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JUNE 2000We're up and RunningTips and Tricks, Expenses, Communications, Camping.JULY 2000GuestBook, 97-98 Journal, 98-99 Journal.AUGUST 20001999-2000 Journal, 1998 NewslettersSEPTEMBER 20001999 Newsletters (Dec 98,Jan,Feb)OCTOBER 20001999 Newsletters (Mar,Apr,Dec)All 2000 Newsletters.........So FarNOVEMBER 2000 Photo Gallery (Begins) Check: Motorhomes,Author& Authorette, National Park Signs and Sunsets for starters.DECEMBER 2000More Pictures have been added to the Photo Gallery. At the end of this month we will again be traveling and writing it all downfor future Newsletters. Until then..............can find other RV sites.There is also a 'user report' on the Sharp running.OCTOBER 2002Sorry for the delay, but now the 2002 winter caused by several computer problems this summer. We are now working with a new one. We got a Dell Dude!DECEMBER 2002 We're off again on another journey into the West. Check out the to keep it current depending on connection availability.on the Newsletters from last year. up, along with the Journal, as we travel this next year.map will also be running shortly after that. NOVEMBER 2004The Expenses page has not been updated this year because of a couple of anomalies. Firstly we drove home for Christmasand then went on a 7-Day cruise to the Mexican Riviera in January. Our expenses went up accordingly and messed up our averages for the Daily, Weekly and Monthly reports.getting connected to publish. We apologize for the tardiness.MARCH 2005Journals are being discontinued to make room for new ones.The years of 1998 and 1999 will no longer be available online.MARCH 2005ATTENTION READERS OF THE JOURNAL: I have been having difficulty publishing the JOURNAL this year because I've reached my limit in the number of pages I may have on this website. Consequently, if you're reading the Journal and wish to continue, send me your e-mail address and I will send it to you as an attachment. You can be assured that I will NOT give, sell or distribute your e-mail address to any other entity. I will use it to send you the certified virus free attachment containing the weekly Journal. At the present time I have figured out a way to publish. But how long this will last is uncertain. OCTOBER 2005We are soon to be on the road again for this year. As usual, wewill publish the "Journal" whenever it's possible, on Sundaynights or Monday mornings, or soon thereafter. With the maps now accompanying the Journals on the site, you'll notice that ourroutes out west are considerably different than our routes home.The reason for this is our visits to the National Parks. We'llkeep you posted on our travels through the website. Check out the Where are we now map for our location this year. hesitated to post last year's sheets because of our 14 day absence from our schedule, but compared to this year's schedule it is now a fair representation. As of this point we are 8 days from being back on the road again. (November 28th) Our JOURNAL will be up and running in a couple of weeks. is up and running.MAY 2006All the pages on the site have been updated.people featured in the Journal.information for last winter. I have also updated the EXTRA, EXTRA BOX for those following our actual expenses.NOVEMBER 2006We'll hit the road this year a day early. We're leaving onthe Saturday after Thanksgiving (Nov 26) instead of theMonday after. The first Journal entry should be publishedby December 4th.FEBRUARY 2007Our winter effectively ended today with our decision to return home to Michigan. My Mother is having some problems at home and we need to return to get her settled.It will take the rest of the winter to get things straightenedout. We will take a couple of weeks to get there since weneed to wait down south for the frigid weather to breakbefore we head north. We will wait in Louisiana for that tohappen and then we'll just sneak north and try to avoidthe cold.OCTOBER 2007We will return to the road this year on November 25th,on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Our Winter last year was shortened by some difficulties at home in Michigan.Having been taken care of in the Spring we will be offand running for our usual West Coast winter. Journalswill follow shortly afterward.NOVEMBER 2007The expense sheet will not be posted for this past yearbecause of the abbreviated year. We'll post 2007-08 at the same time next year.DECEMBER 2, 2007One week on the road and I fell and broke my leg. posted. I hesitated Publishing 2007 because it was an abbreviated year, but now it has been put in perspective.NOVEMBER 2008 We hit the road at our usual time this year and theNOVEMBER 2009 We were on the road and rolling on the 29th of November 7th of December. We are also sending out the Newsletter in e-mails as a .pdf this year. We are hopingthis will work for anyone who wants the "letter." We've already sent out a summer letter that worked quite well.websites come and go quite regularly.JULY 2010 The opportunity to attend the Calgary Stampede pres-ented itself and we left on the 5th for Alberta, Canada.Friends we had met in California (Terry and Jo-AnneBertamini) had offered to show us around while we werethere.We also took the opportunity to visit other Canadianfriends Henry and Arlene LeDuc of Rocky MountainHouse while we were there.NOVEMBER 2010We were on the road on Novmber 28 and the Journalshould be posted on December 6.NOVEMBER 2011There's nothing NEW this year and we will be hitting the road on the 27th of November and the Journal should be posted on the monday afterward. We will be heading toward New Orleans this year which will be a change of route. NOVEMBER 2012We had a wonderful Summer trying to decide which way we would be heading this Winter because of the price of gas. At this point we're leaning toward California again. We will be hitting the road on the 25th and the Journal should be posted a week later on Monday the 3rd of December.DECEMBER 2012We're having all kinds of trouble with pages on this site and we're hoping that we can straighten them out. Of particular note is the "Where are wenow" Map. So far it's so bad that I've just deleted it.SEPTEMBER 2013Since last January I've had a very difficult time keeping this site up to date. I was in the Hospital for 64 days with a "Flesh Eating Bacteria" that consumed most of the top of my foot. After that, we were just concerned with getting ourselves back to Michigan. Sharon had to drive the entire 2600 miles. While we were traveling the site was all messed up and I couldn't log into it. In the next few days I'll publish the rest of last year's Journal and possibly add a couple of new pages for the upcoming year. I apologize for the delay. Some of the pages have been reformulated for widescreen computers. Some pages could not be reformulated. Our regular readers will have already noticed the changes.
Next year the Journal will also reflect these changes. Those of you who haven't upgraded to widescreen, I apologize, but I can't keep up both formats.OCTOBER 2013 The rest of the 2013 Journal from week 10 to May has now been published and online. Sorry for the delay but when you read it you'll see why I wasn't able to finish it until now.APRIL 2014The Trip Map is now up and running. Sorry forthe delay.DECEMBER 2014The Trip Map is now up and running. We are stranded in Springfield, MOgetting our motorhome fixed. We will soon move on to Branson.SEPTEMBER 2016The Journal from our trip home last year is finally up and running. My entirewebsite was inoperable for the last few months and I finally got it working again.With a "little" help from Tech Support I got the Journal up anyway.been updated. Happy reading.