December Greetings

As I write this the holiday season is upon us and Ty and I wish all of you a
very Merry Christmas and a New Year that is happy and healthy.

 

December has been a busy month visiting with family and friends. We flew to
Michigan with young Tyrus for a Fouchey Family Christmas ( also got to see my
sister Sue and niece Colleen for a brief lunch). If ask young Ty what the
highlight of the trip he would tell you it was the 6 Coney dogs and White
Castles! We grandparents sure know how to feed our children. Takes after his
Grandpa when it comes to Coney’s; even as we were in the airport for the return
home flight Tyrus spots a National Coney Island so we had to stop in and get
the last for awhile. We managed to hit Lafayette, American, National. White
Castles were an appetizer at the Fouchey party.

I came back to Boulder, Ty went onto Florida to get Wanda over to Tampa
LazyDays for a scheduled repair (fireplace and bearings – an appointment we
made way back in August and December 14 was the first available). His highlight
was the Fort Myers Red Neck Parade – think that says it all. My highlight was
getting together with the girls for the many nights of playing cards and a few
beading days.

Of course, being with family is the best highlight of course and not without
some excitement! While the men were out of town, Colorado had a huge wind storm
with recorded gust at 100mph and one of those gusts blew down a tree next to
Amy’s house, taking out a part of the roof. Luckily? Only a squirrel was a
tragic victim as poor guy rode the tree down to the roof and didn’t leap off in
time. No one was hurt and Amy and I didn’t even hear it hit; we were in her
gym/garage working out and saw all this white stuff blowing by – we thought it
was snow, turns out it was roof insulation. Neighbor next door called and let
us know what happened. Once Amy took a deep breath (believe me that is very hard
for her to do) she immediately called insurance which laid out the plan of
attack. Tree guys show up about 1/2 hour later, then her house contractor who
then sent over the roofer. They took the offending tree plus the one in front
of it because they couldn’t get the monster truck with crane close enough to
get the tree. That was sad to take down a perfectly good tree, but they were
very old and getting brittle. Insurance guy came 2 days later.

Highlight for me is going to dentist – ha – whenever is that a highlight?? Sorry Adam but honestly folks, it was painless and quick. Got a crown replacement.

Christmas morning was hectic once all the teenagers awoke from their slumber and there was wrapping paper and boxes everywhere. Another successful Christmas.

We plan to hibernate in Naples FL for January and February, then Ft. Myers in March. Then we need to check off some bucket list items like Gettysburg, Pennsylvania capital, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Maybe the Great Lakes Water Shed, but that sounds like a lot of driving – will see. If you have any suggestions please let us know as always the best places are the suggestions!

Till next year 2022!

2021 Year In Review

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Moved Wanda for a total of 9,731 miles

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Stayed a 71 campsites or homes

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States we’ve were in (in no particular order)
CA, AZ, TX, NM, CO, OK, MO, AR, KY, TN, ILL, OH, PENN, WVA, NC, GE, FL

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State Capitals: TX, MO, AR, ILL, OH, WVA,

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Lost the following

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Bike Box

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Fireplace Remote

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Fire Poker

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Wrench

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Wood Plank for leveling

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Chocks for wheels

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No major injuries, nothing that a band aid
couldn’t fix

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Celebrated our 51^st wedding
anniversary and still talking

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Two flat tires on truck and one on Wanda

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Wanda and Truck repairs

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Awning reattached

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1 chassis replacement

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4 new tires on Wanda

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1 new tire on truck

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1 front hitch repair on Wanda

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Back tailgate repair on truck

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Wheel bearing fitting repairs

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1 new fireplace