Lake City, FL

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Tallahassee, Florida 72 degrees mostly sunny to partly cloudy while on the road. Lake City, Florida 97 degrees and partly sunny to 97 degrees and I have not mentioned humidity the past three days has been noticed with the most noticeable being today.

Tallahassee, FL Elks Lodge

Buster is set for a few days in a Mom and Pop campground and Silver Sally will take us down to Alice and Joe’s place in Clearwater, FL

Tallahassee, FL

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Escapees Rainbow Plantation, Summerdale, AL 77 degrees overcast cloudy to partly sunny at the Elks Lodge Tallahassee, Florida and 89 degrees.

Buster at Rainbow Plantation Summerdale, AL

Buster’s drive today 246 miles with a small drink of diesel $ 4.179 per gallon thirty two cents per gallon more than Mississippi. Buster also changed to eastern time during the drive today so there will be some adjusting the sleep times. Silver Sally took is to Florida State University and we took some pictures there.

Buster at Tallahassee Elks Lodge

Bonnie at FSU

Rainbow Plantation, summerdale, AL

Monday, April 25, 2011

Hattiesburg, MS 73 degrees overcast. Buster started going south on US 49 after 10:30 AM and George failed to follow the direction of Miss Garmin and did not turn onto US 98 for Mobile, AL but continued on US 49 towards Gulfport, MS. We arrived at the Rainbow Plantation Summerdale, AL 34 extra miles down the road. 86 degrees and mostly sunny. There was a sprinkle on the windshield while driving south on US 49. The traffic driving east on interstate ten was much heavier than we have had on this trip. Bonnie and George went for seafood tonight on the gulf coast of Alabama.

Buster in Hattiesburg, MS

There is a nice lake behind Buster.

Hattiesburg, MS

Sunday, April 24, 2011

West Monroe, LA 73 degrees partly sunny. Buster drove to Hattiesburg, Mississippi 88 degrees mostly sunny today 206 miles stopping in Pearl, MS for a big gulp drink (diesel) best price ($3.859) along our route. Traffic was light today and in Pearl we left interstate twenty and took US 49 southeast to Hattiesburg, MS.

West Monroe, LA

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Longview, TX 73 degrees cloudy overcast. Driving to West Monroe, LA today 88 degrees partly sunny. Buster traveled 159 miles today on interstate twenty. We got started at the crack of 11:00 AM today with traffic lighter than yesterday.

Longview, TX

Friday, April 22, 2011

Arlington, Texas 73 degrees overcast to partly sunny.

Buster got on I 20 at the crack of 10:30 AM an earlier start than yesterday for our travel east. More Texas today for Busters stopping in Longview, TX 91 degrees and sunny and some more Texas driving tomorrow. 146 miles today and there are five hundred and sixty miles of the trip is Texas from state line to state line. There was more traffic out there today, most likely Good Friday travelers.

Buster Longview, Texas

Arlington, TX

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Abilene, Texas 55 degrees cloudy to fog.

Travel to Arlington, Texas today along interstate twenty, fog partly sunny otherwise no problems. It was overcast prior to departing the campground. Buster took a drink of diesel as we started our day of travel 173 miles today on I 20 east.

The satellite antenna had a time trying to acquire the signal as the campground employee stopped Buster with the antenna under a tree. I had to move Buster forward eight feet to get out from under the tree.

Arlington, Texas

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Buster ready to leave The Ranch

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 61 degrees mostly cloudy (it burned off to mostly sunny),no wind gusts and should be a good driving day. Just after 10:00 AM UPS arrived with my package and shortly after Buster took to the road.
Travel today is mostly on skinny roads (state roads) with a hundred miles on the interstate road in Texas.

Just before 5:00 PM local time (central daylight) we arrived west of Abilene, Texas 294 miles today. Mostly sunny to 80 degrees.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 66 degrees mostly sunny, wind today before sunrise. To 88 degrees and mostly sunny and late afternoon light wind gusts.

We leave here tomorrow headed east. Preparing outside storing the things staying here and packing under Buster.

The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with three and a half couples in attendance. Art was tired tonight. The fourth couple are visitors to The Ranch. Boys won the season for the first time.

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 64 degrees mostly sunny, no wind today,to 93 degrees and mostly sunny and late afternoon wind gusts.

Well we have a tracking number so the prescription will be here UPS tomorrow or Wednesday morning. We will leave on Wednesday morning after UPS arrives.

The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with four couples in attendance. The fourth couple are visitors to The Ranch.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 37 degrees mostly sunny, no wind today,to 84 degrees and mostly sunny.

The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with four couples in attendance. The fourth couple are visitors to The Ranch.


Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 37 degrees mostly sunny, no win today,to 93 degrees and mostly sunny and late afternoon wind gusts.

 

The boys win big at Mexican Train dominos tonight with four couples in attendance. The fourth couple are visitors to The Ranch.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Friday, April 15, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 50 degrees mostly sunny, wind again today,to 80 degrees and mostly sunny windy in the morning and it laid down in the afternoon.

We will not be leaving here before Tuesday as the prescriptions will not ship until Monday. Day of departure is the only changes as it still takes us at least seven day to travel across country.

The boys win big at Mexican Train dominos tonight with four couples in attendance. The fourth couple are visitors to The Ranch.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Thursday, April 14, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 48 degrees mostly sunny, wind again today,to 89 degrees and mostly sunny windy awning in but the slide out.
Wind came out of the northwest today while usually it is out of the southwest to south.

Thursdays here at The Ranch it is MEWS, Men Eating Without Supervision. At eight thirty we car pool to a local restaurant for breakfast. Coffee and fellowship, telling "war stories" a great time for sharing Rving experiences.
The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Wednesday, April 13, 2011    The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 37 degrees mostly sunny, light wind again today,to 90 degrees and mostly sunny.
As of today we will not be leaving on Monday. Prescription has not shipped as of today.

 The boys win Mexican Train dominos tonight with two and one half couples in attendance.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 48 degrees mostly sunny, light wind again today,to 82 degrees with light winds.

The sunrise this morning was nice with out wind.

Lakewood, NM Sunrise

Off to The Ranch house this morning for mens coffee and a board of directors meeting at ten o’clock. Continuing to refine our plans for traveling east.

Later Bonnie is outside and Merry hears her and decides to attempt to see what is going on out there.

Merry looking outside

The boys win Mexican Train dominos tonight with two couples in attendance.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Monday, April 11, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 42 degrees mostly sunny, light wind again today, to 68 degrees with light winds we left the slides out and put out the window awning today.

Merry sleeping on quilt

Merry is staying on the quilt

Clean up for travel days this week with George outside and Bonnie inside. Bonnie was concentrating on the inside closet and under the bed, deleting the winter clothes for storage in the shed here in Lakewood, NM. One thing on the way to the shed was the old comforter Bonnie had it folded and wanted to roll it up and bag it. On the floor ready to be rolled Merry decided to sleep there.
The boys win Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Sunday, April 10, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 48 degrees mostly sunny, (big) wind again today,
to 78 degrees with high winds but we left the slides out.

Refining our travel plans this morning and contemplating the fires and wind in Texas. I hope that by next week there are no problems in traveling east thru west Texas.
 The boys Tied Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance, after twelve rounds.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Friday, April 8, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 50 degrees mostly sunny, no (big) wind yea. To 86 degrees mostly sunny with some wind, actually the wind was not a factor today.

We went to Carlsbad today shopping and lunch. Then the wind came up higher we brought in Busters table slide.
The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.

 
Saturday, April 9, 2011


The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 52 degrees mostly sunny, no (big) wind again today, yea. To 89 degrees mostly sunny with wind, actually the wind was high today we brought Busters slides in on the left side.

We are able to keep the slide on the right side out as it does not have a topper and the wind is coming from the other side.

The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 61 degrees mostly sunny, wind 20 MPH from the south southwest and gusting to 40 MPH. To 91 degrees mostly sunny.
The Ranch coop semi annual business meeting today 9:00 AM. After Happy Hour the men put away the (long tables) we use the 2 ½ X 5 foot tables for meetings and round tables for daily social time.
Only three Mexican train domino's players came tonight so we played individually tonight I won.


Thursday, April 7, 2011


The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 68 degrees mostly sunny, wind 20 MPH from the south southwest and gusting to 40 MPH. To 83 degrees and mostly sunny
Between three and five AM the wind gusts were active this morning rattling the slide topper awnings and giving Buster a shove every now and then. Buster would be really rolling without the jacks down for stability. After this time the wind did die down to the five MPH range. Then there was more wind and gusts in the afternoon while I was Napping.

Thursdays here at The Ranch it is MEWS, Men Eating Without Supervision. At eight thirty we car pool to a local restaurant for breakfast.
The boys win Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Monday, April 4, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 39 degrees mostly sunny to 59 degrees mostly sunny. High wind over night we kept the slide in. Buster's slide went out after Bonnie got up this morning. Less wind and much cooler after a front moved thru.

This was a good day to stay in and work on the travel plan, alternet stops, and driving distances for a couple of days.
The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.
 
 
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 37 degrees mostly sunny, wind 5 MPH from the south southwest. To 86 degrees mostly sunny.

I did attend mens coffee and then there was a water committee meeting I attended.
We went to Roswell, NM today 125 mile round trip having lunch at Chilies and visiting the large Walmart and Albertsons there.

The boys win Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Sunday, April 3, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 68 degrees mostly sunny to 93 degrees mostly sunny. Breezy (16 mph) enough I went out at six o'clock and closed Buster's table window awning as the flapping and wind noise got to me. It was a hot day more wind with gusts that in the afternoon we brought in the table slide. The usual happy hour at four o'clock.

The boys win Mexican Train dominos tonight with two and a half couples in attendance. Doris has been fighting a tooth.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Saturday, April 2, 2011
The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 61 degrees mostly sunny to 93 degrees mostly sunny. It was a hot day some breezes in the afternoon but it was hot and we turned on the air conditioners today.
Battery maintenance day, adding distilled water to the "house batteries" checking the cables and tightening the fasteners. In the afternoon there was a committee meeting. Theusual happy hour at four o'clock.
The boys win Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.

Sunset at the end of our street

We had this sunset coming home last night from Mexican Train dominos.

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Friday, April 1, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 54 degrees mostly sunny to 86 degrees mostly sunny. It was a hot day no breezes or wind. Predicted 97 for tomorrow.
I went to Artesia for propane gas I forgot to bring the cylinder with me yesterday also went to Walmart for Turbo Tax software. I got 2010 taxes done today. Bonnie and I went to Carlsbad after that to Albertsons for meat and cream soda, gas $ 3.459 a gallon for Silver Sally (better price in Carlsbad).

The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal two and a half couples in attendance (Art & Sherry, Don and George & Bonnie).

The Ranch Lakewood, NM

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Ranch Lakewood, New Mexico 43 degrees mostly sunny to 82 degrees mostly sunny. Nice day, this picture is a morning sunrise at The Ranch this morning.

Sunrise at The Ranch

Doctor appointment this morning, reviewing the blood test taken last week and prescriptions. Cholesterol better, A1C lower (good), triglycerides much lower doctor is happy the new prescriptions are working as desired, Lovaza and Victoza. Weight is down sixteen pounds from December.
The boys lost Mexican Train dominos tonight with our normal three couples in attendance.