steved44

Darn, now we are in Page Arizona traveling for the summer, and without the map I'll be lost! You're right we are all slowing down from that historical meeting in Q way back then. What a ride it has been. We now have a winter place in Yuma and just got a summer place in Chimmicum, Washington. We are not there this summer as we have been traveling in the Colorado Northern Arizona area. We will be back in Yuma the first of Sept. Thanks again Jeri and Dave for keeping the site active so many years. Part of the adventure. Steve

Looks like I need to make one more post!

We really loved the map. It added so much to the adventure and we could show others another facet to the full-timing life. Thanks to Jeri & Dave!!!

We sure enjoyed some of the old group visiting us at our new winter home in Yuma. Jeri & Terry, Janice & Jerry, Mary Jane & Tom came in and relieved us of our "rib supply, and we had a great time catching up with everyone. Interesting how our group has evolved from the class of 08 beginnings that first January in Quartzsite. We have bought and sold motorhomes, 5th wheels, and travel trailers. Have bought and sold trucks, cars, and summer/winter homes, but most of all we have made lasting friendships that we never would have experienced if we had stayed in our "sticks and bricks"! You newcomers to the full time lifestyle enjoy, it gets better all the time. Steve

Hey Roger, how about them Packers!! I don't know if I can take many games like that!! Yahoo!!

Roger Roger Roger, what good news!!! The Beave was an anchor around your neck for sure! Hope you can get something that will let you enjoy the lifestyle without all the "towing"!! We are still here in our winter home in Yuma, but will probably hide from the heat next summer. We just wanted to know how bad it would be (yeah it's bad) but only July and August. Now it's starting to cool off a bit in the evening so things are starting to look up. This place, Fortuna de oro, has activities all summer and about 36 people stay here all year round, so there is still some things happening. It is nice to have the golf course to ourselves at $5 a head, and Carol plays tennis twice a week (early morning) so it's not too bad. One thing is we can always drive over to San Diego (three hours) and take a break from the heat if we need to. I did get a new smoker, and it works great. In a month I may need to actually light it to cook something. ha ha Take care guys and good to hear from you. Steve Oh yeah, go Packers, Sooners, and OKC Thunder

Jerry does know a few "choice" words.

We are both playing a lot more now! Still can't get the fool thing to go in the right direction all the time. I remember what you said to the ball when it didn't go right for you and have been trying that to see if it will help.

Hmmmm, seems like I've seen you two sneaking around Yuma!!

Ok, we were up to date and you sure snuck up on us!! So that part works great!! And Marsha, you get well ya hear!

We have a tubing group here also. We went for the first time last weekend and had a blast. They have it every Saturday on the Colorado river with a couple of vans leaving from the park. After the float, they all go to breakfast in Yuma. We had 15 floaters last week so we'll see how it goes this Saturday. Steve

Sounds like he got a OK-noggin!

We are still here in our new digs in Yuma. Today a group from the park went to the Colorado river and floated a couple of hours. Seems they do this once a week during the summer and then have breakfast afterwards. 15 people showed up and we had a blast. The water was not too cold (after the first dip) and the current is old people slow!! Been pretty quiet around here with all the winter people gone, but we still have some action. The truck had a problem though. It started going into 4x4 by itself. Just driving down the road and all of a sudden it shifts into 4 high. It's that 2008 Dodge Dakota that we have towed for the last 6 or 7 years. A day or two later we had to use the 4x4 in some sand and after we finished it wouldn't shift back into 2 wheel drive. Seems the electric motor that does the shifting burned up. AArrrgghhh Nothing that a thousand dollars won't fix. Oh well, it's been a great truck for 130,000 miles plus being towed another 30,000 or so I guess I can let it off the hook this time. Dodge fixed it in one day and loaned me a vehicle to drive so I guess it was not all bad. I do hate being "shiftless" though. 104 here in Yuma today (but it's a dry heat) ha ha. Hope everyone is doing great. Steve

Nice shot Joe, hard to get the timing right on those big baby's!!

Freddy & Delcie, that is great news!! Hugs for you guys, and a few prayers too!

They closed it, but still serve bar food, which is pretty good. Sorry to see it go as it was a great place to eat!

Only problem with it was it didn't have "wheels"!! Ha Ha

Nice going Linda, it's been a few years since i lived in a photo studio!!

Been a while since we posted so here's a quick update. We are also working on a house. We bought a park model small home in Yuma and after renovating for a couple of months, just moved in. We have been coming to this area in the winter for most of the years we were full timing, and can't seem to get away so we made a (winter getaway) here. We are in Fortuna de oro park, and have a place to store the motorhome here also. Paul & Sue, Mike & Julie, Maryjane & Tom, and Randy & Liz have all visited us and although we don't have RV parking at the house, the park always has a few spots for visitors so "come on down"!! Now we have to decide what to keep in the motorhome and what to move aarrggghhh!! We live on the corner by the golf course, so we manage to gather golf balls every day. I've got a nice set, but none of them match. Hmmmm Think i will open up shop next door to the pro shop and see if i can make a few bucks. Steve

It's a good thing this didn't happen on the way back, however i probably could have gotten fixed up at the veterinary clinic in Q!!

We had a great time at the Porters Party Place and it was finally over yesterday. It was quite a site as we had 4 rigs surrounding their house plus one of theirs that had to be moved to get everyone out. We had double fun because our first RV was there too. Randy and Liz bought our Allegro bus (BessyBus 1) and also joined up with our group, so we can keep up with our old friend. She's still going strong. We got back to Yuma with no problems, but later on in the evening it all went downhill. I was just getting ready for bed when i developed a nose bleed. I had one like this about 18 years ago and still have PSD from it. Wound up in the emergency room at 1:00am and that was a complete zoo. They had only one ER doctor on duty and the waiting room was packed. Some had been there over 8 hours and still hadn't seen the doctor. I did manage to get a nurse to help me, but still could not get the bleeding stopped all the way. We finally left about 5:00am and by 10:00 finally got it to stop. I remember IYQ had a episode with that in Demming and it was hard to stop his too. Now we were worn out and finally got some rest and all seems to be ok. They definitely need more doctors employed at the Yuma hospital. Now it's time to watch a OKC Thunder game and vege out! Steve

Jeri, just don't let Buck drive and you may make it safely! Be careful out there. We made it up to Paul & Sue's place in Havasu for Christmas and have had a blast. 60 degrees here today and a warming trend starting so all is well. Merry Christmas to all!! Steve & Carol

SWell, we had visitors!! Tom & Mary Jane stopped by on their way through and we had a nice visit. Then we went out to eat at Foothills eatery and spirits, which is just across the road from our park and found it was pretty good! Afterwards we came back to our rig and had a rousing game of Farkle before they shoved off. I was good to see them again as they have been close to us three or four times but we never got to hook up. Sounds like they're still "dancing around the country" and having a great time. Now we had to watch ball games and didn't do so good! Oklahoma University won in a squeaker against Kansas State, but the OKC Thunder and Packers didn't fare so well. We did all we could, but to no avail. Nice 94 degree day in Yuma today with a slight breeze. Oh yeah that's the forecast for the next week or so. Hmmm Not like Oklahoma where they had a tornado or two yesterday. Well time to head over to the pool and see what's going on.. Steve

Good to hear that Delcie's treatments are going fine. Not easy to go through that process. Sending some prayers your way!! Merry Christmas and hope you have a good trip West. Steve

All's well here in Yuma. We had visitors!! Tom & Mary Jane stopped by on their way through and we had a nice visit. Then we went out to eat at Foothills eatery and spirits, which is just across the road from our park and found it was pretty good! Afterwards we came back to our rig and had a rousing game of Farkle before they shoved off. I was good to see them again as they have been close to us three or four times but we never got to hook up. Sounds like they're still "dancing around the country" and having a great time. Now we had to watch ball games and didn't do so good! Oklahoma University won in a squeaker against Kansas State, but the OKC Thunder and Packers didn't fare so well. We did all we could, but to no avail. Nice 94 degree day in Yuma today with a slight breeze. Oh yeah that's the forecast for the next week or so. Hmmm Not like Oklahoma where they had a tornado or two yesterday. Well time to head over to the pool and see what's going on.. Steve Hmm this is an old post, but never got posted, so here it is anyway. Sorry to hear about Levi, I think there must be a special heaven for pets to frolic in. Hugs for you guys. Roger, have you ever considered opening a RV repair shop. You probably have more experience than most owners. There is a Beaver parked two rigs down from ours and that guy had a bunch of trouble with his too. So it not "just you"!! Linda, no snow in Yuma yet, but it was a bit nippy this morning at 49 degrees. All the poodles have little coats on this morning. Hope everyone is doing fine, snow or no snow Steve