Saturday, September 18, 2010
It is that time of year again....
This being our 13th year on the road in an RV is going to be little different.. It is that time in our lives where adult care takes precedence . My 91 yr old mother is now in an assisted living center and an 82 yr old 2nd cousin is in and out of the hospital and nursing home. We will stay relatively nearby to coordinate their care. Our plans are to go to Atlanta for Thanksgiving, Black Mountain,NC until Christmas and then on to Florida. This way we are no more that a day form Maine.. Change is good. We are actually enjoying the frost mornings here at the cabin. We may not be thinking that way when November comes..
Friday, April 23, 2010
Oklahoma City National Memorial
The Oklahoma City National Memorial on the site of the Murrah Federal Building was a powerful reminder of that never-to-be-forgotten April 19th bombing. From the recovery has emerged the Oklahoma Standard, a prescription for dealing with a terrorist attach in the most humane and caring way.
In the place where the Murrah Building once stood are granite and glass chairs representing the 168 adults and children who were killed by the explosion of the truck bomb and resulting collapse of the building. In place of the street where Timothy McVeigh drove the Penske truck loaded with explosives is a reflection pool. The museum takes up 3 floors of the Journal building across the street. The museum relives the 9:02 explosion, the recovery of those who survived and those who did not, the reaching out of the community and the nation to provide support to those whose lives would forever be changed and the investigation that traced the pieces of the truck to Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
It was a moving tribute to a terrible event in our country's heritage.
On a lighter note, we spent another 4 hours at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum....fabulous. We ate authentic Korean food, visited Stockyard City and ate at the Cattlemans and walked along OKC's riverwalk in Bricktown.
In the place where the Murrah Building once stood are granite and glass chairs representing the 168 adults and children who were killed by the explosion of the truck bomb and resulting collapse of the building. In place of the street where Timothy McVeigh drove the Penske truck loaded with explosives is a reflection pool. The museum takes up 3 floors of the Journal building across the street. The museum relives the 9:02 explosion, the recovery of those who survived and those who did not, the reaching out of the community and the nation to provide support to those whose lives would forever be changed and the investigation that traced the pieces of the truck to Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
It was a moving tribute to a terrible event in our country's heritage.
On a lighter note, we spent another 4 hours at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum....fabulous. We ate authentic Korean food, visited Stockyard City and ate at the Cattlemans and walked along OKC's riverwalk in Bricktown.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Winter Blast
The fireworks were great...The first night we were within spittin' distance of the launch point..Fireworks are great far away but they are spectacular close up! Last night we had a evening with friends in town and could see the fireworks from their yard. We will be heading back to Quartzsite today and then on towards Benson on Monday. We have no TV signal here so must get somewhere so we can watch some of the Olympics...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Lake Havasu City,AZ
We are off tomorrow to Lake Havasu City for the week end. It is the Western Pyrotechnics Assn winter meeting. Each evening there is a spectular fireworks show. It should be fun. There are all kinds of other activities going on as well. Looks like rain here in Quartzsite today...though a 3" rain in Quartzsite is rain drops 3" apart! A good day for coffee and a book.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Atlanta
We have located our RV in a campground about 20 minutes from Erin and Brett in a town called Norcross,GA. Jones RV Park will be our home for the next couple of months. We had a great time at the the Childrens Home but Erin is due any minute and we want to be closer by. We will return to the Home for a week in November when other friends will be there as well. We are helping Erin and Brett with a remodeling of an upstairs bedroom/bathroom. As Erin says all you have to do is look around and you will find something to do. We like the neighborhood and are beginning to be able to find our way around, especially to Lowes and Home Depot. Emily is 2-1/2 going on 13. She and Erin were buying link sausage at the grocery store the other day and she says" Mommy, those look like boy parts". Where do they learn so much so fast! She now goes to pre-school 2 days a week and is a shining star( of course)!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Emily and Atlanta
I was going to write about what happened between June 25th and today but that sounded like an elementary language arts first day assignment so lets say it just came and went! Our first week-end with Emily is far more important. As you can see from the pictures, Erin wanted a few shrubs removed from her yard and Emily was right in the middle of the job. She was such a great help...Love those grandchildren!
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