Meridian, MS. Darn It's Cold Here

All the travel brochures tell you to come to the "Sunny South" where it's nice and warn. Today I don't believe it. I woke this morning and has frozen pipes to the RV. The park owner cut off the water last night cause it was going to be a "balmy 18" and he didn't want the exposed water pipes to freeze.

I disconnected the hose and drained the water from them before I stored them underneath. When Jerry tried to get water to make coffee, she told me we didn't have any water. We were using the water pump but nothing worked. I had to get out in the cold and go to the office to get water for coffee. Neither of us are nice to be around unless we have had our coffee.

Just for the neck of it I checked the weather in Seward, Alaska and it was warmer there than here. Their high was 40 and the low was 34. I'm just about ready to head there and stay warm.

Tonight we're looking for another "balmy" night of 16 and I've filled the water tank and again disconnected the hose, but this time I'm going to leave a small ceramic heater running.

We'll be glad when the time arrives that we can leave this "heat wave" place and go some where better.

The End Of A Decade

It doesn't really seem possible that we've been on the road for ten years, time really goes by fast when you're having fun.

We've have a lot of fun and have had the opportunity to see some of the most beautiful country you can imagine. We've been to every state west of the Mississippi except North Dakota and we've been to a lot of states east of the Mississippi.

We've been to Canada and Alaska and we are making plans to go back in 2011. When we go back, we plan to stay longer than we did this year, we want to see the Northern Lights. We couldn't see them this trip cause it "never got dark" the whole time we were there.

We taken several trips of various distances and the last one to Alaska was a little over 11,350 miles. We've put about 70,000 miles on the motor home.

We hope to have as much fun in the next decade as we had in the last one and as long as our health holds out we'll continue to travel and see our great country.

Stay tuned in for upcoming travel journals.

Several Merry Christmas Parties

One of the nice things about having family in two different towns is that we can have more than one Christmas celebration.

Just before we left Montgomery heading to Meridian, we had a small Christmas celebration with our daughter and grand children there. It's always a pleasure to be with them.

We arrived in Meridian and we had a Christmas celebration with our daughter and some great grand children here. For some reason it was held on Christmas Eve.

On the 26th our children and grand children from Montgomery came over and we got together with our daughter, grand children and great children from Meridian for a big family celebration. We had hamburgers and hot dogs since just about everyone was tired of turkey and all the trimmings.

After filling up on hamburgers and hot dogs it was time to open presents. There were really a lot of packages under the tree. After two days of Christmas celebrations, it's hard to figure where all the packages came from.

Jerry got a new digital camera and she was really surprised about that. Now she'll really be able to take good pictures on our trips.

A Very Good Christmas Program

We went to Church to see our grandson. Dillon, in a Christmas Program. He had several speaking parts in it and did a very good job. The other children were good also but not near as good as our grandson. After it was over, I told him how proud we were of him and he had the following to say, "I'll accept cash, checks and all major credit cards". There is no telling what that boy won't say. Needless to say I took a couple of pictures of the Christmas Program. Break out the Egg Nog, sit back and enjoy them.

Up Date On Bob And Jerry

We're not on the road now so there isn't much to report. We were in Meridian, Ms. for a month and Jerry and I had Cataract surgery. It's a miracle how much better we can see now, neither of us have to wear glasses anymore.



Jerry had a little problem with her heart again and they did a heart Cather but nothing showed up, the Doctor said she was okay and has a strong heart. She was diagnosed with "A-Fib" and the Doctor wants to see her in Feb. to evaluate a pace maker.



We're now in Montgomery, AL. for Thanksgiving. A few days ago Jerry was heating some chili in the microwave and burned the inside of her left arm. It's a second degree burn and for a few days was painful. Seems like everything happens to us. We'll be leaving here on the 18th and go back to Meridian for Christmas with family. We'll be there until at least Feb. and don't really have any plans on taking any trips now.



Jerry and I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.

Looks As Though We're Here For A While

Our Temporary Home Away From Home

We've been in Meridian, MS for about a month so Jerry could have her Cataract surgery and recover from it. The Doctor gave her a clear report.

Now I'll have my Cataract surgery on the 13Th and then the 20Th and will have to be here for about 3 to 4 weeks for a follow up. I hope I'm as lucky with the surgery as Jerry was, she has 20/20 in both eyes.

She went to the Commissary the other day and it took her about 3 hours to do her shopping. What took her so long was that she could easily read all the labels which she couldn't do before. She had a ball reading all the labels.

Smokey had surgery to remove kidney stones from his bladder before we left Montgomery. He managed to open one of the areas where they made the incision and we had to take him to a Vet here in Meridian to have it closed properly. The Vet put a collar around his neck to prevent him from opening it again. Doesn't he look cute?

Successful Surgery

Jerry had Cataract surgery on both eyes and she had her last check up yesterday. The Doctor told her she had 20/20 in both eyes and that she could get rid of her "seeing eye dog" all she might need would be a pair of "over the counter" 1.25 reading glasses for small print in newspaper or magazines.

She is amazed at how well she can see and also how clear everything is now. I'm so happy for her and now maybe she can read the small print on the road atlas and help me navigate on our trips.

On October 13 it's my turn to have Cataract surgery and I only hope I do as well as Jerry did. We'll keep you posted on my progress.