RV WASH & HORSE AND BUGGY…..

Love my old faithful ladder…
I have had this ladder for over 30 years…it is a RD Werner ladder…I live about 3 mile from their old plant where they made them…got it at a bargain price…take note that it is a step ladder that turns into a 12ft. extension ladder…this would be a great ladder to take in the RV..but it is heavy and awkward for me to use…will see…

RV..horse and buggy….
now that is quite a combo…different mods of transportation as you can get…the last I did any washing of the RV I only got 1/2 of the front done…so today I  finished of that and did the whole drivers side…going to take a trip to WM later then will pull it up so I can was the other side….

In the pic above…this is a site you see all the time around my house…we live in an area of many small Amish communities…they even have a horse barn at WM where they can hitch up the horse and buggy and shop…this guy and his horse were passing by while I was washing the RV….I took care of many Amish ladies coming to the hospital to have babies when I worked in the OB Dept. There were a couple mid wives around in those days but most came to the hospital…You can drive on any back road around here and see Amish houses….guess that’s all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…Blessings G&M

PS..for any that are interested…about cutting the memory foam…I used a electric knife to cut mine for the bed in the van…worked great like cutting butter…

MY RODDY BUSH IS DYING…??

Not sure what is going on….

When I came home last week I noticed that my  rhododendron bush was not looking up to par…this is a front view of it….all looks well from here…just starting to bloom…

But looking at the side view from the porch it is not well at all…the middle did not bloom and the leaves are yellow and dying off…it is that way the whole way thru the middle of the bush…pic below…

Close up of the leaves in pic below… they are small and yellow…and you can look right thru the bush…it has always been full and thick…could not even see into it at all…let alone thru it…..It is a very old bush…well over 50 years…it would be larger but I do keep it trimmed back or it would be clear out on the street and over my house…

The city has been…..

running new water lines on the east side and while I was gone the did that on my street..and right in front of the roddy they dug up my side walk…I was wondering they hit a root or two and damage it….hmmmmm….not happy at all about this ….this bush is really great and blooms all over every year,..lot of peeps come by each year to look ….

And here is the rest of the story…

Again my work schedule has been held back…while pumping gas yesterday I tried to step over the hose …lost my balance and fell…my hip and tail bone hit the cement plat form the gas pump sits on and ….OUCH!!!!!  been lying around with ice yesterday and today…no pic of that fun time…wanted to mention a tip about the memory foam…I used an electric knife to cut it when I needed for my bed in the van…it was a fish filet knife …only because that is what I had…it works great like cutting butter…so that’s it for now thanks for looking and come back soon …blessings G&M

NOT MUCH GOING ON THIS HOLIDAY..

Had this post yesterday….
Had it almost done and puff…it went…grrrr....was in no mood to do it again ...so had to wait until today….I did go to my sisters had made the rhubarb pie..and the Hawaiian sandwiches…ham, cheese, mustard sauce, Hawaiian rolls , and bake…they are addictive…had them last week and DD house….

Lets play…..
Maggie a couple years ago …wanting to play..I think Maggie is really glad to be here…she is zooming all over the place running around grabbing toys…most of the time when  she is not sleeping…sometimes just running from room to room for no apparent reason except for the joy of it….

Look who is causing the most fuss…..
That would be the Papillon Princes…at my DDs bay window..one day we went out and came home looking at this from the drive way…DDs dog Joey…


DD’s and SIL... TravelTrailer….
We have stayed in their TT a couple times while visiting them…no more…have our own….

And the rest of the story…..
You can tell that not much is going on around here in the cold weather by the old pic’s in the post…hope the last of that will be over with today…I did get a little heater from my sis…and it worked great in the bedroom…at least I could sleep…Found a leak in my kitchen faucet this morning…I think it has been a slow leak for some time…by the mess I found…now have the fan blowing under the sink to dry up the flooring…It was warmer in the RV than in the house so we spent time out there last evening watching TV…can get 9 stations with out even putting up my antenna…ate breakfast out there and watched the news this AM…have not seen a lot of news in the past 4 weeks..and I use to be a news junkie…looks like that habit is broken…hope use sis’s car today and look for a hubcap and some local junk yards…and go sign up for a couple days camping and Shenango Damn… it is less than 10 miles from my house...hope to meet up with Liz ….from Women RV forum and camp out for a couple days.…so that’s it for now….thanks for looking and come back soon. blessings G&M

TOOOO….COLD!!

It is way to cold for this old lady…
Not sure I will come to PA this early again…wait until first of June…but I did get to see my white Lilac’s bloom this year..before they only had a couple blooms…nice this year….My SIL gave me a twig off their bush about 7 years ago..for years It was planted at the edge of the garage (can see in right of pic) and every year ferns would grow up around it and cover it and no growth was ever seen…so about 3 years ago I moved it a little and look at it now!!!

Seen this wild life…
While walking in the park at my DD’s house..cute little babies…

Wal-Mart…
This was my second WM boondockig spot…in SC somewhere…the camper truck behind me had a very nice bass boat hitched up…and the fifth wheel in front had a nice couple from NC..with 3 dogs they stopped and talked to me a couple times..by morning there were about a doz RV’s and a couple 18 wheeler’s…

More wild life… lol…

The rest of the story…
Not much going on around this chilly house…brrrrr…after the hot water tank and porch work was done nothing else has been accomplished …..I was wrapped up in a blanket all day Friday watching over and over again a few old DVD’s I had..felt like a real slug…even had to cover up Maggie in here bed she was shivering and shaking…did get some laundry washed and hung out Sat afternoon…and that’s it…remember there is no heat in the house…it was again only 33 this AM. at least the sun is shining…might go to my sisters today and make a rhubarb pie…noting like spring PA rhubarb…an old friend gave me a bunch for a pie…so might not post for a couple days until it warms up and things start to happen around here…thanks for looking and come back soon…blessing G&M

WE ARE IN PA….

Seem a lot of these on the way back….
Beautiful mountains and lot of blue sky and wonderful clouds…no rain or gray skies…

Why is it …when traveling down the highway…you see all this beauty and when you take a pic…it is never the same or is it ..I just need a better camera…

Got this done…
Clean porch with my 50’s vintage chippy/shabby furniture out…

SNUG AS A BUG AGAIN…
Here we are again snugged right in the drive way I was worried the RV would not fit…just made it..take note the property line on the other side is where it fits might even be a few inches over…the edge of the line is my drive way…I have a very, very small lot…


Look at that!!!!!
When I say just fits…I really mean it!!!… WOW…

I got a lot done these 4 days ….
At least I think I have… .Tues went to the Home Depot where my son works and got a new hot water tank and a new lawn mower…came back home and got busy washing the front porch and steps ….got out a few pieces of furniture to sit and relax on for the summer….In the morning before I left the neighbor came over and helped me trim tree branches at the end of the drive so I could back in…I hate to cut trees…it took me 30 years to grow my little forrest that shades my house very nicely …any way I was very great full and did not want to mess it up taking pic’s so no pic’s of that. Son came in Wed put the hot water tank in…he left and when I went upstairs no hot water would come out of the tap…worked on that all afternoon …and found out  forgot to turn on one of the valves…huh?…where was my head…Well enough for now ..thanks for looking and come back soon…blessings …G&M

HEADING OUT THIS MORNING….

Not my usual route…

Woke up to very foggy conditions this morning so….might be getting a later start…

Since I now have the RV..I am not taking my usual rt. the Pennsylvania turnpike…it is a fast crazy..skinny, always under construction road…a bit of history of turnpike… The road opened on October 1, 1940 between Irwin and Carlisle as the first long-distance limited-access highway in the United States that led to the construction of other limited-access toll roads and the Interstate Highway System. No wonder it is under construction all the time…its OLD!

So think I will head up and across rt 68 to I-79 it is longer but I will be more at ease driving…this leg of trip thru the Allegheny Mts.

Some random pic’s of MySweetDream…

This was taken before I did the mod’s with the lace curtains and privacy lace curtains to divide the cab from back … I no longer use the black and white palm tree table cloth…

More of my mod’s…

This is the sofa area after curtains hung up and lace curtain across the cab area…not sure how long I will keep it looking this way but this is it for now…well its getting late and I need to head on out…so for now thanks for looking and come back soon….

blessing G&M

GETTING READY TO ROLL….

Down the highway….
Sunday May 19…would have been my brothers 64th. birthday…RIP brother….
The wisteria is just starting to bloom across my DD’s shed…not quite in the hanging down stage yet…..did you know there are two kinds of wisteria…one smells pretty and one does not….guess which one this is..lol…

Driftwood…
Don’t you just love driftwood…I do…here is a great piece they found somewhere along their travels…and made it into a bird feeder…pretty cool…

Pretty in pink….



Today is the day….
Well today we will be stowing away things and packing up ready to roll in the morning…not to much to do tho… did laundry last evening so that’s done…will get to PA with clean clothes…  been working on my blog pic’s wanted them a little bigger…so last couple post I experimented and came up with what I think will be good size …you can see them better and they look better I think anyway…a couple things I want to mention about comments I got…gypsy if you go to Fernandina Beach this fall let me know maybe we could meet up…and Liz…I will be in Greenville PA…west side of PA near Ohio line..up I – 79…but I can move around.. have wheels will  roll…if you pass thru PA let me know maybe we can also meet up…and anyone else coming to my area let me know…love to meet up and GTG The last leg of my trip  will be about 300 miles…so not sure if I will do it all on Monday or make it a two day trip….it is a five hr. doing normal speed limit of 70 mph…not so the way I drive the rig…All for now thanks for looking and come back soon..blessings G&M

AROUND THE HOUSE…

Knock Out roses sure popped out the last couple of days….

Took a look at theses this morning when taking Maggie out…wow lots popped over night…but there are still a couple million buds on them yet…I won’t get to see the full bloom…

Beautiful rose buds …with rain drops…

A white kitty….

Look a pretty kitty hiding in the flowers,,,waiting on a bird??? not…he is fake…looks an awful like kids kitty Booey…he is white just like this fake only 14 years young…but not doing so good…old age creeping up…

Love these …

So delicate..little lavender flowers…

Well what I did today….

Went to some yard sales this morning…even tho it rained …there were a lot of them…stopped at Lowes and Home Depot..looking at privacy fence for their back yard…came home took a nap and then helped with the grilling of Salmon, zucchini, garlic bread, and a salad…now going to watch the Preakness race then who knows what…Tomorrow I will be getting MySweetDream ready to travel…the last leg of this trip to PA…So that’s it for today thanks for looking and come back soon

blessings G&M

HAPPENING THINGS IN VA….

Went to Bed Bath & Beyond….
DD and I went to BB&B yesterday …after seeing this grill pan my GS was using the other day …I really needed one!!

So I got one…..
This works great…you really need one….the handle folds down behind the pan part…taking up little space in an RV….great for grilling vegie's and small things that would slip thru the grates on the grill....

Got more of these also….
I got a couple of these awhile ago…I would have got more but they only had one package..so these jumped in my buggy yesterday…picnic table clothe clamps…

Been helping my DD with her work….
My DD is painter..she has always did this and sold at craft show …as a stay at home mom…believe me she made more than if she would have joined the outside work force…anyway…here are some sea shell Santa face Christmas ornaments she makes and sells…

These are some that she sold at a show ….some time ago…she has now started to make the faces three dimensional by sculpting with clay the nose and cheeks…sooo very cute…she sculpts on most any surface from the shells to old kitchen utensils even fishing reels… here is her Etsy place if you want to take a look. … she only has a couple things there right now but as fall comes on she will have a lot more… you can click on her sold items as see more …what I did for here was to base coat all the flesh color on the faces she had done …I am sure that it is a big time saver for her…I use to paint and sell also.. so I know how it goes…Today we are going shopping over where my SIL works and out to eat ..I think…So all for now thanks for looking and come back soon…
Here is link to DD’s Etsy
http://www.etsy.com/shop/mypaintinplace?ref=seller_info
blessing G&M

STILL IN VA….

Better view of where we are….
This is a better view of MySweetDream parked at my DD’s…they have fixed up their home like a beach side cottage…as she loves the beach….the knock out roses are just starting to bloom…in lower left of pic…when they are in full bloom..they have a silvery glow about them…like bright moon beams…she has secret food she feeds them…I have never seen anything like them…

Missed the tulips again…
Again I missed the tulips in bloom she has them planted all along the curve of this area up to the front steps…they are planted think and lovely…she text me a pic of them not sure how to get pic from text to blog…

Scene from the beach…
Some shells that were piled up at Fernandina Beach in FL…tons of shells…I really love this beach and cant wait to go back..will stop on way back to dad’s in the fall…

Sail boats all over the park…
One Sat. at the home park…there were about 30 small one man sale boats…it was  not a good weather day and about 11 am they all went out and about 1 pm they all came sailing back and a fast pace trying to beat the storm that was right behind them…they just made it…

I guess I will be leaving here headed to PA..on Monday ….will have to stop first and see about getting my water turned on….I hope to drive it all in one day…will see how it goes…want to go to a flea market on Sun down the road from DD house…All for now thanks for looking and come back soon..blessings G&M

MADE IT TO VA…..

Well we made it to VA…
We made it to VA …late yesterday afternoon just in time to meet my SIL on his why home from work… so he could back my rig into their drive way…easier for him than me….
I guess this is why they call them the blue ridge mts……
Beautiful scenery along the way ….these were taken in VA…on I-81

I was very carful and only took a couple of pic’s ….I only drive 55 t0 60 …mostly 58..everyone else passes my by…So very thankful that this was a non eventful trip…I did one thing…at Wateree ..locked my keys in the rig…had no ladder so took cooler, stool on top and then a small cooler on top of stool and went in thru the window head first…legs and feet flaying behind me…I am sure I was a site to be hold...I have tried to get more keys made but every place I have been to said they cant make them….

Tucked away in the drive…
Here we are snug as a bug…even got pretty scenery to boot…just hooked up to elec….have small elec heater and blanket …so we stay warm…suppose to get up to 80 couple days…

I miss my beach….!!!

Today I hope to get some laundry done and do some cleaning of my home on wheels…after six days on the road…it needs it…going to do some shopping with DD..and then go to visit grandson and his wife…he will bbq dinner for us…when it warms up I will get the rest of the love bugs and crud off the cab…the love bugs I left behind in FL thank goodness…will take the paint of your vehicle if not taken care of…my DD’s little cottage home is out in its spring finery I will take some pic show you on another post…well better get busy thanks for looking and come back soon
blessings G&M

MAYBERRY….

LAST OF WATEREE….

This is the last of our stay at Lake Wateree…it was a nice relaxing time…our stay here…in pic below…Maggie looking at the Maple trees…you can tell we are heading north seeing the Maples….

Looking for Andy & Barney????

This was our site last night at Mayberry campground in MT Airy NC….see our matts out drying in the sunshine….they got wet the night before ….We will not set up …it is just a night stop and besides its too cold…66…I am a Florida girl now…so that is cold…lol…a cold wind is blowing not the nice ocean breeze I am use to….

Office at Mayberry…..

Not much to this campground….

I did an over night here a couple times with my truck…was ok…but don’t think I will stay here again…

Too much $31 with Good Sam… when had truck it was only $26I cant get any TV here with my antenna in the 6 mo. I have had RV..not a problem with getting TV…Verizon does not work here either…lucky I got their wifi…or it would be a very boring night…so will find another cp. I would go into MT Airy and look for Andy & Barney…if I had a toad…but that’s for another time…will get out elec. blanket tonite…will get cold…snowing in PA..ugh …might have to stay at DD’s for a few extra days…All for now thanks for looking and come back soon…

blessings G&M

3RD DAY LAKE WATEREE ST PARK…

My site….

This is my site at Lake Wateree St. Park in Winnsboro SC.  Easy back in spot…and level paved site…

Set up for the weekend….

We did our thing setting up…suppose to have on and off again storms so I did not put our awning out or put out the rug..used my two beach matts instead…The picnic table was not handy to the site someone put it in the woods and did not return it…to heavy for me to move..So I used a little folding table that I brought along and a TV tray stand to eat on…ice chest I used while traveling ..not brave yet to keep propane on while moving….

View from patio ….

This is my view out the front door while sitting in my chair…the light area in back ground is the entrance to the campground….

View on the other side of rig…

A lot of trees..naturally we are in a ST park..some privacy…  

Sat. breakfast…

Home made butter milk pan cakes for Sat breakfast…I am using a two burner hot plate outside for cooking until I get a table top grill or camp stove….

I adapted my recipe to fit my travel ….I made up the dry ingredients put them in a gal zip lock….then when making a small batch…enough for one or two…one cup of dry, about 1 tablespoon of egg beaters, one teaspoon of melted butter, about 1/2 cup or more (eye ball it) of butter milk…mix..cook…flip and eat…So far this morning we have taken a couple walks around the CG and down to the boat ramp…the walking trail near here is flooded out so that is not going to happen….not sure what will do later but will post about it next ..also not sure when this will get posted…it is Sat morning May 11..thanks for looking and come back soon

blessings G&M