Airway Heights, Washington (GA616)

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 5,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.
Sadly Mary is struggling with health issues. To see the latest about her situation, click here

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I’m currently in my 24th year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click here

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The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails Lake Minden RV Resort in Nicolaus, California. I’m scheduled to depart here May 9th.

 

 

 

Since my RVing life is changing (see above), I’m starting to re-visit previously visited places. So rather than constantly re-blogging past entries, I’ve decided to do something different.

  In 2011-2013, Mary and I did a 682 day, 12,679 miles in the motorhome and 8,000 miles in the Bronco, circumnavigation of the United States, which I called The Great Adventure. I called it so because other than my oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation in June in Connecticut, I didn’t know where we would be going or when we would be there!

So, unless I do something really different and unusual warranting a new blog entry, I’ll be posting entries from that trip.

This entry was posted September 20, 2013…

 

 

 

 

Yesterday I drove the motorhome the 47 miles from Newport to Airway Heights, Washington.

 

We continued traveling along U.S.Highway 2 West.

 

The traffic continued light along Highway 2.

 

Along the way we stopped in Spokane, Washington where Mary did some serious food shopping at her favorite grocery store, Winco Foods. In addition, I stopped at the Department of Licensing and renewed my Washington State Drivers License for another five years.

 

We spent the night behind VFW Post #3386 in Airway Heights, Washington…

 

 

 

 

 

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s the usual dinette window photo…

 

Did you know that today is POW-MIA Recognition Day?

 

More than 83,000 American service members remain unaccounted for after serving in World War II, the Korea War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. If you love your freedom, thank a Vet!

 

Yesterday was a sunny day. High temperature for the day was 71 degrees.

 

Forecast high temperature for today is 80 degrees and sunny.

 

We’ll continue our westward travel later this morning.

 

Enjoying friendly VFW Posts is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

 

The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location in the State of Washington. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! MARY WROTE A MANY GREAT BLOGS…SO WHENEVER SHE PUBLISHED A BLOG POSTING THE SAME DAY THAT I DID…YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ HER BLOG BY CLICKING THE BELOW LINK! DO IT NOW!

https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2013/09/20/what-a-difference-a-century-or-so-makes/

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.

Forecast for today is sunny and 75 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

 

 

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

 

“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.” –James Madison

 

 

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” —Mark Twain

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

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http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2019

Rising Up Again and Again

Five Blog entries ago I told about my annual visit with my good friends, Horst and Margo Schneider here in Yuma, AZ. I also mentioned the most unusual lives they have lived, among which includes meeting in pre-World War II prior to Hitler, being a German POW who was shipped to the United States and eventually worked for U.S. Intelligence.

That and many other stories are described in his book which I just finished re-reading. Horst is a master story-teller and does a great job in his book…”Rising Up Again and Again”…with a sub-title of “How Life Can Be Fun If You Want It To Be”. To obtain your own copy of his 250 page book for only $15.95 + $4.00 S/H, go this his website at http://bookandpoems.com where you will also find other numerous short stories and poems he has written. You won’t be disappointed!

What an amazing couple. They’ve been together for 71 years and are still very much in love like a couple of teenagers! Don’t forget to go back five of my Blog entries to see their photo and read about my recent visit with them.

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2009
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http://www.panamaorbust.com