Rykal's Retired and Traveling: November 2024

Nov 1 2024

wow...seriously havent posted since May! thought i did...

so backing tracking to may. garden was planted and came up well but the critters that could get thru the fence did and ate most of garden over summer. grrrr! tomatoes and peppers ended up doing ok but the rest was basically eaten..double grrrr..

rode bike (toms electric) about 500 miles or so over the summer so that was good. always love spending time at the campground with our friends. had a couple of potlucks which are always delicious. went up to hayward a couple of times and got together with old friends from the hospital. spent a couple of days at the cabin with val. just a girls weekend fun! . val and ken came to the campground for a couple of days too. spent quite a bit of time with my mom over the summer. she's 93 now and starting to show her age. but overall doing great. tom had his hip replaced in june and seems recovered from that.

we left the campground sept 20th and headed to Mt for granddaughter Breanna's wedding. camped in erics yard for a week. i got quite sick while there and spent most of the week sleeping. the wedding was beautiful and breanna soooo pretty! many years of happiness to her and TJ. Kolsyn was adorable in his tux. got to meet all the grandkids significant others and new great grandson Laythe.

along the way to florida we spent 4 days in Pueblo Co and went to Pikes Peak. the air up there is very very thin. lots of drought out west and air was smokey most of the time. stopped in Eureka Springs Mo on the way. very hilly and a big tourist town. wasn't thrilled with it. Stopped in Medora ND on the way to Erics and went to Teddy Roosevelt NP again. saw lots of animals. and of course the mandatory stop in Atmore AL at the casino for 3 nights. big surprise lost again. spent a total of 30 days traveling from Wi to MT to FL. 13 states in all 4 411 miles total. lots of set up and take down of the camper. got pretty good at it...

got to the house on oct 20th and had a lot of cleanup to do from the 2 hurricanes that came thru the area in oct. minimal damage to house but oh the tree debris all over yard/house/roofs. finally, feel like i have a handle on things. tom was able to help a lot more this year so that was a plus.

adorable Kolsyn.