Wanderin Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Jeri the eclipse will be almost over by the time the moon rises on the west coast. Well, my daughter and a group are going out on the lake this evening hoping for a great view. I told them they wouldn't see much because the "expert" told me the eclipse would "be almost over by the time the moon rises on the west coast". Maybe they aren't going out just to see the moon. ) Quote Just Wanderin' On a permanent vacation! http://blog.willywagon.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie & Jim Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 So disappointed - the clouds have moved in and the moon has disappeared. Hope somebody somewhere takes some good pictures for me to look at. Quote Sandie & Jim Dixon Traveling with Scooter and Skittlez www.wherearethedixonstoday.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IYQ Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 The moon is just now (10:07) about half way out of the umbra and my rear end is now calused so I came in. The weather here was perfect. Clear as a bell. At 7:07 the moon cleared the top of the mountain to our east just starting into the umbra (dark part of earth's shadow) I watched it continuously until Just now when I came in the rig. Just as it got completely into the umbra it produced a beautiful diamond ring effect then again just as it started to come out of the umbra. While it was in the central part of the umbra it turned more orange than red with a lighter yellowish rim that traveled across the bottom edge of the moon. This was because the moon didn't go through the exact center of the umbra one edge of the moon crossed through the center while the other edge went through just inside of the edge of the umbra. While in the umbral stage all the stars brightened. I could even see the milky way. While it was dark I also saw 7 to 10 meteors (didn't count) several (3 or 4) satellites and one Iridium flare and more airplanes than I care to dicribe. Now it's time for cranberry juice and cheese then beddy bye. Quote Lee (IYQ)<p>Moving from Campground to Campground so the Grim Reaper can't find me.http://www.flickr.com/photos/iyq/2013 Chevy 2500 HD Diesel pulling a 2008 Hornet TT with Hensley Arrow Hitch. Plus a 2015 Itasca Navion iQ 24v to run around in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soos Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I've never understood this justification for a trailer. If you have a class A towing a car you still have your home and transportation in two different packages. Linda I know that Paul, for one, subscibes to the "I want my home and my transportation to be separate" . What he means is, after he drives 200-300 miles in a day, he doesn't want to just swivel his seat and be in his living room. He likes the fact that when we are moving from spot to spot, we are in the truck, and when we set up the house, we move into the trailer. Its not about the separate vehicle for driving around town. Many people don't care about the separation, but some do. Sue Quote Sue and Paul- fulltimed 2009 -2015 with Dozer, our Gray Tuxedo cat 2012 DRV Mobile Suites 36TKSB4 pulled by a 2020 F350 Platinum Our "vacation home" : 2018 Arctic Fox 1150 truck camper RIP Dozey http://soos-ontheroad.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palamine Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 So disappointed - the clouds have moved in and the moon has disappeared. Hope somebody somewhere takes some good pictures for me to look at. We went out for dinner last night and when we came out there it was. Amazing! Sky was so clear, moon was just uncovering. The pictures aren't great but we were all so happy to have seen this historical happening. Quote Doug and Toni Laird 2008 Gulfstream BT Cruiser 30' 2014 Nissan Versa Our newest furfriend - Zoe - a beautiful black and white cat Our blog - http://stixandbrix.blogspot.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palamine Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 We went out for dinner last night and when we came out there it was. Amazing! Sky was so clear, moon was just uncovering. The pictures aren't great but we were all so happy to have seen this historical happening. Quote Doug and Toni Laird 2008 Gulfstream BT Cruiser 30' 2014 Nissan Versa Our newest furfriend - Zoe - a beautiful black and white cat Our blog - http://stixandbrix.blogspot.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IYQ Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I got the little trailer ready to show for tomorrow then went to town for lunch and a hair cut. After leaving the place that cut my hair I felt a little light headed. When I looked at the pile of hair on the floor I knew why. Then I came home and started looking for the instructions and the CAT 5 cable to access my wifi repeater. I found them under the dinette. (Right where I put them. LOL) I got the password changed on the second try but the park wifi is so slow I doubt if I'll use it much. By that time it was Happy Hour and in just a few minutes they'll have potluck. Where does the time go? Quote Lee (IYQ)<p>Moving from Campground to Campground so the Grim Reaper can't find me.http://www.flickr.com/photos/iyq/2013 Chevy 2500 HD Diesel pulling a 2008 Hornet TT with Hensley Arrow Hitch. Plus a 2015 Itasca Navion iQ 24v to run around in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandsys Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 We watched a program on Netflix then Dave went out on our tiny deck. Came back in to tell me it was happening right now and we could see it from our deck. So I got to see the reddish orange moon with absolutely no effort. Yeah! Took Dave a little more effort, though, because he got the job of killing the mosquito that came in when he didn't close the patio door right away. Linda Quote Blog: http://sandcastle.sandsys.org/ Former Rigs: Liesure Travel van, Winnebago View 24H, Winnebago Journey 34Y, Sportsmobile Sprinter conversion van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie & Jim Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 I know that Paul, for one, subscibes to the "I want my home and my transportation to be separate" . What he means is, after he drives 200-300 miles in a day, he doesn't want to just swivel his seat and be in his living room. He likes the fact that when we are moving from spot to spot, we are in the truck, and when we set up the house, we move into the trailer. Its not about the separate vehicle for driving around town. Many people don't care about the separation, but some do. Sue After having both a motorhome and a fifth wheel - we agree with Paul. Separate works for us. We are currently at Makoshika State Park in Glendive, MT. No phone, no internet, no TV, no hookups. Beautiful and quiet. Have to drive to town (maybe 1 1/2 miles) to get service. Quote Sandie & Jim Dixon Traveling with Scooter and Skittlez www.wherearethedixonstoday.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IYQ Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 After my walk this morning I took my Blue flame heater apart and gave it a good cleaning. Now it's ready for these chilly mornings. I got my rent paid for another year for the Navion and transfered a few more things back to the Hornet TT. I got the laundry together but it was a little to late to take it to the laundry so that's on schedule for tomorrow. Now I'm bushed and don't care if anything else gets done or not. The guy that was supposed to call about the little trailer hasn't as yet but it's only 12:45. Right now I'm so tired I don't care if he does or don't call. Quote Lee (IYQ)<p>Moving from Campground to Campground so the Grim Reaper can't find me.http://www.flickr.com/photos/iyq/2013 Chevy 2500 HD Diesel pulling a 2008 Hornet TT with Hensley Arrow Hitch. Plus a 2015 Itasca Navion iQ 24v to run around in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyduke Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 finally got all my login credentials (well, most of them) figured out so I can occasionally post again... as for our reasons to buy a motorhome I simply just didn't want a big old dually truck as my got to car to get around towns. Unlike Roger we have had few problems with our class A... Quote entered the RV fulltime class of 2011 - March! On the Road to Retirement...zeetraveler.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steved44 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Well our "mission" is now complete and successful. We are going to attend Carol's brothers retirement party in Grangeville, Idaho, and he didn't know we were coming. He thought we were still in New Orleans. We were doing a slide show of his life, and told him when we finished it we would e-mail it to him using Drop Box. We walked into his office yesterday in Cottonwood Idaho (his secretary snuck us in), and when he turned to see who was coming in his door I threw the discs on his desk and said "I couldn't figure out the Drop Box so we had to hand carry the damn slide show"! The surprise was perfect, and you should have seen the look on his face! It was worth the drive across the country! He manages the Cottonwood district of the BLM and his last day is today, so now we can help with the celebration. It's a nice drive up HW 55 going north out of Boise, but it's pretty twisty and it had a couple of spots under construction. It was slow going as you are climbing most of the time, but the scenery is worth it. Once you get North of White Bird, it gets flat again and back into cattle country. BessyBus made the trip with only the problem of the turn-signal flasher falling out in Denver so we are knocking on wood and giving her a rest for a week or so. 70 degrees here today and the leaves are falling pretty fast. It was right at 2500 miles and we averaged 7mpg which included some generator run time when we were still in the 95 degree temps. All and all it was a good trip and I'm going to take a "Steve" and watch the leaves fall for a while. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz Quote 2007 Tiffin Allegro Bus 42 QRP"BessyBus ll"ATT hot spotWinegard TravelerM&G Braking systemRoadmaster Sterling tow bar08 Dodge Dakota toadSea Eagle 10.6sr Inflatable 1957 Johnson 5.5SKP 98998 Class of "08" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger & Lynn Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Well our "mission" is now complete and successful. We are going to attend Carol's brothers retirement party in Grangeville, Idaho, and he didn't know we were coming. He thought we were still in New Orleans. We were doing a slide show of his life, and told him when we finished it we would e-mail it to him using Drop Box. We walked into his office yesterday in Cottonwood Idaho (his secretary snuck us in), and when he turned to see who was coming in his door I threw the discs on his desk and said "I couldn't figure out the Drop Box so we had to hand carry the damn slide show"! The surprise was perfect, and you should have seen the look on his face! It was worth the drive across the country! He manages the Cottonwood district of the BLM and his last day is today, so now we can help with the celebration. Pretty sneaky Steve and well played! Quote Roger & Lynn Rempe Class of 2012 & "Class-less"! "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime" -- Mark Twain (Innocents Abroad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthego Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Nice job Carol and Steve on the surprise. Friends of ours tried something similar for his oldest brothers 80th birthday. The traveled from Colorado to Pickens, SC. Along the way his wife posted something on Facebook and his middle brother told older brother they were coming. Ruined the surprise. We moved from Savannah to Woodbine, GA. A trip of 97 miles and the real feel temp is 97 degrees. Nearly have a stream running off the awning. We'll be here a week. Travel safe everyone. Jeff Quote Tina and Jeff Class of 2011 "RV there yet?" 2005 Gulfstream Endura and a 1987 Jeep Wrangler http://rvtravelswith...a.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steved44 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Yeah, Jeff, I had to slap my hands away from facebook many times!! The only thing I was really sweating was my son talking to his son when we were in Oklahoma for a couple of days. Whew! Quote 2007 Tiffin Allegro Bus 42 QRP"BessyBus ll"ATT hot spotWinegard TravelerM&G Braking systemRoadmaster Sterling tow bar08 Dodge Dakota toadSea Eagle 10.6sr Inflatable 1957 Johnson 5.5SKP 98998 Class of "08" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandsys Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 We walked into his office yesterday in Cottonwood Idaho So, did you wave to Dave's brothers as you passed White Bird? We need to get out that way again one of these days to see their construction progress. Too bad we didn't get back there after one put in an electrical hookup for us by the tent sites in his back yard where his kids camp when they visit. Linda Quote Blog: http://sandcastle.sandsys.org/ Former Rigs: Liesure Travel van, Winnebago View 24H, Winnebago Journey 34Y, Sportsmobile Sprinter conversion van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palamine Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 finally got all my login credentials (well, most of them) figured out so I can occasionally post again... as for our reasons to buy a motorhome I simply just didn't want a big old dually truck as my got to car to get around towns. Unlike Roger we have had few problems with our class A... Sharon you are not the only one with login problems. Seems this is top secret information we share here and they make it impossible. I did not have to figure it out today, will wonders never cease. Quote Doug and Toni Laird 2008 Gulfstream BT Cruiser 30' 2014 Nissan Versa Our newest furfriend - Zoe - a beautiful black and white cat Our blog - http://stixandbrix.blogspot.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IYQ Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Pretty sneaky Steve and well played! He is a pretty sneaky guy. Especially with that Ice Cream Machine. I took two hugh bags of laundry in this morning then darn near forgot to go back and pick up the clothing. Luckily I remembered about 5:30 and made a mad dash in to town to get them. If I had not remembered I wouldn't have had sheets for the bed or towel to dry with tonight. Of course I had to eat in town as long as I was already there. Boy was that chicken Alfredo good. I wonder why I'm gaining back all the weight I lost while eating my own cooking. It must be the water. The guy that was supposed to call and come see the little trailer never called. So I told the gal that lives here she could have it. We'll have to go to DMV to get it transfered over to her name. I'll go with her to make sure I've signed everything in the right places. I've taken the trailer back over to storage for now. We are only allowed to keep a second RV at our site for 3 days to get ready for a trip or to unload after a trip. I'm finally getting things back to normal after my trip. I still end up running over to the Navion every time I need something here in the Hornet. I thought I bought all new gear for that but I guess I missed getting a few thing for it. However it is mostly food things I'm running after. When I go off with the Navion I take all the food from the Hornet and also use the Navion for overflow when the frig in the Hornet shrinks while I'm at the store and won't hold all the stuff I buy. Quote Lee (IYQ)<p>Moving from Campground to Campground so the Grim Reaper can't find me.http://www.flickr.com/photos/iyq/2013 Chevy 2500 HD Diesel pulling a 2008 Hornet TT with Hensley Arrow Hitch. Plus a 2015 Itasca Navion iQ 24v to run around in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soos Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Steve, Saw the pics on FB, looks like it was a great surprise! Nice job!! Lee, yeah we are only Allowed to have the truck camper on our site for 48 hrs at a time while we load it up. but now that summer is over and the place is getting busier they told us they were cutting us slack and its really 48 hrs once per season, so we can only have the truck camper on our site for a few hours now, just to unload it, then it needs to be moved off. ugh. oh well, 30 more days and we will be out of this "resort". Sue Quote Sue and Paul- fulltimed 2009 -2015 with Dozer, our Gray Tuxedo cat 2012 DRV Mobile Suites 36TKSB4 pulled by a 2020 F350 Platinum Our "vacation home" : 2018 Arctic Fox 1150 truck camper RIP Dozey http://soos-ontheroad.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyduke Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 loks like Joaquin is going to have us sitting tight in the rains here in NC until we know for sure where it is heading... Quote entered the RV fulltime class of 2011 - March! On the Road to Retirement...zeetraveler.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger & Lynn Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 loks like Joaquin is going to have us sitting tight in the rains here in NC until we know for sure where it is heading... Stay high and well, probably not dry. We're heading south this a.m. to Charleston, SC. Hope we get there before the deluge begins. Why am I not out in the dry West?!!! Quote Roger & Lynn Rempe Class of 2012 & "Class-less"! "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime" -- Mark Twain (Innocents Abroad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdrider Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 loks like Joaquin is going to have us sitting tight in the rains here in NC until we know for sure where it is heading... All of you crazy Florida goers can still make a right turn and head west. Quote Dave & Diane 2020 New Horizon Majestic 5th wheel 2018 Ram 5500 2014 Tiffin Phaeton 42LH (SOLD) 2012 Jeep Rubicon Unlimited (SOLD)http://daveanddiane.wordpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqRmO1rO4cu3rFANF1iG6Q http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10752;80/st/20120701/e/Went+fulltime/dt/-2/k/271f/event.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthego Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 loks like Joaquin is going to have us sitting tight in the rains here in NC until we know for sure where it is heading... Stay high and well, probably not dry. We're heading south this a.m. to Charleston, SC. Hope we get there before the deluge begins. Why am I not out in the dry West?!!! Think we are just enough south to not be effected by Joaquin but we are watching it. Y'all be careful. Jeff Quote Tina and Jeff Class of 2011 "RV there yet?" 2005 Gulfstream Endura and a 1987 Jeep Wrangler http://rvtravelswith...a.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthego Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 All of you crazy Florida goers can still make a right turn and head west. Dave, come on out and join the fun. Quote Tina and Jeff Class of 2011 "RV there yet?" 2005 Gulfstream Endura and a 1987 Jeep Wrangler http://rvtravelswith...a.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdrider Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Dave, come on out and join the fun. I think it will take another year or two for the taste of Florida to fade away enough to allow us to head there again LOL!! But some day. Quote Dave & Diane 2020 New Horizon Majestic 5th wheel 2018 Ram 5500 2014 Tiffin Phaeton 42LH (SOLD) 2012 Jeep Rubicon Unlimited (SOLD)http://daveanddiane.wordpress.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqRmO1rO4cu3rFANF1iG6Q http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10752;80/st/20120701/e/Went+fulltime/dt/-2/k/271f/event.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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