Should be Charlie's blog

As usual the dog gets the headlines. He got to know all the other dogs in the Darango RV park before we left. They even had a dog wash. He saw his beauty parlor Friday so he was already clean. As you can see he rules the ship underway. No effort at all.

I asked the folks at Durango today where there was a nice park further south. They suggested The Lakes Golf and RV Resort. Well they were right. This place is beautiful. It's in Chowchilla, California. Lots of nice homes with a golf course and a great RV resort. This a parting shot of Darango RV. We will return.

Our new digs are at Lakes RV and Golf Resort, at the sugestion of Drango. We are parked about 100 feet from the club house and the pool/hot tub. A short walk to the dog walk and just a little farther to the golf course. I get go walk over tomorrow, pick up the golf cart and away we go. Cost is $45/night including golf for two. Cart is $32 bucks extra. Not a bad deal. Will report on the golf course tomorrow.















As it stand tonight we are most likely going to stay here for a couple days. Have put in 950 miles since Saturday morning, including a little of our back and forth. That cost about 60 miles. It will be fun to sit for and extra day. Most likely next up is Bakersfield. If the golf course is nice we could play it again on Wednesday before we leave. We will see. Captain is getting a tired butt.





So far the satellite still doesn't work and the cab air fan had a blown breaker. But it popped again so I guess that will be on the spring repair list. Who knows. We are all settled in watching dancing wit the stars. Charlie is exhausted as usual. Only 11 months old and all he does is sleep. Maybe he is the smartest.




While we were at the pool Egor the pool cleaner kept trying to attact us. We got away and the pool was clean.




We are all settled in now and Sue is makng Patato salad for tomarrow. Talk to you all tomarrow or so.

A bit of backand forth

We enjoyed our stay at 7 Feathers. They have a BIG casino on the east side of the freeway and a fuel stop and A really nice RV park on the west side. We didn't use their pool or hot tub, but Carlie took advantage of the enclosed dog walk. We even got a free Sunday paper this morning, We left abut 9:30 and headed south. This is the trip thru the Syscuies. We went up and down, then down and up. I know lots of you know the drive.





Charlie enjoyed the trip. He is settling down to the long days of travel. His new words are "Rest area" and "Pet area" We just drove south in to California. Had a junk food lunch at Rest stop. We were headed to a place called Parkway RV where we stayed a couple years ago. We were driving down the road and I say this new place called Durango RV Resort. But we kept going. The parkway was like last time. We were new then to the travel life. Uug....We drove back up the highway to the New Place. I wish I had steped on the brake earlier. I would recommend this place to everyone. (Remember, click on the Blue stuff and you go to the link)

We got parked and Charlie and Sue went off for a walk. Then we went to their pool and hot tub. Charlie guarded the homestead. They have a great club house with a big screen TV. This place has only been open two months. Full service including cable and wi fi. The other place had nothing and wanted about the same money. We need to look out farther a bit. Steve Cox has been mentioning a call ahead is a good idea.



Anyway we are sitting here watching TV. My satellite does not seem to work right so I think I will call Dishnetworks and say good by. That's another story.

Tomorrow well be heading further south. Was planning on a place on the Sacramento Delta, but I'm not sure. Might be looking in a different direction. Just know that we will be in Laughlin Wednesday or Thursday. Then Surprise on Saturday Already have heard from some friends down there. Looks like Jimmy Johnson is headed for a third NASCAR championship.

Off and running

Every thing went well this morning as we got off to our latest adventure. It is always so pretty in the fall with the leaves turning. Snuffy was ready to go.

We cruised down I-5 and stoped in Woodlawn for some fuel we hoped (no diesel) and a Mc Donald lunch. Sue went for food and I heard this alarm go off. Seemed that the power cable form the motor home to the car was not working right. This cut the Remco pump that keeps the transmission on her car working. The cable I had used was an old one that I had drug on the ground a couple years ago and fixed. Opps. Good thing I had a new one. (Red cord) Plugged it in and all was well.

So off we went again and ended up at Seven Feathers Casino in the south of Oregon about 360 miles from home.

Charlie enjoyed the trip. Rode on the dash some of the way. He didn't get his morning nap so he was a bit confused. Slept on the couch, the bed, Sue's lap and a few other places.

Got this picture of him from outside. Anyway we got in and rested a bit.

Sue took Charlie for a walk then we went to the casino. Sue didn't want to leave.

We both started with $20.00. I came home with 42 and Sue came home with 28. Save our winnings to Laughlin.

Time is getting short.

10 more days to go. Then everybody gets to start enjoying "Joe Isims" again. Charlie is getting ready. I'm sure he is looking forward to his perch in Snuffy (the Motor Home). I caught him looking outside at the cold this morning.





As fitting start we began and ended with the Avocado Plants last year. There was Avo and Coda and their offspring Guacamole. Guacamole was still a seed. He made it for a while but now it appears his growth is stunted. His parents need water.




Our plans are to leave either Friday afternoon of Saturday morning 24/25. Plan on taking about nine days to get to Phoenix. The races are November 7,8 and 9. We are both looking forward to our yearly NASCAR fix at Phoenix International Raceway better known as PIR.



Looks like we will be going down I-5 as the weather inland is getting bad. Our friend Steve Cox (Link to his blog is on this page) got stuck in snow in Nevada. He headed to Death Valley to get warm. We get to see our friends Larry and Jane from Maui. They will be in Arizona when we are there. Never see them in Seattle. Go figure. Anyway will I will be getting in the posting mode soon. Till then let the sun shine.

A summer update

Well here is a little summer update. We had the grand gathering for the birthday girls the end of July. (Jeanne and Monica) Was a little different this year as a lot of people were out of town. We ended with two parties this year. One here and one at Margies. A good time was had by all as usual. Charlie got a lot of exercise with Kelsey. Kelsey did a bang up job of decorations as can been seen hanging everywhere.





We were happy that Cristy could make as well. She got here early.

Dinner was good. We had the normal Kabobs.

For Joe and Sue it has been a busy summer. Work has been slow with all the high fuel prices so I have played more golf than usual. Sue and I have played in three couples tournaments so far. Walla, Longview and last week Meadow Springs in the Tri Cities. So far we have won a few bucks and had a lot of fun. Charlie is becoming a good traveler. When he was young he got sick a lot but now he takes over the motor home.

His latest perch is on the dash. He can keep an eye on us as well as the road. He just jumps up there and lays down. We should call him King of the Road.

Well that's all for now. I will try and get some more posts as time goes by. We plan on heading south on October 25 for the races. Leave a comment if you read this.

Mikey and the Aquasox

A new and cool post. After Sue, I and now Charlie came back from a weekend of golf in Walla Walla we got to spend the night at brother Mikes place in Everett. Nice place to park, except Sue's hairdryer took out the breaker in Mikes garage. We had a great time. This visit had its special event as we could see Mikey sing the Stars Spangle Banner at the Everett Aquasox baseball game. He did a "GREAT" job.

The new puppy

Just thought I would use the blog to send some pictures of the new puppy "Charlie" We got him about a month ago at the ripe age of 12 weeks. I expected the worst in the house training thing. We have been nicely surprised. He has trained us well as when he wants to go out. He even goes to the door to ask. Amazing for a little puppy. When we got him he would fit in a box, but not anymore.





He has been through all the shots and stuff. Even had his first haircut at "Paws and Claws" The lady their specialises in Shih Tsu hair cuts. The place is like a circus. There were Shih Tsu's everywhere. This is before.

And this is after.

Charlie had his first motor home trip last weekend. We went to Pacific Beach. It was a bit of a blustery weekend. Even had snow, but we got him out on the beach for a run. We have him chasing a stick and bringing it back already. Not bad for four months. He did get tired however.

He did good in the motor home. Did get a little sick just before we got to the ocean. He was so tired on the way back he slept all the way.

By the way, for those who have followed this blog since October. Well Sue finally got Guacamole to grow. No she has three Avocado plants.