It’s been a long time since we posted anything, since last October to be exact. Since then, I have fully recovered from my knee replacement 8 months ago. I must say, it’s nice to be pain free. It’s also ironic…

It’s been a long time since we posted anything, since last October to be exact. Since then, I have fully recovered from my knee replacement 8 months ago. I must say, it’s nice to be pain free. It’s also ironic…
“Don’t rush!” That’s an ominous title for a blog post. We need to remind ourselves of that a little more often. Rushing can lead to a big OOPS!!!! We arrived at Monahans Sandhills State Park in west Texas with full…
We are on the road again!!! After a 5 month RVing hiatus to get Jim healthy, we have escaped the cold of Western New York! Our escape happened a week ago. After a final doctor’s appointment for Jim, we got…
We are finally home from Las Cruces, New Mexico. Jim was released from the rehab hospital on Monday, August 15. In anticipation of that event and knowing that Jim would not be able to drive the RV (and his reluctance…
After New Mexico, it was time for the big highlight of the trip. Our youngest daughter, Janelle, was to defend her dissertation after 5 years of hard work at Texas A&M Galveston. So it was off to Galveston. We had…
We are finally back in our Sticks-and-Bricks home. Notice I qualified that statement with Sticks-and-Bricks (what homes NOT on wheels are made of), because the Blue Flame is our home also. Our trip home from Arizona back to New York…
We had discovered the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico could be damp and well, yucky, in January. Our plan of wandering around Texas would have to wait for another time. Still, our coastal experience brought a surprise. I…
We played on the west side of the Gulf of Mexico for a couple of weeks. Too bad the sun didn’t want to come to come out and play also! After our airboat ride, we continued to travel along the…
It was time to make our way towards Albuquerque and my brother’s family for the Easter weekend. But we had a few days to kill. So to stop? I pulled out my copy of the National Geographic Guide to Scenic…
We had some time before we were expected at my brother’s in Albuquerque for Easter (about two weeks worth), so we decided to retrace our steps back to Galveston a longer visit with Janelle. Plus it turns out there are…