July 1 2017
Still parked at Pine Harbor campground. Slowly becoming better acquainted with the other seasonal campers. many are only here occasionally on weekends. Tom was dx'd with Lyme disease on June 21st after falling ill the previous sunday. Fevers, nausea/ vomiting, dizziness, bad headache. He essentially didn't move off of the couch for 7 days. Doxy was started and he started feeling better after about 3 days. We had to cancel our plans to go visit John and Laurie in Canada, he was just feeling too tired to make the drive. Friends Deb and Doug Ellis are coming to this campground for 2 weeks in July and also Val and Ken Benton are coming next weekend for 2 nights. Yeah! We are planning on going to Kevins on Monday for a few days. we had our moving sale last weekend and it was pretty successful. We got rid of most everything we didn't want to save and made some money on our stuff. We now have a small unit
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Friday, June 23, 2017
June 23rd 2017
Summer is flying by. first day of summer has already come and gone and now the days start to shorten. We have been busy moving all of our storage stuff down to my mom's and getting ready to sell it at a sale in my mom's garage. we found a storage unit in Chippewa for $26 a month. it is small but we don't need to save much stuff anymore. Yesterdays sale went ok but today was slow. tomorrow is half price day. hopefully, we will be able to get rid of most of it. certainly was not worth paying storage costs for it any longer. tom was dx'd with Lyme disease this week. he started feeling ill on the 17th and by Wednesday the 21st he was so ill that there was no other choice but to go to urgent care. they called on thurs stating he was positive for Lyme. He is still ill enough that he has not gotten off of the couch for more than 15 minutes all week. hopefully, the doxy will kick in soon. thankfully, my cousin Eunice was willing to come and help at the sale on thurs and mom came for the afternoon today. It has been raining a lot the last couple of weeks with some severe storms also. I hate storms. We are starting to become better acquainted with some of the other seasonal campers here at Pine Harbor. Nice folks. We are supposed to go to Canada on the 2nd of July to visit with friends John and Laurie for a few days. Hopefully Tom will improve greatly by then.
Summer is flying by. first day of summer has already come and gone and now the days start to shorten. We have been busy moving all of our storage stuff down to my mom's and getting ready to sell it at a sale in my mom's garage. we found a storage unit in Chippewa for $26 a month. it is small but we don't need to save much stuff anymore. Yesterdays sale went ok but today was slow. tomorrow is half price day. hopefully, we will be able to get rid of most of it. certainly was not worth paying storage costs for it any longer. tom was dx'd with Lyme disease this week. he started feeling ill on the 17th and by Wednesday the 21st he was so ill that there was no other choice but to go to urgent care. they called on thurs stating he was positive for Lyme. He is still ill enough that he has not gotten off of the couch for more than 15 minutes all week. hopefully, the doxy will kick in soon. thankfully, my cousin Eunice was willing to come and help at the sale on thurs and mom came for the afternoon today. It has been raining a lot the last couple of weeks with some severe storms also. I hate storms. We are starting to become better acquainted with some of the other seasonal campers here at Pine Harbor. Nice folks. We are supposed to go to Canada on the 2nd of July to visit with friends John and Laurie for a few days. Hopefully Tom will improve greatly by then.
Friday, June 2, 2017
June 1st 2017
We left Eric's on Monday and stayed once again at the Billings Walmart and had Braden over for supper. Beautiful evening to sit outside and visit. We continued on to Deadwood where we had reservations at the Steel Wheel campground. (site number 16). Originally, the cost was $35 with good sams but we joined Passport America and the cost was $19. Nice savings. We should have joined sooner. They have over 1800 participating campgrounds in the US. We went into Deadwood a couple of times but did not win on the slot machines. Darn! We did find a good deal on a meal at the Tin Lizzy. $2.99 for a burger/fries/drink. Best deal in Deadwood I think. We crossed off another NP on thurs. Wind Cave NP just out of Custer. We took a one hour tour of one of the caves and did a hike. Nice tour (Garden of Eden) but one hour was long enough to be underground. Now we are headed back to Chippewa. Hopefully, will make it to Sioux Falls today.
Tom just finds girls everywhere
Downtown Deadwood
View from our campsite
We left Eric's on Monday and stayed once again at the Billings Walmart and had Braden over for supper. Beautiful evening to sit outside and visit. We continued on to Deadwood where we had reservations at the Steel Wheel campground. (site number 16). Originally, the cost was $35 with good sams but we joined Passport America and the cost was $19. Nice savings. We should have joined sooner. They have over 1800 participating campgrounds in the US. We went into Deadwood a couple of times but did not win on the slot machines. Darn! We did find a good deal on a meal at the Tin Lizzy. $2.99 for a burger/fries/drink. Best deal in Deadwood I think. We crossed off another NP on thurs. Wind Cave NP just out of Custer. We took a one hour tour of one of the caves and did a hike. Nice tour (Garden of Eden) but one hour was long enough to be underground. Now we are headed back to Chippewa. Hopefully, will make it to Sioux Falls today.
Tom just finds girls everywhere
Downtown Deadwood
View from our campsiteSaturday, May 27, 2017
May 26th 2017
We have been parked in Eric's yard for a week and a half now. We have been having a great time and watched Breanna get her diploma last weekend. She also had surgery this week on her knee d/t an injury she received playing tennis this spring. We were able to spend an evening in Billings with Braden when we traveled thru. We spent that night at the local Walmart on Kings av.. We were not the only ones to take up their free camping offer. There were more campers there than there were at the campground in Medora! The truck did just fine pulling thru the Livingston/Bozeman area but as I expected Tom bought a new truck at the Denny Menholt ford dealership in Butte. Now we are the proud owners of a 2015 Ford 350. Nice enough salesman (Austin) but the crew that detailed the truck for the sale did a crap job. We should now never have to worry about any pulling/weight issues ever again. Grandson Dalton made it to state championships for shot put this weekend so we went to Butte to watch him, unfortunately he told us the wrong school that it was being held at so we were late getting to the meet and missed him throwing. He took 13th in the state. Pretty good for a sophomore. Grandson Wade has been keeping us entertained with his funny stories/wit and is just overall a great kid to be around. Heather and I have been doing a bit of bike riding and walking. It is so beautiful around here. I can see why they love it here. We will be heading to the Deadwood SD area on Monday for a few days, then back to Chippewa.
Tom and I with the grandkids
beautiful scenery on heather and I's 17 mile bike ride
My beautiful granddaughter Breanna
Braden and I
Dalton
Yep, there was snow between Livingston and Bozeman. IN MAY!!
We have been parked in Eric's yard for a week and a half now. We have been having a great time and watched Breanna get her diploma last weekend. She also had surgery this week on her knee d/t an injury she received playing tennis this spring. We were able to spend an evening in Billings with Braden when we traveled thru. We spent that night at the local Walmart on Kings av.. We were not the only ones to take up their free camping offer. There were more campers there than there were at the campground in Medora! The truck did just fine pulling thru the Livingston/Bozeman area but as I expected Tom bought a new truck at the Denny Menholt ford dealership in Butte. Now we are the proud owners of a 2015 Ford 350. Nice enough salesman (Austin) but the crew that detailed the truck for the sale did a crap job. We should now never have to worry about any pulling/weight issues ever again. Grandson Dalton made it to state championships for shot put this weekend so we went to Butte to watch him, unfortunately he told us the wrong school that it was being held at so we were late getting to the meet and missed him throwing. He took 13th in the state. Pretty good for a sophomore. Grandson Wade has been keeping us entertained with his funny stories/wit and is just overall a great kid to be around. Heather and I have been doing a bit of bike riding and walking. It is so beautiful around here. I can see why they love it here. We will be heading to the Deadwood SD area on Monday for a few days, then back to Chippewa.
Tom and I with the grandkids
beautiful scenery on heather and I's 17 mile bike ride
My beautiful granddaughter Breanna
Braden and I
Dalton
Yep, there was snow between Livingston and Bozeman. IN MAY!!Monday, May 15, 2017
May 15th 2017
Well, we are on the road again. We left Chippewa on Saturday, headed for Boulder MT. for granddaughter Breanna's high school graduation. Wow, where did those 18 years go. She beautiful young woman both inside and out. I am one very lucky grandma. We are pulling the 5th wheel and so far so good. I am a little concerned about the mountains from Billings to Boulder. Tom really wants to get a larger truck. We stayed the 1st night in Barnesville Mn. Stayed at the city campground Wagner Campground. Self registration and pick an open spot. Beautiful location. Grass sites that are LARGE. $22 a night. We drove thru ND on sunday and found a open campground (Red Trail Campground, smaller campground but in need of some general clean up and grounds keeping) in Medora ND with full hookups for $25 a night. We were going to stay in the Theodore Roosevelt NP for $7, but no hookups at all and generators are not allowed from 8pm to 8am. What the heck! How am I to survive without coffee a lot earlier than that? We are spending 2 nights here. We took in the TRNP today and saw a bunch of wildlife and had the park almost to ourselves. bonus! The scenery was beyond beautiful! So glad we took in another NP. Tomorrow, we plan on stopping in Billings and get together with grandson Braden who lives there while he is going to college. Then next day we will be at Erics for a week or so.
Panoramic view from the top of Ridgeline nature trail.
my favorite! wild horses
BIG buffalo!
2nd highest point in TRNP Buck Hill 2860 ft.!
Bluffs everywhere
Yes, he walk if he wants too!
more scenery
more buffalo
view from Red Trail campground
view from our camper
Well, we are on the road again. We left Chippewa on Saturday, headed for Boulder MT. for granddaughter Breanna's high school graduation. Wow, where did those 18 years go. She beautiful young woman both inside and out. I am one very lucky grandma. We are pulling the 5th wheel and so far so good. I am a little concerned about the mountains from Billings to Boulder. Tom really wants to get a larger truck. We stayed the 1st night in Barnesville Mn. Stayed at the city campground Wagner Campground. Self registration and pick an open spot. Beautiful location. Grass sites that are LARGE. $22 a night. We drove thru ND on sunday and found a open campground (Red Trail Campground, smaller campground but in need of some general clean up and grounds keeping) in Medora ND with full hookups for $25 a night. We were going to stay in the Theodore Roosevelt NP for $7, but no hookups at all and generators are not allowed from 8pm to 8am. What the heck! How am I to survive without coffee a lot earlier than that? We are spending 2 nights here. We took in the TRNP today and saw a bunch of wildlife and had the park almost to ourselves. bonus! The scenery was beyond beautiful! So glad we took in another NP. Tomorrow, we plan on stopping in Billings and get together with grandson Braden who lives there while he is going to college. Then next day we will be at Erics for a week or so.
Panoramic view from the top of Ridgeline nature trail.
my favorite! wild horses
BIG buffalo!
2nd highest point in TRNP Buck Hill 2860 ft.!
Bluffs everywhere
Yes, he walk if he wants too!
more scenery
more buffalo
view from Red Trail campground
view from our camperSunday, April 30, 2017
April 30th 2017
we are now at Pine Harbor Campground in Chippewa Falls Wi. We are going to be here off and on (mostly on) until Oct 15th. Reasonable seasonal rates at $1200 plus electric for the entire season. It seems like it like it will be a quiet campground. We are in site #19 with the possibility of moving to a site that has more sun in a week or so. We met the neighbors George and Sandy, Brian and Tammy and Randy and Donna last evening and enjoyed wine and their campfire. Sure hope the weather warms up soon as it has been cold, dreary and rainy all month.
we are now at Pine Harbor Campground in Chippewa Falls Wi. We are going to be here off and on (mostly on) until Oct 15th. Reasonable seasonal rates at $1200 plus electric for the entire season. It seems like it like it will be a quiet campground. We are in site #19 with the possibility of moving to a site that has more sun in a week or so. We met the neighbors George and Sandy, Brian and Tammy and Randy and Donna last evening and enjoyed wine and their campfire. Sure hope the weather warms up soon as it has been cold, dreary and rainy all month.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
April 28th
we are back in the Chippewa Falls area. we have been camped in my mom's driveway for the last 2 1/2 weeks. we helped clean out her home/garage and had a couple of garage sales to get rid of some of her stuff. this weekend we will be able to move to our summer home at Pine Harbor Campground until oct 15th. very reasonable rates. $1200. for the season plus electric. It is a small campground with about 20 seasonal campgrounds. the rest are day/weekly campers. I think that when oct 15 arrives we will probably head south again and not wait till the holidays are over. we still have to clean out our storage unit and get rid of that monthly bill. hopefully the weather will clear up. it has been a cold/blah/rainy month of april. Sister in laws Karen, Deb, brother Joel and I went kayaking one sunny day tho and it was great not having to watch for gators.
we are back in the Chippewa Falls area. we have been camped in my mom's driveway for the last 2 1/2 weeks. we helped clean out her home/garage and had a couple of garage sales to get rid of some of her stuff. this weekend we will be able to move to our summer home at Pine Harbor Campground until oct 15th. very reasonable rates. $1200. for the season plus electric. It is a small campground with about 20 seasonal campgrounds. the rest are day/weekly campers. I think that when oct 15 arrives we will probably head south again and not wait till the holidays are over. we still have to clean out our storage unit and get rid of that monthly bill. hopefully the weather will clear up. it has been a cold/blah/rainy month of april. Sister in laws Karen, Deb, brother Joel and I went kayaking one sunny day tho and it was great not having to watch for gators.
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