Home May 2014

I know, here it is June and I'm late with our blog again. Well I have a good excuse (at least I  think so). Last month you saw a picture of our new motor home. Well, it is not all fun and games. First we had to take everything out of the other one and we filled up half of the garage. That was the easy part. Then we had to sort through it and put back what we decided we needed into the new one. That only took forever and we are still trying to figure out where we put most of it. I think some stuff is just lost forever. I know it is in there somewhere...just not sure where.

Here are a couple of inside pictures.  It's still only 40 feet long but it is a bath and a half, it has a full size residential refrigerator and a dish washer, a stacked washer and dryer and four TV's (why four TV's I have no idea). It has a lot of storage underneath and it is a diesel pusher, which means the engine is in the back. It has air ride suspension and gets around eight mpg. I know that doesn't sound like much but the other one only got around 5 1/2 mpg. Remember, we are driving a house around.

Our granddaughter Mikayla, who is working at being a famous actress, was in the school play again this year. This year it was "Suessical" and she was one of the Wickershams (the best I might add). Very entertaining and the kids really worked hard at it as always.

Our other granddaughter Chloe had senior prom. When she is all dressed up she doesn't look half bad. Now if she would just learn to be nice to the boys she could have a boyfriend, but she says they are too much work.

We also got a new dog. Meet Ruby, she is a rescue dog (cairn terrier) and is very sweet. She has a couple of possession issues but seems to be getting better . She loves to travel and loves going on walks and meeting new people and dogs. She is single and likes to sit by the water and watch the waves come on shore and take naps. Oops...sorry, for a minute I thought this was the "dating game".

We were able to go to the famous Jenison Memorial Day parade. Our grandson Jason had a great time...here he is watching the fire trucks

Our granddaughter Chloe is now a graduate of Hudsonville  High School. It turned out to be a lot of work but she did it and we are so proud of her.

Here she is getting her diploma. The picture is a little fuzzy but she didn't slow down too long for fear of them changing their minds and taking it back.

Here are the three sister; Mikayla, Chloe and Brianna. Four more years and it will be Mikayla's turn.

The graduate and her very proud Grandparents. That's me on the left.

Well, after all of that we got loaded up and headed west. Across this great country of ours we traveled, stopping in Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. In Wyoming we went to the old Territorial Prison. We took a little tour and saw their version of a RV. Not quite as comfy as ours but it made  it to it's destination most of the time.

Our stop in Utah was at Rockport State Park. We had a beautiful site over looking the lake and it was very relaxing. Our last stop was in Winnemucea, Nevada. Not real fancy but we did go to a casino and had a nice prime rib dinner and I managed to win a couple of bucks. We're now in Quincy, California getting settled in for the summer. Looks like it might be interesting. Stop back next month and see.