Back on the Road again

Late in August, I traveled once again back to Oregon. This time for a return trip of moving Naomi back to Colorado. That trip was made safely, but not without some problems (like a flat trip on the utility trailer and no spare- 68 miles from the nearest town.)

I leave today to go back to Oregon to help out with my Mom's care. I am not sure how long it will take to make arrangements before I can return to Colorado. This time I am taking the 5th wheel RV trailer with me. Hopefully, Mom and I will be traveling to Florida to see Jon graduate from his EOD school, maybe the end of October. (We have to wait to find out the date since he was set back because of having to retake a PT test because he got sick during the run.)

I am getting to the point where I can travel the 1400 miles without a map or GPS- not sure if this is a good thing or not.

New Goldfish

Our 8 year old goldfish died last month. I realized I didn't like seeing an empty aquarium, so I went and got 2 new fish. The gold one is called "Mutt" and the white one is "Jeff". (Mutt and Jeff was a long-popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907.)

Playing Tourists

While Mom and Naomi were visiting Colorado Springs last month, we visited a number of tourist attractions. Be sure to click the link under each photo to see the entire albums of photos.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument-

http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/r_d_landon/2011-07-01%20Florissant%20Fossil%20Beds/

Flying W Ranch-

http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/r_d_landon/2011-07-08%20Flying%20W%20Ranch/

Royal Gorge Bridge & Park-

http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/r_d_landon/2011-07-10%20Royal%20Gorge/

Manitou Cliff Dwellings

Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Colorado Springs June 14, 2011 (click on the link following the photo to see the entire album)

http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/r_d_landon/2011-06-14%20Manitou%20Cliff%20Dwellings/

Mom & Naomi here for a visit

Mom, Naomi and I (along with Taz the dog and Bruce the cat) drove from Oregon to Colorado. If things work out (mostly with the high altitude), they will stay for about a month visiting. We hope to be able to visit a number of the local museums and do some other fun stuff as well.

Happy Mother's Day

Love to my mother and all the other mothers that will read this blog. Thank you for all you have done and will do.

Time zone clocks

We thought it would be fun to put up clocks for the time zones of each of our children. I embroidered a new face for each clock and we posted them on the wall over the door to the back yard. They are arranged from west to east.