Flower of the Day

September 18, 2024 This sweet smelling vine was in full bloom while we were staying in McFarland Campground in Florence, Alabama.

Current News – RV Tire Update

September 18, 2024 The mobile tech wasn’t able to come out until Monday morning (September 16) to remove the tire. He hadn’t seen a brake failure like ours before. The brake assembly came loose and shot a piece through the metal rim of the wheel. This is what caused the sudden loss of air from […]

Visiting the Wheeler Dam Locks

September 15, 2024 On September 10 (Tuesday), we drove the truck to the Wheeler dam locks viewing area after the final walkthrough of the house. Wheeler dam and Wheeler State Park aren’t very far from our new house. There is a parking lot above the locks, with a picnic table and grassy area. There is […]

River Heritage Park in Florence, Alabama

September 15, 2024 On September 8 (Sunday), we rode the motorcycle to River Heritage Park in Florence, Alabama. This is a beautiful park on the top of the bluff overlooking the Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River. It has a smooth paved trail down to the river. The paved trail goes along the river all […]

Notice from WordPress

September 14, 2024 This popped up when I opened Jetpack. Thanks to everyone who has been following my blog.

Current News – A Bad Day, Good News, No One Hurt

September 14, 2024 Today, we had to hook up the RV in the rain. It is never fun to pack up in the rain. Everything gets put away wet. We are heading to Topeka, Indiana to the Riverstone factory. We are on their books to get all the RV hail damage repaired. Just south of […]

House Buying – Moving Items from RV to House

September 13, 2024 Yesterday, I spent over an hour and a half on the phone with the insurance company. After I got home owner’s insurance, I got a new policy for the motorcycle and a new Alabama policy for the truck and RV. After that, we loaded up the truck with items from the RV […]

House Buying – Home Owners Again!

September 12, 2024 We just got back to the RV after closing on the house and transferring the electrical to the house! We’ll have to get the water changed tomorrow since the water utilities closes at 2:30 PM.

American Splendor on the Tennessee River in Florence, AL

September 11, 2024 On Sunday (September 8), we walked along the Tennessee River in McFarland Park (in Florence, AL) towards the marina. As we got closer to the marina, we saw something that looked like a building on the water. I guessed it was a river boat. I forget what Bruce guessed since he was […]

House Buying – Walk Through

September 11, 2024 Yesterday (September 10), we did our walk through of the house. The seller had removed some of his equipment from the garage, but left his riding mower. It would be really nice if he left the riding mower for us, but that isn’t going to happen. Everything else looked the same. I […]