Whelan's Wheels (go round and round, round and round): It's for the birds for sure

Monday, June 9, 2008

It's for the birds for sure

This blog post that is!

We were cleaning our outside storage areas yesterday and had everything all over our "yard". Those of you who've seen our "campsites" know we have a "thing" for tacky lawn ornaments - the tackier the better. This parrot was among the best of 'em when it was in one piece, but it had seen better days. Arlo was, of course, afraid of it and spent an hour or so trying his best to be brave and show it just who was really the boss! After an hour or so of growling and pouncing at it I decided the neighbors had probably had enough entertainment for the day - thankfully the dumpster was close by..... I sure will miss that parrot - it was one of the originals when we started "camping" years ago!

This morning I went down to the office area of the campground (aka "rv resort" note quotes~beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder) as usual to try to get on line (we had so many trees at our site that satellite was out of the question. This "rv resort" claimed to have wifi but it was "down" more often than not. Being that I really didn't like this place much (I'm trying to be generous here) it seemed better to just give up on the internet for the day, rather than demonstrate flying laptop move. Knowing we would be "moving" in an hour or two and I most likely would be able to use our satellite in the new location. So with that calming (HUH) attitude I took the laptop back to the "house" and returned with my camera after I had noticed this sign on these ladders.

So back I came, camera in hand and just "chilled" for a few minutes (breath in, breath out slowly, deeply, calmly, sometimes better than vodka - well maybe). This Momma worked so hard for these very demanding babies....... she was back with worms (big fat juicy ones) about every three minutes.

Then she'd sit with the kids for a few seconds

And eventually she'd fly off to market to market to get a fat worm......... There was no rest for poor weary momma today.

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This is our story ~ and we're sticking to it.

Our attempt at a blog - quite scary isn't it?

We left MA in early October, 2007 after I (Tracey) retired September 5 as an executive assistant for a software developer and Rick retired from his job on October 1. We passed papers on our house September 28th and off we went. We traveled down the east coast to the Florida Keys ~ where we planned to spend three nights but 17 nights later had to leave our site because someone had reserved it a year prior! We then stayed in northern FL for another month and headed off to meet our Marine returning to the San Diego area after his second tour "over there". We spent several wonderful weeks realizing why grandparents get tired easily! After the San Diego area we headed to the "low desert" (certainly a new phrase for us) of CA and into western AZ .. and decided it was finally time to start the blog we'd talked about since August or so!!

So many wonderful things we saw along the way. And the people, oh the people. I have said so many times to Rick the best part of this journey has been the people. So, so many people with so many interesting stories. Think about it - think about the stories YOU have and multiply that by the many many people we must have met along the way ~ particularly a social person like Rick .. we met a rattlesnake milker in Sweetwater, TX, we met the camp hosts in the Keys who summer back in NH ~ talk about the best of both worlds! We met the female police Sgt. at the Sweetwater Elks whose son was also in Iraq at the same base as my son. We met people in Slidell, LA who survived Katrina and had a great attitude and a smile on their faces and were proud to share their local cuisine with us. We saw the Blue Angels, purely by chance, in El Centro, CA. Or the "campground" where within an hour of arriving our house had been hit three times by golf balls! Or the Elks lodge in Indio ~ the sweetest, bike riding, bartender ~ I just wanted to pack her up and bring her along on our adventure. Not to mention the aerial tram while we were there, the warplane museum for Rick who does NOT do aerial trams! The Salton Sea ~ WOW just WOW. We stayed in the lovely little town of Wilcox, AZ - there was just something about that town. How about Pensacola, FL where the Elks Lodge on the beach is now built high, very high, off the ground! Or what about Huntington Beach State Park in Murrels Inlet, SC - talk about beautiful. What a great place that was to spend our first Thanksgiving on the road with good friends - that was something to be thankful for, for sure. Our first Christmas and New Years in the Keys!! WOW. The love and support of a dear friend in FL while Rick had to fly back to Boston and we dealt with all that entailed with unexpected follow ups back in FL .. how fortunate were we through all of that. Not to mention having the new trailer outfitted in Myrtle Beach and staying at what a week or two a year is the Broken Spoke? Or the kind and soft spoken LA Police Detective who is on the gang unit? So many people, so many stories. And there is so much ahead. The people .. did I mention how wonderful the people have been - all different walks of life .. so many personalities, so many stories! I have said many times ~ I need to pinch myself every morning to be certain it REALLY is happening to US! We are so grateful.

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