Ivoryton, Connecticut Day 5 (GA517)

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.

I’m currently in my 23rd 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 RV resort in Palm Desert, California. I’ll depart from here December 19th.

 

 

 

 

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 June 11, 2013…

 

 

 

 

The motorhome is parked at my son’s home where I’m expected to remain until July 17th.

 

 

Mary has been in Las Vegas, Nevada for her grandson’s high school graduation for the last several days. She returned to her home in Murphys, California yesterday.

 

 

For the short while I’ve been here, I’ve seen not a whole lot of my family as they are all so busy with their lives. Oh well, I’ll catch them as I can.

 

 

If you are a regular follower of my Blog, you’ll remember a few months back I became a life member on the Veterans Of Foreign Wars…aka VFW. I’ve found the guys like to wear hats identifying where they served…so I thought I would follow suit…

 

 

 

 

 

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 my new hat…

 

 

I was a Radarman stationed aboard USS Boston from 1959 – 1962. You can read all about the USS Boston by clicking this Wikipedia link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Boston_%28CA-69%29

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a photo of me in 1960…

 

 

There’s a nice Veterans Hall only a couple of miles from my son’s home which I visited last Sunday. I plan on going there regularly while here.

 

 

Enjoying visiting with my fellow veterans is another joy of the full-timing lifestyle!

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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!

Mary did not post this date.

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.

Forecast for today is mostly sunny and 67 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

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

There are more than 600 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver

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

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2018

National Museum Of Nuclear Science And History – Albuquerque, New Mexico (GA95)

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 4,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.

I’m currently in my 22nd 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 RV Resort in Chehalis, Washington. I’ll planning to depart here June 12th.

 

 

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 April 29, 2012…

 

 

 

A few days ago I went to the above named museum. During my working years, I was associated with the Nuclear industry for 20+ years.

 

 

Here’s the museum’s official website link…
http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/

 

 

Here are some photos that I took…

 

 

 

 

 

 

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…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the front plaza is a Terrier Missile launcher. The U.S.S. Boston CAG-1, was the World’s first-guided missile heavy cruiser and the first ship to carry the Terrier Missiles. I was stationed aboard the Boston from 1959 to 1962 as a Radarman.

 

 

I found this 50 second YouTube video of a news report of the U.S.S. Boston firing its missiles. Click this link to see the video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghCaBHA8mD0

 

 

 

 

 

In the below photo are replicas of two famous atomic bombs. The green one was known as Little Boy and dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The yellow one was known as Fat Man and dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945…

 

 

To read about those two bombings, click this Wikipedia link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

 

 

 

 

 

In the below photo is a replica of a device called The Gadget. This was the first atomic bomb test on July 16, 1945 about 90 miles due South of my current location..

 

 

To read about that test blast, click this Wikipedia link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_%28nuclear_test%29

 

 

 

 

 

For a number of years I was an Industrial Radiographer (an X-Ray technician using radioactive isotopes as the radiation source). The below photo shows a meter similar to the ones I used to use to monitor the associated radiation levels of our work area…

 

 

 

 

 

This next photo is a model of a commercial reactor used as a power source to generate electricity…

 

 

 

 

 

The below photo is a diagram of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Station in Maryland. It’s one of the seven Nuclear reactors on which I worked during their construction…

 

 

To see the other 28 photos that I took, click this link…
https://picasaweb.google.com/110455945462646142273/NationalMuseumOfNuclearScienceHistoryAlbuquerqueNewMexico

 

 

Because of my years of working in the Nuclear industry…I spent three hours in the museum and enjoyed it greatly.

 

 

 

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/2012/04/29/what-i-miss-on-the-road/

 

 

 

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

 Yesterday was mostly cloudy and 66 degrees. Forecast for today is mostly cloudy and 70 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 Washington. 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

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

There are more than 700 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273?source=pwa

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

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2017

50 Years Ago Today… (GA77)

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 4,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.

I’m currently in my 22nd 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 Nicoulas, California. I expect to be here until May 26th.

 

 

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 April 12, 2012…

 

 

 

50 Years ago today I received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy. At that time I was serving as a Radarman Petty Officer Third Class aboard the U.S.S. Boston CAG-1. It was the World’s first heavy guided missile cruiser and home-ported in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

 

 

 

 

I found the below photo of the ship online when it was docked at Genoa, Italy on January 27, 1962. I was serving on board at the time on my third and final Mediterranean Sea cruise…

 

 

To see other photos of the ship and read about its history, click this link…
http://navysite.de/cg/cag1.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the only photo I have of myself from those days. I remember it was taken in 1961 when the ship was in Amsterdam, Holland. I would have been 20 years old at the time…

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a photo of me that Mary took of me a couple of months ago while we were in Tombstone, Arizona…

 

 

What a difference 51 years makes in the way a person looks. How has the 50 years since my discharge gone so rapidly?

 

 

All things considered…I’m glad I’m still around to have my photo taken.

 

 

I’ve had a blessed life…most of it in a traveling capacity. I’ve been many places, have met many people and lived through many experiences.

 

 

I’m most pleased that I still enjoy good health so that I may continue to travel as a full-time RVer. I cannot think of a finer way to spend my golden years!

 

 

 

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/2012/04/11/meet-the-family/

 

 

 

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

 Yesterday was partly sunny and 77 degrees. Forecast for today is partly sunny and 68 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

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

There are more than 700 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273?source=pwa

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

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2017

My New U.S. Navy Veteran Motorhome License Plate…

The motorhome is now parked at Thousand Trails Thunderbird RV Resort along the bank of the Skykomish River in Monroe, Washington. I’ve been here a number of times over the past years and always enjoy it here. My scheduled departure date is September 16th.

I’m just hanging out taking maximum advantage of my Thousand Trails membership and very agreeable weather.

Mary’s personal to-do list plate, which can only be handled by herself, continues to over-flow. Recently we acknowledged that her meeting up with me in September, just is not going to happen.   😦

I’ll next likely see her when I arrive at her home in November. A friend recently expressed a concern about the status of our relationship. Not to worry…it continues to function per our original agreement when we met in October, 2008. That is…I remain on the road and she will join me when her other life allows. We talk every day on the phone…sometimes more than once. It’s just the way life is!

My new U.S. Navy Veteran license plate for the motorhome arrived two days ago…

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…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I served as a radar man on the USS Boston CAG-1, the world’s first heavy guided missile cruiser, from 1959 to 1962. The below photo was taken at Amsterdam, Holland in 1960. What a difference 55 years make!  🙂

You can read about the USS Boston by clicking this link…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Boston_%28CA-69%29

 

 

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.

Yesterday was a cloudy/sunny/rainy and 63 degrees. Forecast for today is cloudy with showers and 66 degrees.

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

The red dot on the below map shows mu approximate location in the State of Was. 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

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

There are more than 600 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver

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

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2015

A Brief Overview Of A Ramblin’ Mans Life…

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails RV Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. My scheduled departure date is Friday, February 13th.

Mary continues to be overwhelmed with personal business. I am now not expecting to see her again until I arrive at her home in Murphys, California about the third week in April. It’s just the way things are and we just have to deal with it.

I’ve come to Las Vegas, Nevada several times over the years and have quite thoroughly explored the area. Rather than go back to these various places and re-create the wheel, (unless I do something different and unusual) I’m electing to republish some of my earlier blog entries…or discuss a different topic.

Yesterday I published a Blog entry about my son and the bad weather to which he was returning… http://wp.me/pDCku-bCP

It got me thinking about why I left the northeastern United States and continue my Ramblin’ Mans lifestyle. So here’s a brief recap of my almost 75 years of life and 50+ years of camping and RVing…starting at the beginning…

I never had a chance…by that I mean I was born December 5, 1940 in Gardner, Massachusetts. Right smack in the middle of the Sagittarius sign. If you study the character traits of that sign you will find that a primary trait is that they…Love To Travel!

I lived in Massachusetts until I went to US Navy Boot Camp late 1958.

Here’s a photo at age 18 just after arriving home from boot camp…

Most of my 3.5 years in the US Navy was as a Radarman on the USS Boston CAG-1, the World’s first heavy guided missile cruiser…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Boston_%28CA-69%29

That’s when my traveling life really began. I made cruises to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea visiting a number of different countries. The below photo was taken in Amsterdam, Holland for the cruise book in 1961 when I was 20 years old…

I began my RVing/Camping life in 1964 when I bought an old International bread truck and converted it into a camper. I had it painted a beautiful metallic green with golden scribe letters that said…The Weekend Wanderer. Unfortunately, no photos remain of that camper. I had it several years and really cannot remember quite when or to whom I eventually sold it. In 1970 I bought a motorcycle and it became my camper. The next photo is what it looked liked in 1977 went I took it to Newfoundland, Canada for a three-week vacation…

I traveled extensively all over the east coast and went absolutely everywhere…going to the good places several times over. Needing new horizons I decided to move to the west coast (California). My motorcycle was in the moving van with my household furnishings. I drove in my 1977 Toyota Celica with my tent…

It took me three months to make it to California. See the below image. Most folks would have gone more or less in a straight line (yellow line). But not me. Leaving northern New Jersey where I was living at the time in 1979, I drove to visit some good friends near Detroit, Michigan, then north into Canada to the head of the Canadian Rockies..Banff and Lake Louise. Then I stared zig-zaging south down the Rocky Mountain chain. Every time I found a route over the Rockies, I took it, then crossed at the next available crossover all the way south to the Grand Canyon (red line) and then into southern California…

I took a year off from work, then ended up taking a job near Olympia, Washington in 1980. By that time I had acquired a tent trailer, but that was not suitable in the wet northwest environment…so I bought a used 11 foot travel trailer which I had for several years. In 1988 I bought a new 18 foot travel trailer which I towed with a Chevy Suburban.

I traveled extensively in the Pacific Northwest. In 1995 as I was approaching the age of 55…I made a rather relatively quick decision to retire and begin the full-time RVing lifestyle and headed south for the winter. Since that time my primary goal has been to stay in temperatures from 65 to 75 degrees all year long, as much as possible. Mary calls me The Weather Wimp! When it gets over 75 or under 65…I start complaining!

The next photo is of my 18 foot travel trailer and Chevy Suburban on a beach in Baja, California Sur where I spent 6 months during the winter of 1998-99. The poor photo quality comes having the film developed in Mexico…

Christmas in Baja, Mexico…

My friends had motorhomes and a tow car so they could go 4-wheeling in the mountains. I was time for me to make a change in that direction. By that time I was reading all I could about Central America…knowing I just had to go there. I felt that there was a 50/50 chance the motorhome and tow car make not make it back from Central America…so in September 1999, I bought a 1983 23.5 foot Suncrest motorhome and a 1984 Ford Bronco II as a tow car. In the winter of 2000-01 I spent another six month Winter in Baja, Mexico.

In November, 2002 I made the final decision to go to Central America. I set aside more than a year for planning and departed on January 2, 2004 with a total of 11 rigs and 17 people…

After 343 days and more than 16,000 miles (11,000+ on the motorhome and 5,000+ on the Bronco) …only two rigs and two people went the entire pre-planned route. All the others dropped out for various reasons…but all eventually returned to the United States safely.

We wandered a lot of back-country roads in Central America…

The next photo taken on December 9, 2004 in Douglas, Arizona shows myself (right) and Bud Kuball safely arriving back in the United States…

Through a great coincidence…Bud lives here in Las Vegas and I’ll be visiting with him soon. In October, 2008 I met my now (part-time) traveling companion Mary Matzek and my life has not been the same since… 🙂 …

In July, 2009 we bought a new rig…a 2006 26 foot Fleetwood Terra Motorhome and 1986 Ford Bronco II tow car as seen in the heading of this Blog. Since 2008 we have wandered all over the United States making two circumnavigations (2010 and 2012-13).

In that time we’ve had some unique experiences. May 27th, 2012 we survived this terrible accident in Canyon de Chelly in remote northeastern Arizona where one person was killed and several other were severely injured. Mary and I still carry aches and pains from that experience…

In February 2013 we met the Mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana while there for Mardi Gras. Mary and I are both of French heritage. We managed to find the French folks there and got an invite to ride on the Krewe de Cajun float during the Mardi Gras Parade. Instead of catching the beads…we were throwing them… 🙂

The below map identifies six extremities I have reached on the North American Continent. #1 by motorcycle, #2 by Toyota and #3, #4, #5 and #6 by motorhome. In case you are wondering why I’ve not done Alaska…it doesn’t call me.

There are now over 600 Picasa web albums from my travels which you can see by clicking this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver

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

This year Mary and I both will turn 75 years old and we are both saying the same thing. I had a wonderful life and if I were to die tomorrow…I would not feel cheated. My Bucket List is empty!

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS AND VIDEO.

Yesterday was a sunny/cloudy and 71 degrees. Forecast for today is mostly cloudy and 73 degrees.

The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location in the State of Nevada. 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

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

There are more than 600 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver

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

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2015

Happy Memorial Day From Seaside, Oregon

The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails Seaside RV Resort in Seaside, Oregon. My current scheduled departure date is June 4th.

Mary returned from her trip to Turkey on May 5th. She now finds herself awash in personal matters…home maintenance, family, friends, rentals, etc.. After a long discussion we have agreed she will now meet me July 26th in Bellingham, Washington. When we met in 2008 we both knew that she might run into situations like this and agreed that she would travel with me on a part-time basis. She has thanked me for not pressuring her to return at an earlier date. We all have to do, what we have to do in this world.

Happy Memorial Day!

If you are not familiar with it, you can read all about the history of Memorial Day by clicking this Wikipedia link… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

Today we pause to remember our Veterans. I’ll be attending a memorial service at American Legion Post #99 here in Seaside, Oregon at 11:00 AM. What will you be doing today to remember our veterans? I am proud to have served our country.

Yesterday while on YouTube I accidentally came across this short video of my old ship USS Boston – CAG-1, the World’s first heavy guided missile cruiser. I served aboard her from 1959-1962 as a Radarman…

Here’s the only photo I still have from my Navy days taken at Amsterdam, Holland in 1960…

This photo of me was taken November 9, 2013. What a difference 54 years make… 🙂 I’m glad I’m still around to have my photo taken…many of our vets are not…

In addition to being a member of the American Legion Post #25 in Cottonwood, Arizona,  I am also a Life Member of VFW post #4224 in Baker, Louisiana. You can read about my last visit there on March 18, 2013 by clicking this link… https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/baker-louisiana-day-8/

In honor of those veterans no longer with us, here’s a video about the history of TAPS…

Yesterday was a cloudy/rainy day at 61 degrees. Forecast for today is cloudy/sunny at 60 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather 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 Oregon. 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

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

There are more than 500 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver

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

For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2014