Whelan's Wheels (go round and round, round and round): Chester

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Chester - you wondered?

Chester, you asked about the "mountains" here in southern Idaho and I told you I'd post some photos (yeah I did have about 30 photos waiting for the text for posts from our travels from St. Helens, OR to Boardman, OR, to Caldwell, ID ...yeah well ... I did, but it's not gonna happen)

Anyway, you wondered about the "mountains" in these parts ~ northern Idaho (Couer D'Alene area) was absolutely gorgeous and it surprises me that one state could have such a diverse topography within (I'm guessing) 300 miles.

So, the photos above (2) are the "mountains" here in southern ID from Caldwell to Rupert ... We are here in Rupert at a lovely state park - gorgeous, peaceful, deserted - yup, MY kind of place. Word has it (although I'm not certain, because himself the KING and I have done a role reversal - he's planning and I'm driving ....don't ask ... trains got in the way)

With all THAT said we are ~ according to the plan of the King himself, headed to my least favorite place ~ Utah ~ curb your enthusiasm Jack, oh alright, let it rip pal, for coach work ... another issue - what is needed and what is ummm not so much needed and what is not even on the realm of "needed" .... I have bad memories of how our last trip to this "repair facility" (not so much) turned out last time around and suspect that history may repeat itself, and the path is set for this time around ....

Stay tuned, but there may be a delay in posts here - who knows how long "we" are to be in UT ... I'm not planning, but there may be a request/plea to send bail $$$ ...

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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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