Family Reunion Rally in Perry, GA and you might have seen me in the Workhorse
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Tom and Louise on Tour in North America
 

It's a Great Life

I was standing at the window of our daughter's home looking at our motor home parked in their driveway. I was baby-sitting two of our grandchildren, the payment we make for camping in our daughter's campground. I do the early shift because our son-in-law and daughter leave for work earlier than Louise likes to rise and shine. I enjoy the early shift. If I'm quiet, the children will sleep until my shift is over. I can use the time to read the paper and catch up on my computer communications. Any
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