As you may or may not have noticed, we have not sent out a newsletter
for quite some time. I'm not sure why, but we just sort of lost
interest in doing them. Maybe because I (Tami) had to nag, nag, nag to
get someone (Clay) to work on it, and I just got tired of that. Ah yes, nagging is such an effective tactic, don't you think? I always go out of my way to respond positively to nagging. In fact, I remember the time.... Oh be quite! Maybe it is because we seem to be going to the same places the last
couple of years and thought you all would not want to hear about the
same old thing. Whatever the reason, we just quit doing them.
That being said, there have still been times when we would like to share
a story or adventure with our family and friends. After getting hooked
on a few other blogs written by others, I thought maybe this would be a
good way to share. It may not be quite as funny as our newsletters,
but hopefully it will be a way for you to know where we are and what we
are doing. You can also leave comments on the site as well.
Yes, we do like sharing stories, especially when the format need not be prejudiced by too much factual information. We're kind of like politicians in that regard. (Clay's philosophy is why let the facts get in the way of a good story!)
There are a couple of different ways to follow our blog. At the top of the page underneath our heading, you see a line with "e-mail address..." on the left and "Submit" on the right. If you enter your address and submit it, you will receive a verification e-mail and once you finish that procedure you will receive an e-mail letting you know any time we add something to our blog. Or you can just bookmark our blog and check back every now and then to see if we have added anything new.
Anyway, this is our first post and is pretty much to just let you know what we're going to be doing. We look forward to putting things on this blog in the future that we want to share with all of you and hopefully that you will enjoy.
See you here again soon!
Tami & Clay
Can't wait to see the new blog!!! Dianne
ReplyDeleteHi Tami and Clay,
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to reading about your adventures.
I read all of your blogs and follow your adventures. You can follow our through the photos that I post on my page on Facebook. I do see you on Facebook also.
ReplyDeleteWe worked the beet harvest in Montana last fall and then finished up the year with another great cruise through the Panama Canal from Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles. The most memorable was a bus trip into the jungle and then 45 minutes by canoe up the lake to spend the day with the natives dancing and serving food.
We stayed home and played with our toys (TV, computer, Mike crosswords and ball games, me with crafts and reading.
April brought the invitation of "If we send you plane tickets will you fly to Alaska and travel with us as we move down to the lower 48 via the Alcan Hwy. Three days later that adventure started as we boarded our plante headed for Eagle River. We spent three days cleaning out the final shed and loading the 27' cargo trailer, and loaded 2 dogs into the truck. I traveled with daughter Hope and 1 cat. Three farewell parties with dinners and we were headed north to Fairbanks to finish paperwork and return tools (our son-in-law works the pipeline). We enjoyed the museum at the University of Alaska, stayed at the theme town North Pole and traveled on to a native village to spend the night with friends (hey both work for the village) of our daughter and son-in-law. The next day we headed north and crossed the Canadian border with all of the proper paperwork (gun locks, ownership papers, passports, rabies shots for the animals, etc.) It was still snowing a little with snow piled along the roads in spots.
A great highlight was 42 buffalo in one day off on the wide (30') sides of highway with snow on their winter coats.
We had many extra tires and an hydraulic jack. This was good because we had three trailer changes and 1 truck change in two days. We saw two open moving trailers wrecked and a large travel trailer with the front broken apart from the back. The people and their dogs were ok.
Lower down in Canada I was searching the hills for mountain sheep with my camera ready. I almost missed seeing four walking along the highway...my picture is a blur.
Many more fascinating tale of the snow attaching itself to tire wells and the bottom of the trailer and knocking the ice off at each rest stop.
It was an adventure and "God knows how I love an adventure."
We were gone about ten days.
July 4 for the last several years has been a camping trip 20 miles from the end of the road to Mt. Baker on the Nooksak River. Great weather, food, friends and realatives to say nothing of the fabulous fireworks.
The end of May was a baby shower here in Aberdeen for our granddaughter and then two weeks later another shower in Bellingham, WA. We were on the road again.
Aug. 1 Elliot Marie Musick Caya arrive just under 8" 20.5". She is now four weeks old.
Aug. 12-13-14 was a campout in Union, WA. to celebrate 51 ST. class reunion for the class of '62. It was great to see everyone. There were on 26 kids in my graduating class.
Off to Mt. Vernon, WA. for the wedding of our oldest grandson Cail to his longtime love Katie. We took the motorhome to park and plug in at the grange (we are still caring for our daughter's dogs and cat) so we could attend the wedding and help and still tend to the care of the animals.
We made 7 dozen deviled eggs and six apple pies to add to the feast. It was one of the happiest weddings I have ever been to.
Now we are home with no plans. Our daughter is here in a camping trailer and we still have the dogs and cat. Her husband has another month on the pipeline and then he will be home from Alaska for two weeks. They hope to find a house in the Bellingham area so their youngest (16 1/2) can finish school where she has friends. I have my fingers crossed for them. They lived in Alaska for 15 years.
That is about it for us. Thanks for the update with wishes of health and happiness.
Mike and Donna