October 11 - November 8, 2016 Florida - Texas

What a month this has been.  
We made it to Haines City, Florida on October 11th  and on the 12th we drove to Weeki Wachee, FL to sign the papers on the sale of mom's house.  Now I wait for the judge to sign off on the probate.  The court system can be very slow.

On October 19th I flew to Texas to spend time with Athena and Ember while Nate was at a class in South Carolina.  On October 22nd we all got on a plane and flew back to Florida.  

Ember got her first taste of Disney and Sea World and she did great.  Lots of days of getting up early and falling a sleep in daddy's arms or while ridding on grandma's shoulders.

On the October 29th Nate flew back to Texas and Athena, Ember and I drove mom's jeep back to Texas. While I was there I also got to spend time with my grandsons.  Ian and Ember are buddy's. 

On our way back we made a detour to Jacksonville to visit Donny and his family.  I can't believe I didn't get any pictures of Ember and Declin.  They played so cute together.  

So here are the pictures that were taken by everyone, Bill, Athena, Disney and me.  

Love this photo

This is her "I see Stitch" face

Mickey is OK also

 So now we are on the trek to Surprise, AZ.  The rig is running really good and we are moving along.

September 30- October 8, 2016 Habitat Build

After all the RV drama we finally made it to the Habitat Build.  This was a great place to be after all the stress we had endured the week before.

We did a lot at the habitat store this year.  

These are pictures of us getting ready for the

Carpenters Ball.

We can always find some manual labor to do.

We helped replace about 23 windows at the Church 

that takes care of us.  It was great to work with these guys. 

You know there is always a puppy.

This is Teddy he was one of 6 fur babies at

the build.

I can't say we work all the time.  

The Church makes wonderful meals for us

and they keep us entertained with boat rides.

So now we are in Haines City, Florida with dad and Mary.  

For the most part we will be here till November 9th.

September 21-29, 2016 Roanoke, VA

So we made the best of our long stay in Roanoke, VA.  

We went to the D-Day Memorial for the Bedford Boys.  This memorial is just as good as the ones we have seen in Washington, DC.  We took the walking tour and our guide was fantastic.  If you are ever in the area you need to make a trip to this memorial.

We also took a short drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  It was just a foggy as I remembered but a car is not as much fun as a motorcycle.

I did get pictures of the broken parts of the rig.  I will share a few.

This is the fan clutch.  It should have barrings in it

but they no longer exist.

This is the belt and the hose it shredded 

This fan took a lot of abuse and didn't damage

the radiator.

Cummins expected to find the radiator damaged and the heads scorched but 

we did not have any of that damage. 

We did get to spend one week with the Care-A-Vanners at the Habitat Build.

Those pictures are on the next blog!