Paws and Friends

Last July we entered our fifth year "full-timing" in a home on wheels. We had just purchased our third (and final we say!) motor home. Looking back, transitioning from trailers to motor homes, we never intended to go past our first motor home, our Allegro Bay. But experience, looks, and functionality intervened and we traded for our 2012 Phaeton. Again, we had no intention of another rig. We read about the 37 AP Allegro Bus the first year it came out, and liked what we read and saw. Then we parked next to one in Memphis, Davis Motorhome Mart.... Rest is history! We are enjoying each of the unique aspects of our new home on wheels. Certainly we have met challenges, just as we did with our first two. Yet something is different...our current challenges do not distract from the everyday living--we can still function, just need to make minor adjustments. We celebrate our good fortune. June, 2015  Cape Girardeau This past summer we were in Cape Girardeau, MO , enjoying the ...

The picture on the left  is on the driver's side, between the couch and Lindy's chair. Hanging from the light is a LED flashlight. Just below that, and to the left is one of our light panels.... The picture on the right is in the kitchen, to the right of the sink, on the wall by the refrigerator. This on the left might be hard to read, but it is the light panel at the front of the coach, by the door. On the right is the light panel from the hallway right outside the bedroom door. Have you figured out what might be the problem....? Let me  give you a clue....These light panels are controlled by Spyder Controls--allowing for all kinds of "cool" stuff--dimming some lights, allowing for control of  lights from more than one area...and so on. We experienced a problem when the lights went out...! Of course we began trouble shooting--checking the breakers--finding nothing, then scratching our heads, finally calling Tiffin! At this time, ALL light pane...

At North Ranch - 77 degrees, partly cloudy High 77   Low  60 Have we mentioned the fact that we seem to be attracting storms on our journeys this summer...? This is what we saw out our window in Winnemmuca, NV. New Frontier RV Park Clouds were with us down to Ely, providing excellent opportunities for pictures and lower temperatures but no rain! Sunrise at Ely KOA   While in Las Vegas, apparently we did bring rain--some major flooding to parts of the city north of us--but we managed to escape with nothing but showers over us. Sunrise at Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort By the time we got to Prescott Valley, then finally, North Ranch, old Mr. Sun was pushing the thermometer up into the mid 90's and we were able to test the effectiveness and efficiency of the three AC units in our new coach. They work very well! We really only need two! Yea! We did have about five days at North Ranch with temperatures in the mid 90's, then our storm attraction kicked in, an...

Currently at Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort  58 degrees High  74   Low 60   Partly Cloudy (translation--MOSTLY SUNNY, compared to Oregon Coast use!) Data has refreshed! Lindy has learned a very valuable lesson regarding settings on using Netflex, to conserve data usage....we hope! While at Bend-Sisters Garden RV Resort we saw the Lunar Eclipse. And, NO RAIN! Lunar Eclipse  Moving on down the road we stayed a couple of nights at one of our favorite spots, Burns RV Park. We love small towns, and Burns RV Park, Burns, OR Burns, Oregon fits the bill nicely. This RV park is nicely maintained, the sites are long and wide, and come with cable TV, although they do have sites which are satellite friendly, which we requested.  We always enjoy our time in this part of Oregon! And look, NO RAIN! Burns RV Park, Burns, OR Burns RV Park, Burns, OR We found a new park in Winnamucca on Allstays (an excellent app for tablets and I Pad users!), New Fron...

Currently in Burns, OR   80 degrees High  82    Low 36 On our way south...enjoying the coolness while we have it! Blog updates have been limited by Lindy's lesson learned the hard way regarding Netflex settings and some of our new equipment--enabling streaming through the Blu-Ray player....More on that later (when data refreshes!). Meanwhile, enjoy these shots out our window in Valley Camp, Washington and on the Oregon Coast in Lincoln City. Elk return after most of the RVers depart!  Septmeber 2015 Young Spike Elk, grazing under one of our slides! September 2015 Valley Camp, September --Notice the dry spots! On to Lincoln City.... Lincoln City, the Ocean! Lincoln City, the ocean, really!  The Riders are alive and well, continuing to enjoy our travels. Later! Roving Riders SWIRVIN on down the road into Nevada.

Currently in East Glacier KOA  84 degrees (feels like 82!) High  85   Low 56   Partly Cloudy--VERY Smokey! Our last post described the slackening of the Reynolds Creek Fire along St. Mary Lake in East Glacier. We had a few very nice days of no smoke and glorious weather, even if we had to have some heat in the mornings! We are introducing a new "series" of posts describing what we see out of our window, for as we travel, we are constantly changing our "yard".  We will share these views with you! So, here we go--the last post ended with this shot out our window: (remember, click on the picture to make it larger) Monday morning, about 10 AM This is what we are seeing out our window now. The smoke is blocking all but the closer mountain.  Yesterday, about 3:30, this is what we saw: Sunday afternoon--New Fire East Glacier!  It is a new fire in East Glacier, the Thompson Creek Fire, which started about 3:30 Sunday, along Thompson Cree...

Today--storms over the fire   Currently in East Glacier/St. Mary, MT    54 Degrees High  66      Low 46   Radar Map this morning... Yea! Moisture on the East Glacier fire, and look! Even an icy mix up in the mountains! Yep! We have the fire place going! Makes it cozy! We celebrate the cool weather and the rain! We have been loving our time here in Glacier, in spite of the fire, which made its presence known when we first arrived! We had second thoughts about coming here. It was warm those first few days, so keeping the motorhome closed up with the AC running was a good thing, but going outside for any reason one "hit" that acrid smoke smell. Friday, July 31, on our way to East Glacier Monday, August 3 By Tuesday of this week the smoke lessened as the fire was being contained. We were glad we stuck it out, for the views from our site View out the dining room window are tremendous, and we have thoroughly en...