tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88861204476351333172024-03-19T05:30:39.049-04:00The Roadrunner ChroniclesRoadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.comBlogger1347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-57491923629555949632023-07-22T06:15:00.000-04:002023-07-22T06:15:55.552-04:00Studebaker Museum<p>The same day we toured the Indiana State capitol in Indianapolis, we continued north to visit South Bend, Indiana. We were looking forward to seeing the University of Notre Dame and the Studebaker Museum.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8g73tbBS0wWlF2hhxZNak3UpZBVEytlj42Pf7AhZ92Mw43yxIhF3fpUG5Uhj5kVzl3S74p3eZQVx2AIJZdZ_Zpl8ypnBefv4TwmSi2dsoKfH-JP3OBeu4ZM84d65BAENMFYAXvoE-lKIm39ZbPm6ke4k989rRWZqbSoZQJTn59ad3JwOISbp18pn8PE/s1026/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.42.21%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1026" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8g73tbBS0wWlF2hhxZNak3UpZBVEytlj42Pf7AhZ92Mw43yxIhF3fpUG5Uhj5kVzl3S74p3eZQVx2AIJZdZ_Zpl8ypnBefv4TwmSi2dsoKfH-JP3OBeu4ZM84d65BAENMFYAXvoE-lKIm39ZbPm6ke4k989rRWZqbSoZQJTn59ad3JwOISbp18pn8PE/w582-h454/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.42.21%20AM.png" width="582" /></a></div><p>Along the way we decided we couldn’t do both in the afternoon and chose to see the Studebaker Museum that day and then see Notre Dame the next morning before we left town for Lansing MI.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyp0ieUZDB3GsuGJku7KMisWdTRmmEr3qoFEpCl9bc8OOZYp5DTe_f1_mxhA5pgdRQtUCeMcQsRf0wswTHsprjsSUbmfkGeEbGQaovGGXdHY3ztyJzIj5E2QPASvxxQ9KAnFm2-lZ-hJ31VwXkZSsmvNPemnjNx9RGrBEtL5Yrwpu-H00X9SeDTV_VLcU/s1636/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.48.41%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1636" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyp0ieUZDB3GsuGJku7KMisWdTRmmEr3qoFEpCl9bc8OOZYp5DTe_f1_mxhA5pgdRQtUCeMcQsRf0wswTHsprjsSUbmfkGeEbGQaovGGXdHY3ztyJzIj5E2QPASvxxQ9KAnFm2-lZ-hJ31VwXkZSsmvNPemnjNx9RGrBEtL5Yrwpu-H00X9SeDTV_VLcU/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.48.41%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Once inside a museum, we paid the admission and proceeded through artifacts on display.<div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfLh7CFP_FfQIPB2L1zJQLSQBGOgkQPdkDsrfdleeqRd4Gxm9GSC_pJkRirIs59QGuC02oab2nLNWqatuKXYVI_ROfEvHl2zuMXrfEqh0xXGG6AdvSc6qXlw74WZdUeglUHK-14OGA08KW992YVuPfi53bgsd794s5caAzNHSSUoiujN_A303BbkpuuE/s1480/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.49.50%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1480" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfLh7CFP_FfQIPB2L1zJQLSQBGOgkQPdkDsrfdleeqRd4Gxm9GSC_pJkRirIs59QGuC02oab2nLNWqatuKXYVI_ROfEvHl2zuMXrfEqh0xXGG6AdvSc6qXlw74WZdUeglUHK-14OGA08KW992YVuPfi53bgsd794s5caAzNHSSUoiujN_A303BbkpuuE/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.49.50%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>At the start was the orientation video, </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnLDlGK70YdV0KUgLR6TPd3fgSZm91-nmDX56sH-lTRXXWfdikarj-O7h-S87vTb4POyfHxhcOQPTHSl-RG5dAp46OQ-1uONXG8JNHtzhqoEhRtaS6YOKAONmjO9mBWf9UeNOV5ofDgCOF6s-mFQYoySbGr9LovEyG5g8IzkTKygtXSfFRM-9yme18h8/s1772/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.49.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1772" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnLDlGK70YdV0KUgLR6TPd3fgSZm91-nmDX56sH-lTRXXWfdikarj-O7h-S87vTb4POyfHxhcOQPTHSl-RG5dAp46OQ-1uONXG8JNHtzhqoEhRtaS6YOKAONmjO9mBWf9UeNOV5ofDgCOF6s-mFQYoySbGr9LovEyG5g8IzkTKygtXSfFRM-9yme18h8/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.49.28%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>which provided an overview and / or basic layout of the museum. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9p8Fc-JRMABic97G0n88wEclFQ4gWG2IuxZzPbY_zXXMeKTAF-4E-H5CJXey3hgqdS1vlde5r1w26DzFcHLjdq9SaO0j_3UMKAnIx4YVRb6OZpBuimdo0ZWsD2dOczIJgV8hdmMc2owV3yh8Z4aH76lkWm_5jSj6u9DhIwwTggIRFsKzEfVT6_PAfb4/s1596/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1596" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9p8Fc-JRMABic97G0n88wEclFQ4gWG2IuxZzPbY_zXXMeKTAF-4E-H5CJXey3hgqdS1vlde5r1w26DzFcHLjdq9SaO0j_3UMKAnIx4YVRb6OZpBuimdo0ZWsD2dOczIJgV8hdmMc2owV3yh8Z4aH76lkWm_5jSj6u9DhIwwTggIRFsKzEfVT6_PAfb4/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.45%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>The museum has three stories with an upstairs and a basement, all housing different items. We stopped near the beginning of the self guided tour trail to see the brief film. </div><div><br /><div>The video described the history of the Studebakers who migrated from Europe (Germany) in 1736 and landed in Philadelphia. By the 1850’s the family descendants were in Southbend and worked as blacksmiths, and carriage and wagon builders. The family was long associated with the transportation business including road building, wagon and various carriage designs. Who knew? <div><br /></div><div>The Studebaker company was actually founded in 1852 when the Studebaker brothers built their first two wagons for business owners and for traveling throughout the country. The American West was full of Prairie Schooners and Conestoga wagons built in the Studebaker factory in South Bend.<div>One of the first displays showed a summary of the Studebaker story.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3g7bZcGiSYrKbNsng_oo7FlAuhepFTV3cm7GJNbU92icVvZwPPKqtS2R10OXSnxRjaoihKV4R0FZUwjg6o1vDA248ZvGzlMAszgG_aUzooGH44ID4LScqKBJo2vNMCsfdtbjV3-Qz2EtsvMR3wusre0B_g9MbK7DNQnFctOU1XR4xAEpk3-9hoMBHbgM/s1460/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.58%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1460" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3g7bZcGiSYrKbNsng_oo7FlAuhepFTV3cm7GJNbU92icVvZwPPKqtS2R10OXSnxRjaoihKV4R0FZUwjg6o1vDA248ZvGzlMAszgG_aUzooGH44ID4LScqKBJo2vNMCsfdtbjV3-Qz2EtsvMR3wusre0B_g9MbK7DNQnFctOU1XR4xAEpk3-9hoMBHbgM/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.58%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The Studebaker land holdings and factories of the wagon and horse drawn carriages industry continued to expand throughout the region in the mid to late 1800s. </div><div><br /></div><div>At the turn of the century, the Studebaker company transitioned to the automobile and became “ the automobile with a reputation behind it". It was a big gamble. It was highly success company with wagon and carriages and then it looked to the future and took on a whole new challenge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Wikipedia says, "<span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">The Studebakers had always viewed the automobile as complementary to the horse-drawn wagon, pointing out that the expense of maintaining a car might be beyond the resources of a small farmer. In 1918, the annual capacity of the seven Studebaker plants was 100,000 automobiles, 75,000 horse-drawn vehicles, and about $10,000,000 worth of automobile and vehicle spare parts ($194,557,522 in 2022 dollars</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">). </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">In the preceding seven years, 466,962 horse-drawn vehicles had been sold, as against 277,035 automobiles, </span><sup class="reference nowrap" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><span title="Page / location: 87"> </span></sup><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">but the trend was all too clear. The regular manufacture of horse-drawn vehicles ended when Erskine ordered the removal of the last wagon gear in 1919. </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">To its range of cars, Studebaker would now add a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_truck" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Pickup truck">truck</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> line to replace the horse-drawn wagons. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Bus">Buses</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_engine" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Fire engine">fire engines</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">, and even small rail </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive" style="background: repeat; color: #795cb2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: none;" title="Locomotive">locomotive</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">-kits </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">were produced using the same powerful six-cylinder engines.</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-size: 14px;">”</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div> Not too far from the beginning one of the many carriage models caught our eye: The 1857 Studebaker Phaeton. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gsyS13XRk3qoa4I11tLOT4JqXw9ykObpT0pKw9-mHWpeXeTWBmaqwVyDYxI9yPdXMYu6yXPiHeVbmw11SF7q0ckkEKrS6m6xz-iZ84Ofw2XEQ2BFw8Tk0FTnkwrf6WlExSpVjry9IcLKSapekYCO6exfR8Ko7w-bdgw7r6Kh9T_KH5eNJDAJnxGQasQ/s1114/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gsyS13XRk3qoa4I11tLOT4JqXw9ykObpT0pKw9-mHWpeXeTWBmaqwVyDYxI9yPdXMYu6yXPiHeVbmw11SF7q0ckkEKrS6m6xz-iZ84Ofw2XEQ2BFw8Tk0FTnkwrf6WlExSpVjry9IcLKSapekYCO6exfR8Ko7w-bdgw7r6Kh9T_KH5eNJDAJnxGQasQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.17%20AM.png" width="227" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaJNfsEloJNDMmkwk0rguPkNA14S1E82U8ROGbOaM1aAfoKoqTv0Gh6pIJ3_np1hg2W6jL_bDqfXKh0nIMNq6FFAOj0VrA6Eny1XMSzxD8nwH92KMQ1uwy1VtOCLG74A_7JmlcwDBbWUGz7POJ1AuH9m5uOVyeqq1abclqudTBrRlVuWz9_l6DI4x_aM/s1026/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="928" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYaJNfsEloJNDMmkwk0rguPkNA14S1E82U8ROGbOaM1aAfoKoqTv0Gh6pIJ3_np1hg2W6jL_bDqfXKh0nIMNq6FFAOj0VrA6Eny1XMSzxD8nwH92KMQ1uwy1VtOCLG74A_7JmlcwDBbWUGz7POJ1AuH9m5uOVyeqq1abclqudTBrRlVuWz9_l6DI4x_aM/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-18%20at%205.50.29%20AM.png" width="289" /></a></div>Fast forward to the RV industry and Tiffin Motorhomes-- the maker of the Allegro Bus motorhome which we drove around the country for 10 years. Tiffin also made the wildly successful Phaeton model which was introduced in 2001 as the company’s industry level diesel pusher. I had never heard the name Phaeton before we started RVing and I wonder if somehow they derived the name from the Studebakers?</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to the museum:</div><div><br /></div><div>In the late 1800’s, the Studebaker company continued to grow and expand and had contracts with the government to build military and related vehicles during World War I. It, like the world wide economy, ran into tough times during the Great Depression and made its way back in part from government contracts during World War II.</div><div><br /></div><div>The museum was a mind-boggling because of so many makes and models of wagons, carriages, and then automobiles--it was astonishing. Read about it the list of all their makes and models through the years<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Studebaker_vehicles"> here.</a> You might be interested to know they built electric cars (battery) from 1902-1912!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here’s a sampling of the photos of I took of the amazing cars:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER-VE6bKqfQGn8N6DR-A3A8S3sXf2CSkWWjSOwNmQUDfy5FXat-74huUDD14K7bEdCF_AkK8YE1xK_UMBMmP6k6OpFkpeKulTFhfqjzeUHgJHVqrIXxhoeQnC_0B3ncU7A5ac_fiLmZPirM5nf-0XnhoI0R_VMzG3Hf6txxEulYTpXqLUrFhuNTAIPwA/s4032/IMG_3826.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER-VE6bKqfQGn8N6DR-A3A8S3sXf2CSkWWjSOwNmQUDfy5FXat-74huUDD14K7bEdCF_AkK8YE1xK_UMBMmP6k6OpFkpeKulTFhfqjzeUHgJHVqrIXxhoeQnC_0B3ncU7A5ac_fiLmZPirM5nf-0XnhoI0R_VMzG3Hf6txxEulYTpXqLUrFhuNTAIPwA/s320/IMG_3826.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsNM5GVDjEXrijyg9qXhkkEWErfPkniO6ywFsjw_DR6WM-kCERc9DMw-dKT5r_hhMAyngRw--NvjnA0LHlGc7hl3UIxTXqi3XFNn5bf26gHie4ener24vKSk8fau-OTeujF_0QVVPzknZ13HIaKjtg9lRlloMTrUgJZwBel7bf0PuYN_wdi4s4Rcdghw/s4032/IMG_3830.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsNM5GVDjEXrijyg9qXhkkEWErfPkniO6ywFsjw_DR6WM-kCERc9DMw-dKT5r_hhMAyngRw--NvjnA0LHlGc7hl3UIxTXqi3XFNn5bf26gHie4ener24vKSk8fau-OTeujF_0QVVPzknZ13HIaKjtg9lRlloMTrUgJZwBel7bf0PuYN_wdi4s4Rcdghw/s320/IMG_3830.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our family bought a Studebaker in the 1960’s which was some variation of the Lark model.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnti8E4Dda3Rcd0W7XsMxjWfL_eFet9Yt3Ete80517OudfSQWDA6FXDMvM43RUn7WSHRWmDNQDCSFX5hyR04odOFwj59Jabw7uLw8uFq7npquJnGPjcDyxAGusO-uaCVlKIJINu1hnXRmsxb6baUoA3GXH52N2L671EeuYYHxP0bB-KFac4rQihyS4Nc/s4032/IMG_3832.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnti8E4Dda3Rcd0W7XsMxjWfL_eFet9Yt3Ete80517OudfSQWDA6FXDMvM43RUn7WSHRWmDNQDCSFX5hyR04odOFwj59Jabw7uLw8uFq7npquJnGPjcDyxAGusO-uaCVlKIJINu1hnXRmsxb6baUoA3GXH52N2L671EeuYYHxP0bB-KFac4rQihyS4Nc/s320/IMG_3832.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we walked through the three floors of the museum I was struck by just how many models the comnpany had made over the years. I spent six years working for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) after my Air Force career and joined just after a new CEO was hired. The EDS was on the decline and one of the first things the new boss did was have an “all-hands” meeting and announce the company was going to downsize. He said the company was going to shed its non-essential segments that did not contribute to its "core values". We had so many different and completely unique divisions and business units, we had lost our identity. Our profitable was suffering because of it. So he fixed it and a few years later the company was sold to Hewlett-Packard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wondered if the large number of makes and models was a not a major issue for the Studemaker company in the 1950’s and 1960’s? It faced declining sales and lower market share to the point where it produced its last vehicle in 1966.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju051-15JCc69XNZNReIihn4sA0Be8izGV0TDfkBdxl0FTLhUaybH3V1vY_nY2v6zH12AZxAmYi_8ZhCE0XIlbAJMdgw1WMo8RGGxDxV-1PiD4n4M4xZoqytbNx4LgSTzHNPW0jnipeGQaYm-8GYOgk-L8U-ffPmt8DSsZNXQiqMvIJ2AfEb4UUQNOPWk/s4032/IMG_3833.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju051-15JCc69XNZNReIihn4sA0Be8izGV0TDfkBdxl0FTLhUaybH3V1vY_nY2v6zH12AZxAmYi_8ZhCE0XIlbAJMdgw1WMo8RGGxDxV-1PiD4n4M4xZoqytbNx4LgSTzHNPW0jnipeGQaYm-8GYOgk-L8U-ffPmt8DSsZNXQiqMvIJ2AfEb4UUQNOPWk/s320/IMG_3833.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div>We thought the museum was very well organized and worth seeing. We are glad we stopped by and learned a little more about one of the car companies that was once a leader in the industry.</div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-69271268629736294782023-07-17T07:06:00.001-04:002023-07-17T07:06:08.321-04:00Indiana Times<p>After seeing the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, OH, we found the hotel we had reserved and got settled in before going to dinner. We found a favorite restaurant- Longhorn Steakhouse - and enjoyed a quiet evening. The next morning we left for Indianapolis and the state capital. One of our goals is to visit all 50 state capitols. It’s a quest we started while we were on the road full-time in the Roadrunner.</p><p>We had an uneventful two-hour drive heading east on I-70. We found a parking garage across the street from the capitol and approached the grounds. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQcKorh02G0lGHVlq3qAZ-Bj_955O9oPhNhXgoWuBxwuq9CVAN3s9XlO-za40rUb2DRVWndMJaBf9craYdIH_427WHlNo3EP8s_8rbG-Mm-6c7AempS4j_OYXHfIGtM9ybXws221b8zHrXpWcb0ky-a9hXzaCJrXSjwvxTFNvGcw6Z6_dAc1kauTvu2c/s968/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.05.37%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQcKorh02G0lGHVlq3qAZ-Bj_955O9oPhNhXgoWuBxwuq9CVAN3s9XlO-za40rUb2DRVWndMJaBf9craYdIH_427WHlNo3EP8s_8rbG-Mm-6c7AempS4j_OYXHfIGtM9ybXws221b8zHrXpWcb0ky-a9hXzaCJrXSjwvxTFNvGcw6Z6_dAc1kauTvu2c/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.05.37%20AM.png" width="255" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7XSKNjRmen4IVIOA5Yi27x_aBXN2tRF1TwyT9Q_ns-rUfVB4xZWfLsGKRpDet76YQwxgst_f9K7uq42hTbsIDxTzXeYapKtiwqXDKyH-mtCSaN3T9F-nmSq4rygLSKa_N1TTfJfvezUA7gKSHoUXkEV64egcPhnsIDjyItISEARDahQ32TyOkr87VPw/s1334/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.05.06%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1334" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7XSKNjRmen4IVIOA5Yi27x_aBXN2tRF1TwyT9Q_ns-rUfVB4xZWfLsGKRpDet76YQwxgst_f9K7uq42hTbsIDxTzXeYapKtiwqXDKyH-mtCSaN3T9F-nmSq4rygLSKa_N1TTfJfvezUA7gKSHoUXkEV64egcPhnsIDjyItISEARDahQ32TyOkr87VPw/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.05.06%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMX2Oa-fkL_fX1EJbPDyggR6pXI47qOMTMxCeZHQhtq7VEEFWAWTjBURgwD5RYElQilenra30qYdCv7D3BJ8KE775xOSnhIA1psUXuJENrhrYnndLdxnTI6qY_ov0AdkXY-NUYFCvOsddQbvtDo5lIQ28fAZvabhc_3BY-_pPZIF5MdR6J6SEKbG4bgU/s964/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.06.13%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="898" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMX2Oa-fkL_fX1EJbPDyggR6pXI47qOMTMxCeZHQhtq7VEEFWAWTjBURgwD5RYElQilenra30qYdCv7D3BJ8KE775xOSnhIA1psUXuJENrhrYnndLdxnTI6qY_ov0AdkXY-NUYFCvOsddQbvtDo5lIQ28fAZvabhc_3BY-_pPZIF5MdR6J6SEKbG4bgU/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.06.13%20AM.png" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihPhJSQ4f0P60YlOAycSu7QG7aOdhay5SHGkOywqGuKrME_RYqywav-1jfu-7UR7YaCxRLzLFNyGEp4BEH-l24wMSiOlGmCs9LJDiFhiGDy5QcTdlOy_HSMJ9QVZfzNpbDJzi8bgiGEeP1ZaUzcZHGS4H-MVSoZuFtVfXTgLRJkirmT7ElGFEIoR2St8/s1622/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.06.39%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1622" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihPhJSQ4f0P60YlOAycSu7QG7aOdhay5SHGkOywqGuKrME_RYqywav-1jfu-7UR7YaCxRLzLFNyGEp4BEH-l24wMSiOlGmCs9LJDiFhiGDy5QcTdlOy_HSMJ9QVZfzNpbDJzi8bgiGEeP1ZaUzcZHGS4H-MVSoZuFtVfXTgLRJkirmT7ElGFEIoR2St8/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.06.39%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizg4TvHnsFrRtNP1t_ZTrsD_P8CFxGJEOjymZus9J3Z23yJaVFUMMcsTyTM981LMwJ3AuRPyaI8d78-nnoKwWfyDZ90j8aj_ONASbAIF1mKqyve0K4QS7JIeH1nxqP1GWmSzBex2A2Oo9WISgjKMrMWKRoaNlC3-GhGRmOowrSP9HpXT5_E0reNf1ZdVc/s1608/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.10.01%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1608" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizg4TvHnsFrRtNP1t_ZTrsD_P8CFxGJEOjymZus9J3Z23yJaVFUMMcsTyTM981LMwJ3AuRPyaI8d78-nnoKwWfyDZ90j8aj_ONASbAIF1mKqyve0K4QS7JIeH1nxqP1GWmSzBex2A2Oo9WISgjKMrMWKRoaNlC3-GhGRmOowrSP9HpXT5_E0reNf1ZdVc/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.10.01%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><p>When we visit a state capitol, we want to get a general sense of the “mood” of the place which sometimes depends on the time of the year we are there. This capitol seemed uplifting, organized, open, clean and beautiful.</p><p>We had good timing and joined a tour of the building that was forming up. There was only another person on the tour was a lady, and the tour guide. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMcx1hmqJDG_qzjjwJF_s1AuN7sD_3-0uE_xW61LJLWlHc_oqQo0e87C3qT3r8xaWkIOoq3zEqs-6-onb3GRUOUh_RH9EXJ7rZtGsFe58O55W-iSXUTiAqySYNHYWfEPwsi3HLWmg5kL6IO2EKJpZUjYKNnI0PsPQgtjzba8n6yv1jXbu74qybFR1VFs/s1172/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.10.38%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMcx1hmqJDG_qzjjwJF_s1AuN7sD_3-0uE_xW61LJLWlHc_oqQo0e87C3qT3r8xaWkIOoq3zEqs-6-onb3GRUOUh_RH9EXJ7rZtGsFe58O55W-iSXUTiAqySYNHYWfEPwsi3HLWmg5kL6IO2EKJpZUjYKNnI0PsPQgtjzba8n6yv1jXbu74qybFR1VFs/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.10.38%20AM.png" width="251" /></a></div>We learned that the state has had three capital locations. The original capitol in Corydon, IN which still stands. It was a modest two-story limestone structure built while Indiana was still a territory in 1813. <div>Indiana became a state in 1816.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1831, funds were approved for the construction of a larger facility which was completed in 1835. That building was not well built and suffered from inferior limestone which deteriorated to a point the building was condemned in 1877 and razed shortly thereafter. A new building was constructed on the same site and it was completed in 1888.<div><br /></div><div>The building was constructed in the shape of a cross and made of marble, granite and limestone. It reached 256’ high. A large rotunda in the center connects four wings and the building is four stories high. The dome on top can be seen for miles.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 1988 workers began a seven-year, extensive renovations began which included all of the stonework cleaned and polished. Also the building’s woodwork was cleaned, repaired and polished. Glass that was broken or damaged in the central dome skylight was replaced. Chandeliers were updated based on original designs. Additionally, the building was wired for a new data network. It all cost about $11M. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was worth every cent. The building inside and out was strikingly beautiful and making it in our mind, one of the top tier most beautiful capitols in our nation. I haven’t counted lately, but I’m guessing we have seen more than half of the country’s seats' of government.</div><div><br /></div><div>We entered the building on the first floor before going to the tour office on the second floor.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBORZAtyvghGMGURLtWzg3zeaBkEI-PSbhgvdpDuiX7Bg5Xzk_ZGHwNZDEjELR0ThDs40tD2-rKD7SNV0hvnVlYawds_jSKVqEbZJbMBLSmABPErw7ZAnSpzM9KahqwquZYsrLKoWDlnX8vP7vBkMiDYMc_6MTirPT_Q7CRDAyKsGdzneu4tsxnPzVf1A/s1636/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.10.55%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1636" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBORZAtyvghGMGURLtWzg3zeaBkEI-PSbhgvdpDuiX7Bg5Xzk_ZGHwNZDEjELR0ThDs40tD2-rKD7SNV0hvnVlYawds_jSKVqEbZJbMBLSmABPErw7ZAnSpzM9KahqwquZYsrLKoWDlnX8vP7vBkMiDYMc_6MTirPT_Q7CRDAyKsGdzneu4tsxnPzVf1A/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.10.55%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>The second floor also contains the Governor’s and related executive offices. The third floor is where we spent most of our time: in the House on the east side, the Senate on the west, and the Supreme Court which is located on the north end.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPh_kj39bg6kNcWz57_mSXNnciQuu24As6PbqlWx2QzbMxTlrTYrBTiE8slUmEUB8G1AhVlRYWMkUpvMEPmuXnF7iuRBYKKwChX8yCWSVPJUvfQW52GsDfVB1q2zo4gmpAftwg9sTBtCNj6ZwQEPqlLetLlrvobg7pqmeKWTaHxYQ_MCbcEWivzj8ph4/s1636/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.35.05%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1636" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPh_kj39bg6kNcWz57_mSXNnciQuu24As6PbqlWx2QzbMxTlrTYrBTiE8slUmEUB8G1AhVlRYWMkUpvMEPmuXnF7iuRBYKKwChX8yCWSVPJUvfQW52GsDfVB1q2zo4gmpAftwg9sTBtCNj6ZwQEPqlLetLlrvobg7pqmeKWTaHxYQ_MCbcEWivzj8ph4/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.35.05%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>One thing we immediately noticed was the wide openness of each floor. And of course the main attraction is the central rotunda with the stained glass ceiling.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyOvVWzbfpjB6QYofTCjGVBNrYC62x0fAQTIMtlsizFSSQO7rDOUHgIMKFMSVGgUSIHye-aS9DfMMvKujj4RwseZ5gU4w50n-V5dl0I23GGHnZzUhcS6OjS81BcWAcO1K4iyIkBDnP14LoS8MGUmYvKe7cX8lYG4ciFpnN4PUK9IbYreWTtHi7lL_eBE/s954/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.34.53%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyOvVWzbfpjB6QYofTCjGVBNrYC62x0fAQTIMtlsizFSSQO7rDOUHgIMKFMSVGgUSIHye-aS9DfMMvKujj4RwseZ5gU4w50n-V5dl0I23GGHnZzUhcS6OjS81BcWAcO1K4iyIkBDnP14LoS8MGUmYvKe7cX8lYG4ciFpnN4PUK9IbYreWTtHi7lL_eBE/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.34.53%20AM.png" width="308" /></a></div></div><p>We made our way to the Governors office and were immediately struck by the beauty of the wood carved conference table at one end of the room.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAIsG0bPIzsyKUfRKA2DlnWCtU8fu7dWuqo2a8-m7RTFRgOqmOMYxMoYmEKJ2uOFKwo3dRylEgJQG4_HTCa0nTewAkokdcRY2f3tqvDrqYOiup6_zM_98PGMcLeXvKb5I6SQI7ODPv-0DBN7Giz2xoOS6u7hPe2gF0wU_Y4yPO_ZeXilG3Zfu_itJ7Zc/s1066/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.09%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="922" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAIsG0bPIzsyKUfRKA2DlnWCtU8fu7dWuqo2a8-m7RTFRgOqmOMYxMoYmEKJ2uOFKwo3dRylEgJQG4_HTCa0nTewAkokdcRY2f3tqvDrqYOiup6_zM_98PGMcLeXvKb5I6SQI7ODPv-0DBN7Giz2xoOS6u7hPe2gF0wU_Y4yPO_ZeXilG3Zfu_itJ7Zc/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.09%20AM.png" width="277" /></a></div><div>The 16’ table was carved/built by prisoners from a state correctional facility. Amazingly it is made from cherry, oak, tulip poplar, black walnut, white pine, and maple. It displays all 92 state counties and the official state seal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChxko0kFmt1wS74carhF39SYvTEIs97v4IRGs6BUY6NcJ7WQtDrmqGenYrTeSv-RaG1HEmUWZe6ZUmpplYGtsUhh8j9wszeMYriBrd967Gj8MyQzfStitZpe7ePltBNjPF6V35Fj6tkSvvvDPSlCw3VjZk0LUHj1euRenhmtpfOAhXpUdb9p3Ju1p9hY/s938/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.23%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="938" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChxko0kFmt1wS74carhF39SYvTEIs97v4IRGs6BUY6NcJ7WQtDrmqGenYrTeSv-RaG1HEmUWZe6ZUmpplYGtsUhh8j9wszeMYriBrd967Gj8MyQzfStitZpe7ePltBNjPF6V35Fj6tkSvvvDPSlCw3VjZk0LUHj1euRenhmtpfOAhXpUdb9p3Ju1p9hY/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.23%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Next we went over to the House of Representatives chambers. It also is a beautiful room with lots of intricate and attractive woodworking as well as a large mural on the front wall: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Indiana" target="_blank">Spirit of Indiana</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XUgk9HvnW6oF_wOjcWM43J9boPbR_HE6mx3EZXAesuqAlXn0Pc0tBp2Wxf2L_2v2EeIiFtDETBbLobZ28H9QFG66rMIaeOepAB-KHfguaT4-gm8iEZawr3bLoXO3wPMMzw38Pi_TeuXu1G2d34wMeXy7NIi9S4DiXBErAlKTqmFYFly98HvvDhtZqAA/s1646/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.42%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1646" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XUgk9HvnW6oF_wOjcWM43J9boPbR_HE6mx3EZXAesuqAlXn0Pc0tBp2Wxf2L_2v2EeIiFtDETBbLobZ28H9QFG66rMIaeOepAB-KHfguaT4-gm8iEZawr3bLoXO3wPMMzw38Pi_TeuXu1G2d34wMeXy7NIi9S4DiXBErAlKTqmFYFly98HvvDhtZqAA/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.42%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWhc1Vw-IhBjbBKROPZEHNLQvOFZddaqMPACKsm_9AS2d70y1dQhJ0tHf7E99nCudzNqZ2Qj3zaTzeUGU9Hw5rwlafBmmxQWgoFhMHUFK2aiTLAeY7ln6AKh5YUfLTiV4RvvEjjRpWZeaP4fIYslit_bocC-HtqYPiw5ZGmIZsUkBa4aQQy2bZ4BCn0o/s1512/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.57%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1512" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWhc1Vw-IhBjbBKROPZEHNLQvOFZddaqMPACKsm_9AS2d70y1dQhJ0tHf7E99nCudzNqZ2Qj3zaTzeUGU9Hw5rwlafBmmxQWgoFhMHUFK2aiTLAeY7ln6AKh5YUfLTiV4RvvEjjRpWZeaP4fIYslit_bocC-HtqYPiw5ZGmIZsUkBa4aQQy2bZ4BCn0o/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.36.57%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyz6Njo8TuzzSVx5c_aORkvMeOE-7MuOWtE3Q4EpDs0Od3Na2BZFtf_Twqrqn9ExVM0ZV7hkQA-TRWnuJNiblRxcyS8yzufq2ACh_3-LFWy9TUnA1CO75tMo--CDf6u628UPRZMBfx1M4dxY1s342m9Pkx_QWy-MFB6KNvlhzuaLQOuz5LTPY_6hEYcw/s1660/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.37.14%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1660" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyz6Njo8TuzzSVx5c_aORkvMeOE-7MuOWtE3Q4EpDs0Od3Na2BZFtf_Twqrqn9ExVM0ZV7hkQA-TRWnuJNiblRxcyS8yzufq2ACh_3-LFWy9TUnA1CO75tMo--CDf6u628UPRZMBfx1M4dxY1s342m9Pkx_QWy-MFB6KNvlhzuaLQOuz5LTPY_6hEYcw/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.37.14%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The Senate chambers were in another wing on the same floor. Though smaller, it was also very attractive.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpehNL7bVXgIsCg9jh_ML50i1gVXbmZ23kbmaeemYdANM2LJ6K3Y-6buBZN-WJ4kKKBR6V2lMiwJfWopTHaPd0ZDrtTELw0GWkfvD8a_cDMZsqxDFH-jLZsnWPeBT7e-V5kGA2eJUCfg9G-EQLhwNGDRDIc80MhaBm5ScvbJvvYzQ_9KKLanSbO_44AQA/s1576/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.37.29%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1576" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpehNL7bVXgIsCg9jh_ML50i1gVXbmZ23kbmaeemYdANM2LJ6K3Y-6buBZN-WJ4kKKBR6V2lMiwJfWopTHaPd0ZDrtTELw0GWkfvD8a_cDMZsqxDFH-jLZsnWPeBT7e-V5kGA2eJUCfg9G-EQLhwNGDRDIc80MhaBm5ScvbJvvYzQ_9KKLanSbO_44AQA/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.37.29%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzpnhcVex9IbHErQ5fvrybzOkwWKqiRRmJqGKGNRTLtfYNNqjJyjKQCQsc8m4HNNOmGGC_j8cUHYsBDhBVPYNZ2uED0HkoLyXiTRlMgGlVA1Zqg0wwjZ1_TlF3yu6Ib96EnjZwYbXmm_wa_zamls3hAi4do-0j7lQmsFFdbnxb-isZ3es8lwhs-SNFco/s1352/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.37.48%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Each capital has the bell on display somewhere. It is a bit like hide-and-seek.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIfA2eKUTrwnvBP2ylj2O6NeMwXXdOYu-9ccQC0yoBgUxmeL1KW0SRuv4QU9M_HwFLH-0sC1ki2JvxCvtqUYQEZcepBx2e1bWaMPB3YgE7JV-jGDUCJiTcBsW8m8-kiN-m393Q0OV-E8c7v6-rGmZwXEPgd5i6NDFpVjymi73XmGpEO4PT0PHuLenZ5c/s1642/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.39.41%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1642" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIfA2eKUTrwnvBP2ylj2O6NeMwXXdOYu-9ccQC0yoBgUxmeL1KW0SRuv4QU9M_HwFLH-0sC1ki2JvxCvtqUYQEZcepBx2e1bWaMPB3YgE7JV-jGDUCJiTcBsW8m8-kiN-m393Q0OV-E8c7v6-rGmZwXEPgd5i6NDFpVjymi73XmGpEO4PT0PHuLenZ5c/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.39.41%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q2ePXKtnlpe62GCxRLmxYrlm2NUTMfZfSv7kupJzCJ78wag4_vCYslfqoSD8fQBzgRZGTzLkzV_D7OgqZaXmn_87v_HfBzb5KxvlRuP86lPDgRNBya72IHpVSYyFKHf6xY3cyHjIBHHByguvUR2hnZiw-EOL5a5tx6zNaYmhwhCD-9R0swIx20BiWuo/s1082/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.39.52%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="916" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q2ePXKtnlpe62GCxRLmxYrlm2NUTMfZfSv7kupJzCJ78wag4_vCYslfqoSD8fQBzgRZGTzLkzV_D7OgqZaXmn_87v_HfBzb5KxvlRuP86lPDgRNBya72IHpVSYyFKHf6xY3cyHjIBHHByguvUR2hnZiw-EOL5a5tx6zNaYmhwhCD-9R0swIx20BiWuo/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.39.52%20AM.png" width="271" /></a></div><div>Some are in places of prominence, others in obscure locations. Some are inside others are outside on the capitol grounds. Indiana has there’s on display a few blocks away in the War Memorial building. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTk083Py0JCJ2f6_Su5wi0RSCAyp_XJ14ns7kn9hm83IosWJTo65mkkPnK7nK9zuSkQUe7_d7gN3lA8DjcjUaO7TtZpuJ_7xGv3hE7PjtMEberso_48Whii8weMGETZ5mJRM16b-O4qJoqHs8mF7WkTaN-3a-g_UGXEdJAkKFeSvYUBsS3NwDS_xrnY-U/s1066/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.40.02%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="922" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTk083Py0JCJ2f6_Su5wi0RSCAyp_XJ14ns7kn9hm83IosWJTo65mkkPnK7nK9zuSkQUe7_d7gN3lA8DjcjUaO7TtZpuJ_7xGv3hE7PjtMEberso_48Whii8weMGETZ5mJRM16b-O4qJoqHs8mF7WkTaN-3a-g_UGXEdJAkKFeSvYUBsS3NwDS_xrnY-U/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.40.02%20AM.png" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1IKgaF8CTWMCuqCvYc-MfdGOO8wn_I5bxRAfqvbfo_6i0jOw0R2FE90eWq-4lid0Vp4MT9CMmVdJY5C4H-ABAa1Kwfe5TXOJXn7qQFodbSJRIVGyuGYhS6-KYAxLBuHy5YOMYbOKeMPpExLwuzO0T8X3Zys_hGECeeABW52w3WDC4958qg8gIwRtM3E/s1332/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.40.17%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="1332" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1IKgaF8CTWMCuqCvYc-MfdGOO8wn_I5bxRAfqvbfo_6i0jOw0R2FE90eWq-4lid0Vp4MT9CMmVdJY5C4H-ABAa1Kwfe5TXOJXn7qQFodbSJRIVGyuGYhS6-KYAxLBuHy5YOMYbOKeMPpExLwuzO0T8X3Zys_hGECeeABW52w3WDC4958qg8gIwRtM3E/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.40.17%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixo3KzhsLz0I2oHurc3SOthZakn9sPAMBwiEwpp4bnjbe2uBk0FKAvDSk2VHZXKG4fE-NmLU9jq3bi-FZeFGjJDfvM5ogHGRo8t4SEMOhVbe7huB3R_yYSxOLKJ_IRDnihPw2FdJWjM_sAYmu1l7iWbiBTYrdKgi5vQMKCsE2kbXOJdR4VcZou-ltgPaw/s1166/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.40.28%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixo3KzhsLz0I2oHurc3SOthZakn9sPAMBwiEwpp4bnjbe2uBk0FKAvDSk2VHZXKG4fE-NmLU9jq3bi-FZeFGjJDfvM5ogHGRo8t4SEMOhVbe7huB3R_yYSxOLKJ_IRDnihPw2FdJWjM_sAYmu1l7iWbiBTYrdKgi5vQMKCsE2kbXOJdR4VcZou-ltgPaw/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-17%20at%205.40.28%20AM.png" width="252" /></a></div><div>We tracked it down and found it! And checked it off the list. Read more about the replica Liberty Bells <a href="https://tomlovesthelibertybell.com/the-57-u-s-treasury-liberty-bell-replica-locations/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After that, we ate sandwiches for lunch which Pam prepared and then drove on to South Bend Indiana, home of two more places on our sight-seeing list: the University of Notre Dame and the Studebaker museum.</div><div><br /></div><div>Read about it in upcoming editions of the Roadrunner Chronicles. Thanks for reading today. We especially enjoy your comments - keep them coming!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-51555379142807674232023-07-14T06:39:00.001-04:002023-07-14T06:39:56.667-04:00Another Month, Another Trip<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div>It’s the middle of July and we thought it would be fun to go see Marg and Bill in Tobermory, Ontario, Canada. So that’s where we’re headed for a few days. We’re going to see sights along the way and see some extended family and friends too.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWFFImXp75sCB_ipW-vrKEBCfYbaLj48oCY93OTPBRZzWjS_TcuRdBcYlchlj6BfW33B6q2wBGxADEo6fSf6bR31oHdAvwNkmBgO5203hdRUHaZpbCqNV-yj0Vk47FVzX09AjWS0jGFVx6O-IW9w5IqOlnUEQT_1N8HlNuNqffUQsW4pcrvLpz45y4Yg/s1190/Screenshot%202023-07-12%20at%209.00.25%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1190" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWFFImXp75sCB_ipW-vrKEBCfYbaLj48oCY93OTPBRZzWjS_TcuRdBcYlchlj6BfW33B6q2wBGxADEo6fSf6bR31oHdAvwNkmBgO5203hdRUHaZpbCqNV-yj0Vk47FVzX09AjWS0jGFVx6O-IW9w5IqOlnUEQT_1N8HlNuNqffUQsW4pcrvLpz45y4Yg/w584-h428/Screenshot%202023-07-12%20at%209.00.25%20PM.png" width="584" /></a></div><p></p><p>Wednesday afternoon, we departed home and arrived in Lexington, VA. It’s a place we’ve been to many times over the years. Lexington is right on I-81 and we like the town a lot. Sometimes it was in the Roadrunner and the last couple of years the town has been a stopover in our truck. </p><p>We drove about 4 1/2 hours checked into our hotel and went to dinner. We had lots of choices and decided on a Japanese restaurant. I got sushi and sashimi and Pam had chicken teriyaki. We frequent <a href="https://www.narasushi.com/front.php">Nara Sushi in Viriginia Beach</a> so it is the benchmark we measure all other Asian cuisine. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIu0wCfJj_vEA_WcwVj2XpxBFBuCp-ew_Xx-AfNhis-Apd2DX1i_m8vCI49Ko1rDkuIk5qRCc5JgzdrtDlgpUE46EU11CZsD2Zsf5xzBm7DmSFTqOBeEnHHl_yX1Z7PiCxtTX6DLKF3Dabq08RdoW2Ny_ElkGwKgNInBUgzA05SYGNqtws4JxYBhZeC34" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="1686" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIu0wCfJj_vEA_WcwVj2XpxBFBuCp-ew_Xx-AfNhis-Apd2DX1i_m8vCI49Ko1rDkuIk5qRCc5JgzdrtDlgpUE46EU11CZsD2Zsf5xzBm7DmSFTqOBeEnHHl_yX1Z7PiCxtTX6DLKF3Dabq08RdoW2Ny_ElkGwKgNInBUgzA05SYGNqtws4JxYBhZeC34" width="240" /></a></div>Lexington VA is quite an historic town with Washington and Lee University, Virginia Military Institute, the <a href="https://www.marshallfoundation.org">George C. Marshall Foundation Museum</a>, as well as the gravestone, stature and home of Stonewall Jackson.<p></p><p>It also is the home of a unique Hampton Inn where we stayed which is on site of <a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/lxtswhx-hampton-lexington-historic-district/">Col Alto Mansion.</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrKJfUxKu8SwFDL592pzsZBa5nSzrTp8fJkBW8snFWx9g5MrF_P12SepCTeOGAIo5npgRSz4HYbzGYc0Hu9VviTBrgDQbS0E41aKfEvwSffWJq_ai8lozxpCW1CmpJhojp1Ud_atZaVk_EjU-9LmEyRHbPSBrn_CfTyDXjseoZaeFSwZjoJ_9S4hv8FE4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1956" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrKJfUxKu8SwFDL592pzsZBa5nSzrTp8fJkBW8snFWx9g5MrF_P12SepCTeOGAIo5npgRSz4HYbzGYc0Hu9VviTBrgDQbS0E41aKfEvwSffWJq_ai8lozxpCW1CmpJhojp1Ud_atZaVk_EjU-9LmEyRHbPSBrn_CfTyDXjseoZaeFSwZjoJ_9S4hv8FE4" width="320" /></a></div>Thursday, our journeys took us from Lexington VA to Dayton Ohio. After rest stops, a fuel stop, lunch (sandwiches Pam made with fixings from the cooler we carry with us), we arrived about 2 pm. We made our way directly to the National Museum of the Air Force. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRHF5re5j0cavTdUn9MBHmC8xC6tC1b-a2RIyKa1y2c0pE0qeEt5pn6KjqKcAkwZnBE2D6Su0AEK7ZvPB479_LscGd3RguXmG2-tGKkhDr07QTc1L3PheqshVWoJUcBjDK36esfXqdDg4QuQqmVFRtBBIyBPSfzFov9pJCxmbq78KINPb-P_mnTA2ypmo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1674" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRHF5re5j0cavTdUn9MBHmC8xC6tC1b-a2RIyKa1y2c0pE0qeEt5pn6KjqKcAkwZnBE2D6Su0AEK7ZvPB479_LscGd3RguXmG2-tGKkhDr07QTc1L3PheqshVWoJUcBjDK36esfXqdDg4QuQqmVFRtBBIyBPSfzFov9pJCxmbq78KINPb-P_mnTA2ypmo" width="281" /></a></div>We visited it years ago back in our RV days and wanted to see more of it again. It was utterly fantastic. Over the years it has been expanded and somehow is even better than it was. It was overwhelming to try and absorb it all. So we picked out a few things to see and enjoyed it thorughly.<p></p><p>The many displays are contained in four large hangers (with World War II, SouthEast Asia, Cold War and a Presidential Gallery).<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxVucAliom_B4_ZSsjILy3g_Jn6F4_fsFkwMjr6zOKlklxR5G9gm6R0J0gZlM0IhgeXKapeXIGRWUys1cZFv_c4aNnMZTq-mIhlzavEJTD3UzP9aG_VZCIgpPbKzLeK_LASXzRefXzrYzbL_186lay3ab3MRnC0tMpIroJPNN_icDdK0r8ft4Y-h7ZkDo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1952" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxVucAliom_B4_ZSsjILy3g_Jn6F4_fsFkwMjr6zOKlklxR5G9gm6R0J0gZlM0IhgeXKapeXIGRWUys1cZFv_c4aNnMZTq-mIhlzavEJTD3UzP9aG_VZCIgpPbKzLeK_LASXzRefXzrYzbL_186lay3ab3MRnC0tMpIroJPNN_icDdK0r8ft4Y-h7ZkDo" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCMuJkbDL9azHOovi0GXJ-uGHV1MQnp_t2Xx5TZCSc0g_UM71WYOam1CjfnKY2b0ncpQfa_DkVtQgkGLUME0YcdFPenYCTeD3a_EHqbrrEcVl5KG1RkReA1CUhmaA5beb_CwESnUf_r6RaXEVkaNQWYaOktX-sgTvIc0RomlY1IvKayobQXLwxqlMopeI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1948" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCMuJkbDL9azHOovi0GXJ-uGHV1MQnp_t2Xx5TZCSc0g_UM71WYOam1CjfnKY2b0ncpQfa_DkVtQgkGLUME0YcdFPenYCTeD3a_EHqbrrEcVl5KG1RkReA1CUhmaA5beb_CwESnUf_r6RaXEVkaNQWYaOktX-sgTvIc0RomlY1IvKayobQXLwxqlMopeI" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">F-22 Raptor </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2PcOn7kynew2U5eigkKEWGw7WZTKdEM-BTIecOOTQtvzMLjc69uKyQw5G_uGyXLi6JfVMOv2I1hQ2uD2s7bTceJ-8yOIFjQJXX7OmlkFMU7xClS9QTRVekCmF3cdAKM1ez0BK_S7-dw7bG0WFk3Iq42TtWPvcbcVHfr-eahCf-JDi0BRcFKBD0UtrjXk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1968" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2PcOn7kynew2U5eigkKEWGw7WZTKdEM-BTIecOOTQtvzMLjc69uKyQw5G_uGyXLi6JfVMOv2I1hQ2uD2s7bTceJ-8yOIFjQJXX7OmlkFMU7xClS9QTRVekCmF3cdAKM1ez0BK_S7-dw7bG0WFk3Iq42TtWPvcbcVHfr-eahCf-JDi0BRcFKBD0UtrjXk" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>One of the “drones” which was huge! These are nothing less than pilotless airplanes flown by remote control. Astounding. Back in the early 1980’s they used to be called "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - UAVs". </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu67qTWWu5DsOdtMyM3SFQkHG4w2L2bqJR5DDaZwEpW_ooVgdOcyIn54RcW5DzHTJZPvGSJztSIw33bir59oWWFX03Jby-4q__xHRR1bvW_QAjat87WqExUgmfgdt66bw1W0qdaUwW-NZn8vbttREAB3XLxY4GgSbmO5EGLTA1Ta-gJ0ZqeeX1V3Zg2hg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1972" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu67qTWWu5DsOdtMyM3SFQkHG4w2L2bqJR5DDaZwEpW_ooVgdOcyIn54RcW5DzHTJZPvGSJztSIw33bir59oWWFX03Jby-4q__xHRR1bvW_QAjat87WqExUgmfgdt66bw1W0qdaUwW-NZn8vbttREAB3XLxY4GgSbmO5EGLTA1Ta-gJ0ZqeeX1V3Zg2hg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzzLJiqi4CxiTtLAhlmnVwQ2TWpVEUnrPD4jFQje0QTzwyeCEgLfBiUdcSSMhU8pKcCnw8Bz8MpfJxwIy0p4UUaCikPM52MFnmfIUix1I8CQ2iRmho7QjrhKBW8NdYeDNi1fTXXGP2jaouJ6Lq7ZWyeEvso4xnUKuz-XGxuyIHRYlkTLKmNTek5SABpnk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="1960" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzzLJiqi4CxiTtLAhlmnVwQ2TWpVEUnrPD4jFQje0QTzwyeCEgLfBiUdcSSMhU8pKcCnw8Bz8MpfJxwIy0p4UUaCikPM52MFnmfIUix1I8CQ2iRmho7QjrhKBW8NdYeDNi1fTXXGP2jaouJ6Lq7ZWyeEvso4xnUKuz-XGxuyIHRYlkTLKmNTek5SABpnk" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The SR-71 - always a highlight </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We wandered over to a display of the Space Shuttle and it resolved one of the great mysteries of space travel for me-- I always wondered, “How do those astronauts go to the bathroom?” Answer: vacuum technology in weightlessness on a “regular” toilet seat. Enough said on that subject.</div></div><img alt="" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1960" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUGNtwgMiCbO034CMmXwVZ-njj8ENdA4KSnBPxvKL2rIOrT6fGn0vJwQ3em4iKapGS8wbNz1G4IEsKfNshypgcBhXyCU5idKW_oo4CI6uJusKUqpUJw8YOSJ6BCFRp2UHp5II6cKn-cs9vjfHdbcz_UUnAAGNul9wzL6WLuD4RV0WNMaf174BiISsebRM" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Space Shuttle toilet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We also wanted to see the Presidential Gallery. We walked through Harry Truman’s airplane and also the one that JFK used during his short-lived presidency. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinquT4AHbkNoP2epWuWN0N-wt32sgJ7xvnqDiEBVhN4ckbxczhxPRiyMtYpjKI9e6qrhAeGjhYmClZkK3RiGapoGCb4SiD2BpyJN4CNtIu4F0jguGHHHAsaB99LZtZiS4Hvd6F2tIcx8t7VdG_b5u6Ko6Kxk41hX7z7Vs8oayEgIdfhEeTC5HmD8uhAh8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="1954" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinquT4AHbkNoP2epWuWN0N-wt32sgJ7xvnqDiEBVhN4ckbxczhxPRiyMtYpjKI9e6qrhAeGjhYmClZkK3RiGapoGCb4SiD2BpyJN4CNtIu4F0jguGHHHAsaB99LZtZiS4Hvd6F2tIcx8t7VdG_b5u6Ko6Kxk41hX7z7Vs8oayEgIdfhEeTC5HmD8uhAh8" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4qPXs58dJjOh8Endx8_bZpGEIk_A6SECWoAPbKRNH7suKYYLWdrdsSxq1Rq7N-YxDEiiB1Jp4kY4dTSlkjjH2gG659Fk-_VGllVfwiX7qPV1BA24hq4u33u7zxiUBTVpiWO4jZtcizuExFVp6TT1O83MBNQ1fnOXYszIcGG61NOyKzLIen5WKeMIdJNU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1968" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4qPXs58dJjOh8Endx8_bZpGEIk_A6SECWoAPbKRNH7suKYYLWdrdsSxq1Rq7N-YxDEiiB1Jp4kY4dTSlkjjH2gG659Fk-_VGllVfwiX7qPV1BA24hq4u33u7zxiUBTVpiWO4jZtcizuExFVp6TT1O83MBNQ1fnOXYszIcGG61NOyKzLIen5WKeMIdJNU" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A twinge of nostalgia. My dad was stationed family at Presque Isle AFB, ME and we lived there from 1955-1958. <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyXSOtryiIGP83hfsVlb5Ka4AaBFbtSywkocfOtbe4kFoopvu1vSMQDXmTb6byczMvD-GJ3GgbQOSd4HNmmJ4UGSXXnNdExjeh5GHd1_P93cmUkHbT6hOlxA9GCyXbg1UNZ07Ta4hygoL940vCjMEY4x-BUE5D0BdK94kvT7-icatGMv18F-PV1tSm7u4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="838" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyXSOtryiIGP83hfsVlb5Ka4AaBFbtSywkocfOtbe4kFoopvu1vSMQDXmTb6byczMvD-GJ3GgbQOSd4HNmmJ4UGSXXnNdExjeh5GHd1_P93cmUkHbT6hOlxA9GCyXbg1UNZ07Ta4hygoL940vCjMEY4x-BUE5D0BdK94kvT7-icatGMv18F-PV1tSm7u4" width="320" /></a></div> It was part of the Cold War’s USAF Strategic Air Command which had the “lightening bolt/iron fist” insignia. As a 4-5 year old I remember we’d go on and off base in our car and I remember the sticker on the corner of the windshield indicating it was register on base. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT1Z5xCx0AKjmvtjgj_5QG1KMsM6XPlGuQ1QSO5XjdnmMLlS7NNbIdZKfnqog0fWUSch5cYKpcG4VrdakNL0Nt9y9qF2yZqz9j3HFAvQO3aHogQ8GT31dACDnBzUzbiSgOJLZb4wuRw9Eu9czat8EVtmA2tDEdE2Um5QYLG-AfREhdzJgr1rQ2-xgUX8U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="1948" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT1Z5xCx0AKjmvtjgj_5QG1KMsM6XPlGuQ1QSO5XjdnmMLlS7NNbIdZKfnqog0fWUSch5cYKpcG4VrdakNL0Nt9y9qF2yZqz9j3HFAvQO3aHogQ8GT31dACDnBzUzbiSgOJLZb4wuRw9Eu9czat8EVtmA2tDEdE2Um5QYLG-AfREhdzJgr1rQ2-xgUX8U" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>The Air Police would see the SAC sticker, check my dad’s military ID card, he would get saluted and we’d get onto base. There was something solemn and mesmerizing about the whole routine.<p></p><p>We had another trip down memory lane at the museum. Pam and I were stationed in Germany from 1980-1983 and had the chance to visit both East and West Berlin. As you know, after WW II Berline was portioned off into what become East and West Berlin.</p><p>The Cold War Gallery had quite a lot of interesting information on the Berlin Airlift following World War II from 1948-1949.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6wWznCPAZJyYEP4KJYvsQ372YNSxwl-074HGixONZh1AIdzOolvFIlgPIKmLsQQrsEcMAdKfy3Kno_TkZyNReADgoJgst1LWPaBpinmo7Z1d7Fu0N3Bmuh3W1Y08vJhpr8i-6zWCugqn5IcG4VHXPmI9jqIn3qQONmJTWqk3J4CJPg-vPGt5PgLTyIgQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2006" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6wWznCPAZJyYEP4KJYvsQ372YNSxwl-074HGixONZh1AIdzOolvFIlgPIKmLsQQrsEcMAdKfy3Kno_TkZyNReADgoJgst1LWPaBpinmo7Z1d7Fu0N3Bmuh3W1Y08vJhpr8i-6zWCugqn5IcG4VHXPmI9jqIn3qQONmJTWqk3J4CJPg-vPGt5PgLTyIgQ" width="320" /></a></div>The Soviets blockade Berlin allowing no transportation to / from the city stranding the city residents in an attempt to take full control of the city after it was portioned into four sectors (US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union). Read more about it <a href="https://simpleflying.com/berlin-airlift-brief-guide/">here</a>. <br /><p></p><p>We’re off to a great start, have had good weather and are enjoying our travels. Thanks for joining us on the continuing adventures of the Roadrunner Chronicles!</p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-46383739481939966462023-06-12T09:01:00.002-04:002023-06-12T09:01:54.391-04:00Heading East - Homeward Bound<p>Time to land this plane. Getting situated back into “normal” life got in the way of finishing up episoding our trip. So this is the concluding installment on our Coast-to-Coast Roadtrip 2023. </p><p>As you might remember, our trip was planned out to hit these highlight along the way from our starting point (Norfolk, VA) to our mid-point (San Diego/Del Mar, CA) and back home.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYe2h7-vCB784nrOji614oXnXwyisfhVMrl4MDPrBHu0qKLMN2dOxfFrVunN1VBqNBoFH3DyGEKmcDAfriGSSO-3Q3XIhr9bbyIc5evluwVtp9bjCyGaXrVxuiPaKigJ8ZBQKKswXZlgHNeQAOmX3LAFtNEqNI2XZQ0kBHcWrIpGIu90BiFts5eW-/s1408/Screenshot%202023-05-03%20at%207.53.32%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1408" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYe2h7-vCB784nrOji614oXnXwyisfhVMrl4MDPrBHu0qKLMN2dOxfFrVunN1VBqNBoFH3DyGEKmcDAfriGSSO-3Q3XIhr9bbyIc5evluwVtp9bjCyGaXrVxuiPaKigJ8ZBQKKswXZlgHNeQAOmX3LAFtNEqNI2XZQ0kBHcWrIpGIu90BiFts5eW-/w627-h302/Screenshot%202023-05-03%20at%207.53.32%20AM.png" width="627" /></a></p><p>We got as far as Pensacola, Fl before our final two days changed somewhat to this </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjS-4qbZloVlomtBk455c1-v_w5gnRdyaQT3csixzNuA-SHR7udNQqzETxAuXxIRwNFO2xMDAUa69TLU2GXAKJYP8pyanE9iQzUO3hhV1nX2FSGPxah57VX8XqwObyMnyJPd00kAqXKu0p8o2hBr2mJkkNfRPbk_nk5CSwd57ES0oRClYCUPNlQ1cS/s1256/Screenshot%202023-06-10%20at%209.08.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="1256" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjS-4qbZloVlomtBk455c1-v_w5gnRdyaQT3csixzNuA-SHR7udNQqzETxAuXxIRwNFO2xMDAUa69TLU2GXAKJYP8pyanE9iQzUO3hhV1nX2FSGPxah57VX8XqwObyMnyJPd00kAqXKu0p8o2hBr2mJkkNfRPbk_nk5CSwd57ES0oRClYCUPNlQ1cS/w630-h205/Screenshot%202023-06-10%20at%209.08.45%20AM.png" width="630" /></a></div><p>Things mostly went according to the original plan but we were unable to get a good tee time near Jacksonville (at TPC Sawgrass) so we charted a more direct route home after Pensacola.</p><p>To pick up where we left off on our trek, we left Del Mar, CA and traveled to Tucson, AZ for an overnight stay with eldest brother Marty and wife Elena. They had returned a few days earlier from our week long Brother's and Wive’s Reunion in Albuquerque. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EaosuqwfF5du9_MaZi7ePnNOQrwlkdLKI8zBtnpXUbx9632iSMwWRM0j6dPyE8RkCNw-VNBwsZANXWdtZLnChomFDSe3GcwD69MHJTFzOTitlXfmKfUOk6yt5SZtZvsG1SLTMo2jJNNiV3I-q1ocFtkYfPmJjSQwKXRieaiqRp32mct2wSpXftjw/s1170/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.10.15%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1170" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EaosuqwfF5du9_MaZi7ePnNOQrwlkdLKI8zBtnpXUbx9632iSMwWRM0j6dPyE8RkCNw-VNBwsZANXWdtZLnChomFDSe3GcwD69MHJTFzOTitlXfmKfUOk6yt5SZtZvsG1SLTMo2jJNNiV3I-q1ocFtkYfPmJjSQwKXRieaiqRp32mct2wSpXftjw/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.10.15%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>They have a beautiful home with a great view of the golf course out their backyard.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpaPVG4D0GG5aglXe_V6C4A5ZlP-75c-QxW9F1QsdHcOShTaetD1hVTG2rpnTs3R1Kf5iePnV5gFMSWc1O9k3ysu8_66rBQOJnrQCh44vHfoQKOqwtYWIzfQJ1jEwzYNLHfOj00lmcdqNj9cSF55pnXm8ZIhOFTNSGadtSJzsCg048ZFsk0Xj3utZ/s1600/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.10.40%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="1600" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpaPVG4D0GG5aglXe_V6C4A5ZlP-75c-QxW9F1QsdHcOShTaetD1hVTG2rpnTs3R1Kf5iePnV5gFMSWc1O9k3ysu8_66rBQOJnrQCh44vHfoQKOqwtYWIzfQJ1jEwzYNLHfOj00lmcdqNj9cSF55pnXm8ZIhOFTNSGadtSJzsCg048ZFsk0Xj3utZ/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.10.40%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Before we departed, Marty and I had time to go to the RV campground where he is storing his new MH. I walked him through some of the finer points of emptying his tanks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYmqAEzEyNt6KBF58SLhCsdrAKqDGic-YqtOWRTP_vVlrRDfyPTKcrmiHhWskmpXMUQGB1AfC8apZcDyesi4ZJwXtGNQvmU5WcT2PkCcijuH2BTt69rGNXnPasBiApGvc10ioB0z9MQGqb13L8GCX2m1nCrp8y1RZpeE4TeKJCJCGwGBcxPPFvJe2/s1616/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%208.09.37%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1616" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYmqAEzEyNt6KBF58SLhCsdrAKqDGic-YqtOWRTP_vVlrRDfyPTKcrmiHhWskmpXMUQGB1AfC8apZcDyesi4ZJwXtGNQvmU5WcT2PkCcijuH2BTt69rGNXnPasBiApGvc10ioB0z9MQGqb13L8GCX2m1nCrp8y1RZpeE4TeKJCJCGwGBcxPPFvJe2/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%208.09.37%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>We always love going to Tucson (actually Saddlebrook which is a few miles north of Tucson). The majestic Catalina Mountains (one of our all-time favorite places) were on full display.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5EKLOttp9Phs8flf5Pb1e4TlGy_okM5iPYfbEIjGNAIXGG80hUe8YmSgz6yh6bvt0LLmyWJVLSZhtfPGcj9qu1qqehXrQER1e5L9u05WI4FWI9SiCn_dfeiv4q1ySX2GXxA7GqIQMYQo_uGKF92gNKH_zr0xpqsG2ffe1bRU5ltn01pp2CxcN9QO/s850/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.59.02%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="850" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5EKLOttp9Phs8flf5Pb1e4TlGy_okM5iPYfbEIjGNAIXGG80hUe8YmSgz6yh6bvt0LLmyWJVLSZhtfPGcj9qu1qqehXrQER1e5L9u05WI4FWI9SiCn_dfeiv4q1ySX2GXxA7GqIQMYQo_uGKF92gNKH_zr0xpqsG2ffe1bRU5ltn01pp2CxcN9QO/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.59.02%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>After Tucson, we continued on I-10 and drove to Deming NM. Along the way we tried to absorb the beauty of the Sonoran Desert with its huge vistas, open skies and distant mountains. There is nothing like the view in all the world. It was spectacular. </p><p>Our travel routine seemed to be working out: I get going with the driving for an hour or 90 min, Pam takes over at a rest stop along the way. I take a short nap and while she drives fand then we trade off every hour or two during the day. We drove between 350-450 miles each day, depending on which leg of the trip we were on. </p><p>From Deming, we went through El Paso, TX, which seemed in great shape. The interstate was good and even looking across the border from the highway, we couldn’t really tell much about the border situation. We purposely did not plan on a stay in the city because safety concerns were on our minds. Also, while at our La Quinta hotel in Deming the night before, we saw some Army personnel who were there on assignment. They were working on the border security operations but understandably could not say they were working on border security operations.</p><p>From Deming, we drove through El Paso, and then had an overnight stop in Midland, TX. The next day we continued on to the Fort Worth TX area (Aledo, TX) and a couple of nights with Brad and Sue. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with them and got to hang out and recharge for a minute.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFh1zon-xXXz2oVdKtlQaTIVgw4YQtPCoNlFus41KDTQGtRFV0mqbR0LqjjofPghgCHSz1nh3JkAUnkvmZN6KciARG92WjNi8QQ4afi4H0ty2NST2DliyTlFJ_eamqBn7wUGj3C5_YCJnQXnQf7ywoemcjcSnpv9cjcxTFASru9u-z95nnS8ww4148/s1620/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.12.45%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1620" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFh1zon-xXXz2oVdKtlQaTIVgw4YQtPCoNlFus41KDTQGtRFV0mqbR0LqjjofPghgCHSz1nh3JkAUnkvmZN6KciARG92WjNi8QQ4afi4H0ty2NST2DliyTlFJ_eamqBn7wUGj3C5_YCJnQXnQf7ywoemcjcSnpv9cjcxTFASru9u-z95nnS8ww4148/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.12.45%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Brad and I snuck in 18 holes of golf at his favorite local course and it was a lot of fun.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dvGgoETMHDtArhSzXgAuQlZrW6L7rXcyrU2TnPEztTWSUORF66AhQ_vYOEOuT-VVVoYm1yOlaEWYtho16OtxMhONxOkWKVrONyb8VxMUGcrvoTk7-T6yt8MmK-lti_FdSUSyFnRMkwGRI9WKuoWJ5BZ9zPF8CqWDF6FM117jz2xbVGAZcqYgVpRh/s1464/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.13.08%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1464" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dvGgoETMHDtArhSzXgAuQlZrW6L7rXcyrU2TnPEztTWSUORF66AhQ_vYOEOuT-VVVoYm1yOlaEWYtho16OtxMhONxOkWKVrONyb8VxMUGcrvoTk7-T6yt8MmK-lti_FdSUSyFnRMkwGRI9WKuoWJ5BZ9zPF8CqWDF6FM117jz2xbVGAZcqYgVpRh/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.13.08%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>They too, have a very nice place and there home borders a golf course. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHxSgtDacJLG42PPcPkJCG-c33-s_Q7VrieCEKXW0Q_YH8ituYeNaty_Fda2ZgJI6OyQebfg0_ID1XecLT-wHzg92pFjhAsOi_2TX746Iih8nXuwyMQnEK_rctb92hsAQ-zyapl-B89YHH-gPnZiNc98K5GUi1OrYh_8UwsPyJ5bU6x-RdECTehnC/s1248/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.13.22%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1248" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHxSgtDacJLG42PPcPkJCG-c33-s_Q7VrieCEKXW0Q_YH8ituYeNaty_Fda2ZgJI6OyQebfg0_ID1XecLT-wHzg92pFjhAsOi_2TX746Iih8nXuwyMQnEK_rctb92hsAQ-zyapl-B89YHH-gPnZiNc98K5GUi1OrYh_8UwsPyJ5bU6x-RdECTehnC/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.13.22%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>From Aledo, we drove over to see our lifelong friend Betty. She lives in Frisco, north of Dallas.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAGDjObloiEBRuwhgTwy3aqgvlCZ0dSzd15PO5i2tnkdsw9nT96GjBNA9oOhrTTwUUAPCphg262cuqwd1eBd8Yg7MFUH5qzaZGz5OgFcHC_scfoOUV5T7TbwmKV-RYsVXL0LyM9SRD4ACKKYQmafk9FneERuAWM-c0CvS__EjHiWZWEuYrO0N_5Z-/s1416/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.13.48%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1416" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAGDjObloiEBRuwhgTwy3aqgvlCZ0dSzd15PO5i2tnkdsw9nT96GjBNA9oOhrTTwUUAPCphg262cuqwd1eBd8Yg7MFUH5qzaZGz5OgFcHC_scfoOUV5T7TbwmKV-RYsVXL0LyM9SRD4ACKKYQmafk9FneERuAWM-c0CvS__EjHiWZWEuYrO0N_5Z-/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.13.48%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>It is always so good to see her and spend a few moments together. We first met her and her husband (Brent-now deceased) in the mid 1980s while we were stationed in Hawaii with the USAF.<div><br /></div><div>Later that day we drove over to Houston TX to have dinner with Brad and Sue’s two boys and their families. We were reminded again that rush hour Houston traffic is a bit tough.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HQ12AhmE8kfFZdGb09hVtYXbIsaBihuBnR040o5PpGfBkt2l5kJX5YXuzbfaHFvLZ3C8z2eG8Jv5mwNsPjA9mO2LgLV71pbaDQMGyeCh-EGH44JevazCW4f-2IpVscZE8Axa6uM6YPxjW8o4_ujqSBkUcE14IjwkCjgAZLyUCXh3_Dax1i2TsBEk/s1512/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.14.35%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1512" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HQ12AhmE8kfFZdGb09hVtYXbIsaBihuBnR040o5PpGfBkt2l5kJX5YXuzbfaHFvLZ3C8z2eG8Jv5mwNsPjA9mO2LgLV71pbaDQMGyeCh-EGH44JevazCW4f-2IpVscZE8Axa6uM6YPxjW8o4_ujqSBkUcE14IjwkCjgAZLyUCXh3_Dax1i2TsBEk/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.14.35%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Gladly, we made our way to our hotel without incident, then met everyone at Mark and Dean-na's (And Kayley’s). (Above at the top in the picture at a local restuarant.) </div><div>And we met nephew Drew and his fiancé Chelsey. It was a great evening together.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgwIJRDTMyyFG9Ohi60_-uO-m6fnsKIhYvJFRGAWxgywbARk-oyy_gl6H2uP9neKIJ41dvOONknd4ECvu4x3zoByVm7jYNcyMz9Ye3Jn-bU1ntp1dzaz78iE9H24OkBDuHcqM6UTUTHAbPpJ4_lbhDVuzShqsU2Dd37YZ_mFqWjIYo721ri-iJOik/s988/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.15.41%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="916" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgwIJRDTMyyFG9Ohi60_-uO-m6fnsKIhYvJFRGAWxgywbARk-oyy_gl6H2uP9neKIJ41dvOONknd4ECvu4x3zoByVm7jYNcyMz9Ye3Jn-bU1ntp1dzaz78iE9H24OkBDuHcqM6UTUTHAbPpJ4_lbhDVuzShqsU2Dd37YZ_mFqWjIYo721ri-iJOik/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.15.41%20AM.png" width="297" /></a></div>After a good night’s rest, we had a long driving day to Pensacola FL. We were fortunate to be able to stay at the Navy Lodge which is just down the street from the Navy’s Blue Angels. It is also not far from the Oak Grove RV campground at Pensacola Naval Air Station where we stayed many times.</div><div><br /></div><div>There, we were glad to be able to find a good seafood restaurant for dinner.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcs0qzfrPOulSBTT_y3WJABuAZVHf2vSm9-q2bMNwNkpyORaFSL3tHgVLi7RGT3hMQFI20_iXGOR48g5xKrqtHrzYlOgrETmckTnPKVZbTsRhecQzHkJ7nswsRl0UAFzXOFgf0UdhZfCbwl8VQQ1pss9KnHuaAYm54HVvhg-Hoh1rjGiCEl8SSWZM/s1580/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.16.20%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1580" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcs0qzfrPOulSBTT_y3WJABuAZVHf2vSm9-q2bMNwNkpyORaFSL3tHgVLi7RGT3hMQFI20_iXGOR48g5xKrqtHrzYlOgrETmckTnPKVZbTsRhecQzHkJ7nswsRl0UAFzXOFgf0UdhZfCbwl8VQQ1pss9KnHuaAYm54HVvhg-Hoh1rjGiCEl8SSWZM/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.16.20%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg231S-xBwsdltelqTHhXBEpFkgTs8hPsl7a8TsXYSZx5vj08D4Ms0w2bLbyriZ8UGZtNHVVW5fTFSk_9HfqFzGGV0bxeaDGz6OMliF8-A3S4ylE0fFxv-4ObCciHtyRzrgEVYJjQNK8IITrGTIqlAO1WEYFAaU1PMQNYwzsqK5a6j3njHEYyggpSV0/s1638/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.16.40%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1638" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg231S-xBwsdltelqTHhXBEpFkgTs8hPsl7a8TsXYSZx5vj08D4Ms0w2bLbyriZ8UGZtNHVVW5fTFSk_9HfqFzGGV0bxeaDGz6OMliF8-A3S4ylE0fFxv-4ObCciHtyRzrgEVYJjQNK8IITrGTIqlAO1WEYFAaU1PMQNYwzsqK5a6j3njHEYyggpSV0/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.16.40%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The evening sunset on the beach was terrific.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4076qaf0cqO9rdLwDlkff4YoMyd4J2dfCQYz1TCXWKS9TC7nusDJxpY4nYb6b2W-5-zKWE-7sZJCMSBzkaPENSo6cc4ojZNQZxdYBvaABNrwr0J3Jx0m2aMxR0Cco-rq9-neREqJJelm82Mmp2DgfskVmj64mQHc8Ao6P9x7f6kq9Qs2M8VbRR5R/s1640/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.17.18%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1640" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4076qaf0cqO9rdLwDlkff4YoMyd4J2dfCQYz1TCXWKS9TC7nusDJxpY4nYb6b2W-5-zKWE-7sZJCMSBzkaPENSo6cc4ojZNQZxdYBvaABNrwr0J3Jx0m2aMxR0Cco-rq9-neREqJJelm82Mmp2DgfskVmj64mQHc8Ao6P9x7f6kq9Qs2M8VbRR5R/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%207.17.18%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The sunset was only matched by the sunrise at the beach. Pretty cool to see a group of Navy people out playing volleyball before 6 am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PdsbpojzgIV1CeNOYfiyVc7plveX-U-LPYK3dPwwx5ofse1o-rM_YUUkkTHcWYZS2747wIdVKxftxUip8-DGeZO-VW-IOAwmuqZIN-GdKbuVwYhn-MjP7VjVFEQa-pJtbGDwl_KSKshwB0Bmz1hWxy2xE-sFuQu-EDel5hnDSYWoIRY3U132pezl/s2098/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.10.09%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2098" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PdsbpojzgIV1CeNOYfiyVc7plveX-U-LPYK3dPwwx5ofse1o-rM_YUUkkTHcWYZS2747wIdVKxftxUip8-DGeZO-VW-IOAwmuqZIN-GdKbuVwYhn-MjP7VjVFEQa-pJtbGDwl_KSKshwB0Bmz1hWxy2xE-sFuQu-EDel5hnDSYWoIRY3U132pezl/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.10.09%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, we had the joy of meeting up with long time friend, Bill. Brother Bill and wife Linda (now deceased) and their four littles ones were at the Christian Serviceman’s Center in Kunsan AB, Korea in 1979-80 when Pam and I were stationed there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSflVXSPVJEIz-4LpjZ2A9hzRzgv9J2spcGA-osZvVNejd-jN5pV3IjWGjwLiNvgMb2VftJCOSBBVvX_DKapFqJQOfdzn6SXAPYIsRcQqk3n_Z0PTYQCHfe9BFYiESJxq1TZ3mj9tgOB6qqaK9vznIweahP_vdwkSSJp-KHOtjrdrHrAfeAhEVFtgu/s1930/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.11.06%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1930" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSflVXSPVJEIz-4LpjZ2A9hzRzgv9J2spcGA-osZvVNejd-jN5pV3IjWGjwLiNvgMb2VftJCOSBBVvX_DKapFqJQOfdzn6SXAPYIsRcQqk3n_Z0PTYQCHfe9BFYiESJxq1TZ3mj9tgOB6qqaK9vznIweahP_vdwkSSJp-KHOtjrdrHrAfeAhEVFtgu/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.11.06%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was another great time catching up and sharing about our children who are all grown now. We met for breakfast and then had to head on down the road. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One more overnight stop--this time in Greenville, SC. We pushed on for day 29 of our Coast-to-Coast Roadtrip 2023. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoOyJ8lp6vaiJ6LlSKM_tuL1CE8JteU07ITqHAPCebCsL242rDYo9M1mNLgUxudeicnLiYbrP2VjGXIQKnYxpDGeGJW-CMHGIl_0ozHftvGzPFI0eKdFWuFKl1SzSiqhGlfESz5zp68_KeXK-MPL69CJWqv7D02Wkyq9qp9cfyWUuLKSNa3NplceL/s2070/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.12.26%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2070" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoOyJ8lp6vaiJ6LlSKM_tuL1CE8JteU07ITqHAPCebCsL242rDYo9M1mNLgUxudeicnLiYbrP2VjGXIQKnYxpDGeGJW-CMHGIl_0ozHftvGzPFI0eKdFWuFKl1SzSiqhGlfESz5zp68_KeXK-MPL69CJWqv7D02Wkyq9qp9cfyWUuLKSNa3NplceL/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.12.26%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Back home we have plenty to do. It rained a lot and they guy I had lined up missed mowing my lawn. But I love to mow grass (maybe from my early days working on the golf course?) so that got taken care of pretty quickly. Pam’s garden was thriving but we had a lot of work to do there too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We hardly recognized the boys the next day when they came over. How can they change so much in 29 days? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Grandma put them to work doing what they love to do -- working in the garden and this time harvesting produce from the raised garden area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-cD29fdwpErVpw52DkO8LpwTc0YIBsIWbHYEHfruXnWidndfkdYRA4fX7RTaCsVHgd3GyHgxxce8hFJbFF9wsetu8dQn4CP5mnfSSbD8ZmosXw8-XZ8YHLQCjoJu0ZzJKRRVUOLe0SHd_a-nbiDjTzHpfcbEdoV7cFi9MfT3Qz1l2tAjIJkjXK3O/s2076/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.12.47%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="2076" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-cD29fdwpErVpw52DkO8LpwTc0YIBsIWbHYEHfruXnWidndfkdYRA4fX7RTaCsVHgd3GyHgxxce8hFJbFF9wsetu8dQn4CP5mnfSSbD8ZmosXw8-XZ8YHLQCjoJu0ZzJKRRVUOLe0SHd_a-nbiDjTzHpfcbEdoV7cFi9MfT3Qz1l2tAjIJkjXK3O/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.12.47%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here they are pulling up the carrots that were ripe and ready to eat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlKIKvjviKwhhUaxm2iYidiruqEnXQzNt30ubk7OL65Jtgn4woLmVOYleWFjatxlRswNz9cT93RQERG3kqolOEf6K2DOxFLWopQI7JhxS2geFMhLX6NntPcVGmKxoTKiX7rqcr07yIsaaq7mOEsQWjyV1Lr3ozw66pmDpVjfivzgBMkU0Df6YNo1-/s1334/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.18.41%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1162" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlKIKvjviKwhhUaxm2iYidiruqEnXQzNt30ubk7OL65Jtgn4woLmVOYleWFjatxlRswNz9cT93RQERG3kqolOEf6K2DOxFLWopQI7JhxS2geFMhLX6NntPcVGmKxoTKiX7rqcr07yIsaaq7mOEsQWjyV1Lr3ozw66pmDpVjfivzgBMkU0Df6YNo1-/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-12%20at%206.18.41%20AM.png" width="279" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was great to be home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We drove over 6846 miles averaging 20.2 mpg. We had a full and glorious time seeing everyone and have memories galore. It was simply fantastic. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That’s it for this edition of the Roadrunner Chronicles. Thanks for joining us.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-23868068316589962862023-06-07T09:28:00.002-04:002023-06-07T09:28:29.314-04:00RV vs Truck and Hotel Road Trip<p>I always enjoy your comments and questions in response to the blog. One recent one was, “I’m interested in your thoughts on the differences between traveling via RV and the car as you are now.”</p><p>Traveling on our Coast-to-Coast adventure in Roadrunner 2.0 (aka as our 2015 Ford F-150) is not the same as traveling in our 2009 Tiffin Allegro Bus, 40’ diesel pusher motorhome (MH). It’s different, but there are many similarities. I’ll try to give you an idea of some of each.</p><p>Truck travel. Packing and loading up for travel in Roadrunner 2.0.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SkeBNnCtPbCah--A8GMI2n44opYsx2rnptDlZJ7IxWhsLrNmgERvfncjg1K_D6LnumEdUlYjmjZrPfiRkPl0BwtAKHY4KF8CyiHB4clMenVTbw3WWFFnG1nO2GQJW0G7ltc3HZugZ4B0qqBri-Q8uMScem6-8oe7deGlvb0hu-BYp-rXiocN2v0E/s1134/Truck%20Cleaning.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1134" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SkeBNnCtPbCah--A8GMI2n44opYsx2rnptDlZJ7IxWhsLrNmgERvfncjg1K_D6LnumEdUlYjmjZrPfiRkPl0BwtAKHY4KF8CyiHB4clMenVTbw3WWFFnG1nO2GQJW0G7ltc3HZugZ4B0qqBri-Q8uMScem6-8oe7deGlvb0hu-BYp-rXiocN2v0E/s320/Truck%20Cleaning.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdOkOFIO0VnNQCjuHI5yCmc11phNdDJ9G4yxUTkasBpW--fMyLmuXpqx7jfnhnUVy5e5JKVunzK2wPF4jLrjd1j5DDS4o_f_xqqPKDOSAhJksihrXMtFWCECHGAvl8e1b0FWRqvXwiXpRnv_ID84OcTjGlQPndCrw3bM3hG50qOukDUaBrnp6pTo0/s2066/KeyWest.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="2066" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdOkOFIO0VnNQCjuHI5yCmc11phNdDJ9G4yxUTkasBpW--fMyLmuXpqx7jfnhnUVy5e5JKVunzK2wPF4jLrjd1j5DDS4o_f_xqqPKDOSAhJksihrXMtFWCECHGAvl8e1b0FWRqvXwiXpRnv_ID84OcTjGlQPndCrw3bM3hG50qOukDUaBrnp6pTo0/s320/KeyWest.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>RV travel. Here we are in an RV space at one of the hundreds of different campgrounds we visited over the years in the Roadrunner.</div><div><br /></div><div>As our current road trip from Norfolk, VA to San Diego and back, comes to an end, here’s some thoughts on the subject. They are listed below in no particular order. </div><div><br /></div><div><u>Riding and Driving</u></div><div>The first and most obvious difference is the obvious. Its a nicer ride in the motorhome.</div><br /><div>Moving down the Interstate in the MH is a wonder. The captain’s seats were so comfortable and enjoyable. The great view from up high and through the very large windshield is like being in the front row seat of a vacation tour bus - only more comfortable.</div><div><br /></div><div>More than once as I drove the MH I had a sense of pride and accomplishment at “being among those guys” who did it-- we took the plunge, committed to a new and unfamiliar lifestyle and reaped the benefits (and challenges) of going that route. It was hard to explain.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also I’d say the MH is more fun to drive and to ride in. It rides like a dream with independent front wheel suspension and airbags, fancy shocks --We’ve had meals prepared while driving the rig. Pam has actually cooked things while we drive down the road. In the truck the closest thing to that is eating a sandwich she prepared before we left. We’ve done that a quite a few times this trip and it’s worked out well.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the other hand, the truck is easier to drive. The motorhome was definitely more stressful to drive in traffic and sometimes it was just unavoidable. We got a taste of rough traffic at rush-hour in Houston and also getting through Atlanta. It was not fun in the truck and in the motorhome it would be 10 times worse.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Planning</u> </div><div>- Similar in many ways</div><div>We figure out where we need to be and when and then start adding possibilities to the calendar for places we want to go or people we want to see.</div><div>We looked at the calendar and decided where we needed (or wanted to be) on certain days of the month and then filled in the rest of our travel. Along the way we planned for excursions and day trips. Instead of looking for RV campgrounds or overnight stops at Walmarts, we looked for places to stay with friends, family or in hotels. But the planning is very much the same.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>In both cases we looked for value. We weren’t always looking for the cheapest RV park just like we don’t look for the cheapest hotel to stay in. It’s a mix of what we know we like and dislike and how much we feel like spending. With the RV campgrounds we eventually came around to the point where we looked for military campgrounds first because they not only were very reasonable but we’ve spent a lot of time around the military and are very comfortable with the culture and surroundings. Next we’d look for reviews online and see what they had to say about the place. </div><div>For hotels we look at price, and whether or not they have a “hot” breakfast. Usually we get the eggs and then coffee, fruit, yogurt and maybe a bagel or muffin. No breakfast is a deal breaker for us in most cases.</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div><div><u>Rest stops</u></div><div>Getting in and out of rest stops is an about the same. With the motorhome we’d park with the trucks and big rigs. In the car we’d follow the “Auto/Cars” vs “Trucks/Trailers” side of the rest stop parking lot.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Refueling</u></div><div>Getting fuel was quite different. It was a bit of a stressor at times in the Motorhome (MH). If we found diesel fuel at a low price (not the only consideration) we had to make sure we could easily get in and out of the area. Most of the time we used truck stops but a few times we squeezed into a Murphy gas station or a convenience store gas station that was tricky. The worst thing about that is the possibility of damaging the motorhome or car being towed. Also if it was too tight, we would be have to disconnect the tow car, pull out, then reconnect the car. It was a pain but worth it to avoid dents, scratches or worse.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other big different is the cost to refuel. In the motorhome, I’d fuel up when our 150 gallon diesel tank got to about 50%. It was not uncommon to have a $250 or $300 fill-up. Thankfully during our full-timing years we never saw $4 or $5 fuel prices. Now that is not uncommon all though on this trip the most we paid for gas was in Flagstaff AZ for $114.26.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Eating</u></div><div>In the MH, we had more variety and flexibility with food choices. Part of that was the convenience of a residential refrigerator in the MH and the other factor is that now, years later, we are more limited the foods that suit us.</div><div>Additionally, in both modes, we quickly found out what snacks worked for us. We’d keep them handy along with water and/or our favorite drinks. When we stopped at a campground, we could easily make dinner and not get out of our routine too much.</div><div>In the truck we tried a few things including getting microwavable dinners and preparing them in the hotel room. It was a challenge this trip to find an entree that was low in sodium. We had a couple of microwavable dinners in the hotel.</div><div>Later on if we weren’t staying with friends or family, we ate out quite a bit and tried to find the good stuff on the menu. Most times it worked out well.</div><div>In the truck we took a 55 qt cooler and ice packs. If the hotel room did not have a fridge with a freezer compartment, we asked the front desk if we could keep the ice packs in their refrigerator (which always had an adequate size freezer.) We’d pick up the ice packs each morning as we packed up and before we left/checked out.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Overnight stays</u> (hotel vs campground or Walmart parking lot) </div><div>- Both modes are very different but each has a definite routine. </div><div>In the MH, the sequence goes something like this: arrival parking, check-in, finding the campsite or being escorted to it, unhooking the car, parking the MH, hooking up electric, water and sewer, setting the jacks down, leveling, moving the slides out, setting furniture in place, placing down the rugs, setting up the TV satelite dish, setting out welcome sign and mats. </div><div>In the truck, the sequence was: arriving at hotel, checking in, finding the room, getting the badges cart, moving the ice chest, unpacking truck with luggage, other bags, computer backpack, moving it all to the designated room. </div><div>I remember being struck by the notion of how important pets were becoming to RVers. It became very common to see people with dogs and in some cases large dogs who were an integral part of their family. I also noticed too how every square inch of grass in an RV part could be quickly marked by the pooch population. It was different and we dealt with it.</div><div>Now I am becoming more aware of pets staying in hotels. The ones we go to apparently allow all kinds of dogs. It was not uncommon on this trip to be drinking coffee in the lobby in the late evening and here people come and go through the lobby with their dogs. An an occasional bark/growl/incident in the hotel. Or go down the hallway and hear a dog barking. Times are different.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Sight seeing</u> </div><div>About the same. We’d take day trips in the Honda CRV that we towed behind the motorhome. During our trip now, we just drove the truck up to Santa Fe and spent the night in an AirBnB and spent a wonderful 24 hrs in our old stomping grounds. We also were able to take the morning and go for a hike with our friends Kirk and Susan in Branson MO. Then too, we had some time so we ran by the famous Torrey Pines Golf Course to again see pictures on the wall of Phil and Tiger and others in their youth. While in Page AZ for the Lower Antelope Canyon tour we were able to run by Horseshoe Bend and Glen Canyon Dam to check things out. And there’s nothing like changing the schedule some and be able to spend the night in Pensacola FL and take in the awesome white sandy beaches once again.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Repairs</u></div><div>- Surprisingly similar. We had to make a significant repair to the truck. The spark plugs were misfiring and it was very similar to issues we had with the motorhome at times. Over the 10 years that we had the motorhome, it was fairly stressful when we’d encounter a driving issue like a fuel pump that wasn’t working properly. We’d just have to deal with it. We’d call a repair place, schedule service, and hope it didn’t cost too much. Like the time I put gas in the diesel fuel tank while near Napa Valley CA. But I’ll save that story retelling for another book. Or you can read about it here.</div><div><br /></div><div><u>WiFi</u></div><div>Campground wifi was a bit of an oxymoron at times. In the MH I was able to do some part time work all those years we full-timed and a I needed reliable internet. Most campgrounds had adequate wifi near the registration desk/campground office but not always. It was not uncommon to have good wifi at the office but less than desirable wifi at the campsite. I quickly found out that I needed to bring my own hotspot and had a couple different varieties over the years. </div><div><br /></div><div>Surprisingly, staying in hotels has been similar with regard to good fast internet. It has not always been good and sometimes less than desirable. I was surprised at this. Right now I am at my nephew's in San Diego and their internet is screaming. It’s very good. </div><div><br /></div><div><u>Blogging</u></div><div>Having good internet and blogging on this coast to coast trip has been a challenge. My best time to get one done is early morning but then other parts of my daily routine suffer. We have packed a lot into our days this trip so it has been hard to keep up. This kind of challenge is common among most of us that write regularly and/or have a regular YouTube channel. </div><div><br /></div><div>So one does the best they can and in my case I will continue to make updates until I have documented a few more or our Coast-to-Coast adventures.</div><div> </div><div><div><u>Daily Routine</u></div><div>Quite different in the MH. After 4-5 days on the road, we got used a tempo in the hotel as we traveled by truck. When staying with friends or family during the trip, things were different still. .</div><p>At the hotel, instead of getting up and quietly making some coffee and reading some devotional material or blogging, I quietly make my way downstairs to the lobby and wait for coffee to be put out. Then I read and organize my day while Pam sleeps. The hotel lobby atmosphere usually follows with the hot breakfast of some sort which we grab before we go upstairs to pack. </p><p>In the MH I would just quietly get up, make some coffee and get going on my morning routine until she woke up and we had breakfast.</p><p>In the truck this time, Pam usually made sandwiches for us to eat on the road if we were traveling that day. For a while it peanut butter and jelly were the choice with a few tunafish sandwiches at time. On the way back, it seems that turkey and mayonnaise has become the staple. Grabbing a sandwich is so much faster than trying to get a sub or something for lunch, plus it cuts down on the travel day.</p><p>When staying with family or friends I usually alerted them to my early rising, and I prepositioned my clothes and books the night before so I could find a quiet corning in the house where I could read and not disturb anyone. In most cases, I was able to make an early morning cup of coffee which helped get me going. </p><p>Our routine usually was getting up, cleaning up, leaving by 7:00 AM or 7:30, finding a hotel (we usually waited until same day in case our plans changed), getting to our destination by mid to late afternoon, checking in and checking out the room, refueling, maybe running to the store, then on to dinner or back to the room and then dinner. After dinner if the TV had a good selection we’d watch some baseball, then I’d go read or blog in the lobby until 10 and we’d repeat the same routine on travel days.</p><p>----</p><p>There’s just some random thoughts on the sameness/differences of our travels both in our MH and recently in our truck. Hopefully you can imagine a little of the ways we functioned on the road. Thanks again for reading and we’ll look forward to next time on the Roadrunner Chronicles!</p><p><br /></p></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-14968219069155361092023-06-01T22:32:00.008-04:002023-06-01T22:32:00.142-04:00California Clan<p>Brothers Reid and Marty have sons(and families) in California. Reid and Amy’s two sons live near LA and Marty’s oldest son and family live near San Diego. We were able to spend time with them over the last few days.</p><p>First we drove over Ben and Lesley’s house from our La Quinta hotel in Buena Park. We were able to spend some time with them and their three kids in La Habra CA. We got to see the latest editions to their house and the improvements they are making as well as get to know the kids a little bit. Last time we saw them they were not old enough to interact very much but they are a lively bunch now. </p><p>It was the late afternoon and we all were supposed to be at Nate and Angela’s house for dinner. Their house is in Whittier, CA, 20 min way. We had dinner there and were pleased to meet up again with Reid and Amy and Angela’s parents George and Linda. The last time we saw them was in Yosemite in 2016. The only reason I know that is because I looked it up here on <a href="https://warnerrvnews.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-day-in-yosemite.html" target="_blank">my blog</a>. This thing comes in handy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jBTlnjA_5ZBpHzisKQF7bpvogksfKGERfIlhcMg0kIatHhgB1_nRvq5IY5Vufw2BRSr0LP26xxWyCOUzm2Ii1wIio8_xvzMe6SWFocMBumRal9x1bibHxeesdNBwUfNCJlu2ibfsdmDm3Zv-vsFsIb07kYMj7DkfklgHoesJHX95sKzuZoQG_qxF/s1602/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.44.43%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1602" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jBTlnjA_5ZBpHzisKQF7bpvogksfKGERfIlhcMg0kIatHhgB1_nRvq5IY5Vufw2BRSr0LP26xxWyCOUzm2Ii1wIio8_xvzMe6SWFocMBumRal9x1bibHxeesdNBwUfNCJlu2ibfsdmDm3Zv-vsFsIb07kYMj7DkfklgHoesJHX95sKzuZoQG_qxF/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.44.43%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once at Nate’s house we talked around the counter and munched on chips and guacamole before the tacos and dessert. We all brought something and it was convenient and easy to fix.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAOl_v_1IEsqC_r6NT6RKrsHEedaxJngMS_1RCrEDp7WFkXQHlBu8o0ZomPUxN5kWx5pMi1JzLBNtMpHm2Ccs8nsMiAO9d3WN1Kh4lgURlQttub0sdAf89XEqpR-Lz9kGqhSzCPfqYfwmrzICIsek_J2OUdAkGefprJ0iwmFkCOoHGtwBqNFpyiAu/s1636/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.45.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1636" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAOl_v_1IEsqC_r6NT6RKrsHEedaxJngMS_1RCrEDp7WFkXQHlBu8o0ZomPUxN5kWx5pMi1JzLBNtMpHm2Ccs8nsMiAO9d3WN1Kh4lgURlQttub0sdAf89XEqpR-Lz9kGqhSzCPfqYfwmrzICIsek_J2OUdAkGefprJ0iwmFkCOoHGtwBqNFpyiAu/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.45.28%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pHmx5ZCAQ4DhXSG7th0Thu_suuFIElPVb9yi_GBQCLxO-0xsZwJN5Bs2knJG8DxmuRFqK2h1K2Z2nP0M99FkFbH4v9bQwtU822Bh-0e_DQ3GT_LTWqnJ2B3odsBChkGBgZ1LuB1ux26ffKmiC42uaocqfVoNO0lSjhlaDtreCUUTx-PIg0pi0m7G/s1614/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.44.56%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1614" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pHmx5ZCAQ4DhXSG7th0Thu_suuFIElPVb9yi_GBQCLxO-0xsZwJN5Bs2knJG8DxmuRFqK2h1K2Z2nP0M99FkFbH4v9bQwtU822Bh-0e_DQ3GT_LTWqnJ2B3odsBChkGBgZ1LuB1ux26ffKmiC42uaocqfVoNO0lSjhlaDtreCUUTx-PIg0pi0m7G/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.44.56%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reid and I decided to get a twin shot before the evening was over. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XuRXJrb5cEtZeGj9PJz9knr3_HKnSEnkwmM8RYP6X-FnlzPzrv3cLxjx4DdeNQY_c7ducu4NwNSoXLksTOJGaj8LB8tGiR_QIRFeHjCFAAUGB13UJ4aq2wu1onzun5WitL_XIXleKP4GTPUhGW20t8IIrHZ2i0n6XfJC-2-Egw9Bh9CEdKVX5ZyW/s1090/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.46.06%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XuRXJrb5cEtZeGj9PJz9knr3_HKnSEnkwmM8RYP6X-FnlzPzrv3cLxjx4DdeNQY_c7ducu4NwNSoXLksTOJGaj8LB8tGiR_QIRFeHjCFAAUGB13UJ4aq2wu1onzun5WitL_XIXleKP4GTPUhGW20t8IIrHZ2i0n6XfJC-2-Egw9Bh9CEdKVX5ZyW/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.46.06%20AM.png" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Everyone indulged me and stood in the doorway for a minute before we left. Never long enough to talk and catch up but still glad for the chance to have a brief visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElp2w5uhMvE_EzXW4_O_cCgsOEef2s8MjINqZLVq5_8C-_muR48Dgcz7nk1coiGVjPCbSBxFGvJ7f7MNGYHa1nufqdNcljIKqDC5p_zXHtcg6TETUJhmGjM1s8n4UgJ78pJpdfSQUoDD2zb_jRgIR4lEdMtJg6WLKMHTdXyNw6Q3QyKvPRKFJUZuQ/s1498/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.47.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1498" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElp2w5uhMvE_EzXW4_O_cCgsOEef2s8MjINqZLVq5_8C-_muR48Dgcz7nk1coiGVjPCbSBxFGvJ7f7MNGYHa1nufqdNcljIKqDC5p_zXHtcg6TETUJhmGjM1s8n4UgJ78pJpdfSQUoDD2zb_jRgIR4lEdMtJg6WLKMHTdXyNw6Q3QyKvPRKFJUZuQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.47.19%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, we went back to our hotel for the evening and got up the next morning for the 85 mile drive south to San Diego/Del Mar. Before we left the area got some gas at a Sam’s Club and did some shopping, then made our way down the coast. The famous Torrey Pines Golf Course is less than 5 miles from where we were going, so we had time to stop in and look around and find a couple of things we couldn’t do without. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLxim85brV1TW76QcSdYBnQEmAyXsWSXiL3ac0QXxt6YaBEI_tWKYhYQ4mgY1L7vjJwegNmZq5s6sI_wyVmsYJLoZLV9R0xL4oNu8ovaK93SXvVH4VJEyeKCRwR2c9qDBjSyuxFSZyVWi2WiZJO_4SI-lKTozCqUWMb3ZxBE3fB1BDJYRVLHNihwq/s1610/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.48.39%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1610" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLxim85brV1TW76QcSdYBnQEmAyXsWSXiL3ac0QXxt6YaBEI_tWKYhYQ4mgY1L7vjJwegNmZq5s6sI_wyVmsYJLoZLV9R0xL4oNu8ovaK93SXvVH4VJEyeKCRwR2c9qDBjSyuxFSZyVWi2WiZJO_4SI-lKTozCqUWMb3ZxBE3fB1BDJYRVLHNihwq/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.48.39%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7rEZvD-GmnHSw_fBSkH17zT9bLgCCgkOUFDfTC2mliUuD-3ynXKOqnjYXk8et0LBs8M1haZZYCvC7o5JtR3G3bAh5xTLPHunmoHn_BCTDzf3ly-L0IPkTOwY53Om4UAv_e2CgGyjjlb5Fgnc4Jvf4pXGf6liv2matThbdn2kwpQbMFWvg97wpOaT/s1620/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.48.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1620" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk7rEZvD-GmnHSw_fBSkH17zT9bLgCCgkOUFDfTC2mliUuD-3ynXKOqnjYXk8et0LBs8M1haZZYCvC7o5JtR3G3bAh5xTLPHunmoHn_BCTDzf3ly-L0IPkTOwY53Om4UAv_e2CgGyjjlb5Fgnc4Jvf4pXGf6liv2matThbdn2kwpQbMFWvg97wpOaT/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.48.49%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We about 20 minutes in the Pro Shop, picked up a couple of souvenirs, then went to a grocery store for a few things. I also had time to get a haircut before we went over to see Rob and Chris. Then we drove over to Rob and Chris’ place. It didn’t look like anyone was home, so we drove went to the town park and took in the sights. The southern California coast is beautiful!</div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEqkIf8kU8yXwhkEyr3H8lp4B85AF3p7Vo0YpznjSfN74xH8hBB5koXqjjx2O7QyNNfqxPhMCtsNjhqmpu1-aedDGxOcoaNpyNsEAqcOYXOS-F9BZZAx9zlBDiJQY6t-U_Dw-bqvsP80TgU3JUhm91qEBYzwbgbO2S0F7WZIpJRxTmb-W3qbK17Du/s1644/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.49.34%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1644" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEqkIf8kU8yXwhkEyr3H8lp4B85AF3p7Vo0YpznjSfN74xH8hBB5koXqjjx2O7QyNNfqxPhMCtsNjhqmpu1-aedDGxOcoaNpyNsEAqcOYXOS-F9BZZAx9zlBDiJQY6t-U_Dw-bqvsP80TgU3JUhm91qEBYzwbgbO2S0F7WZIpJRxTmb-W3qbK17Du/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.49.34%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>After 30 minutes of taking it all in we drove back to their place and were greeted with some stunning views from their home.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GJI6xRG0jrDoziy8VxleKiMYx5a5TqpKO7MQDcZh_Ow7yi1FgI01cZzIsLUEjiHsPzXTDaerWp2Sg4DE1c7NiLTiaB5uLs6B3PVtUaHlHGH520VEJTJ2e0hburlmCR82Qa8UU5Sr48NxYDxCDhjTntsA7ScK3EfMosYBlBpXn44XNkQzeJAN3hyX/s1632/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.51.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1632" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GJI6xRG0jrDoziy8VxleKiMYx5a5TqpKO7MQDcZh_Ow7yi1FgI01cZzIsLUEjiHsPzXTDaerWp2Sg4DE1c7NiLTiaB5uLs6B3PVtUaHlHGH520VEJTJ2e0hburlmCR82Qa8UU5Sr48NxYDxCDhjTntsA7ScK3EfMosYBlBpXn44XNkQzeJAN3hyX/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.51.40%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">View from their dining room and kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A2Hg29e6NsI0-ayPc3X12vhaoW466myS_63Z77OQjvPsHklHZFZYQvyMLmJmpq3R_xJ3YKzLnoW4P0QwiaDvKO6d5dCcLyYynvsxDifwyZyeHKpcpoUHIXCEUdDp2a4Zh8UajQKdvlHN8i8wmXoUjGCftxSY-QrbOmd0icP4yKGGlW2NAtIIF_1e/s1620/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.50.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1620" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A2Hg29e6NsI0-ayPc3X12vhaoW466myS_63Z77OQjvPsHklHZFZYQvyMLmJmpq3R_xJ3YKzLnoW4P0QwiaDvKO6d5dCcLyYynvsxDifwyZyeHKpcpoUHIXCEUdDp2a4Zh8UajQKdvlHN8i8wmXoUjGCftxSY-QrbOmd0icP4yKGGlW2NAtIIF_1e/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.50.45%20AM.png" width="320" /></a><br /></div>Here’s more of a look from their balcony and deck. It was a perfect afternoon to take it all in. The rest of the time we gathered in their living room and did more of what we have been doing for weeks now as we visit: we talked and enjoyed each others company as we got caught up on what’s going on in their lives. They are such warm and gracious and friendly hosts. We loved our brief time with them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVflsVwXKjVE1Bqa8Nd-oci7O1mM0-WlBP_-hUQSRujpiwRTB89yU5lHY8pauU4yjaj9xxqiogVyQlcbCyfYEkQTHCybbJ1X-H3rhgqrLnZxFytbRq86HiK0crYt3gHeNWuLsNNoeCXHtD4wFgeCTSG9nHdhL1tlhz7sJJOSCH1pWfL_NgabJZ3ZAC/s1456/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.50.06%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1456" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVflsVwXKjVE1Bqa8Nd-oci7O1mM0-WlBP_-hUQSRujpiwRTB89yU5lHY8pauU4yjaj9xxqiogVyQlcbCyfYEkQTHCybbJ1X-H3rhgqrLnZxFytbRq86HiK0crYt3gHeNWuLsNNoeCXHtD4wFgeCTSG9nHdhL1tlhz7sJJOSCH1pWfL_NgabJZ3ZAC/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.50.06%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is Rob, son Jackson, Chris’ mom Irene, Chris and Pam<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPw0RK-ZmvenSLCjQA-1svD4cc31jf96_PalZ41bK7-sUURgpbrYZK5qJmXwBlakD5d1bZrJ0ySQuTTMeDEyt_ZoJhOlLDD9yLqUsjPzEGoS5cBa4fnopxZXDYpbgLgsfx6KDZ1Ybqt1aG_Ohl1BUbqWiiHbvGh7gvA0GxWMO13CVk3s_-TWQ62jY/s1574/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.52.22%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1574" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPw0RK-ZmvenSLCjQA-1svD4cc31jf96_PalZ41bK7-sUURgpbrYZK5qJmXwBlakD5d1bZrJ0ySQuTTMeDEyt_ZoJhOlLDD9yLqUsjPzEGoS5cBa4fnopxZXDYpbgLgsfx6KDZ1Ybqt1aG_Ohl1BUbqWiiHbvGh7gvA0GxWMO13CVk3s_-TWQ62jY/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.52.22%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Andie, their youngest, was studying downstairs for a while and came up to help with dinner and chat.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkAMmqK5uSo_aFt1u5O19PlvU60XbfKyjXWGJCGXpt8pqxS8rk9X1OmSNlZtkSFVisOSFUnhpCQckLP_Sj9NHj9mjqwR_9LIhMWhpr9zsRROydJfOcy63AAfBlmqFOiPLhfr1tPajuQB13xfan05aOUKTNLMKbMPca54exvyKCBOD23MQau-Wuz7G/s1610/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.50.30%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1610" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkAMmqK5uSo_aFt1u5O19PlvU60XbfKyjXWGJCGXpt8pqxS8rk9X1OmSNlZtkSFVisOSFUnhpCQckLP_Sj9NHj9mjqwR_9LIhMWhpr9zsRROydJfOcy63AAfBlmqFOiPLhfr1tPajuQB13xfan05aOUKTNLMKbMPca54exvyKCBOD23MQau-Wuz7G/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.50.30%20AM.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyxDN6vbn-16whrkuwFegu2_qGzpxyzgRkKkVj6Z-WhjqzG4DkUIZ3rbxMOejGLoTVrurnA4oOpnGQk12K_R98JLvtk-6YOa6xXvZ1inEVUOWdGevXyYx2Pzdzl76i-qGE0zQ_gQcfMJnoJv63Qlwy9s3q8ibBj6hbykG1aO8VueVXVtYDPVMzThN/s1612/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.51.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1612" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNyxDN6vbn-16whrkuwFegu2_qGzpxyzgRkKkVj6Z-WhjqzG4DkUIZ3rbxMOejGLoTVrurnA4oOpnGQk12K_R98JLvtk-6YOa6xXvZ1inEVUOWdGevXyYx2Pzdzl76i-qGE0zQ_gQcfMJnoJv63Qlwy9s3q8ibBj6hbykG1aO8VueVXVtYDPVMzThN/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.51.29%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob is quite the grill master and we had a delicious serving of Tri-Tip that was cooked to perfection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1bUpdRc8dt4nswRLhtKrBxheSH2DnhbByHmJqJ7DiR2KPkm8naQJuJ8rdF_zmZg0P9-eeobScjIJGgzt_HXThI-4rsKU_adK5Wd3a23n4t-YLZ4wjyv-1HDy85pj38BA1GWbBYufHFOzDLMibrAyIUAN_ZptcA4bPS-F8Htxq-8ZJhtlkVma-SVa/s1496/Screenshot%202023-05-26%20at%208.51.15%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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By now we were 3 weeks into our coast-to-coast road trip and we were looking forward to getting home. We were missing those grandsons of ours. So off we went, this time to Tucson for an overnight stay with Marty and Elena.<div><br /></div><div>Thanks for looking in on the Roadrunner Chronicles ~ until next time....<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-68185802526925434112023-05-31T06:01:00.001-04:002023-05-31T06:01:00.144-04:00Santa Fe and Sandia Tramway<p>This is a ‘Catch Up’ post. Rewind to our 7 days in Albuquerque.</p><p>Midway through our week with brothers and wives, we scheduled an overnight trip to Santa Fe for some more memories and golf. Brad, Reid and I “grew up” in Santa Fe having spent our elementary, junior and senior high school years there. </p><p>That was where I found my life long passion with golf. Reid and I both worked at the Santa Fe Country Club growing up and it’s where the three of us played high school golf. Eldest brother Marty was already off to college and the Navy by then but he visited often and had not been back in a while. Pam and I had visited Santa Fe quite a few times during our full-timing years.</p><p>For now it was a short 60 mile overnight trip. First the guys drove up to make our 10 AM tee time at Santa Fe Country Club. I regained my composure from our Monday outing and smoked those boys. I had a good golf day. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="1606" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkAosutl2dg4vBodIx_TAGKOvfj3G4VX613dZ1NolwVXIR7GNIs02i4m5zz8_3SszxOafsvY_GZtjR7CzX8DM7ilBfEo7hCGMu6fqRPNlWrNSXumceAgOdBPWbkDd-eMQC0fhH5ZBXEwSCvDRepsIyIF2w8qq6mvY27oUeDE0yPevh5tsNqawmPRH/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.47.27%20AM.png" width="320" /></p><p></p><p>I have since played 3 more times in our travels and have been suitably humbled once again. Golf is like that.</p>We finished our 18 holes and hung around a bit on the porch where the girls joined us. They drove up after us and went to lunch before meeting us at the golf course. We stayed for a little while then went over to our AirBnB rental. It was only about a mile away from the golf course.<div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qnqNNAh0u8P2dHzzTH7KEm8BQjXb6XXi_TNgG5XYLpVHEv__hrc7RVvbQwiVxsaVW_Fvb_bFSSun1lt7SGX1bZvPANy2ziDVSxFW5NbsqSNehml2YCaeKhSh36NDoLfVL4q-1rpep6VAGHEHZ-RzJJABS_zrmhwBrOqo3qEU2hbwMjFiX_sg2YDd/s1618/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.46.36%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1618" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qnqNNAh0u8P2dHzzTH7KEm8BQjXb6XXi_TNgG5XYLpVHEv__hrc7RVvbQwiVxsaVW_Fvb_bFSSun1lt7SGX1bZvPANy2ziDVSxFW5NbsqSNehml2YCaeKhSh36NDoLfVL4q-1rpep6VAGHEHZ-RzJJABS_zrmhwBrOqo3qEU2hbwMjFiX_sg2YDd/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.46.36%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we were growing up in the late 60’s and 70’s there were no houses out near the golf course. It was now completely built up with many different neighborhoods. Our rental house had a small yard but big bedrooms and was quite nice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuO4t2u8crecVv109p2m_WXJe8ciTBmRHYb7RE6QhiKhuJywSZef9MubXyx1QBvfqdrRLHfGb7RdpYY9T5OTfeE7BQZuiLVYiHopgqLaXy4YoXmbm3BoF6IU-JdtB92REPdpalvkXG-J_UK6ULzoAIvocYVGhOOkWY9uUVBuq13cA7e40IwGeh2MW/s1324/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.46.13%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1324" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuO4t2u8crecVv109p2m_WXJe8ciTBmRHYb7RE6QhiKhuJywSZef9MubXyx1QBvfqdrRLHfGb7RdpYY9T5OTfeE7BQZuiLVYiHopgqLaXy4YoXmbm3BoF6IU-JdtB92REPdpalvkXG-J_UK6ULzoAIvocYVGhOOkWY9uUVBuq13cA7e40IwGeh2MW/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.46.13%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">For dinner that night we went to <a href="https://www.pantrysantafe.com" target="_blank">the Pantry Restuarant</a> which is a local favorite and it was simply fantastic. I did a face plant in my combination platter of New Mexican food. It was so yummy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvYlGY0E6zRSFzs_VKPiXLvAyrJPESoanpcvbriWRf2CufZYTsI2akaNvpWil7urFtx0RgViZMoKqlbEMH7RiHNz5Pn3rvei7RQwmntIPfBCMx2QQ8rERiY84LG41k9IRT6Y-D3oG8-zjFCZjJ5KG_SlSpaVLi2X0z2Ng4tdGgQ-qpQrpFhcBgmHJ/s900/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.45.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="900" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvYlGY0E6zRSFzs_VKPiXLvAyrJPESoanpcvbriWRf2CufZYTsI2akaNvpWil7urFtx0RgViZMoKqlbEMH7RiHNz5Pn3rvei7RQwmntIPfBCMx2QQ8rERiY84LG41k9IRT6Y-D3oG8-zjFCZjJ5KG_SlSpaVLi2X0z2Ng4tdGgQ-qpQrpFhcBgmHJ/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.45.52%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even better, there was a guy there playing in the restaurant. I wish I had gotten his picture and name. He did all the 60’s and 70’s songs which was a fun touch. A table in the back had us singing and hand waving and tapping to the music. It was a little out of character but good fun and just made for an enjoyable evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We returned to the house and hung out for the rest of the night and told stories and chilled before going to bed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7yaOWE0ITagNateT51D0uRuCDBvs0Lf-KgQXRq3-VF0HR7u5_4QLwmVcRTfjT-2MGPLyra4__c-p1eOrYIXLiZ-G7rGNaTG7JtPqd_7QhoREAUfDSYna_TgwdqL2-LWwC0S84RI3qLUMWpmfwXznQQUqEUU9jlnOsZjSVZs5NUpTUO6sLKA7hQOe/s1614/AirbnbSFe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1614" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7yaOWE0ITagNateT51D0uRuCDBvs0Lf-KgQXRq3-VF0HR7u5_4QLwmVcRTfjT-2MGPLyra4__c-p1eOrYIXLiZ-G7rGNaTG7JtPqd_7QhoREAUfDSYna_TgwdqL2-LWwC0S84RI3qLUMWpmfwXznQQUqEUU9jlnOsZjSVZs5NUpTUO6sLKA7hQOe/s320/AirbnbSFe.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thursday morning we went to Rio Pantry, a sister restaurant near the downtown Plaza in Santa Fe and enjoyed breakfast and conversation outside. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1bvbnWJJlzaybmzVBMs3kNYdbaOMR82hq8J6HKZ0KLCD49EXqCkpZDFRJwpoWc9eLj45NTqS9rJY8r2eKhd0EIZn7hEzbZJ6STjSxUFvDBRWbd6thzWfC8rX4wuKeD2u4x5W0w3Yycwqv25Pv3Wlxuv14Vq3t0tsUT45rhDQziXY5IkT8knUoVzP/s1614/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.45.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1614" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1bvbnWJJlzaybmzVBMs3kNYdbaOMR82hq8J6HKZ0KLCD49EXqCkpZDFRJwpoWc9eLj45NTqS9rJY8r2eKhd0EIZn7hEzbZJ6STjSxUFvDBRWbd6thzWfC8rX4wuKeD2u4x5W0w3Yycwqv25Pv3Wlxuv14Vq3t0tsUT45rhDQziXY5IkT8knUoVzP/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.45.28%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then we played tourist on the Plaza and did some shopping and strolling around. It was a beautiful morning for it.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrcMuxiIBdZBBJauJqYZEX07fflRi90t3VDdkXYns4qsAcLoRd5q0rcfpq2iC6tkHpbQh8bhHZ8G6oBaCa9CVbcAelAMBvUiZOqU_0RhyFY-WTc8TzX6F_UfUcXiRSWeSj7Pf6WC7yq2jJ_PjG_f2JrwkXfomhD-MRDDJBubkCttWrUZTBjO3Y6nA/s1636/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.48.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1636" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLrcMuxiIBdZBBJauJqYZEX07fflRi90t3VDdkXYns4qsAcLoRd5q0rcfpq2iC6tkHpbQh8bhHZ8G6oBaCa9CVbcAelAMBvUiZOqU_0RhyFY-WTc8TzX6F_UfUcXiRSWeSj7Pf6WC7yq2jJ_PjG_f2JrwkXfomhD-MRDDJBubkCttWrUZTBjO3Y6nA/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.48.23%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHa4B-uARxDpbhdjGJYiU8FDuK4iYrzxtLgB72N5aqo5mWNDX8-4enB8EmgDc4I5mjSlO6FpE60_Quq1ojkXILHTxkptIKyCazyWITwThOYCW7JGgHbB0vyR6yJKntoAJvWZVsqav__eDRImy4zBIgLBaP1ZKV7BanXhUDpMCh_DYwT_wUlpk0alT/s1604/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.48.38%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1604" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHa4B-uARxDpbhdjGJYiU8FDuK4iYrzxtLgB72N5aqo5mWNDX8-4enB8EmgDc4I5mjSlO6FpE60_Quq1ojkXILHTxkptIKyCazyWITwThOYCW7JGgHbB0vyR6yJKntoAJvWZVsqav__eDRImy4zBIgLBaP1ZKV7BanXhUDpMCh_DYwT_wUlpk0alT/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.48.38%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>At lunch we found a table at the famous <a href="https://www.lafondasantafe.com" target="_blank">La Fonda Hotel</a> dining room and enjoyed some more local cuisine.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5QvztPZwxxGxiwaGqtWeM8UMaFm6tOulCracDMGOaoGhYSQQNxSwYvzGI4mECbrbqhakdl3pdPsh2n-lbTPoqeTpicwOasWAaBNQ7RBhOutYH2Gy6i5y3rJo6SIP1ANm4RzM1Gj_jJxeANObQdoXGINrr_qYiE8Y0S7o_p2GtvQFMiPAzyR9_WIP/s1604/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.49.09%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1604" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5QvztPZwxxGxiwaGqtWeM8UMaFm6tOulCracDMGOaoGhYSQQNxSwYvzGI4mECbrbqhakdl3pdPsh2n-lbTPoqeTpicwOasWAaBNQ7RBhOutYH2Gy6i5y3rJo6SIP1ANm4RzM1Gj_jJxeANObQdoXGINrr_qYiE8Y0S7o_p2GtvQFMiPAzyR9_WIP/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.49.09%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We took our time wandering around the grounds of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_Basilica_of_St._Francis_of_Assisi_(Santa_Fe)" target="_blank">Cathedral of St Francis</a>. It is such an interesting and important place in the region.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVbHN0iIwEs4XwyM2J-iHSJ3BsO8s2Fu-6r6J14roUicP0ODho2RejcxvG72iAqXjv4c3w8GZJ3VLhKEqpYA0Cb8ebzZ9eSUNts8LSsJPDKm7sl5XFQtMGgkKz-efAq1bHtSS3sz2LpHtZfzhbaqQJyZ-KMjhC6iSESfoIxfjSgA8dU-hAVwzOVSn/s924/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.48.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="924" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVbHN0iIwEs4XwyM2J-iHSJ3BsO8s2Fu-6r6J14roUicP0ODho2RejcxvG72iAqXjv4c3w8GZJ3VLhKEqpYA0Cb8ebzZ9eSUNts8LSsJPDKm7sl5XFQtMGgkKz-efAq1bHtSS3sz2LpHtZfzhbaqQJyZ-KMjhC6iSESfoIxfjSgA8dU-hAVwzOVSn/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.48.51%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before too long it was time to head back to Albuquerque so we could go see the Sandia Tramway and have dinner at the Ten 3 Restaurant at the top. We went back to Reid and Amy’s got ready and drove over to the base of the Sandia Mountains to catch the tramway to the top. By this time, Pam had tapped out and decided to have some time to herself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The boarding station at the tramway was impressive. I think I had a date here once in high school and Pam and I had been up with the kids once when we were stationed in Abuquerque at Kirkland AFB 1988-1992.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPs9oDBn0lMXq11nqvX9tHiY0uA9oYuGhzq4N-xE2zWRpaW7FhlVq23YqDWE7FMxeG7nIOHv4QiXlTsx4fmWCLREBtOCAK3-OXGtkeIFoFzta0H9vOzzklOs1iB40WHb3P5_dzYGWFCiH9r-E-hgKPj-VTF6Wbws4zXfm9p_OXh24ymruZhiqq8sV/s1638/TramStart.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1638" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPs9oDBn0lMXq11nqvX9tHiY0uA9oYuGhzq4N-xE2zWRpaW7FhlVq23YqDWE7FMxeG7nIOHv4QiXlTsx4fmWCLREBtOCAK3-OXGtkeIFoFzta0H9vOzzklOs1iB40WHb3P5_dzYGWFCiH9r-E-hgKPj-VTF6Wbws4zXfm9p_OXh24ymruZhiqq8sV/s320/TramStart.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>The operators were terrific. They told us more facts than we could absorb and answered everyones questions. It was about a 15 minute ride to the top and covered about 2.7 miles. The view was quite amazing. It you have trouble with heights, this is the wrong excursion for you.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuftTsdNrFzZRgC9ykl4RSJ6sYPZNY2PLFrqdeFYljgrrNSFyIXUmFNHY50wtwlnMl4Q63PVIy1kE3-6l-9ZDKFvFi2cFhAlgnhcVYqEANGi6TplkZx4rzAl46CeFKqQ-hwCHzDybnmb4JndtwN5NSrlKNJIq01Z147d-gvWgGIxbc6WLfR-UvYlP/s918/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.25%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="918" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuftTsdNrFzZRgC9ykl4RSJ6sYPZNY2PLFrqdeFYljgrrNSFyIXUmFNHY50wtwlnMl4Q63PVIy1kE3-6l-9ZDKFvFi2cFhAlgnhcVYqEANGi6TplkZx4rzAl46CeFKqQ-hwCHzDybnmb4JndtwN5NSrlKNJIq01Z147d-gvWgGIxbc6WLfR-UvYlP/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.25%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH5Ga4WoZaf1mRBNokFmZo8kosnuLc-qQB3TMtJtyHti-nzclNVT1wGBMDPl_JIq7g9N0Y4BO76CCmK5piqyQukeDSOgRDxza831_8a5ovifEQZCHY6RNaBYQ87Mqnoc4Vedszw7f-71SCwYThD_o52JfCRuclRIJpv1eWDwPJ4Lg50OKTYGkYW28/s1078/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.35%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="922" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH5Ga4WoZaf1mRBNokFmZo8kosnuLc-qQB3TMtJtyHti-nzclNVT1wGBMDPl_JIq7g9N0Y4BO76CCmK5piqyQukeDSOgRDxza831_8a5ovifEQZCHY6RNaBYQ87Mqnoc4Vedszw7f-71SCwYThD_o52JfCRuclRIJpv1eWDwPJ4Lg50OKTYGkYW28/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.35%20AM.png" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcqdjReUueEjBoAH69Ip-YaiEs3zVSushTGxsOm4meO1YFd6QPRjwyPlOa1garZUyCFRu6DIuFzghJgrQVwLWRCXFNFRLjh4_RysKOvlRvZIxdYXylCj1rZ5C2EtDLgLtBwwpTKi9t1znOJdGxlPchYblA8WKpFyz5-hmXkXou9qiR_BH2Wfypc6i/s1622/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1622" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcqdjReUueEjBoAH69Ip-YaiEs3zVSushTGxsOm4meO1YFd6QPRjwyPlOa1garZUyCFRu6DIuFzghJgrQVwLWRCXFNFRLjh4_RysKOvlRvZIxdYXylCj1rZ5C2EtDLgLtBwwpTKi9t1znOJdGxlPchYblA8WKpFyz5-hmXkXou9qiR_BH2Wfypc6i/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.49%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosoSZYPjiSj28rus_HtUXfq_5fHO3C1VhFJyCaWly5Wi8AOJazzFGplZyesd5r-zwOFTF2woNK0uz1smPBMqkO4e0-OjOUZm0mYhC_sAMoAB1ZFAUoJ8Kcbl3Z9OoHpvdTmlSt6WuK6nd0SMWSXo2AMdQC8K0Q37lZcJX7YePdQTL98x9WRPi5etN/s1634/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.59%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1634" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosoSZYPjiSj28rus_HtUXfq_5fHO3C1VhFJyCaWly5Wi8AOJazzFGplZyesd5r-zwOFTF2woNK0uz1smPBMqkO4e0-OjOUZm0mYhC_sAMoAB1ZFAUoJ8Kcbl3Z9OoHpvdTmlSt6WuK6nd0SMWSXo2AMdQC8K0Q37lZcJX7YePdQTL98x9WRPi5etN/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.50.59%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Once at the top we were able to get a couple table for the 7 of us. Brad and Sue and Elena got the corner view of the ski basin which was pretty cool.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_oZloUADgGPai6qoUZYHiZbJsfpP5BrzZpIw8AAogtWTXl6EZGnesCQ7gJrGnjvNnGncfuic98S4D8Psm9omwLIsPWOo1X-VLtGZLnapYxd7ax7v1-3ZcHneXTyZHQbVXfbA33NBKY9Jqhvan_gsK1ajnhkLOREtVKaWUKNW5_q0q_oTysvFlPK0/s1636/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.51.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1636" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_oZloUADgGPai6qoUZYHiZbJsfpP5BrzZpIw8AAogtWTXl6EZGnesCQ7gJrGnjvNnGncfuic98S4D8Psm9omwLIsPWOo1X-VLtGZLnapYxd7ax7v1-3ZcHneXTyZHQbVXfbA33NBKY9Jqhvan_gsK1ajnhkLOREtVKaWUKNW5_q0q_oTysvFlPK0/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.51.18%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reid and Amy and I were seated nearby but a little ways back from the window.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX0zFVt8vre_wU8f8U_Pq-ZxMSKY3hxPIoqs4OrajLUq87Nx2aLCXYKvRGsfwbNpAADPpMsOPtdD1W0_gqjkUgRHRZKjD0WqsC_A0PnBLEUCYBhuLQKEVOJoH8VCIMto0taeWCPZRkWOtkEQMwfU56bLxFOjHxtR6QyDGRKY7RFn-0FuLqfd03eMD/s1638/Screenshot%202023-05-30%20at%204.18.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1638" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX0zFVt8vre_wU8f8U_Pq-ZxMSKY3hxPIoqs4OrajLUq87Nx2aLCXYKvRGsfwbNpAADPpMsOPtdD1W0_gqjkUgRHRZKjD0WqsC_A0PnBLEUCYBhuLQKEVOJoH8VCIMto0taeWCPZRkWOtkEQMwfU56bLxFOjHxtR6QyDGRKY7RFn-0FuLqfd03eMD/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-30%20at%204.18.09%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The view quickly disappeared as the clouds rolled in the and the visibility was pretty much gone. I felt bad for the folks on the other side of the restaurant with the reservations and high priced seats. What can you do?</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4e61DqVgWR5VYrF_zYB2WR26xLE_20fLrIMmnSoltrnvhf1Xcwec74nBELGqXicIJDlYcekqKbE6jC6JjoeGLjE3ICkcKJmbRMmQeL2Jew_L4JcrTrj_y8clTnTDldGdBQn_m8Qr6D3hW3c4wTPYQkZ5YA5MALaMSeKlwd6t9ZmqJ56n4M6ArmzU1/s1630/Screenshot%202023-05-30%20at%204.18.25%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1630" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4e61DqVgWR5VYrF_zYB2WR26xLE_20fLrIMmnSoltrnvhf1Xcwec74nBELGqXicIJDlYcekqKbE6jC6JjoeGLjE3ICkcKJmbRMmQeL2Jew_L4JcrTrj_y8clTnTDldGdBQn_m8Qr6D3hW3c4wTPYQkZ5YA5MALaMSeKlwd6t9ZmqJ56n4M6ArmzU1/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-30%20at%204.18.25%20PM.png" width="320" /></a><br /></div><br />After dinner (of some great hummus and pita bread) we descended the 10,300 ft Sandia Peak and the tram car went through the fog.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYvkijTNs24PqBIKS460QavlSKhLxmfcF_PUvGcrx1MsatKaTnbgBsfOFvfftWXczxDBzjen3P5dUdWDeGys0Q5v-4Gv0s9p4XwoPlRL-d13_sgrx35nJFqtrFTxzZ0ZIYKcu4dvKhBS24iBpIsAYvhKDGorDKaTLn-2q1Y55_qVb8l03BS0gMYTW/s1106/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.51.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1106" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYvkijTNs24PqBIKS460QavlSKhLxmfcF_PUvGcrx1MsatKaTnbgBsfOFvfftWXczxDBzjen3P5dUdWDeGys0Q5v-4Gv0s9p4XwoPlRL-d13_sgrx35nJFqtrFTxzZ0ZIYKcu4dvKhBS24iBpIsAYvhKDGorDKaTLn-2q1Y55_qVb8l03BS0gMYTW/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-21%20at%208.51.47%20AM.png" width="264" /></a></div></div><br />It was a fun couple of days and we were ready to get to Reid’s house and relax some. That pretty much sum’s up a couple of days in our Coast-to-Coast road trip. Thanks for joining us today. And thanks for all the comments! We love ‘em.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-38435286234881132792023-05-29T08:15:00.000-04:002023-05-29T08:15:08.836-04:00Uh oh - truck stuff<p>Author’s Note:</p><p>If you’ve ever been a blogger you know that “getting behind is inevitable. It is only a question of ‘when’ not ‘if’. Living life and documenting it is a tall order. Right now I have 6 other posts “in progress/started”, but haven’t been able to get them finished and online. Such is the plight of a blogger. But I will - more Roadrunner Chronicles episodes are in various states of completion and will get done!</p><p>______________</p><p>Here we go: </p><p>So far Roadrunner 2.0 (the truck) has been running like a champ. Almost. Day 6 we were in Tulsa, OK when the truck began “missing”. We had it checked out in Albuquerque and took a couple of days to decide that the $2800 fix could not wait until we got home. We had to get it fixed now so we didn’t get stranded somewhere or worse. On Day 13 we dropped it off and get the spark plugs replaced as well as the coils and spark plug boots. Good news. The bill was only $2200. ugh. </p><p>More importantly, we have the peace of mind and a smooth running truck again. </p><p>That’s the short story. Here’s a bit more of the story.</p><p> Yikes! We have a problem with the truck. "It acts like it is missing. It runs a little rough when I step on the gas." There we were. We had checked into the hotel in Amarillo and gone through the routine of unloading 2 suitcases, an ice chest, a couple pillows, our very small coffee maker and coffee pods. </p><p>Next, we checked the local area for the lowest gas prices (usually at Costco or Sam’s Club) to fill up and be ready to roll out the next day and hit the interstate early.</p><p> As we followed the GPS, it indicated an exit that I took. But the exit line was really long because of ongoing construction and I was impatient (who me?) and figured I could just go to the next exit and save some time. That choice plus my next one were costly ones. I wish I hadn’t moved out of the long exit line in Amarillo so quickly.”</p><p>Yup - the truck didn’t like that when I ‘punched it’ and went from zero to whatever, to keep ahead of traffic in my lane on the Interstate. Our F-150 has a lot of power but I overdid it on that one, and all kinds of lights quickly flashed on the dashboard for a moment. It took a few seconds, but recalibrated things and it got back to normal. I thought and hoped.</p><p>We had a brief and intense (is that the right word? ) discussion on what was going on. The truck regained its composure and drove better as we made our way over to Costco for gas. We fueled up and headed back to the hotel and I noticed an amber check engine light had come on. Nuts.</p><p>Those things have a tendency to be expensive. Thankfully it wasn’t a red “Stop Engine” light. Those are the ones that say pull over and get this thing towed. But that was not the case for us today.</p><p>We went back to the hotel and the next morning as we headed for Albuquerque with the Check Engine Light still on. It drove pretty well for the next few days. But we knew it wasn’t right and we could feel it miss a step or “skip” now and then.</p><p>We called Reid and he set up an appointment at his favorite mechanics shop in Albuquerque. We arrived on Saturday and drove the truck around town and then to church and back on Sunday. At that point we were thinking we’d just wait until we got back to Norfolk and get everything checked out then.</p><p>Our Monday appointment came and we dropped the truck off at the repair place. They quickly found what was amiss and said they could get it fixed that day. We weren’t convinced yet that it needed to be done ASAP. It was an expensive fix(estimated at $2800), so we got a second opinion from our great mechanic in Norfolk (Jeff at Able Auto). Jeff thought the repair price was a little high which agreed with our impression. He suggested we monitor the truck performance and see if it got any worse. I liked that idea. So that’s what we did. I was looking for a change in how it drove, any new fancy lights on the desk flashing, and I checked the mpg. </p><p>On Wednesday we drove it up to Santa Fe (60 miles and 1000’ in elevation away) and on the way back, it started getting noticeably worse. It became clear we couldn’t wait until we got home to get the truck fixed. We called the repair shop back, got an appt for the next day and dropped the truck off on Friday morning before we went to play golf.</p><p>They called about hole #11 and told us the truck was finished. Good news - it was “only" $2200. We were glad to get the repair done and so far Roadrunner 2.0 is running again like her old self. We have been averaging 20.5 mpg in the 4300+ miles that we have driven. Yesterday we got a little more: 22.3 mpg.</p><p>The other cost we have incurred was a welcome $5 to give the truck a good wash and dry. We found a coin operated one and did it ourselves. It was worth the 25 minutes to give it a good cleaning.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWNUnitHrcXSsPHxZPMBdzSebjBv_LBF3WevROqW5V-wA2qOi7zX6U97ISDMyoCwRISmPeOhM_G0j3CChLX_g_pFJFhkGUe11uVqS2OrLIQ2s0oyQ3Jwz1ZKYVxsf9huXCYtsoDHxSGuRSQ0gRmsQ_xN4_IYnxQBN7oOyzR8BMvB_ELz-0r7aU0-q/s1644/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.09.47%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1644" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWNUnitHrcXSsPHxZPMBdzSebjBv_LBF3WevROqW5V-wA2qOi7zX6U97ISDMyoCwRISmPeOhM_G0j3CChLX_g_pFJFhkGUe11uVqS2OrLIQ2s0oyQ3Jwz1ZKYVxsf9huXCYtsoDHxSGuRSQ0gRmsQ_xN4_IYnxQBN7oOyzR8BMvB_ELz-0r7aU0-q/w438-h250/Screenshot%202023-05-29%20at%208.09.47%20AM.png" width="438" /></a></div><p>RV repairs and maintenance are part of the adventure and we are glad we can do this. This trip has been a whole lot of fun and pretty fantastic. I have lots more to share and more stories to tell so, please stay tuned. I will be more frequent in my posting. Promise.</p><p>Until next time....</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-88494167063238409532023-05-26T10:01:00.000-04:002023-05-26T10:01:00.627-04:00Lower Antelope Canyon<p> We did it. Finally we got to experience the wonders of the stupendous Antelope Canyon. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wi9ibLwKTmpWYyY4x0gTMzynXsRGcGdY5dX55_N4jpxQMKhvGrhN5KsGpAZp55q5K-Bb-P9dx3C-69m-K_egFkIwO-TdJhxCPHFMqapaM3_3pcSkFGB5sRfWpiWabfSpICdSAbkRJDEaheYxfpaPYjICOg41cZnoHzpVZJz1XYbY_kEpUIXKLvTC/s1228/Screenshot%202023-05-22%20at%209.01.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wi9ibLwKTmpWYyY4x0gTMzynXsRGcGdY5dX55_N4jpxQMKhvGrhN5KsGpAZp55q5K-Bb-P9dx3C-69m-K_egFkIwO-TdJhxCPHFMqapaM3_3pcSkFGB5sRfWpiWabfSpICdSAbkRJDEaheYxfpaPYjICOg41cZnoHzpVZJz1XYbY_kEpUIXKLvTC/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-22%20at%209.01.51%20AM.png" width="206" /></a></div><p>Through the years as full-timers (2009-2019) we saw pictures of friends who had been through the canyon. Once we had planned our Brothers and Wives Reunion in Albuquerque at Reid and Amy’s, we put a stop in Page, AZ on the map.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljakWgpFAdOFXMiRU09teh8hzPOVCB2UjHL96aA-36IgVDrfYfrlAEWnQH0YHBdGs_ZBSI-UV59ZUqYIdec-zRDruKmAtROmxMhQQpiuqSvNC6zjAlE0gh_-bjwfyW0CrqJ_7s5bLf2SPq5DZ_hZ8B7Ypqhh5lHPByeAe6RC0O6JwbMt6Unt3lBuv/s2212/Screenshot%202023-05-25%20at%208.47.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="2212" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljakWgpFAdOFXMiRU09teh8hzPOVCB2UjHL96aA-36IgVDrfYfrlAEWnQH0YHBdGs_ZBSI-UV59ZUqYIdec-zRDruKmAtROmxMhQQpiuqSvNC6zjAlE0gh_-bjwfyW0CrqJ_7s5bLf2SPq5DZ_hZ8B7Ypqhh5lHPByeAe6RC0O6JwbMt6Unt3lBuv/w443-h263/Screenshot%202023-05-25%20at%208.47.17%20AM.png" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes pictures tell the story so here’s my favorite one of all</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpg31URhyiYpSkBtqpM0RoOfKh5oeA6jMh8kUJuV94CUANnx0eDsecwJQMY8u0dbBkeoPbjV9CqSUhmz6xnL5dTGaOj3kuMB-YkSgUebBk0RNtnTYsTX80odDD-Ko1FXv-FL1A2_774FPT1BXyfssfLIgeLzsU6VEfVNBHsoaOnN_IgrUIxXa3u8bF/s1224/Screenshot%202023-05-25%20at%209.40.16%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="368" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpg31URhyiYpSkBtqpM0RoOfKh5oeA6jMh8kUJuV94CUANnx0eDsecwJQMY8u0dbBkeoPbjV9CqSUhmz6xnL5dTGaOj3kuMB-YkSgUebBk0RNtnTYsTX80odDD-Ko1FXv-FL1A2_774FPT1BXyfssfLIgeLzsU6VEfVNBHsoaOnN_IgrUIxXa3u8bF/w150-h500/Screenshot%202023-05-25%20at%209.40.16%20AM.png" width="150" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then some of my many photos of Lower Antelope Canyon:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Wave:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDchRgdLDxc5VGQe7O4Sm5-RWib3nxHGu8WZAgA5BOF9dgvWT0VQ7GFofPbZASABI9CiS1QfPKlLJCKDvinsl5gwzzrdcdDym2FoEUwiPRmHQlCPot2zXGW06M9RNj-Mz0em_xjN1B2mS_p6GGroz0S2cfkX4zhBvtY3TuihDCNkUOt00Ishu81rle/s1638/Screenshot%202023-05-25%20at%209.25.39%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1638" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDchRgdLDxc5VGQe7O4Sm5-RWib3nxHGu8WZAgA5BOF9dgvWT0VQ7GFofPbZASABI9CiS1QfPKlLJCKDvinsl5gwzzrdcdDym2FoEUwiPRmHQlCPot2zXGW06M9RNj-Mz0em_xjN1B2mS_p6GGroz0S2cfkX4zhBvtY3TuihDCNkUOt00Ishu81rle/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-25%20at%209.25.39%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The short walk to the starting point.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The tickets were a bit pricey but it was worth every penny. I would not hesitate to highly recommend. It was one of the absolute highlights of our trip so far. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for joining us in what is becoming a more irregular update of our days on the road trip. We’ll keep plugging away and “back-fill” some of our stops. The trip has been really fun. See you next time on the Roadrunner Chronicles!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-29763439433486103132023-05-19T08:26:00.000-04:002023-05-19T08:26:02.647-04:00Bro Time - Family, Church, and Golf<p>Here we are crossing over into the great state of New Mexico. The landscape continued to change from our journey from Oklahoma, through the panhandle of Texas to the Land of Enchantment. Not many states have a welcome sign like this one.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9ld6h1uYxZ1gWn4l4GRpwpHtHIiNuAMGcmXLuCf3N-aH25aWQg5aCnHqqYTSuyl7UdJ1OeX-ap0UmyMPNMW-EFg7DkGx-evmF9Cr23omdY3iHCxzN0EVpzLjfhx-52OwwOGn3xDHW8QzKI8876DC9R6VM6rYOo2pao9lIwQ5Z465M2yIKCWaLota/s712/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.41.28%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9ld6h1uYxZ1gWn4l4GRpwpHtHIiNuAMGcmXLuCf3N-aH25aWQg5aCnHqqYTSuyl7UdJ1OeX-ap0UmyMPNMW-EFg7DkGx-evmF9Cr23omdY3iHCxzN0EVpzLjfhx-52OwwOGn3xDHW8QzKI8876DC9R6VM6rYOo2pao9lIwQ5Z465M2yIKCWaLota/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.41.28%20AM.png" width="314" /></a></div>Once in NM, we made our way to Albuquerque in time for a World Famous Green Chile Cheeseburger. Nothing like it at Lot-A-Burger. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVY1a1q95l8zmbB2FfcZh0HY61u3ebrFowCtTSv2FdGiw4wDgzXdkia8jIajmOvT_gO1tG4ed0znJFSDqk0JnEfxfWAnnn1iJ0FqGrc4VzjNJUmpLxVMOU9co6StbrHeHW9exwcKZHM3EoQSwpzUHNxnzL-6b3cDb3NF3X6g-eehGXB5Kh1tVT2ck/s734/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.41.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVY1a1q95l8zmbB2FfcZh0HY61u3ebrFowCtTSv2FdGiw4wDgzXdkia8jIajmOvT_gO1tG4ed0znJFSDqk0JnEfxfWAnnn1iJ0FqGrc4VzjNJUmpLxVMOU9co6StbrHeHW9exwcKZHM3EoQSwpzUHNxnzL-6b3cDb3NF3X6g-eehGXB5Kh1tVT2ck/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.41.52%20AM.png" width="305" /></a>We </div>Next, we headed over to Reid and Amy’s and waited the arrival of Marty and Elena, Brad and Sue. Here are some of us hanging out and telling stories on Reid’s back patio.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKMI5PV2pRcywuBoy5wX73kdacrGIsKy0NCgTC7MeuSS_63ej6B0pdMG2lF8sveWKVzLIjF2dvxkhcmWwAGHPwMYlfvwCJlAo4GavJTGzCaXICZ58uHtHYgW4lbweebqxCcDBA5YVYXFyWv73FVQC18PtkQJWJoZZDhqOMS1_TfASq9Xw2060rWuF/s1064/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.42.14%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1064" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKMI5PV2pRcywuBoy5wX73kdacrGIsKy0NCgTC7MeuSS_63ej6B0pdMG2lF8sveWKVzLIjF2dvxkhcmWwAGHPwMYlfvwCJlAo4GavJTGzCaXICZ58uHtHYgW4lbweebqxCcDBA5YVYXFyWv73FVQC18PtkQJWJoZZDhqOMS1_TfASq9Xw2060rWuF/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.42.14%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Later that evening we gathered around the dining room table where we have spent many hours eating and talking. Pam and I and the kids were stationed here in Albuquerque (Kirtland AFB) and we had many extended family gatherings right here.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jse1igySmIca-QK0XzLS3nWjFV0kCZVORG6qNYm55ts3AGxnL0o4WLzJaU0fVJhnbgU4V7_9fEkHKrYD0OEfjM-VvBWsYIH5LG02cWvqS4CrO8oh6XZ8XZkCNPx0aEat2YlnjqghDeu8CJ2CMEVp_kv28agoV6vDlIPYMm3k7RI1YCGdAfqUxkJU/s1230/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.42.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1230" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3jse1igySmIca-QK0XzLS3nWjFV0kCZVORG6qNYm55ts3AGxnL0o4WLzJaU0fVJhnbgU4V7_9fEkHKrYD0OEfjM-VvBWsYIH5LG02cWvqS4CrO8oh6XZ8XZkCNPx0aEat2YlnjqghDeu8CJ2CMEVp_kv28agoV6vDlIPYMm3k7RI1YCGdAfqUxkJU/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.42.40%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtE_W6LMhsQBWlwe024Pmmy4az_qhsdhcypRFjGYbq360HzLoA6dn6ABEISFGYFi5RsDhsH05GpS1GA2K19l9u6WsHHG9q9NipTgHClq9Xuc4yTwRaaRJd9d7fijk4nxb_bnycwmDfvt6eoa8QSACrjN-uztjI59N7arMTDYgQ_vM9rRXqnrMaQJQ/s1240/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.42.50%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1240" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtE_W6LMhsQBWlwe024Pmmy4az_qhsdhcypRFjGYbq360HzLoA6dn6ABEISFGYFi5RsDhsH05GpS1GA2K19l9u6WsHHG9q9NipTgHClq9Xuc4yTwRaaRJd9d7fijk4nxb_bnycwmDfvt6eoa8QSACrjN-uztjI59N7arMTDYgQ_vM9rRXqnrMaQJQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.42.50%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The next day, on Sunday morning we all joined Reid and Amy at their church. Growing up, we all attended church regularly and that tradition continues for each of us today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKoK8KI1k-BssGXKjVTgFqhlsnhWLCzeLrYtQLcbTUtgN_fWozbvvNq8oOY3SGGSjpv4WdihrPldHBDcKBqmysY_hHJMeqDj0w_CgHFuoSIQmkmG0fGspxvW4_ZDg4-mqBQPoe3XVCl1CHWfiPMprPek7MHzeOMRpPo7WknI75ozXG-Q-POmcF9b9/s1656/Screenshot%202023-05-19%20at%208.05.27%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1656" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKoK8KI1k-BssGXKjVTgFqhlsnhWLCzeLrYtQLcbTUtgN_fWozbvvNq8oOY3SGGSjpv4WdihrPldHBDcKBqmysY_hHJMeqDj0w_CgHFuoSIQmkmG0fGspxvW4_ZDg4-mqBQPoe3XVCl1CHWfiPMprPek7MHzeOMRpPo7WknI75ozXG-Q-POmcF9b9/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-19%20at%208.05.27%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVUB61dNZd8V3Ycl7uT5kOol8GR-If3XG-3pG5fynEcUW20Gu1cxgKxO08nAveoEGzQB_-5i1zCe_PdjVk3NYeIwmnkx7vWegCDP-lxGy3vevH83LeT_To3MzBkAl8Mxuuv64GKJngplfOb8ruJFvHk4F7QBsm-bsUL2lzT2A23waA5eXP-jp376n/s1236/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.44.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="1236" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVUB61dNZd8V3Ycl7uT5kOol8GR-If3XG-3pG5fynEcUW20Gu1cxgKxO08nAveoEGzQB_-5i1zCe_PdjVk3NYeIwmnkx7vWegCDP-lxGy3vevH83LeT_To3MzBkAl8Mxuuv64GKJngplfOb8ruJFvHk4F7QBsm-bsUL2lzT2A23waA5eXP-jp376n/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.44.23%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>After a nice service we were surprised to hear one of the parishioners had a restored 1958 American Motors Rambler station wagon. What a beauty. Our family also had one just like this model but it was bright red.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLZkqQNZhpk_HlWEO6fYVzjgDN6nI3wdrE6IlI9NV7NHbvcfr6ip9vYe1RfCT_wtFM7dHzWJ4V9znCN3JFaJ3H34rneyMU2mACdPvqnEEr-K9XBXIRojki5oDjfeM-QYmVKPyFIBWpROhTap44W4eeyzeXyr1pmhf-3mPkUwGpPTBXIjA5gqV3rnq/s1006/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.44.39%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1006" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLZkqQNZhpk_HlWEO6fYVzjgDN6nI3wdrE6IlI9NV7NHbvcfr6ip9vYe1RfCT_wtFM7dHzWJ4V9znCN3JFaJ3H34rneyMU2mACdPvqnEEr-K9XBXIRojki5oDjfeM-QYmVKPyFIBWpROhTap44W4eeyzeXyr1pmhf-3mPkUwGpPTBXIjA5gqV3rnq/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.44.39%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhrO_BsKKy9CsqIkc653CeGXOGS0ke71OJ1bTZwHe-cLlRF-8cjuPGAYJqG9bnbpVDhozzwDNxnbACFMBaRPAgDi1SHvIQCBB9FZwKydDthXoTkOQGfgXBjLo_3EjqTLHvRUg_70v16Bh4pZqb9H8w-0V-jyOu_QQu9rZrHsU1GFv2TrlkvnCv1C3/s1122/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.44.54%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1122" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhrO_BsKKy9CsqIkc653CeGXOGS0ke71OJ1bTZwHe-cLlRF-8cjuPGAYJqG9bnbpVDhozzwDNxnbACFMBaRPAgDi1SHvIQCBB9FZwKydDthXoTkOQGfgXBjLo_3EjqTLHvRUg_70v16Bh4pZqb9H8w-0V-jyOu_QQu9rZrHsU1GFv2TrlkvnCv1C3/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.44.54%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Pam and me, Elena and Marty, Reid and Amy, Brad and Sue.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rRPsQCAbyfdETcdoJEZTKCik7_oYwpRTgw8gqiuZMTY7m1d9pvZ_96csU4ELuIQnlCHEZ4YQhGQF6M0WNdUjVKxxM6UPgHXKEEyw2foKbQTbHhpO2kVXbJ5zYxBZUQ1rpKQmJB7yv28gYE8SAvkvXfUiTl0UBeoQ0IIYFFshAdGSS8AebLuaHEyy/s1240/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.45.07%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1240" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1rRPsQCAbyfdETcdoJEZTKCik7_oYwpRTgw8gqiuZMTY7m1d9pvZ_96csU4ELuIQnlCHEZ4YQhGQF6M0WNdUjVKxxM6UPgHXKEEyw2foKbQTbHhpO2kVXbJ5zYxBZUQ1rpKQmJB7yv28gYE8SAvkvXfUiTl0UBeoQ0IIYFFshAdGSS8AebLuaHEyy/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.45.07%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Later that day Pam and I drove by the house we lived in from 1988-1992. The house was basically the same but the tree in the circular spot in the drive way was gone and the small from lawn was no longer there either.</div><div><br /></div><div>That evening, cousin Linda and husband Jim (who are currently the first lady and mayor of the village of Corrales NM-- came by for dinner and a visit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKl5Q-OAP04ab5yIqvokc-EIzL45NBn_SuMAE2w69c7EIEadmQ_Mhj0KMkuGVbSnK3-N1XrJKy7ny13eJmQUtVT-BBJeyNTYaPIcCX_iZGj3G385BZehIq2b5c4z-g9WR4QLilG2j-JTGleyqi5iz2qguWTZJbaHKV_vC7uUMw-cJyPdWfbOfmIN_/s1242/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.45.33%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1242" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKl5Q-OAP04ab5yIqvokc-EIzL45NBn_SuMAE2w69c7EIEadmQ_Mhj0KMkuGVbSnK3-N1XrJKy7ny13eJmQUtVT-BBJeyNTYaPIcCX_iZGj3G385BZehIq2b5c4z-g9WR4QLilG2j-JTGleyqi5iz2qguWTZJbaHKV_vC7uUMw-cJyPdWfbOfmIN_/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.45.33%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodpZa6BxOjLArZcMxtqZbfWQZxwsf6IWCxuNNAWU0tU99-MIMWXyIF4NDTWjXNX1LOliARJ9T6hv-YoUlhPQ6--Ode9XxY1hhFX9aAPjfxO_1CHPMupFrLGVkHaK3CnMgib4M0Rv-1E6GXN7DB-FuLMaVXBGrDtY-oKli_4T4X7_c4gAqVynOEA-X/s1242/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.45.48%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1242" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgodpZa6BxOjLArZcMxtqZbfWQZxwsf6IWCxuNNAWU0tU99-MIMWXyIF4NDTWjXNX1LOliARJ9T6hv-YoUlhPQ6--Ode9XxY1hhFX9aAPjfxO_1CHPMupFrLGVkHaK3CnMgib4M0Rv-1E6GXN7DB-FuLMaVXBGrDtY-oKli_4T4X7_c4gAqVynOEA-X/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.45.48%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQCQCL_oT_2vIUrf-0zMQYWL804XA5oZyfDWGWDueswRPoh-TiwLcTGlcujahAiXWe84vb3_cP9XVBNK-n15mdOWB8QS28m9WPWa1qpuZ2Lv1ufqwCpiz6I1T0weX4D4vss5IwEAZpTvXdw7gx19z74N6yLDtomcNYKYAS8XjzaSzpGbowH1q1laV/s1232/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.46.06%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="1232" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQCQCL_oT_2vIUrf-0zMQYWL804XA5oZyfDWGWDueswRPoh-TiwLcTGlcujahAiXWe84vb3_cP9XVBNK-n15mdOWB8QS28m9WPWa1qpuZ2Lv1ufqwCpiz6I1T0weX4D4vss5IwEAZpTvXdw7gx19z74N6yLDtomcNYKYAS8XjzaSzpGbowH1q1laV/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.46.06%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Good times! This is one of the reasons we like to get together -- share stories we have never heard before or to refresh our memories of how things really were. It was great to see them.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next day, the guys went out to the University of New Mexico Championship Course to play in a fund raiser golf tournament. Our grandad was an above average athlete and played golf. Our dad and mom played golf so all four of us grew up playing and it’s the thing we try to do every time we get together. Its always a lot of fun and this may have been the first time all four of us played together on the same team.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDZMv2SbaCY29ZW023xaIqm-2WKQXMgkLsl4RcerK_smpKWASnxf7Q73W4vsBEgchb6Oz51BemdigjkXUalrMx4Iiwj_DAACRsoUzk3mfsUIDLcE3tAkcElhTJe6zQ6u9-2c-xk3UnaXV8hQezW0aP7OXp0JkXjz34n9-jOuIYs5k33MuoA0gZGkx/s1228/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.46.22%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1228" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDZMv2SbaCY29ZW023xaIqm-2WKQXMgkLsl4RcerK_smpKWASnxf7Q73W4vsBEgchb6Oz51BemdigjkXUalrMx4Iiwj_DAACRsoUzk3mfsUIDLcE3tAkcElhTJe6zQ6u9-2c-xk3UnaXV8hQezW0aP7OXp0JkXjz34n9-jOuIYs5k33MuoA0gZGkx/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.46.22%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We comprised one of the 14 teams playing and gave it our best shot at a sychronized golf swing shot on the practice tee. Brad, Reid, me, and Marty.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdia5nHk6H6rKgsfC8OKAA0VPskoy9uwE7ZnoisF9gmDSDYSOTo0jAAeexpZ5bMh2h7UhNtmuVc8hEJ8ad-mzvR_Xap_PRI7cq6jytpLu-mwr4hZDssUREQi1suYlIOMetkzYE3xqhVC3yQ9XUHoEMTG1eiitItzYpsNWYHXD4eGTORSDptRxUOlo/s1224/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.46.40%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1224" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdia5nHk6H6rKgsfC8OKAA0VPskoy9uwE7ZnoisF9gmDSDYSOTo0jAAeexpZ5bMh2h7UhNtmuVc8hEJ8ad-mzvR_Xap_PRI7cq6jytpLu-mwr4hZDssUREQi1suYlIOMetkzYE3xqhVC3yQ9XUHoEMTG1eiitItzYpsNWYHXD4eGTORSDptRxUOlo/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.46.40%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj747cFkmNXNqe_lLgShJsa6wTRkAV6iKSgaTYeqbTzZF6Yx-OyKYj0dbt2YHNd7XRWQygKoJMOwJfynmOjqfnOQpB5BaWIZ7UOZUKtJkdpB_yCI2rY8RrOQY7C4u8Q5Jau4GGi0YWl8re42qpwIlKANGCDyUaJC7pAIXfgseLtCP1Ewhz3nX7yBoTV/s1254/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.47.05%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1254" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj747cFkmNXNqe_lLgShJsa6wTRkAV6iKSgaTYeqbTzZF6Yx-OyKYj0dbt2YHNd7XRWQygKoJMOwJfynmOjqfnOQpB5BaWIZ7UOZUKtJkdpB_yCI2rY8RrOQY7C4u8Q5Jau4GGi0YWl8re42qpwIlKANGCDyUaJC7pAIXfgseLtCP1Ewhz3nX7yBoTV/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.47.05%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We took a couple of obligatory mug shots on the course.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimd8YiZt_LPfaEBPfre1iC4GnfkKcLZGwd_CiRy_NAStd9V-gk6A7sa5lGgqYDtT0R3RMVGQkL8421Z6Mvdxz5_srwD_KeDrfDk2n3wedKGzN8IsD2Up3tXXHGPuq8FxFtKhGl_Fc6-1_KgR0vFmzDOAdFXv-RWCl9pbiCMEwhbaXTQd9dHi1WF7xj/s1166/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.47.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1166" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimd8YiZt_LPfaEBPfre1iC4GnfkKcLZGwd_CiRy_NAStd9V-gk6A7sa5lGgqYDtT0R3RMVGQkL8421Z6Mvdxz5_srwD_KeDrfDk2n3wedKGzN8IsD2Up3tXXHGPuq8FxFtKhGl_Fc6-1_KgR0vFmzDOAdFXv-RWCl9pbiCMEwhbaXTQd9dHi1WF7xj/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.47.26%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZCoBh9AKcDp5pw1HxuuKkMEDaywVz9mcd91o-tpuiFlI14_MUPebnWOIU-hUsnYBftych2tET8-oiof5avgqzJ0CFK1V5l5iYin1R87ZI2HMTl5_pUBUX8VJHNnSGwWiF66Xt_AXjmvfpSW_U5DkIG9N0CDhfY4T84xduoIpCgn2PRTWByk88jrR/s1240/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.47.41%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1240" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZCoBh9AKcDp5pw1HxuuKkMEDaywVz9mcd91o-tpuiFlI14_MUPebnWOIU-hUsnYBftych2tET8-oiof5avgqzJ0CFK1V5l5iYin1R87ZI2HMTl5_pUBUX8VJHNnSGwWiF66Xt_AXjmvfpSW_U5DkIG9N0CDhfY4T84xduoIpCgn2PRTWByk88jrR/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.47.41%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We played pretty well but finished tied for fourth but had a fun day with a banquet where the ladies joined us. As we left we had a fantastic rainbow that was one of the brightest I’ve seen in a while.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_egW0lP060vkgGGioeJAYhs2ABqYgQ1yU_frXAlVvPwQ0abJbVAX0SxTgmLkAF60eBi3pAP6YjunyMC5PWo3HRM6dgYO8j5cVGOd6Njn8INKifFUkWwVaw4PG_-3nigxs35FHJupijhnYWAU2D-_MItVJsh0xt-w9bbSMSItRbKKOtHnf1FPywQi/s1208/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.48.09%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1208" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_egW0lP060vkgGGioeJAYhs2ABqYgQ1yU_frXAlVvPwQ0abJbVAX0SxTgmLkAF60eBi3pAP6YjunyMC5PWo3HRM6dgYO8j5cVGOd6Njn8INKifFUkWwVaw4PG_-3nigxs35FHJupijhnYWAU2D-_MItVJsh0xt-w9bbSMSItRbKKOtHnf1FPywQi/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.48.09%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4tQ7fSdOIKh_KWphLDoVs3TgK26by09biAERTEgO0Tj1zfKl_HB9Z0dUms0xYbLmsKQxYzbTWCg78iXvktotNkYwbNKRcaiO4uG4eD3ClwxB-hYj-QFW0b8W9J_zQdT62srJtNDxGdUsX1wnwEr1UT5v-oHu2wemuXqOS7bi54OdRIo1YbvVygQW/s750/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.48.20%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4tQ7fSdOIKh_KWphLDoVs3TgK26by09biAERTEgO0Tj1zfKl_HB9Z0dUms0xYbLmsKQxYzbTWCg78iXvktotNkYwbNKRcaiO4uG4eD3ClwxB-hYj-QFW0b8W9J_zQdT62srJtNDxGdUsX1wnwEr1UT5v-oHu2wemuXqOS7bi54OdRIo1YbvVygQW/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-16%20at%208.48.20%20AM.png" width="295" /></a></div>Thanks for checking in today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!<br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-56696035364709201312023-05-15T09:11:00.000-04:002023-05-15T09:11:16.795-04:00Oklahoma City - More Time with Kirk and Susan<p>We left Amarillo for Oklahoma City after an overnight stop at a Spring Hill Suites hotel. We like that hotel chain because they are about the same price as a Hampton Inn or Fairfield Inn, but they have a little more room for all our stuff.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyCdbFwha2eRvorW3VNTOfVKf18H__Wobpub2qLwQ9qe-qeiAt-YhSkRqYnr4LzWOSPV8RnsN5673D9Cq_5sh8haW5DDLxZjUHYUZ6W0CedQnLeua48EaxA5mcKSmvauJoheaW9-v3FFqKK7zNzJMpvdB8I_lVd5JgCy8NlgixGe3VHoIXC1Ixs3G/s2050/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.18.19%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2050" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyCdbFwha2eRvorW3VNTOfVKf18H__Wobpub2qLwQ9qe-qeiAt-YhSkRqYnr4LzWOSPV8RnsN5673D9Cq_5sh8haW5DDLxZjUHYUZ6W0CedQnLeua48EaxA5mcKSmvauJoheaW9-v3FFqKK7zNzJMpvdB8I_lVd5JgCy8NlgixGe3VHoIXC1Ixs3G/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.18.19%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">And since we have a truck with lots of storage, we have a lot of stuff. We travel with food for snacks and sandwiches, a laundry sack, a very small “pod" coffee maker, our meds and toiletries, pillows, and our suitcases and some miscellaneious bins. It takes a couple or three trips to unload the truck and move it into the hotel room. </span></div><p>When we get ready to leave each morning, I repack the truck. Our truck bed cover began leaking, so I use a couple of tarps and put each of our suitcases in a yard and leave bag. So far my waterproofing techniques have worked out fine.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifh66YKz_3TMvNksF1Pc477smDGdoERU5nKbr7XYC7kM4Mj-kFP_YEPcEvsIkBc_H3aBZSNCE27W5RSu6Ioap07_Lu40t0xL7oly4nS79GJmAhAeMuhLY_CMAZ0P7P4WB40LI7QVXJufkz4TF775HclJxDnn_IMwDnibJGMyYWIq3pjQg5woFQjoe/s1422/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.17.43%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1154" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifh66YKz_3TMvNksF1Pc477smDGdoERU5nKbr7XYC7kM4Mj-kFP_YEPcEvsIkBc_H3aBZSNCE27W5RSu6Ioap07_Lu40t0xL7oly4nS79GJmAhAeMuhLY_CMAZ0P7P4WB40LI7QVXJufkz4TF775HclJxDnn_IMwDnibJGMyYWIq3pjQg5woFQjoe/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.17.43%20AM.png" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJWQZqOQ67a4Pk5nVAFzcPeBDHfOKIjCu-JjDd0e05F0rVbPq9hAoGqn1f2-eHKbObnHWhGAN4nKZ8veyyRyRbL3xnCFoWU7t76UMm9-1rHP0sZwsjh4V7YmjNWsS7B5zGtuIFDe2mhAZTHUWn5i_nDJ8FFbF3zyCyCu8Ac_a73ISFtWtYOy-bOWd/s1472/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.18.00%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJWQZqOQ67a4Pk5nVAFzcPeBDHfOKIjCu-JjDd0e05F0rVbPq9hAoGqn1f2-eHKbObnHWhGAN4nKZ8veyyRyRbL3xnCFoWU7t76UMm9-1rHP0sZwsjh4V7YmjNWsS7B5zGtuIFDe2mhAZTHUWn5i_nDJ8FFbF3zyCyCu8Ac_a73ISFtWtYOy-bOWd/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.18.00%20AM.png" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgHalvCF5bXtQoUzo217Mfe4C1npuUJQamoFgluwF9ZqE05di7Pjw2wcHicaONHlxC99Fn2GytTdGy0H09LhnkxJYVuuXqiyM1VJ90OmFIaSL6rLZjcheFXnSE5mo0dyCxhuntG9oN_Ga31QchAzzm21MjhSdMTMNNHFGrK-qMZW2-aA0jB1LKCTl/s1478/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.18.12%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1104" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgHalvCF5bXtQoUzo217Mfe4C1npuUJQamoFgluwF9ZqE05di7Pjw2wcHicaONHlxC99Fn2GytTdGy0H09LhnkxJYVuuXqiyM1VJ90OmFIaSL6rLZjcheFXnSE5mo0dyCxhuntG9oN_Ga31QchAzzm21MjhSdMTMNNHFGrK-qMZW2-aA0jB1LKCTl/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.18.12%20AM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rIsu-qnKIx5QQyjmWonrM7MMzRci9YpANz--4GCV-nGCuQM8ZrwHCE_wFqI32S_Rj3ON25S3J78v6he_io-sNwPlvWxmDehl1Iob0qH-ioHjUt-Gy2Urq6q46c4Uq6e1FqDPGDXPPaj-Y2ANL4cf8txBWLRbpuSs5LGl8uG7zkT_3ckRgMK2YSrY/s1422/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.18.27%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rIsu-qnKIx5QQyjmWonrM7MMzRci9YpANz--4GCV-nGCuQM8ZrwHCE_wFqI32S_Rj3ON25S3J78v6he_io-sNwPlvWxmDehl1Iob0qH-ioHjUt-Gy2Urq6q46c4Uq6e1FqDPGDXPPaj-Y2ANL4cf8txBWLRbpuSs5LGl8uG7zkT_3ckRgMK2YSrY/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%208.18.27%20AM.png" width="247" /></a></div>Enough on logistics - we got to Oklahoma City to stay with Kirk and Susan before noon. We drove to their home in Nichols Hills and met Kirk there. We unpacked for our over night stay and then all went do the <a href="https://famok.org/about-us/" target="_blank">First American Museum in Oklahoma City.</a> It’s a large, new museum with a restaurant. <p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrc6oYsPKOoXFGJm6NPEufY77muB3AbjWvRTnR9Uig9AzaO_d_8T673-LR-3vvbB9lPzAFk5--ykpmu3sgbp8IE-l0m-CLyjtGXNfjREBJZSLLfFvcRWKpItZtUTEO-k8ZJrl8WBMNrUNtt_51BRQnu_4KHdOxa0kzojrsVo1SNxpqE7a9zXNepuv/s1928/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.28.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1546" data-original-width="1928" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrc6oYsPKOoXFGJm6NPEufY77muB3AbjWvRTnR9Uig9AzaO_d_8T673-LR-3vvbB9lPzAFk5--ykpmu3sgbp8IE-l0m-CLyjtGXNfjREBJZSLLfFvcRWKpItZtUTEO-k8ZJrl8WBMNrUNtt_51BRQnu_4KHdOxa0kzojrsVo1SNxpqE7a9zXNepuv/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.28.18%20AM.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWALhkfnoJ4_EJIuTpo6WOEpGPq0MjgIudP0rlBijeApY3v7yy_ztM6gGV4iXTH5t7cjvrjKY5W2D3AAKDxnCTThZ_2JdT_elKT2orF2ELNhQrTH-6zr0OaqHzNpsBSHyNAjbNy_hcbPgcWOWrehWMZvb99HVfX0WNz_FyONsvVxbKn-oR8mRF-2GO/s1834/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.26.26%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1834" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWALhkfnoJ4_EJIuTpo6WOEpGPq0MjgIudP0rlBijeApY3v7yy_ztM6gGV4iXTH5t7cjvrjKY5W2D3AAKDxnCTThZ_2JdT_elKT2orF2ELNhQrTH-6zr0OaqHzNpsBSHyNAjbNy_hcbPgcWOWrehWMZvb99HVfX0WNz_FyONsvVxbKn-oR8mRF-2GO/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.26.26%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One thing I learned was the Indian Code talkers were not only from Arizona and New Mexico. In fact, the original Code Talkers were part of the Choctaw Telephone Squad going back to World War I. Later, members of the members of the Cherokee, Comanche, Osage, Pawnee and Poncha people were part of the 12,000 who volunteered in WW I.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS70ImEG8E38IpHs0gbzgnITFBrXzissULQJESTcM7WfMkVAjLK7T24q56dTDbY1gDG9DXMKWzDRhXlkUD8H6OaCmj4NGrsKEdEI2ob_X8enN4z871mX8R4D-cwwwijkWrnm6xKRz40JciFQ0HS_o21FeEh5SYcZOS0CmPfogiCtQ70S70g5FhusW6/s1246/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.25.13%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS70ImEG8E38IpHs0gbzgnITFBrXzissULQJESTcM7WfMkVAjLK7T24q56dTDbY1gDG9DXMKWzDRhXlkUD8H6OaCmj4NGrsKEdEI2ob_X8enN4z871mX8R4D-cwwwijkWrnm6xKRz40JciFQ0HS_o21FeEh5SYcZOS0CmPfogiCtQ70S70g5FhusW6/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.25.13%20AM.png" width="287" /></a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OuiYoyr4EJ_ooMwFlfe8NzGnFSff0mHYeNqYCtBnkIw2ljlpAjz_woCR7eu3HwJPHhBvl_SXO_veYyoGbGRF80kh-pwGnMfbhGtqNsQaRqs23Rotke1dZhHWXlj6e6fpoZPDBCr5iWNMR4bAog2V8mNk32dNUwny3G47aaIC0kf130M7Sr8ZFoCM/s1490/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.25.58%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4OuiYoyr4EJ_ooMwFlfe8NzGnFSff0mHYeNqYCtBnkIw2ljlpAjz_woCR7eu3HwJPHhBvl_SXO_veYyoGbGRF80kh-pwGnMfbhGtqNsQaRqs23Rotke1dZhHWXlj6e6fpoZPDBCr5iWNMR4bAog2V8mNk32dNUwny3G47aaIC0kf130M7Sr8ZFoCM/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.25.58%20AM.png" width="220" /></a></div><p></p><p>Susan joined us for lunch at the nice museum restaurant and then we went back to Nichols Hills and came upon a Home Show that was underway. We decided to take it in and see a multimillion dollar mansion that was decorated by local designers as part of the <a href="https://www.okcphil.org/symphony-show-house/" target="_blank">50th Anniversary Symphony Show House 2023 supporting the Oklahoma City Philharmonic</a>.</p><p>If I understood it correctly local designers propose up to three rooms they want to decorate. Once chosen a room, they can repaint, redo and bring in all the props they want to decorate a room with furniture, paintings etc. They pay for the privilege. That, as well as admission tickets for viewers like us, generate the revenue.</p><p>We wandered through all 35+ rooms and found it different and interesting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_f6TaUujeqhd_v7G4tfhzPW4CWboXMlIZ5dJVzCKLtHrh5NllGEftGcOj_x3aBjDlav-6jXOjrXKmiHjcBiAlxuU8fC9nwhYmFgZFxm4BupujbypQnyk4I0qRo81KFYNC8ZzGjTnLujSBqAlNJPuXldPYIMsyT7gni_F6s11uYzdrpdB6jEHrdkn/s1940/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.24.23%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="1940" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_f6TaUujeqhd_v7G4tfhzPW4CWboXMlIZ5dJVzCKLtHrh5NllGEftGcOj_x3aBjDlav-6jXOjrXKmiHjcBiAlxuU8fC9nwhYmFgZFxm4BupujbypQnyk4I0qRo81KFYNC8ZzGjTnLujSBqAlNJPuXldPYIMsyT7gni_F6s11uYzdrpdB6jEHrdkn/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.24.23%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIex8uKO4rynVrrwydpuQpfN-PI4Vd0Y4rf7UZCX5ujqFcGKTqYCd--IBOc1b9D2rg3aO89EaNUHqPmbNquLZUUjx47XPQJQxv3Q7k5jS2seCuWTXWAwO_gTqAoOiPzVtKegvhlZ8MTd5JoZkgVUzf4Myvrlt8bthpboVwpD_I1A0sw8N9lVg45ic1/s1724/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.23.45%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1724" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIex8uKO4rynVrrwydpuQpfN-PI4Vd0Y4rf7UZCX5ujqFcGKTqYCd--IBOc1b9D2rg3aO89EaNUHqPmbNquLZUUjx47XPQJQxv3Q7k5jS2seCuWTXWAwO_gTqAoOiPzVtKegvhlZ8MTd5JoZkgVUzf4Myvrlt8bthpboVwpD_I1A0sw8N9lVg45ic1/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.23.45%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TioL5E5zaMmbSJdbGtHEdBUtBOTozwpcUtt2y2bfBildV35DFk9V3InEF4ALm39Kfi3FZsUGUbikgzA5_tKwuY9yRkfaXNb_VXcRdh0knpkW2ifdnpOVBX7-7BKAYogOPGRV98vAhndZMDp3aRk4yppTHLkxam6ns10sT1cGPZPeSznJOav3vjOa/s1862/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.24.12%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1862" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TioL5E5zaMmbSJdbGtHEdBUtBOTozwpcUtt2y2bfBildV35DFk9V3InEF4ALm39Kfi3FZsUGUbikgzA5_tKwuY9yRkfaXNb_VXcRdh0knpkW2ifdnpOVBX7-7BKAYogOPGRV98vAhndZMDp3aRk4yppTHLkxam6ns10sT1cGPZPeSznJOav3vjOa/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.24.12%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2jMu46fl7mRQ-tzOH0eeE24Qz8287irbUEhNcjWv-LacsjDMjDg7Op56UA9PUmMiDqkFFxDdBWBzW7i7glSC0Y6xxnpBI0p_i7mazPRwuzOfgInjKUs-o1VR47qitm_4C-Y9I1U6q2ouA4ukO6ua_TD91VLzsQpglGptWnru1TAfBUDlGTl2wGjx/s1932/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.24.01%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1932" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2jMu46fl7mRQ-tzOH0eeE24Qz8287irbUEhNcjWv-LacsjDMjDg7Op56UA9PUmMiDqkFFxDdBWBzW7i7glSC0Y6xxnpBI0p_i7mazPRwuzOfgInjKUs-o1VR47qitm_4C-Y9I1U6q2ouA4ukO6ua_TD91VLzsQpglGptWnru1TAfBUDlGTl2wGjx/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.24.01%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><p>The last stop was the garage which served as a gift shop of sorts. These bags were on display with amusing sayings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_HjWqytxbPLK9iLOn0gq3_7FlvUk59tL30KBWBriAeIo57vvgnoMXwQQIF2-2JvXdAygvROdbUAPGtUq2HHZ0njnvcS0hCYKlg4PfQM6tYpM5y4XbLEWjmkrDu6L4WCA8EUHcQzk-lheo16s6E63yI-b_4lyQaHYUNTJaQlrl0BKfwsk7YmN-sP/s1542/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.23.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="896" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_HjWqytxbPLK9iLOn0gq3_7FlvUk59tL30KBWBriAeIo57vvgnoMXwQQIF2-2JvXdAygvROdbUAPGtUq2HHZ0njnvcS0hCYKlg4PfQM6tYpM5y4XbLEWjmkrDu6L4WCA8EUHcQzk-lheo16s6E63yI-b_4lyQaHYUNTJaQlrl0BKfwsk7YmN-sP/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-15%20at%207.23.18%20AM.png" width="186" /></a></div><p>From there Kirk went to a local church that has a nationally ranked tennis club (<a href="https://www.bcctennisacademy.com" target="_blank">BCC Tennis Academy</a>) where he volunteers. In high school and college, Kirk was champion tennis player. I went to watch and helped by picking up hundreds of tennis balls for the instructors and kids. It was kind of amazing.</p><p>Afterwards we had a quick visit to see their daughter Mandy and her three kids. Mandy is the same age as our two kids and we knew her growing up. Its great to see her as a wife and mother and teacher. </p><p>That evening we had a delightful dinner of grilled talapia and fresh vegetables for dinner with Kirk and Susan. We reminisced some more that evening. As a talented woodworker (Kirk) and artisan/embroiderer/quilter etc (Susan) we love to hear and see their creations and projects.</p><p>We packed a lot into one day before saying good-bye and getting back on the road to Albuquerque and our Warner Bros / Wives Reunion. That’s next on the Roadrunner Chronicles. Thanks for joining us!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-31435954682340693452023-05-14T08:30:00.001-04:002023-05-14T08:30:00.163-04:00Thorncrown Chapel and Bentonville<p>Daughter Kelly is an (among other things) Interior Designer. In the process of getting her Master’s Degree in that field a few year’s ago, she became acquainted with building design and architecture. Brother Brad pursued a degree in architecture before serving as a pilot in the USAF. One of his favorites is the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The architect of the Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka, Springs, AR -- was a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. The chapel and support building reflects his influence.</p><p>Kelly knew Thorncrown Chapel and suggested we stop by and take it in. So we did. It was beautiful and simple. Millions of visitors have seen it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjh6KmjKsxwsroCLKxNdGmf8ptK2B3WsDOzG0RSeqVrzLE44PqLth8YgvQYlUhyQnOEBlSpdZ8-hdstoYYdRe2kipuZ4pnn-sZ-7T9xXeC-ra-Kixulcburorn9ZL1q0UE7NF9EFYHP2N4SU6RGpVxbY8PUi3YHffTLdvSA1FV5ckEvlIZBZaEpe6/s1828/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.36.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1828" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjh6KmjKsxwsroCLKxNdGmf8ptK2B3WsDOzG0RSeqVrzLE44PqLth8YgvQYlUhyQnOEBlSpdZ8-hdstoYYdRe2kipuZ4pnn-sZ-7T9xXeC-ra-Kixulcburorn9ZL1q0UE7NF9EFYHP2N4SU6RGpVxbY8PUi3YHffTLdvSA1FV5ckEvlIZBZaEpe6/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.36.12%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIvzEkfresxF82E1Y096E64OYydImnTViiWInNZLJYjR90xjawNcfFnob0AYjnHfSn2VtybGiq2df5ACRhPA0pjAyNLWzRS5LaF1J1aqFlW2zvW9Cw4fvTNsQUaIYciC1VJ1nsEo4ZGJ2llDvaIxuQ0M2v6tN7IFeDLKfnWzU7Nm6yz4E7WVAKLeD/s2858/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.35.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">The design has been labelled “Ozark Gothic” and stands 48 feet tall with over 6,000 square feet of glass and 425 windows. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC1-rKPWJl8tRy1lmj9ImmDrf_kMwZsGT3ujD753fw3ma2DyVuL3G8P0LpxL3TUGxphBY8pqZ82BLqrD2Sy0BJ__sQgI1_oVDVsfkRhxulkMkGvxPAfJ-kH79cE2WWvy-Z2DfZqxAoYm-vy6u9zCPci46lMLg_DluTtabDh0bTdZ2Aydo3KnzH7Wn/s1474/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.35.40%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1162" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC1-rKPWJl8tRy1lmj9ImmDrf_kMwZsGT3ujD753fw3ma2DyVuL3G8P0LpxL3TUGxphBY8pqZ82BLqrD2Sy0BJ__sQgI1_oVDVsfkRhxulkMkGvxPAfJ-kH79cE2WWvy-Z2DfZqxAoYm-vy6u9zCPci46lMLg_DluTtabDh0bTdZ2Aydo3KnzH7Wn/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.35.40%20AM.png" width="252" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguioxOUXCX3pBQwpb7Uu7mmOVIAuSu3qU7-EOwuHPnwcpt1LrJ9y_vW3fR5kRkfInX-SEtJIrq4pY3Y6gUCAG6jCCnMXQ2a5I-Y1ZEc1lV2h7LqT8Ay3ss7MFZyIVsXlbCjLwuieigAJA2n225QY8enbqIic_Sb1h43n7p-bSSuDRA14rYczKAuVX2/s1486/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.34.31%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1952" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZTHYq9ONVqD62yXFX5vTBB5MMxC7twW7I2iXvKUc2RJe3snyUkKHLO7CfzELLDsK-UTueQgP9p6WLNN9CpgcVOa6C9BFoF6UCmAaGZJ0QPHeSlWqxzysjmgsEoFrUmWLE8MqL0rXd-phor2amFoNHuUTXcHm9Q__k1BGQhj0KDSSiH_yKMdCwwyU/s320/Thorncrown%201.png" width="320" /></a></div>You can read more of the inspiration and history of the creation of the chapel <a href="https://thorncrown.com/aboutus.html">here.</a> Located in the hills near Pine Bluff, AR, Jim Reed bought some land for his retirement home in the beautiful Ozark Hills. Others became aware of the beauty and would stop by and take in the scenic area. Instead of limiting access, Reed invited others to see it. <p></p><p>Then he came up with the idea of building a glass chapel there in the woods. Next he enlisted an architect who followed the design influences of Frank Llyod Wright and the simple, beautiful chapel was built. Construction began in 1979 and was finished in 1980.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwX8cOGQu1tfbzwBUrQwBGuX4bHwpmMaqbMc859uNeTI1D_NpdjbLE3x0ZotETM3DNftLH7ikc56hPRzjfmlfx92r9te2lrmRIAfGQNUOAcd3dI1nQgCFF3rUp5ck1WsUGTdqU5XAsedHKf2S_9jgGU6sQ6XB1fK2J1E2_Lxxh3wTqQI_4vgy7Y4MX/s1748/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.03.32%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1748" data-original-width="1298" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwX8cOGQu1tfbzwBUrQwBGuX4bHwpmMaqbMc859uNeTI1D_NpdjbLE3x0ZotETM3DNftLH7ikc56hPRzjfmlfx92r9te2lrmRIAfGQNUOAcd3dI1nQgCFF3rUp5ck1WsUGTdqU5XAsedHKf2S_9jgGU6sQ6XB1fK2J1E2_Lxxh3wTqQI_4vgy7Y4MX/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.03.32%20AM.png" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This book is about the chapel.</div><p>After an hour or so there, we continued on our way to see Bentonville and the Walmart Museum. Approaching the downtown area, we found the museum and were disappointed to see that it was closed for an 18-month renovation. But they created a Walmart Heritage Lab a few blocks away to tell Walmarts story.</p><p>The town was picturesque. It was a beautiful day and the small town center was full of flowers and color. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxOfuzGiNwN5deMwT8IIyPDn7Snn1wAxZe--oKNriifSSPodYYVrKCs12H7JJdebUm3EdYMFN8O-JJOgkmyO5tdvD9TT_g20x5ivgvZgbmUOM8XdpPKPJt9dmkmVgspedaCun8ET5nniwsrCOXPLUiJ8NJeSDO_olxUQ-4Cxhj5XnlZel1bEvr0vd/s1452/CornerBentonville.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1104" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxOfuzGiNwN5deMwT8IIyPDn7Snn1wAxZe--oKNriifSSPodYYVrKCs12H7JJdebUm3EdYMFN8O-JJOgkmyO5tdvD9TT_g20x5ivgvZgbmUOM8XdpPKPJt9dmkmVgspedaCun8ET5nniwsrCOXPLUiJ8NJeSDO_olxUQ-4Cxhj5XnlZel1bEvr0vd/s320/CornerBentonville.png" width="243" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1914" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHL9j8Cw5OOqMTe4DQUN1nO0M3yGxhlDqr7v_UkL9pG22cT8Q6iLDlfoe8HcsHhtCjDQfs-K4_IPvNZYPsmGkwGA8syRsvasYrzbQjoUZ6auEP5Lea_aujDQxC_w0ZdI9j7R95EeNfWXFdL0OlvOXew9DVmrkeud6IqUCWqpEfbSnOoa7XYT0R9JFd/s320/WalmartMuseum1.png" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFe-DT8cQuSoMZtRR8z9aOEybM7PjfRMiIA5INi74hHDqH-W7-16-Sl48ijxU0wVPfOYfSZtA5ul3xnBqQDd3hMRCzvCesFRHviTmpdBR60vlQTvcZqgacy5xzOkPINT8W1_mxOVaSSYQ_ok0rvnBNPbZ2PMPHxXp_bTmS6QOJKfIIOXzrtlX5o0d9/s1982/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.11.02%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1982" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFe-DT8cQuSoMZtRR8z9aOEybM7PjfRMiIA5INi74hHDqH-W7-16-Sl48ijxU0wVPfOYfSZtA5ul3xnBqQDd3hMRCzvCesFRHviTmpdBR60vlQTvcZqgacy5xzOkPINT8W1_mxOVaSSYQ_ok0rvnBNPbZ2PMPHxXp_bTmS6QOJKfIIOXzrtlX5o0d9/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.11.02%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div>A Walmart Fresh Market was a block away and we picked something up for our microwave dinner. Not surprisingly, the store was spotless and showcased an amazing variety of choices. One would expect that in the town of the home offices of the worlds largest chain.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6YxRseFjsO51guoVjUFiOwPPREZBxV4Alw2WGMAKxece_HN_rm6PueDFeds2eJwszqM0tLnnNdztKG4c3QG8Yfme1Zq9CGDxjvetb4859j-3f7LR9CyzPQisZEWVR_XjuO2tA-reiUcBGqPvEiTh09b4L9dezQZTt9gsVbb97s57oJ7BJe4BeX2B/s2036/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.11.20%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="2036" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6YxRseFjsO51guoVjUFiOwPPREZBxV4Alw2WGMAKxece_HN_rm6PueDFeds2eJwszqM0tLnnNdztKG4c3QG8Yfme1Zq9CGDxjvetb4859j-3f7LR9CyzPQisZEWVR_XjuO2tA-reiUcBGqPvEiTh09b4L9dezQZTt9gsVbb97s57oJ7BJe4BeX2B/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.11.20%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We quickly found out that the town has a number of beautiful murals on buildings throughout the town. Apparently 19 artists have decorated the town. But that’s another story...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1966" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHlJiCHZAHuxEAgGkG4zTF_CgNX38xgDrv2y6ioNnvNmffbknwlp4cSzOX0_I55nGtOFqOuNPZ6kzLK-ST3PAny0WTWAbg-9E3nxyPXvMHsjCKgrADGH9DXuLYl_d-FETb0mK7qOaDzWBYlpxvLFj5_rGad7bef36KTSRPK-7Dt5-a_By0mK9cDDE/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.42.49%20AM.png" width="320" /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHlJiCHZAHuxEAgGkG4zTF_CgNX38xgDrv2y6ioNnvNmffbknwlp4cSzOX0_I55nGtOFqOuNPZ6kzLK-ST3PAny0WTWAbg-9E3nxyPXvMHsjCKgrADGH9DXuLYl_d-FETb0mK7qOaDzWBYlpxvLFj5_rGad7bef36KTSRPK-7Dt5-a_By0mK9cDDE/s1966/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.42.49%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip3jj64CpOl8V_w00F6b02nykpv-gb_rGIsUc_SSB7tIf0SIHuH5L8eGCg2SKxFBF05PR5N0_41GYgud7gtVB6EZBek-MIHfkc7Kqh0vQL4Edu4GlSnMlIaodY4WRm-8-qOYBi3E6dVUzZ_bwr7KNdy8iybLOjoj-Jftoit8jxKMUEGb9CKWJVZwr/s2006/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.42.31%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="2006" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip3jj64CpOl8V_w00F6b02nykpv-gb_rGIsUc_SSB7tIf0SIHuH5L8eGCg2SKxFBF05PR5N0_41GYgud7gtVB6EZBek-MIHfkc7Kqh0vQL4Edu4GlSnMlIaodY4WRm-8-qOYBi3E6dVUzZ_bwr7KNdy8iybLOjoj-Jftoit8jxKMUEGb9CKWJVZwr/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.42.31%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We returned to Roadrunner 2.0 and drove over to the Walmart Home Offices and the Heritage Lab (temporary museum).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YPHgpGZv-onL7wXD8rxw1qGiJiadcvbZwBIEXbSK54ZpOKk2LAtHxyqsbT5HcgnD1_8Nmr3Y2qO8z_EC0Fok-wcdHtVKQ6KNv8qZ-6Tub7AixgAk7fr6LFarvzrIJcLyRyldKmxQKR9Mt_VAYe7pI82oDwOe8Q8mNumWVfivmP0-dPHobmJVJZzO/s1422/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.43.18%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1156" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YPHgpGZv-onL7wXD8rxw1qGiJiadcvbZwBIEXbSK54ZpOKk2LAtHxyqsbT5HcgnD1_8Nmr3Y2qO8z_EC0Fok-wcdHtVKQ6KNv8qZ-6Tub7AixgAk7fr6LFarvzrIJcLyRyldKmxQKR9Mt_VAYe7pI82oDwOe8Q8mNumWVfivmP0-dPHobmJVJZzO/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.43.18%20AM.png" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPfBhkE6hbU08Z3ryNc8y2xL6vXxzG--D2SddqgWtzXzPsxpKalAXLNfP7UkCq_jb8S3EfYxmiZIrVfzgKW3mK4dcUmem31DwZcjz9uECikCkyYeVJ6Jz17uZT7x3wdXUKltgD_RuwnKbpIYRFMwWhZrAYohD4QuPCG-D34rsvFjYR40PV0udIUbG/s2078/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.43.49%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2078" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPfBhkE6hbU08Z3ryNc8y2xL6vXxzG--D2SddqgWtzXzPsxpKalAXLNfP7UkCq_jb8S3EfYxmiZIrVfzgKW3mK4dcUmem31DwZcjz9uECikCkyYeVJ6Jz17uZT7x3wdXUKltgD_RuwnKbpIYRFMwWhZrAYohD4QuPCG-D34rsvFjYR40PV0udIUbG/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-13%20at%207.43.49%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1jYEPi46CtqB9IC4D746TBiQjV4X4b2JMWvsc5pJ-A4J0R-nKElK91EwTOiIttB8FLuaRdttREikUFxCcOCTGODsU_smnPa4N-rkjY7Z4OvUjf618vjVYbuORqeBVwR2goKXECawUI8ltMGueaKQQW8a2z-TZImJ54yxWgrP0rtSFkM8Gy0qVvoW/s1798/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.57.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1798" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1jYEPi46CtqB9IC4D746TBiQjV4X4b2JMWvsc5pJ-A4J0R-nKElK91EwTOiIttB8FLuaRdttREikUFxCcOCTGODsU_smnPa4N-rkjY7Z4OvUjf618vjVYbuORqeBVwR2goKXECawUI8ltMGueaKQQW8a2z-TZImJ54yxWgrP0rtSFkM8Gy0qVvoW/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%207.57.12%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Heritage Lab museum was a modest but fact-filled presentation of how Sam Walton created the worlds retail chain. They even had a life size hologram (Mr. Sam hologram) where he speaks. That must be part of the guided tours but we wandered around for awhile on a self-guided tour. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We had lunch and continued our day on to Tulsa for the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGkcLkJn_Wpn_27DZSXHLnZjr1dpn93mn8qOnMMEPGqIYFDfQHhsvb-h0uRNmXi1x7UunVM861o6sz1aysEaYG31M5Xj6LG8gXeMbo_RtZ0gFjqo9HVAeFCwjaoC1BpLZyn5siQaifhr1ZEpEB2NnDTPhX_-ysZesSl1eGG6WKBPsCL_tRb7rcIEi/s1396/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%208.12.04%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1396" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGkcLkJn_Wpn_27DZSXHLnZjr1dpn93mn8qOnMMEPGqIYFDfQHhsvb-h0uRNmXi1x7UunVM861o6sz1aysEaYG31M5Xj6LG8gXeMbo_RtZ0gFjqo9HVAeFCwjaoC1BpLZyn5siQaifhr1ZEpEB2NnDTPhX_-ysZesSl1eGG6WKBPsCL_tRb7rcIEi/w494-h201/Screenshot%202023-05-14%20at%208.12.04%20AM.png" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was a full day and we stayed at Spring Hill Suites. Once we got into town we found a Costco and filled up. It was rush hour so it took some extra time to get back to the hotel and relax for the evening.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for joining us for another day on our Coast-to-Coast trip in Roadrunner 2.0. </div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-30988304561735698892023-05-13T06:25:00.000-04:002023-05-13T06:25:14.604-04:00Time in Branson<p> The Sight and Sound production of Queen Esther is playing in Branson MO so we planned our stay around that show. Good friends Kirk and Susan (from Oklahoma City) joined us there at an AirBnb condo that worked out very well.</p><p>We met them mid afternoon and hung out for a while. It was great to see them again. If you type “Kirk” in the search bar at the right you can see a few other times we have met up with them over the years during our RV full-timing days. </p><p>Dinner at Landry’s seafood was delicious. They did something we don’t do often enough - split a meal. We shared a serving rainbow trout and rice pilaf and it hit the spot.</p><p>We did more catching up that evening and called it a night. Our condo had 2 bedroom overlooking a golf course and it was quite nice. Tuesday morning after breakfast at the condo we went on a hike on a city trail that was fun. </p><p>We found the Roark Creek Trail in Branson which was a short and picturesque trail. 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Next we stopped a Panera Bread for a great lunch and then went over to the Tanger Outlet Mall. We didn’t find anything we couldn’t do without. We went back to the condo and putzed around for the afternoon. Kirk and I checked out the golf course near the condo and then we went and washed the truck. We fixed dinner back at the condo and then got ready for the main event: the Sight and Sound production of Queen Esther!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C2vwCw2aDREFNNg4tZm_0_0Q2u4JNsjvSTdHH_7dJGzzkfcL9qQmFgF-YEXXI56aFVub6g0hES_p_ehCA6qAUE4b_IK_V429DgkePZlRl5i_cU2t383agXff2GJZ83dV4B8arEwKBlQBL7bKxtdFguXv8WLCd3dUpOtcnHB52AQlyISa7E6eIIRh/s2018/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%206.23.11%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2018" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C2vwCw2aDREFNNg4tZm_0_0Q2u4JNsjvSTdHH_7dJGzzkfcL9qQmFgF-YEXXI56aFVub6g0hES_p_ehCA6qAUE4b_IK_V429DgkePZlRl5i_cU2t383agXff2GJZ83dV4B8arEwKBlQBL7bKxtdFguXv8WLCd3dUpOtcnHB52AQlyISa7E6eIIRh/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%206.23.11%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_olFiZfI35BuRwRt7egYgQmnG0kxkbtuLRvh7wpcY-rHPJ_OHmmII7ceHakqMrQzHwy0P_432AR8WYR030q9z59HH1hob7iMdMlpcwTX8L5uZR5wbHtA748kEzbWbuOEClOupmNxkOene6vSHdZ3YGNTzkepi87zHz_Jzj3WvIQadz8zzl3FIXOLK/s1306/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%206.26.59%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1306" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_olFiZfI35BuRwRt7egYgQmnG0kxkbtuLRvh7wpcY-rHPJ_OHmmII7ceHakqMrQzHwy0P_432AR8WYR030q9z59HH1hob7iMdMlpcwTX8L5uZR5wbHtA748kEzbWbuOEClOupmNxkOene6vSHdZ3YGNTzkepi87zHz_Jzj3WvIQadz8zzl3FIXOLK/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%206.26.59%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>The play/musical did not disappoint! It was fantastic! The story is an account of Mordecai and Esther from the Bible. As described in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, “Esther is a Hebrew Bible heroine who catches the eye of the hard-drinking King of Persia, during a royal beauty contest of sorts, and becomes his queen. She uses her influence to save herself and the rest of the empire of Persia’s Jewish countrymen from the evil Haman who seeks their demise."</div><div><br /></div><div>The whole production was so well done. We had a great view of every scene and it was a fast-moving story in the Bible. The mesmerizing, captivating tale was so well done. The singers were strong and always on key and the music was great. The pageantry, costumes and stage was top notch. Just excellent. It might have been the best musical production I have ever seen!</div><div><br /></div><div>Not surprisingly I highly recommend it.</div><div><p>It was a great time in Branson and we headed onward the next morning.</p><p>Thanks for joining us on the Roadrunner Chronicles.</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-29074632077871101872023-05-12T06:29:00.002-04:002023-05-12T06:44:28.957-04:00The Amazing Gateway Arch - St Louis<p>St Louis is so full of history. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AkhlK7WmYD8hrBSBwkn4njaqBs_PU4fiXfeMbknttjAfItNx5zelMVRVxzZhkXQz1Yvn2UbX6f9z4HD_OAisXLjFBqCiXPzEeTCDd7k8oyTzRERbey4j08R5SFu7hM4K_5OsP1py5kfB7qHfs7D-UIV-CezbMjTi2wmXkGo_o4OfpSD0aVw2CFGx/s2096/Selfie%20Gateway%20Arch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2096" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AkhlK7WmYD8hrBSBwkn4njaqBs_PU4fiXfeMbknttjAfItNx5zelMVRVxzZhkXQz1Yvn2UbX6f9z4HD_OAisXLjFBqCiXPzEeTCDd7k8oyTzRERbey4j08R5SFu7hM4K_5OsP1py5kfB7qHfs7D-UIV-CezbMjTi2wmXkGo_o4OfpSD0aVw2CFGx/s320/Selfie%20Gateway%20Arch.png" width="320" /></a></div>We knew when we were planning this trip there was going to be no way to absorb all the history and story in the founding, growth and development of the city. We remembered some accounts of the influence of the fur trappers and traders back in the early days (1700’s) when they traded pelts there with the Indians and French along the Mississippi River<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p>We couldn’t with to get there and stayed mixed it up some by staying in a Fairfield Inn hotel in Collinsville, IL, about 15 miles east of the Gateway Arch National Park. We ordered tickets on line and printed them out a month ago. We arrived in plenty of time for the 9:10 tram ride to the top of the Arch.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwNApid8OsT_pKLhcfxg0qMJ_A-pUHEWfuCXdUXOofqCekdOKKFeUeC-2ZDEiNfIPO3bRHLoszmlIKNNuGNjlb-4AtMQI5TP7WiKVBxzfSs9f2xJ7EnWrfADGU4I9NBWMjcSvQ7pl7VLywTpqheiMumWj2ZgcubxRRGcf9JftZRLwLcHsg7vaEmSN/s1752/ST%20LOUIS%20MAP.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="1752" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwNApid8OsT_pKLhcfxg0qMJ_A-pUHEWfuCXdUXOofqCekdOKKFeUeC-2ZDEiNfIPO3bRHLoszmlIKNNuGNjlb-4AtMQI5TP7WiKVBxzfSs9f2xJ7EnWrfADGU4I9NBWMjcSvQ7pl7VLywTpqheiMumWj2ZgcubxRRGcf9JftZRLwLcHsg7vaEmSN/w543-h196/ST%20LOUIS%20MAP.png" width="543" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">We could see the Arch from miles away as we drove into town. We found a parking lot a few blocks away and arrived before the visitor’s center opened at 9:00 am. </span></div><p style="text-align: left;">The park commemorates a number of things in our country’s history. First it is a memorial to Thomas Jefferson’s role in opening the West, most notably commissioning Meriwether Lewis (and William Clark) to seek a northwest passage to the Pacific Coast. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj2dwyxirDyBH5yNaY_ioJrWZfhEurq7y8jgA60dYdyaXkLF4AsXPVJfJa8bxKGNrSGJOVEcjc3zHUa2b34dQJYgrlIRjeTivAYNltDrM0hfEv0ijne6sjyamPffsykhCAxJQG8PT00rze1KcW4jqUwon3tXX9ewz3p3tp31Wb4PfQmXAuA4Fs8M5/s1664/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%208.04.41%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1664" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj2dwyxirDyBH5yNaY_ioJrWZfhEurq7y8jgA60dYdyaXkLF4AsXPVJfJa8bxKGNrSGJOVEcjc3zHUa2b34dQJYgrlIRjeTivAYNltDrM0hfEv0ijne6sjyamPffsykhCAxJQG8PT00rze1KcW4jqUwon3tXX9ewz3p3tp31Wb4PfQmXAuA4Fs8M5/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%208.04.41%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The expedition left in 1804 and returned triumphantly in 1806. After reading Stephen Ambrose’s account - “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undaunted_Courage">Undaunted Courage</a>” I was stuck by their courage and Clark’s ability to pull it off. I think it is no less significant for their time than landing men on the moon has been in our time.<p></p><p>Our ride to the top on the tram was at 9:10. We got in line and it was well organized. The guide offered a few historical facts as we climbed into our tram. I was surprised how tight it was and had not read about that in the reviews. It was a 4 minute ride to the top which went fairly quickly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZWetSIEcVgqB0JoPqgXkniIvD5a5Gr0sSL5H90XWVDvhQ6AVwD3BLDBUJf4o-_j6lfU1MgNDkqxp-SEyV7aE8fyUh7KnbVvqkFdq50vAxXR9qeLS6Wk1diFkgAShfwEfOZ2QtURCPKresta1l-g2_vdA3CnklUY7jOMPP3C6fCAjyq7F-aa82TBx/s1518/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.13.52%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZWetSIEcVgqB0JoPqgXkniIvD5a5Gr0sSL5H90XWVDvhQ6AVwD3BLDBUJf4o-_j6lfU1MgNDkqxp-SEyV7aE8fyUh7KnbVvqkFdq50vAxXR9qeLS6Wk1diFkgAShfwEfOZ2QtURCPKresta1l-g2_vdA3CnklUY7jOMPP3C6fCAjyq7F-aa82TBx/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.13.52%20AM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbxeRd-nDD2w8vFFAVb4xe4RIHUSOmnwe8nkU0_s8kcL8DjDPpGMVZ0uG67j4QKJ35uKwWKoZNnCoeVMz-lR_wrC2L-TIuuvChfc07XZqymnpjTqqSjJDropAm02R8deZXzzRODefIC6fbr_X_gWYTqDxuwV7IDOqqqnuRcPiHZmQP_LVP4w6RMoS/s1512/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.14.42%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbxeRd-nDD2w8vFFAVb4xe4RIHUSOmnwe8nkU0_s8kcL8DjDPpGMVZ0uG67j4QKJ35uKwWKoZNnCoeVMz-lR_wrC2L-TIuuvChfc07XZqymnpjTqqSjJDropAm02R8deZXzzRODefIC6fbr_X_gWYTqDxuwV7IDOqqqnuRcPiHZmQP_LVP4w6RMoS/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.14.42%20AM.png" width="240" /></a></div>Once at the top, we had 7 minutes to go from side to side to take in the spectacular views. It was awesome.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jS01aF-YMprhNp-VLhc41zf7LDQ3Oq5J6E2KefiZ7JfY6ZPZVzWGLlrWpxvz_XCsh7GCGRjnxY6VcQxFvCVENse4bh2Ha0ijjk8CojyiES9L9HbTl6uD7gzCnyYbQPWfl8KCf_auof8YPV8kagaFMlg69716DlHp4LycwBY845-x-h4dwlqB7cQn/s2020/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.16.29%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2020" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jS01aF-YMprhNp-VLhc41zf7LDQ3Oq5J6E2KefiZ7JfY6ZPZVzWGLlrWpxvz_XCsh7GCGRjnxY6VcQxFvCVENse4bh2Ha0ijjk8CojyiES9L9HbTl6uD7gzCnyYbQPWfl8KCf_auof8YPV8kagaFMlg69716DlHp4LycwBY845-x-h4dwlqB7cQn/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.16.29%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bY-x5NWgIjprbsrpNB3HEKehGs_ZgiiqR8cSZu4jHUrBWl2L6uQoiU57fdcml-m6HIE_2HCBly6D1Aw6BCm6vMpOVk6BgNYQSg3s1jBQikIoG69DQUtt3o1Npgdjz9BJTlJa-HdF6UF_9LZgvTyznzTOqi5YmHkdh81zmGgy6GHY-mw3igKdSSDQ/s2016/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.15.07%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="2016" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bY-x5NWgIjprbsrpNB3HEKehGs_ZgiiqR8cSZu4jHUrBWl2L6uQoiU57fdcml-m6HIE_2HCBly6D1Aw6BCm6vMpOVk6BgNYQSg3s1jBQikIoG69DQUtt3o1Npgdjz9BJTlJa-HdF6UF_9LZgvTyznzTOqi5YmHkdh81zmGgy6GHY-mw3igKdSSDQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.15.07%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvj1f5g14ytUEJSwQ2BYss8y2ZP-gngMZuYpE4vuYxILuhb_y_AkmUUH_9g30U7o5sRwIyHpQA0tFyClQmURTqLQEFew5bEy103v7tZxdYA37qXIIYNAjMhoDIqglf-Fhhvc9Mm-QVwY2-dCkbZ9N_LuFjhMSoHV8O4OWwTED_DG9_qpRkLskQ_G-U/s2182/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.15.25%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2182" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvj1f5g14ytUEJSwQ2BYss8y2ZP-gngMZuYpE4vuYxILuhb_y_AkmUUH_9g30U7o5sRwIyHpQA0tFyClQmURTqLQEFew5bEy103v7tZxdYA37qXIIYNAjMhoDIqglf-Fhhvc9Mm-QVwY2-dCkbZ9N_LuFjhMSoHV8O4OWwTED_DG9_qpRkLskQ_G-U/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.15.25%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pZoP_eZYP3k-7ITgol3oc0cCNPmXH-f3KJQeDn4kkA7RtdEOGPRaJvMdnPinV117n2MPB25GUn_1w_vtfJJbEUGKthePqdDfXWm3RhVVG30YJ3mySv7FRlePJ4dGF1Z7sRQjoI-af4RkStZx_MEDA8whmF-6CbnrJDPMesYO-d3IYzKE6BKsOcYU/s2024/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.16.14%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2024" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pZoP_eZYP3k-7ITgol3oc0cCNPmXH-f3KJQeDn4kkA7RtdEOGPRaJvMdnPinV117n2MPB25GUn_1w_vtfJJbEUGKthePqdDfXWm3RhVVG30YJ3mySv7FRlePJ4dGF1Z7sRQjoI-af4RkStZx_MEDA8whmF-6CbnrJDPMesYO-d3IYzKE6BKsOcYU/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-11%20at%207.16.14%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><u>Interesting Facts:</u><div>The Gateway Arch is a symbol of the role St. Louis play in the westward expansion of the United State in the 1800’s. It is 630 feet tall and 630 wide. The Arch is designed to withstand earthquakes and lightning strikes and designed to sway up to 18 inches in 150 mile per hour winds. Construction of the Gateway Arch began on Feb 12, 1963 and completed on October 28, 1965. Here’s a 3-min YouTube video of the Gateway Arch National Park: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6iMtjPliHY" target="_blank">click here</a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ge6o3mpB0JP1Rz3A8TlkPCCBe0nt0feJOU8W60okG71s1wufie-cq4oMQmV-JqmVLvHwNYtdDhQlHpzvlwx-JvUe77QNHuoNE6TYsxwYn12sBHwScSOuLtlu2BT_nK9v-7E2_5a7wAnDq9XHC0FBL8xWbNbohhssr2DfrtIUFMqbDzoRbcN40O5w/s2094/Movie%20Gateway%20Arch.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="2094" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ge6o3mpB0JP1Rz3A8TlkPCCBe0nt0feJOU8W60okG71s1wufie-cq4oMQmV-JqmVLvHwNYtdDhQlHpzvlwx-JvUe77QNHuoNE6TYsxwYn12sBHwScSOuLtlu2BT_nK9v-7E2_5a7wAnDq9XHC0FBL8xWbNbohhssr2DfrtIUFMqbDzoRbcN40O5w/s320/Movie%20Gateway%20Arch.png" width="320" /></a></div>After the tram to the top we spent more time in the museum. First we saw the orientation movie: Monument to the Dream. We watched the movie on <a href="https://youtu.be/mI77W2PjyKI" target="_blank">YouTube</a> the day before in our hotel room.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffGHeDHotchcezat6VS1wQDiYAPXj9PMnZFP3ewTusH0IXS3VhFnAtcGMzy4Yd3TaB74VAnUO7U5U_qZ24KLfi3nNszjVBYe_xLPaB8SsR2B1egRhEFCrSApPG-RJCcJ_B9yKVxwAwtpSdaOKH3xfQ901dFGRXcqibegtOD5NxKKdJqEDnGwa1a4S/s1944/Gateway%20Museum%20good.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1944" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffGHeDHotchcezat6VS1wQDiYAPXj9PMnZFP3ewTusH0IXS3VhFnAtcGMzy4Yd3TaB74VAnUO7U5U_qZ24KLfi3nNszjVBYe_xLPaB8SsR2B1egRhEFCrSApPG-RJCcJ_B9yKVxwAwtpSdaOKH3xfQ901dFGRXcqibegtOD5NxKKdJqEDnGwa1a4S/s320/Gateway%20Museum%20good.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjlb5eusj7lSCZWlzPxtllFdKl8KqaDBJhpSDYMujGZnimBmCTL2JBa47ABKkNC4J9PIGn4UvQkenwAElj_gPIQtlAlqa5Gg7ylz_HPJiaQXTq0LgD7KUxbyW1Rm-87T3Fdzoc6US5E_9pE_8yLm4gvY18Jo2bWicFtDbCgSzFPKMwLvNUsV2JeDK/s2072/Screenshot%202023-05-12%20at%205.58.55%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="2072" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjlb5eusj7lSCZWlzPxtllFdKl8KqaDBJhpSDYMujGZnimBmCTL2JBa47ABKkNC4J9PIGn4UvQkenwAElj_gPIQtlAlqa5Gg7ylz_HPJiaQXTq0LgD7KUxbyW1Rm-87T3Fdzoc6US5E_9pE_8yLm4gvY18Jo2bWicFtDbCgSzFPKMwLvNUsV2JeDK/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-12%20at%205.58.55%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8BmJ-6S5RotIdLw7BA1v5oJ58oJv8SZPNIeFZNWb6VREg-hD-SvE6sJJEZ3OST4x5N3tq1XoeuOZoPltUVvWg17Be0N4Xi9tRIL1aUbbzUtia7OC6MjGwDgOBNfxaKD7IELsIa4pR21WFulHlosuMp57rnDu6ECqsodwjh5JbHYY-GeWRhsHMPoP/s1972/Screenshot%202023-05-12%20at%206.01.16%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="1972" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8BmJ-6S5RotIdLw7BA1v5oJ58oJv8SZPNIeFZNWb6VREg-hD-SvE6sJJEZ3OST4x5N3tq1XoeuOZoPltUVvWg17Be0N4Xi9tRIL1aUbbzUtia7OC6MjGwDgOBNfxaKD7IELsIa4pR21WFulHlosuMp57rnDu6ECqsodwjh5JbHYY-GeWRhsHMPoP/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-12%20at%206.01.16%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>After that, we walked around the museum and could have spent hours. It was very well done and reminded be of the museums underground at Ford’s Theater and the nation's capitol Visitor Center, both in Washington D.C. The Gateway Arch underwent a $380M upgrade/renovation in 2018.</div><div><br /></div><div>We enjoyed our time in St Louis and got some ideas of things to see if we can revisit at some point.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for joining us on the Roadrunner Chronicles, Coast-to-Coast 2023 travels!</div><div><p></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-86579596846406673422023-05-08T07:17:00.000-04:002023-05-08T07:17:27.485-04:00Take Me Home, Country Roads<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>It’s been a couple of good days of driving. We got on the road about 7:30 AM and then headed west. Our first destination is St Louis to see the Gateway Arch. Day 1 was a beautiful drive along I-64 to West Virginia - about 480 miles.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNy2Bk3Ay0E45wxxzJQa8E9dEHNQ0THFJJJzbg4RbxEsHGSXqkSOE519jyZlCYKgK8syrsOy5LF-7wYb22SJyTQ77nRQ6vRJglrgCAFNZohrbDylPtmmkQI4GtwZ_50Lesio55C6Uh4CN1bnX9PDYPiA5lFlDDl39SBdmZbRxJekQZKjxAzTbZ21-9/s2076/Screenshot%202023-05-08%20at%205.46.33%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="2076" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNy2Bk3Ay0E45wxxzJQa8E9dEHNQ0THFJJJzbg4RbxEsHGSXqkSOE519jyZlCYKgK8syrsOy5LF-7wYb22SJyTQ77nRQ6vRJglrgCAFNZohrbDylPtmmkQI4GtwZ_50Lesio55C6Uh4CN1bnX9PDYPiA5lFlDDl39SBdmZbRxJekQZKjxAzTbZ21-9/w576-h290/Screenshot%202023-05-08%20at%205.46.33%20AM.png" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We made regular stops at rest areas ever hour or two so we don’t wear ourselves out. I don’t recall what the rest stops in West Virginia were like but after seeing these, we were very impressed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLe_tPXmNGdH7Um0W0JVmwXWyLV5-FB-73dSDZDG6_P0KLBvecBjbShQinZuSfDZByl2NwvbSOpAKu28us0iv1zdhxMeEH8yl63y4Jg12DO8ZgN-DijOu2Rjt6B5p-zJifqADlN3d1f_xYTsjo_1wtkauFMXTIjg4exhrG2WJvDBgUK-f5ZMMSB-7R" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLe_tPXmNGdH7Um0W0JVmwXWyLV5-FB-73dSDZDG6_P0KLBvecBjbShQinZuSfDZByl2NwvbSOpAKu28us0iv1zdhxMeEH8yl63y4Jg12DO8ZgN-DijOu2Rjt6B5p-zJifqADlN3d1f_xYTsjo_1wtkauFMXTIjg4exhrG2WJvDBgUK-f5ZMMSB-7R=w297-h396" width="297" /></a></div>We had a picnic lunch and took a sun-grin selfie.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpufooxaaVjkiBxdVxc62LkpTQjaDFte3XCPCXAkLAyricIxlWVHIfy8LonXJgNjBMzQ10srBOsu_9rBTo6vJPitE9XVrOwkSWjOgcXAAHK7uCp218W0zixMAMTxmYL7yqf8bu4sr4ZLrZ9ZVxGypF_pr-Q-ycGba0CaURz9FKSGWRQD7p4SPjXUf/s4032/WV%20selfie.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpufooxaaVjkiBxdVxc62LkpTQjaDFte3XCPCXAkLAyricIxlWVHIfy8LonXJgNjBMzQ10srBOsu_9rBTo6vJPitE9XVrOwkSWjOgcXAAHK7uCp218W0zixMAMTxmYL7yqf8bu4sr4ZLrZ9ZVxGypF_pr-Q-ycGba0CaURz9FKSGWRQD7p4SPjXUf/s320/WV%20selfie.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We got to Huntington WV and our Hampton Inn about 3:00 PM.<div>*<u> Note to Jim and Sandie</u> - We checked out the Priceline App for lowest same-day rates and to my surprise they were MORE EXPENSIVE that our regular Hilton App or Marriott (BONV<u>o</u>Y app). </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I was pleasantly surprised to see that the fitness center in the hotel had a Peloton.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtYZvBpVtiNx8XLE8NdRwlYX2bjuDQX1JcmjH8sTshLXPHcolHZ87pw0LUJUkxS38CFltuetKlFcdTsY5QcJOzCOAxVPI0p9Wv4vhCZHQOmWqrylMktdijxPCs9vfcQSEBFWcsDBXLdP8i5n4qFAA8yfMeGHfgQ9ZW5YItC4zSDeIdpM2lWtil31w/s4032/IMG-2322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtYZvBpVtiNx8XLE8NdRwlYX2bjuDQX1JcmjH8sTshLXPHcolHZ87pw0LUJUkxS38CFltuetKlFcdTsY5QcJOzCOAxVPI0p9Wv4vhCZHQOmWqrylMktdijxPCs9vfcQSEBFWcsDBXLdP8i5n4qFAA8yfMeGHfgQ9ZW5YItC4zSDeIdpM2lWtil31w/s320/IMG-2322.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>That worked out well. I spent a few minutes on the bike and swam a few laps in the pool.<div><br /></div><div>Later, we had some dinner. We're trying to eat more healthy and save a few bucks so, we got a couple of microwave dinners. We're looking for those meals that have low sodium, low calorie, high protein etc. We spent a whooping $9.95 for dinner.<div><p></p><p></p><p>That evening I looked up Huntington WV. Have you ever been traveling and wondered, “What do these people here do for a living? I wonder what the key attractions in this area are?” Wikipedia and Google answer those for me.</p><p>As we drove into town, we saw that Huntington WV is the home of Marshall University. You may remember the movie - "We Are Marshall” - the tragic story of the 75 football players dying in a plane crash in 1970. That happened here.</p><p>Also - Marhall is the second largest city in West Virginia and located in the Tri-State (Ohio/Kentucky/West Virginia area). Historically, it is the terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad built in 1871. I was struck again by what an impact railroads had on the growth and development of our country. At one point coal was shipped from this region all the way to the east coast to Newport News, VA. </p><p>It was the second city in America to feature city street cars (after San Francisco) in 1988. The main employers in the area include the university, the local hospital and medical center, as well as an Amazon Distribution Center.</p><p>Enough on the history lesson....</p><p>Day 2 on the road continued with about the same distance and we stopped just outside of St. Louis in Collinsville, Illinois. This time we hit intemittent rain along the way. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAaDVUBnYRflQddb1VwWpjC9uJpjs7ThfW9ZZBtFzezogS7Nde5p8ljKyimTzSMujhMXvUpJfTeIfa5rlH9-9zi_kZF81HYt23_AChOFM0a-BKwcMyuQC8fW5Cqz4hIb2j21OGclwP6wgYkpLPsRM6sI9KjVgvTmN4ssrEb9zYczKREKDpSSmmSGS/s4032/Rain%20along%20the%20way.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAaDVUBnYRflQddb1VwWpjC9uJpjs7ThfW9ZZBtFzezogS7Nde5p8ljKyimTzSMujhMXvUpJfTeIfa5rlH9-9zi_kZF81HYt23_AChOFM0a-BKwcMyuQC8fW5Cqz4hIb2j21OGclwP6wgYkpLPsRM6sI9KjVgvTmN4ssrEb9zYczKREKDpSSmmSGS/s320/Rain%20along%20the%20way.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>But a couple hours later we had beautiful sunshine as we drove along some very big farms in Illinois.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOtE-p3lWmM-QzJf4TgzBO1EbvZkBxeOER5FGJSQ4vh77DQ5eUxmIYoOEuJeubv0NoWTt4LdVFtV3ccpL0AiBoq0kuUDVBpN77hDthNiFvd8CWtGvSQkWbgV_hgqISf3CWww4IWB-0ER77Txo-in8Rtvy-U_6vHOYhGdHWyUdOoB-ZxqOumtaPVPf/s1391/IL%20farms_St%20Louis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOtE-p3lWmM-QzJf4TgzBO1EbvZkBxeOER5FGJSQ4vh77DQ5eUxmIYoOEuJeubv0NoWTt4LdVFtV3ccpL0AiBoq0kuUDVBpN77hDthNiFvd8CWtGvSQkWbgV_hgqISf3CWww4IWB-0ER77Txo-in8Rtvy-U_6vHOYhGdHWyUdOoB-ZxqOumtaPVPf/s320/IL%20farms_St%20Louis.jpg" width="244" /></a></div>We rolled into town about 2 PM and found a local grocery store - Schnuck’s. Reminded me of Kroger’s grocery stores back home. We found a rotisserie chicken and a a russet potatoe and see and had a fine hotel room dinner. Grand total: $10.52. Enough of that also -- I won’t be posting how much we spend on each meal but I just goes to show you that there are ways to eat well without eating out every meal -- even on the road. </div><div><br /></div><div>The indoor pool here was closed and the fitness center is a little sparse so I settled for some very modest weight lifting (I used to laugh at guys that would lift those puny little weights, now that’s me!) We watched some golf and baseball on TV. Coordinated with our friends Kirk and Susan and called it a night.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today - The Gateway Arch! and then this after noon a couple of days with Kirk and Susan in Branson, MO.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for joining us on the Roadrunner Chronicles!</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-21746173835724004502023-05-06T10:45:00.001-04:002023-05-06T10:45:56.565-04:00Roadrunner 2.0 is Underway!<p>And just like that we are off! We departed as planned at 7:30 am this morning. We crossed the Hampton Roads Bay Tunnel over the Elizabeth River looking east toward the Chesapeake Bay.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2su-wfGzzqFWqh2lvO33JCq9h721_s8X3LYc-_tUiHT_T4QIbuMYNc2uZfiVQ05VAam6i9goPuvH0Cx0F4WM33-CHQFnrHmuv7mv0f8_psNUlmm8E_SbSDdUoHikHs_ITRopDjq47hFsCWUIYo03LNIBrRF06eQOIBj8PgVc2LvpxtLlrlLBuZpTl/s1600/HRBT.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2su-wfGzzqFWqh2lvO33JCq9h721_s8X3LYc-_tUiHT_T4QIbuMYNc2uZfiVQ05VAam6i9goPuvH0Cx0F4WM33-CHQFnrHmuv7mv0f8_psNUlmm8E_SbSDdUoHikHs_ITRopDjq47hFsCWUIYo03LNIBrRF06eQOIBj8PgVc2LvpxtLlrlLBuZpTl/s320/HRBT.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p> We are en route to our first stop - Huntington WV. Google maps says it will be about 6.5 hours of driving time. We use a planning factor of about 55 miles an hour to include rest stops, fuel stops, etc. That gets us there mid afternoon. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We will see how the day goes but it is supposed to be a beautiful day and the traffic has been good. A while back I came across this app which I like.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBC0DQibEkQtcLL5YmuEP7-mqqzMRQPEn3zOZzYuz1dT-N84BXwB_UtL-jypWnqzFOhHvOwdOAPZAOnAkLR1TVYgZa2BNgOeQV2trQucM5XgojGEeeef6zkVwRv4LoFIfjo5SVr9SRABQMPQkcbVEOAak37vK-bRETtVIL74Gcwj1g8dRuXkZzRd36" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="286" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBC0DQibEkQtcLL5YmuEP7-mqqzMRQPEn3zOZzYuz1dT-N84BXwB_UtL-jypWnqzFOhHvOwdOAPZAOnAkLR1TVYgZa2BNgOeQV2trQucM5XgojGEeeef6zkVwRv4LoFIfjo5SVr9SRABQMPQkcbVEOAak37vK-bRETtVIL74Gcwj1g8dRuXkZzRd36" width="233" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I thought you might find it useful too. It shows the weather along the route. Check it out!<div><br /></div><div>Back to getting ready for the trip...</div><div><p>We were scrambling to get everything done before we left. Maybe you can relate. The last couple of weeks we were winding up a project st church. I also wanted get the lawn mowed, edged, Pam's garden squared away, flower beds weeded, and the truck packed for a 30 day trip. We were busy. We got most things done, but the weeds in the flower garden will have to wait. So will trimming the bushes for the next month.</p><p>Two days ago a series of events happened:</p><p>1) Stay with me here...I've been thinking over the last couple of years about writing another book: "Mishaps, Misadventures, and Other Surprises." I have notes of 25+ things that kinda went sideways while we were RV full-timers. They were not always fun at times, but as we look back they were part of the adventure and somewhat amusing now and were.</p><p>Thursday I had an incident that would fit into that same category. Things are good now but then it was a little stressing. Which led me to ponder:</p><p>2) God's goodness and the fact despite some of the headlines of the day, there are a lot of good and decent people out there...</p><p>First "the incident". I'll never forget this one.....</p><p><u>Short version:</u></p><p>I lost my wallet about 2:00 P.M Thursday afternoon. But…My wallet was returned at 9:34 the same night!!</p><p>The only thing missing was my Military ID. It took us an hour on Friday morning to drive over to Langley AFB and get a replacement. </p><p><u>Longer version:</u></p><p>Thursday about 2:00 PM I remembered I put my wallet on the back bumper of my truck while at church. I was answering a text from the pharmacy on base as I was loading stuff in the back of my truck. I pulled the tailgate down to load things and didn't see my wallet on the bumper. I finished loading the truck and drove the base to pick up prescription. I reached for my wallet. I immediately had that sinking feeling. It was not there. Ugh. </p><p>What followed was that voice in my head which said, "Calm down, this will work out." I stopped, searched the truck just in case I was "mis-remmbering" then drove back to church, I looked around, retraced my steps --- no wallet. Ugh...</p><p>I drove back the 6 mile back home looking on the parking lot, roadways etc. Pam and I decided to see if we could get a new driver's license on short notice. On the way there I cancelled two credit cards and my debit card. </p><p>The people at the DMV couldn't have been nicer and more expeditious. It was refreshing. I got a temporary one and will get the real one overnighted to us in a few days.</p><p>Later that evening I was trying to think what all was in my wallet. Medicare Card, National Park Pass, Lifetime Virginia Fishing License, Norfolk Botanical Garden Pass plus a couple of pictures and notes of Pam and Kelly that I have carried through the years.</p><p>And there was more cash than I usually carry since we were getting ready for the trip. Then I thought next time, I'm going to make it easy and take a picture of what's in my wallet. </p><p>None of this is earth shattering or even rises to the level of anything more that inconvenient. It got my blood pressure up I'm sure but I'm in the best shape I've been in for years after my heart attach a little over a year ago.</p><p>About that time, the doorbell rang. What?? It was 9:34 PM.</p><p>It was a guy returning my wallet!!!</p><p>He had come by the house 2 other times but we were gone canceling credit cards, getting a new driver's license.. Then we went to daughter Kelly's house for dinner at the last minute with Jon and the grandsons. </p><p>So there I was trying to figure out what was going on. </p><p>This random guy who drives for Door Dash found my wallet on the road near Northampton Blvd and Diamond Springs Road over 3.5 miles from church and 2.5+ from home. </p><p>Is that amazing or what?? That is what I call divine intervention</p><p>I checked my wallet and everything was there -- all my cash and cards etc. I gave him the biggest tip I've ever given anybody and stopped thanking him after about 5 or 6 times. Wow. I was so stunned.</p><p>Friday morning I came across Psalm 44:8. - "...in God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise our name forever..." I will tell this story for many years to come. </p><p>So there's our excitement before our adventure on the road even began! </p><p>1) First entry of "Mishaps, Misadventures, and Other Surprises," on our coast-to-coast trip; and</p><p>2) A vivid reminder there are still good people all around us in the world and I will praise the name of the Lord for His amazing care. </p><p>That's all for now - thanks for joining us on the continuing adventures of the Roadrunner 2.0.</p><p>--</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-16391489965271829422023-05-03T17:00:00.002-04:002023-05-03T17:00:27.773-04:00Getting Ready to Hit the Road<p> I feel like I should be labeling this,”The Continuing Adventures of the Roadrunner Chronicles...”. </p><p>It’s been ages since I’ve written and we no longer have the Roadrunner (see previous posts...). But we will be embarking on a coast to coast road trip in the next few days. Seems like old times. Sorta. In some ways. And I decided to fire up the blog and see if I could remember how to do this. </p><p>We’ll be taking the “southern route” which looks a little like this. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYe2h7-vCB784nrOji614oXnXwyisfhVMrl4MDPrBHu0qKLMN2dOxfFrVunN1VBqNBoFH3DyGEKmcDAfriGSSO-3Q3XIhr9bbyIc5evluwVtp9bjCyGaXrVxuiPaKigJ8ZBQKKswXZlgHNeQAOmX3LAFtNEqNI2XZQ0kBHcWrIpGIu90BiFts5eW-/s1408/Screenshot%202023-05-03%20at%207.53.32%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1408" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYe2h7-vCB784nrOji614oXnXwyisfhVMrl4MDPrBHu0qKLMN2dOxfFrVunN1VBqNBoFH3DyGEKmcDAfriGSSO-3Q3XIhr9bbyIc5evluwVtp9bjCyGaXrVxuiPaKigJ8ZBQKKswXZlgHNeQAOmX3LAFtNEqNI2XZQ0kBHcWrIpGIu90BiFts5eW-/w627-h302/Screenshot%202023-05-03%20at%207.53.32%20AM.png" width="627" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>According to my calculations, it will be over 6200 miles and we will be taking 30 days to do this.</p><p>The main event of our time will be a “Brothers and Wives Reunion” in Albuquerque NM. We’ll spend a week there and enjoy time together playing golf and hanging out. Another thing we'll do along the way will be to see Antelope Canyon which is something we said, “We’ll see that on another trip around the country.” </p><p>Silly us. We ended up getting off the road in 2019 after spending 10 years aboard the Roadrunner. You might remember that was the name of our 2007 Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome. We thought we’d be settling down in Norfolk to be near our two grandsons and take shorter RV trips in a smaller motorhome. Things changed though and we never did buy another RV.</p><p>Instead we bought a second vehicle - an F-150 Ford King Ranch truck. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUGEaTsoruiE6g0Z0FbngbZg5PfqfDMoUmf_m6Jj7sJVSHtwsrir-tx92-BUgGbj9MnhFY1YIdQnjBNk9ygjtXIKjsVJjwuX5HSRXN5r9lW3ZijdbWnifnWI9SWHqeCdQvVy5gFrEDwM1pUydQdAKF5zS87LrusiotSl7WmHOuL9Ja7ieuqp-IDc2/s4032/Truck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUGEaTsoruiE6g0Z0FbngbZg5PfqfDMoUmf_m6Jj7sJVSHtwsrir-tx92-BUgGbj9MnhFY1YIdQnjBNk9ygjtXIKjsVJjwuX5HSRXN5r9lW3ZijdbWnifnWI9SWHqeCdQvVy5gFrEDwM1pUydQdAKF5zS87LrusiotSl7WmHOuL9Ja7ieuqp-IDc2/s320/Truck.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We thought we would get a travel trailer and continue our travels. That plan changed also.</p><p>On our travels this time we will be staying with friends and family with a few hotels along the way. We are going to see how Priceline same-day reservations work out. I’m hoping it will be cheaper than standard reservations. That’s it this time. We’ll be updating this every few days, so stay tuned.</p><p>Until next time...</p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-47546400443997779882021-02-15T14:13:00.006-05:002021-02-15T14:21:51.455-05:00If You Are Just Starting Out....<p> I was thinking about some things I’m glad we did when we were starting out living the dream* in our motorhome.</p><p>There were three things I found especially useful: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><ul><li>This blog, </li><li>A spreadsheet, and </li><li> Pictures. </li></ul></ul></ul><p></p><p><span> </span>The first thing I tinkered with is this. The <b><u>blog</u></b>. I had never written a blog. I didn’t know if I could figure it out. But I fiddled with it before a couple of weeks and got the hang of it. It took me a while to come up with <i>“The Roadrunner Chronicles” </i>and I got stuck with my initial experiment, “<i>warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</i>”. So I still have the same URL though it became the Roadrunner Chronicles after a few months giving it a go. I wondered if I could do it - write something each day. I tried doing that daily and had pretty good success a couple of years before it became work and I trailed off and did it more occasionally.</p><p>I’m so glad I challenged myself and noted our travels. It because a daily quest to try to find something interesting to say, plus I wanted to become a better writer. Early on, I wished I had taken Creative Writing in high school. It would have been very useful.</p><p>Writing was fun before it became a chore and I think all bloggers come to the point where it gets burdensome. I gave myself to back off my softly goal of daily writing and then it was every couple of days, then once a week and now not so much. Since I am writing more, it interests me once again. </p><p><span> </span>The other important piece of documenting our new life was keeping a <b><u>spreadsheet</u></b> the enabled us to track our spending. I was very aware of the fact that we might need additional income to make the full-time RV life style affordable. The last thing we wanted to do was to ravage our savings and be forced back into working again. </p><p>Our spreadsheet helped us see where our money was going and how we could manage. It also double as a diary/journal because I set it up so that I had columns set up for every day of the month. I would highlight our campground stays by using different colors. It made it easy to tell how long we stayed in different camping spots.</p><p>Now -- 12 years later our memory isn’t so good as to when we were where, and I can refer to my spreadsheets for every year to figure out wear we were. It has really been invaluable. </p><p><span> </span>The other best thing we did was taking a lot of <b><u>pictures</u></b>. Lots. Our minds could not keep up with all the wonderful places we saw and people we met and we are so glad we took pictures. Starting out it was a bit of a hassle but now with the smart phones its great. </p><p>One thing better would have been to organize the photos and tag them for quick reference. The way my mind works that sounded like a lot of work. Real work. It would have been great but it was too much for me. I can go back and look around and find what I need for the most part so I’m glad we did it. </p><p>For a while I signed up with GeeksonTour.com (Chris and Jim Guld) who teach technology to RVers. They are the best at what they do (unsolicited or compensated plug). If you have any questions and some time, they can help you learn what you need.</p><p>So if I were starting out again, I would really try to think about a way to remember all the experiences by using a blog, and a spreadsheet and taking lots of pictures.</p><p><u>I’d be interested in what some of our readers use in their travels to remember the highlight?</u> </p><p>Some of our readers might try something else. Today a video log (vlog) aka a YouTube channel is all the rage for serious journalists. But there are plenty of blogs out there still of RV travelers and their tales. Some shoot video of their travels for their records. Don’t believe we did that much.</p><p>Others rely on calendars and just keep their yearly calendar which showed where they went. We did that too but I relied more on my spreadsheet. I wonder what happened to all those calendars I had?</p><p>Instead of a blog we had friends who would keep an email list of the people they wanted to update and would send them periodic accounts of where they were and what they were doing. </p><p><span style="text-align: center;">What has worked for you?</span></p><p>Whatever you decide, I think you too will be glad you took the time and effort to document your adventures!</p><p>Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!</p><p><i>* The RV dream. There are many dreams.</i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-38673176067173897002021-02-11T05:02:00.223-05:002021-02-11T05:25:17.294-05:00It’s Gone By Fast<p> <span> </span><b>Two years! </b>Yes, February 11 marks two years from the date we handed over the keys to the Roadrunner. We look back on the last few weeks leading up to that and are so thankful it happened. It was a very unlikely situation but worked out great.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d-TX_fYfjTQ/YCREFMvwSpI/AAAAAAABGtk/HwlhBdtHGfMmUanNm83Vm2ecFK7lxbMRACPcBGAsYHg/s3264/IMG_6654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="257" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d-TX_fYfjTQ/YCREFMvwSpI/AAAAAAABGtk/HwlhBdtHGfMmUanNm83Vm2ecFK7lxbMRACPcBGAsYHg/w343-h257/IMG_6654.JPG" width="343" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Early Days on the Road</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yLyFNwZYnmQ/YCRLqQXCbZI/AAAAAAABGt0/FISpwwipadoZgSr1iMc7Jb4wpYdHoIKGACNcBGAsYHQ/s528/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B3.54.55%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="528" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yLyFNwZYnmQ/YCRLqQXCbZI/AAAAAAABGt0/FISpwwipadoZgSr1iMc7Jb4wpYdHoIKGACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B3.54.55%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Last Days on the Road</span></div><p></p><p> It didn’t take long to make our decision. We started talking about getting off the road and being near our grandsons in July and by February the next year we were RVless. The ultimate motivation was being grandparents near our grandsons. When we first talked about it, if you’d have told us that a couple who lived in Germany were going to fly into Jacksonville one day and write us a check the next day--I’d say that was bit far fetched. </p><p><span><span> You can call it a number of things, but that is what happened. And a couple of months later after that buyer </span></span>drove it to Alaska where he was relocating. Thankfully he wrote and said everything worked well! Win-win.</p><p><span> So now we look back on that time two years ago and are very thankful for how it all has worked out.</span><br /></p><p><span><span> It surprised me a </span>little as to how quickly we left the lifestyle behind. The transition was almost as exciting as getting on the road. We really looked forward to figuring it all out again.</span></p><p> <b>And we have 10,000 memories</b> of our full-timing days to look back on and enjoy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TOFspSwbwlE/YCRLq-85T6I/AAAAAAABGuA/npfhctfEUf08rZIuNqNyJTn1KpDpR_APQCNcBGAsYHQ/s528/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B3.55.23%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="528" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TOFspSwbwlE/YCRLq-85T6I/AAAAAAABGuA/npfhctfEUf08rZIuNqNyJTn1KpDpR_APQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B3.55.23%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sunset at Hilton Head</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ldbz2illDpM/YCRLsA1U0-I/AAAAAAABGuE/didPfFpdDEQX5ku5u_DG3uPwv6D22-RFACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B4.09.01%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ldbz2illDpM/YCRLsA1U0-I/AAAAAAABGuE/didPfFpdDEQX5ku5u_DG3uPwv6D22-RFACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B4.09.01%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lunch at Pebble Beach</span></div><p>So, in a sense, we are still RVers at heart. I still follow some blogs and YouTube channels and we keep up with a few of our favorites. We also have life-long friends still on the road that we keep up with. It is like being in the military in that: once you do something you loved for so long it becomes a part of you. At least that’s what is is for us. </p><p> <b> </b><b>Do we regret it? </b>Do we regret getting off the road? No. It was the right time and we are building a legacy with these boys and family. Neither Pam nor I had grandparents near us growing up but that is who we want to be for them. It is a joy and a privilege to be around those two and daughter Kelly/son-in-law Jonathan. We couldn’t be happier. Really.</p><p><b><span> </span>Do we think we’ll ever get back to it? </b>Maybe, but we have no timeline. We will see. One thing that occurred to me years ago was the notion that “planning is everything, plans are nothing”. I think Eisenhower said that? We love to plan but we quickly realized our post-fulltiming plans kept changing. </p><p><span> </span>At one point we thought we’d get a small “Tiny House” type of situation and be on Kelly and Jon’s lot. We are so glad we did not do that. They need their space and we do too. </p><p><span> After a few weeks of searching, we found a great little house. But the little house, was a lot bigger that the Roadrunner! We have all kinds of space now! </span>A real bonus is that we are only 12 minutes away from Kelly/Jon and the boys. Its much better than being in their backyard.</p><p><span> We thought we’d take half of what we got for the Roadrunner and renovate our house and take the other half and buy a Class C. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hGAFZeGIkAY/YCRLqt5dxwI/AAAAAAABGt8/FQDr89tpt2MIxOaBY1yhiUZD9qxOBXyqQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1676/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B3.53.36%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1676" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hGAFZeGIkAY/YCRLqt5dxwI/AAAAAAABGt8/FQDr89tpt2MIxOaBY1yhiUZD9qxOBXyqQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B3.53.36%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p>We even looked at quite a few and picked out a make and model we liked. We thought may by the time we were ready to by the Class-C would be down to our price point. That hasn’t been the case either. </p><p><span><span> Instead we bought a second vehicle (F-150 truck) and are glad we did. Currently we travel in our truck and find hotels we like. We understand the downside of that but at the same time, we feel safe and it is currently affordable. Right now we have settled for backyard camping and we’ve given some thought to tent camping.</span><br /></span></p><p><span> </span>Another item we’ve dealt with is Pam’s breast cancer. What a blessing that it happened here and she had/has such excellent care. She’s doing pretty great. The side affects of the hormone therapy that she is on are a little unpredictable (some days she feels good and others she has low energy and some nausea). All in all we’re very grateful for how it has turned out. </p><p><span> </span>Meanwhile she walks around a nearby lake every day the weather is decent and she loves on her grandkids every chance she gets. </p><p><span> So this is what we are about these days. We are living the dream still. The post-full-timing dream. We have a great neighborhood, great neighbors and live close to Kelly and Jon. We are busy creating a legacy for the grandkids and have a great little church we are blessed to be a part of. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gwT4Mqlamc8/YCRaE9UWfpI/AAAAAAABGug/d5Efl6WcVNo8cxibiGohj2lWr9oE4peUwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1216/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B5.07.51%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1216" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gwT4Mqlamc8/YCRaE9UWfpI/AAAAAAABGug/d5Efl6WcVNo8cxibiGohj2lWr9oE4peUwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B5.07.51%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hanging out at grandma and grandpa's</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w1_Wqtd2qk/YCRaGdbxgBI/AAAAAAABGuo/fk44tWIYifg0ULAdpaCy0hK11U3nzliUwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B5.09.39%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w1_Wqtd2qk/YCRaGdbxgBI/AAAAAAABGuo/fk44tWIYifg0ULAdpaCy0hK11U3nzliUwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-10%2Bat%2B5.09.39%2BPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another visit to the </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">aquarium</span></div><p></p><p><span> I have picked up writing again and aim to have less time between blog posts. I am also hard at work on Vol 2 of the Roadrunner Chronicles. I have almost completed the draft of “<i>Full-timing: Our first 7 Months on the Road.</i>” I started last year at this time, but got bogged down. When I resurrected the manuscript a couple of months ago, I opted for a basic re-write. More later on that, but look for it on Amazon by early summer.</span></p><p>That’s all for now and thanks for checking in on the Roadrunner Chronicles. Hope you are well and are in a good place in everyday.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
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<i>Henry’s Lake in Idaho - 2 hours west of Yellowstone</i></div>
The fact is though, we left the road 16 months ago. Hard to believe! So much has happened. But then, we are living in a time where the speed of life has quickened. We were warned this would happen as we got older.<br />
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I don’t mean the speed with which we rush through life, it just seems that time is flying by.<br />
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Pam and I are well and content with our post-RV lives. Our days are full and we get to be around good neighbors and our daughter and son-in-law and get to hone our grandma and grandpa skills. Its one of life’s greatest joys.<br />
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So this is what our weeks kind of look like. Each is a little different but in these Corona Virus days we have a tempo and steadiness centered around our home. We do a lot of projects. I enjoy mowing our front yard and large back yard twice a week. Its good exercise and I like being out in the sun. I have a science project going in the front yard called rooting out the weeds and getting more grass to grow. Its coming along.<br />
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We’ve planted lots of flowers. I mean lots. Besides two flower beds in the front, we have a couple of small ones at each corner of our front yard.<br />
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We also were given some flowers we from friends that survived the transplant and we made another flower bed along the side of the house.<br />
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The deck has hanging baskets and flower pots of petunias, marigolds, and geraniums. We have some more flowers along the fence from Tennessee that may or may not make it. Finally, we two other flower beds with day lillies and roses. <br />
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There are probably twenty different plants in the ground. We have harvested plenty of onions and radishes and the broccoli is looking pretty good as is the squash. Peppers, egg plant, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, jalapeños, and sweet peas fill out the rest of our patch. It will be fun to see how much makes it to harvest.<br />
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We spent a lot of time weeding, hoeing and watering the garden, but we enjoy it.<br />
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Then I have a few projects in the woodshed that keep popping up. My latest is a little cabinet the boys wanted to be turned into an outdoor oven for them. <br />
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We see the boys every other day at least and that is why we are here -- for them. Its about the best reason we can think of to leave the road and we are not sorry we are now doing this. As much as we liked full-timing, this is a great post-RVing gig!<br />
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We keep track of doctors appointments and are fine. It was about four years ago that I almost lost my left eye with a retina detachment but it has healed well and I have 20/25 vision in that eye and 20/20 in my right (with my glasses.)<br />
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We take the vehicles in for maintenance, get materials for projects, check out new home renovation projects that Kelly and Jon are working on. It’s great fun to seen them turn a place around that needs updating and make it look really nice for re-sale. <br />
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Last week went to church a couple times (one for Bible studying the fellowship hall and the other time for Sunday service). Our small church went to two services and we had about 25 people at the service we attended. Nothing like it used to be, but it was great to see people in person again.<br />
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I read that long time RVing friends John and Carol have bought a house in Indiana and are looking forward to their next chapter after 10 years on the road. They’ll continue tours with Fantasy RV Tours and keeping their RV. I’m excited for them and know they will enjoy their spacious house!<br />
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We continue we some upgrades on our place and are having a gas fireplace and logs put in. Pam has been doing some stitching/sewing craft ornaments for Christmas and I have been working my way through <i>Chesapeake</i> by James Michener, one of my favorite authors. Now that we live in the area, it makes reading it more meaningful.<br />
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Pam usually goes on a daily walk at one of our nice parks in the area if she gets there early enough and its not too crowded. We have ventured out for lunch and dinner a few times to support some local restuarants and enjoy that. <br />
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While there we learned Joan and Mike had their 50th wedding anniversary so we had a little celebration in their back yard with their daughter and family, and Joan/Pam’s sister and husband who life in the Knoxville area.<br />
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Last Saturday we had the pleasure of attending our first ever graduation. After a couple of long years, son Adam finished course work and was awarded a Master of Science degree in Computer Science. <br />
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That’s about it and some of the things we are involved with in our new life as the weeks go by. We love hearing from you and a day doesn’t go by that we don’t think about our RV friends and the RV life. <br />
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Thanks for joining us on the Roadrunner Chronicles!<br />
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www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-63456687094482401622020-05-11T10:43:00.003-04:002020-05-11T10:43:50.022-04:00Some Thoughts on Exiting the Full-time RV LifeAnyone who has gone full-time as an RVer can relate to the large amount of effort it took to make the dramatic transition. Downsizing, living in cramped quarters, and always being on the road can have a big impact mentally and emotionally. Similarly, making the decision to reverse course and rejoin the more traditional community has some challenges too. <br />
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I’ve thought about this topic awhile. In fact a day may not go by before my thoughts return to the RV life and I relive some of those great memories. <br />
That said, I know some friends who are thinking about making the same decision and I wanted to share some thoughts from our experience. <br />
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We were on the road for almost 10 years and sold the Roadrunner 15 months ago. This is from our perspective so it may or may not apply. My hope is that it might useful in some way.<br />
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<li>Becoming full-timers takes longer than making the big change to get off the road. It takes a lot to put yourself into a viable position to live on the road and go full-time. For us it was a two year effort. Others have done it more quickly. It really depends on your circumstances and personal risk tolerance.</li>
<li>Reversing that situation is easier but can be no less risky or scary. But it doesn’t have to be. With a right amount of consideration and forethought, it can be done well with little pain.</li>
<li>In our case, we found that once you say it out loud and discuss it, everything changes. It becomes inevitable, sooner than later. Up until that time, it was a “someday” thing but not an item that we concerned ourself with much.</li>
<li>Transiting off the road my be more pleasant if you had a good full-time experience. We found it easy to cherish those times. Likewise, we were and are hopeful as the next chapter continues to unfold it can be equally as good.</li>
<li>I find that our circumstances may be different and I have always thought it is OK to “feel sad’ about leaving the road. Really -- we gave some of the best years of our life to a great experience, and it is normal to have feelings about changing things.</li>
<li>I think it helps to sollidify thinking as to why we make the big change. Once we determined the “why” -- it was easy to come back to that when I had misgivings or other thoughts. Remember the “why" you are doing this despite the mixed emotions. There may be times when the transition </li>
<li>It’s ok to have changing goals after you become part-timers or no-timers. We thought we’d be getting a smaller RV. Then we spent that portion of our budget on a truck and still have no RV. And we are OK with that, though we loved every minute of life on the road.</li>
<li>I know of friends who found it helped to write out pros and cons of a decision to leave the road. It may clarify things for you. </li>
<li>Make the change with minimum financial impact if you can. A series of costly financial moves at this stage of your life is not helpful.</li>
<li>Don’t be surprised if others “don’t get it”. Despite your enthusiasm for RVing, some folks just do not understand. And they don’t understand why you ever did that in the first place. But that’s OK. </li>
<li>Be flexible. Be patient with your new circumstances. Once you are settled back into a more “traditional lifestyle” there may be those days when it is not going so great and you wish you were still RVing. </li>
<li>Make sure this is what you really want to do, so you don’t have regrets. Leaving the full-time lifestyle and going traditional is not irreversible, but I’m thinking from what we have seen it is improbable.</li>
<li>We intended to have an RV parked nearby at a storage lot or in the backyard and have it ready to go for many short 4-6 week trips. But that hasn’t happened yet. For us at the moment it is not feasible. But we are OK with that.</li>
<li>Manage your expectations. Just as RVing is not a panacea, going back to traditional living isn’t either. It will have challenges and setbacks. </li>
<li>You can't move if you don’t like your neighbors like you could in your RV, unless you are renting. Hopefully you will be able to get into a great neighborhood or situation suits you.</li>
<li>Whatever cash you set aside for the transition will go fast. Other priorities may pop up that you didn’t plan for. Some are knowns but there are the many unknowns. Be thrifty if you can so you have more options.</li>
<li>Set up a way to remember your wonderful times. Photos, a blog, emails, are all ways to remember the great (and not so great) times you had on that very unique time of your life. Review them like an old scrapbook. </li>
<li>You may want to keep in touch with your some of your RV friends. It is a wonderful way to remember and connect with that important part of your life.</li>
<li>Key in on the things that you deal with as full-timers that are an undertone of stress. If you leave the road, you are free from those pressures. It could be little things that you didn’t realize but definitely create some element of burden for you: Major RV breakdowns, places to get a camping spot during the busy season (or COVID-19 lately), doing your laundry at a laundromat every week, or being apart from family.</li>
<li>Maybe you don’t have to get rid of your RV or you can downsize and still get out and camp from time to time. That seems like the best of both worlds. Become a half-timer, some-timer or when-ever-you-can RVer can be a great option if your situation allows it. </li>
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Having said all this - life <u>after</u> RVing can be just as exciting, just as fun, just as rewarding. Only different. It doesn’t have to be the same to be good. Or great. <br />
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It can be another exciting time in your life. And why not? You made a big change to go full-time, and you can be happy and successful in the next chapter of your life. After you think about it and develop your plan, Go for it! and God Bless You!<br />
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Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
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Just wanted to check in and I hope everyone is well. We’re in our homes and determined to do our part and to aid anyone we can while we as a nation/globe fight off the virus. Recently the governor invoked the “Stay At Home” rule which most are abiding by as far as I can tell.<br />
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Although we did have some curious visitors recently.<br />
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Our yard backs up to an inlet that rises with the tide of the Chesapeake Bay and these guys showed up to check things out. <br />
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Yesterday we went for provisions (I love that term vs. groceries and household items)at the local Sam’s Club during the senior hours. <br />
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We continue to work on projects around the house and have been calling, GoTo Meetinging, Zooming, using FaceTime, and said hi to neighbors from a distance.<br />
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Much like you all I suppose. Quite a few folks were wearing masks and everyone was maintaining their distance. I was surprised to see sections of the store blocked off in a 'One Way' direction. <br />
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I also noticed after the Pharmacy area the traffic was routed through the back area where they had a big supply of toilet paper and paper towels. I looked around and I’d say 90% of the carts in the store had one or two bundles of toilet paper. I thought, “this is nuts!” <br />
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I it made me immediately wonder how many rolls we have at home. My gut reaction is that people who were not concerned about TP supplies just went along with the emotion of the moment? I decided I wasn’t going to get caught up in this buying spree. <br />
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One of the workers we passed insisted I may want a bundle (9 rolls) but I declined to her complete surprise. Like everything, we all react to the same situation in many ways so I have to respect what people decide to do. I really have no idea what they are dealing with so why question it? <br />
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However, I did go home and estimated we need about a roll a week between the two bathrooms and I checked -- we have plenty for quite a while. Maybe for a few months. <br />
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The other observation we made was how the workers outside were wiping down the carts before they went inside. Nice job! <br />
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This whole situation makes me think about World War II and have everyone pitched in and “did their part.” I hear people clapping for medical workers as they go into and out of the hospitals at shift change and how sewers (Kelly) are home trying to create masks for doctors and nurses who may be running low. <br />
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My part at the moment ~ I can pray for family and friends and situations. I know some of my readers will get that and some won’t but that’s OK. <br />
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After getting our groceries and such we could scanned them with the Sam’s Club app but by the time I figured it out we were close to the register and we checked out pretty quickly. <br />
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Our main work at the moment is yard work and putting in this year’s versos of Pam’s Garden. For 2020 we are almost doubling it. <br />
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This is how it looked before I rented a sod cutter again from Home Depot along with the trailer and got the sod cut. I cleaned up the machine and took it back, then spent the next couple of days getting up enough courage to pick it all up piece by piece, load it into my cart, then load it into the pickup and carry it over to Kelly and Jon’s house. <br />
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They have an area beyond their back fence, before the water that they are sodding in. Last year’s batch of grass is doing well and so this year’s is going to be added to it.<br />
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I’m also deep raking the yard and putting down grass seed after getting rid of green ground cover (aka healthy weeds) so I’m getting my exercise. <br />
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The idea worked OK but the supports were 2 x 2’s that failed. It got windy after a couple hours after this photo and the tension snapped one. I may have to go with 4” x 4’s, but we will see.<br />
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That’s about it for now. Hope you all are finding new things to do and are keeping your spirits up. And seriously, if there is something that I can pray for you about, I would be glad to do so. Either message me on FB or email or call or whatever.<br />
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Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-63276502883667253462020-02-19T18:42:00.001-05:002020-02-19T18:42:45.823-05:00Book Sales and Brook's debut on TV at the Legos DisplayThe book is doing well. Thank you so much for the great response! It has been fun!<br />
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Over the course of deciding to give it a go and actually seeing it to completion, my main thought was, “Writing this book is a hobby -- let's not get too complicated. Let’s see if we can actually get across the finish line.” <br />
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Having said that -- my goals are changing a little bit and you can help!<br />
Its never too late to post a 5 star review on Amazon about the Wonder of RV Living! 😳<br />
If you are inclined to do so, that would be great!!<br />
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Meanwhile, we are climbing up the ranks on the Amazon Bestseller List:<br />
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I didn’t really know what to look at but this is a quick snapshot. I am pretty sure we were at 432,000 in Books, so we are climbing up the list!<br />
Also - if you are considering writing a book, I highly recommend it. It has been fun! It took a long time but I find the whole process intriguing. <br />
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It reminds me of an earlier hobby I had -- making custom to fit golf clubs.<br />
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Back in the 1990’s I caught the bug and started putting them together and was shipping sets of clubs to England, Hawaii, California, Tennessee, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado. It was a learning process too, and I loved the mystery of it all. I learned about suppliers and marketing and a whole host of other things.<br />
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This book-writing reminds me of that in many ways. Apparently one has to have a marketing plan with a Book Launch to propel sales at the start. Maybe we’ll do that for Vol 2 "Full-timing-Our First 7 Months on the Road.’ I’m looking for a Spring release on that one. Stay tuned.<br />
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Now on to other fun stuff. The boys have had a couple of up and down weeks. Mostly up but with the winter season, there have been some colds and worse. First the fun stuff.<br />
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The weather here in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area has been pretty mild. It has had some 70+ degree days and now there is snow in the forecast. Early last week the boys and Kelly, Pam and I went to the Botanical Gardens in Norfolk to see the Legos displays.<br />
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The boys came well-prepared with their scooters to zip around the walkways. After a few hundred yards, we came upon the 12 displays that were impressive. Each display depicted gardening or animals and birds that one would find at he gardens.<br />
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I really liked the fact that it also had information on how many Legos it took for the display and how many hours it took to build it.<br />
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Near the end we saw the hummingbird and then went to another display.<br />
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While there, a videographer from a local TV station asked if they could film Brooks. Just like that, he was added to the list of kids at the gardens who got to say a few words.<br />
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Brooks had a few words to start off the clip. There is a brief look at Pam and Kelly and Harry and Brooks walking. Have to be quick to see it.<br />
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The last couple of weeks have flown by! Hope you and yours are well and if you haven’t taken a look you can check out the book on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B084Z7J1VW">here</a>.<br />
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Thanks for joining us on this edition of the Roadrunner Chronicles!<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
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32 years later I finished another marathon of sorts ~ my first book is out! We finished the “The Wonder of RV Living” and navigated the process to get it online at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-RV-Living-Roadrunner-Chronicles/dp/1790447577/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=randy+warner&qid=1581019842&sr=8-1">Amazon.com.</a> (If you forget the book title, just put “Randy Warner” in the search bar.)<br />
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During those almost three years I had a lot of help. I read a lot of blogs and the notion of getting friends to proof-read the manuscript was something I decided to do. Surprisingly quite a few people said they’d do it and I’d like to thank:<br />
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<li>Bonar</li>
<li>Dave</li>
<li>Don</li>
<li>Gerri</li>
<li>Kris</li>
<li>Stephanie</li>
<li>Sue</li>
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That’s all for now. I hope to publish 2 more volumes this year - we will see about that. Thanks for joining us on the Roadrunner Chronicles!</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Randy Warner has posted an update to
www.warnerrvnews.blogspot.com</div>Roadrunner Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15720107862190088369noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886120447635133317.post-57684967101373898272020-01-29T14:57:00.004-05:002020-01-29T15:02:57.369-05:00Roadrunner Reflections - Getting the Roadrunner Sold - Part 3 of 3It was about a year ago that we were in final preparations to sell the Roadrunner. We had numerous texts and emails with Mike and had things lined up to make the sale when he arrived in Jacksonville.<br />
We were busy getting things ready for him.<br />
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We had spent December in the Keys and then traveled north to MacDill AFB/Tampa to finish final cleanup and enjoy a few more days of the RV life. We attended the large Tampa RV show and had a good time in the area. <br />
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We saw some friends in the area and we worked on the coach. The last couple of days I decided to replace the gasket on the toilet because the toilet bowl was not holding water. That is a good indicator the gasket is failing.<br />
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It always is little hard to do because we have to cut the wires, disconnect the water, remove the toilet, turn it upside down then put the gasket in reverse sequence, turn it back over, reconnect the wires and hook everything back up. Its a 20 minute job if everything goes well. Ha!<br />
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It did not. <br />
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The water in the toilet was leaking out. I got the gasket upside down. Next, we disconnected everything, turned it over again, put the gasket in, tightened everything down and POP!<br />
The ceramic toilet broke! Yikes!<br />
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It was Friday and we were leaving Sunday for Jacksonville. Now the pressure was really on! We ended up replacing our ceramic electric toilet with a foot pedal model that worked great. We didn’t know if it was going to work but it performed magnificently and we wished we’d have swapped it out<br />
many years ago!<br />
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On to Jacksonville. We spent a couple of days at the Jacksonville Navy RV campground and then parked the Roadrunner at Mayport Naval Station at Pelican Roost Campground. Its one of the military’s best RV campgrounds (in my opinion.)<br />
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While there, we rented a small U-Haul Trailer, packed up almost everything remaining in the<br />
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Roadrunner, and then drove to Virginia Beach where we put all our stuff in temporary storage at our daughter and son-in-law’s place. <br />
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We returned in time to meet Mike at the airport hotel in Jacksonville. Then we drove over to the campsite, did a walk-around and we answered all his questions. <br />
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He and I went for a short test drive and then got the paperwork together to finish the deal.<br />
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The bill-of-sale had to be signed and witnessed and he handed over a check. Then we packed up and left the camp ground with the Roadrunner and our CRV in tow. <br />
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Pam and I agreed to help Mike deliver the coach to an RV storage facility and thought it would be good to have him drive the Roadrunner while we were onboard. We also answered more questions as he thought of them.<br />
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Mike got some time behind the wheel as we went up I-75 so it was a useful few hours. We arrived at the KOA and then I showed Mike how we set up and get plugged into the electric and water and sewer.<br />
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We went out to eat together and then dropped Mike back off at the Roadrunner while Pam and I got a motel room in town.<br />
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The next morning, we drove back over to the campground, hooked up the CRV and then we drove to the Atlanta airport where Mike rented a car. We later joined up at the National Indoor Storage facility in Lawrenceville, GA about 20 miles away.<br />
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Then we unhooked the CRV for the last time, shook hands and departed while Mike checked the Roadrunner into the storage facility for the next three months. <br />
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He was working as a civilian in Germany and would be back in May to pick up Roadrunner with his wife Joan. They were then going to drive it to Alaska which was his next duty station.<br />
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Later we heard from them on their way to Alaska and they said the coach was driving ‘flawlessly’. They did need to get some fuel filters changed out (which we discussed as a possibility after sitting in the storage facility for three months), but all in all it all went well.<br />
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It truly was a win-win. We were thrilled to be getting the price we wanted and they were happy to get the Roadrunner. Hopefully it will have another 10 years of happy camping left in it.<br />
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So, those are some of the high points in the story, “How We Sold the Roadrunner.” It unbelievably happened almost a year ago. It doesn’t seem possible. I captured some of the sale <a href="http://warnerrvnews.blogspot.com/2019/02/selling-and-delivering-roadrunner-to.html">here</a>.<br />
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The last 12 months have flown by.<br />
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We remember our days on the road as Wonderful Times! It was a magical time and we love reminiscing about it. Hopefully there will be more in store for us, but it will be different. And that is OK. <br />
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Do we miss it? Do we have regrets?<br />
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Sometimes I think about it and miss our time on the road but quickly remember it was perfect timing for us. It was the right time to move on. We are so glad to be here in Norfolk/Virginia Beach and have a wonderful “Post RV life.” We are very blessed to have our kids (son and daughter-in-law in DC, and our daughter and son-in-law and two grandsons 12 minutes away) near us. <br />
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Our house, neighborhood, church and new friends are a real blessing and we are so thankful!<br />
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