We enjoyed our time off this past week in Minnesota but are glad to get back on the road while we continue to beat out a living running up and down the nations highways. First of all, as promised, here is the video of last weeks road kill. Disclaimer alert: There WAS an animal injured in the making of this film! The camera sits up high on the windshield and we had just gone thru the truck wash so hence the spotty window. It all happens kind of fast.
We celebrated Thanksgiving with a whole house full of family in Winona. We still cannot believe our good luck to arrive just in time to smell the pies being made and enjoy unseasonably warm temps for Thanksgiving in Minnesota. It was mid-60's and the windows were open to get the last nice breezes of the season blowing thru the crowd of people. No Black Friday shopping for me again this year. I've become a huge fan of online shopping and I'm content to point and click my way around any store I desire. I did send Jorge out with a 'honey-do' list that day, including a trip to the post office to finally get his passport. We're hoping it will be waiting for us on our stack of mail when we get home for Christmas in Las Vegas. Having it will allow us get even more loads as it is sometimes required to get into certain military bases around the country. Also in that stack of mail should be my computer, hopefully. I just bought this laptop in August and took it back to Best Buy in November when the hinge broke away from the monitor and tore that all up. I know it gets heavy use but gee whiz.. you'd think it would last longer than that. I've been reduced to using Jorges computer and the I-pad, which is just not the same.
Sunday was another highlight of our time off. We made the two hour trip north to visit Shari and Andy and get the tour of their 'new' home in St. Paul, Minnesota. New to them, that is. It's a beautiful old home that is 103 years old. I didn't realize it was only three blocks away from Macalester College where they met and graduated years ago. It's already a cool old house but they are excited about the work and projects that lie ahead to turn it into a real showcase home. Later that afternoon, we walked around the corner where Shari and Andy bought a Christmas tree and he and Jorge carted it back to the house. It was beginning to look and smell alot like Christmas.
Shari always has a captive audience when she plays her music.
Sunday was another highlight of our time off. We made the two hour trip north to visit Shari and Andy and get the tour of their 'new' home in St. Paul, Minnesota. New to them, that is. It's a beautiful old home that is 103 years old. I didn't realize it was only three blocks away from Macalester College where they met and graduated years ago. It's already a cool old house but they are excited about the work and projects that lie ahead to turn it into a real showcase home. Later that afternoon, we walked around the corner where Shari and Andy bought a Christmas tree and he and Jorge carted it back to the house. It was beginning to look and smell alot like Christmas.
Shari always has a captive audience when she plays her music.
So we're back on the road and we just completed a run from Oshkosh, Wisconsin down here to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Next stop is Pryor, Oklahoma up to Valparaiso, Indiana. From there we'll do another run from Indianapolis down to near Austin, Texas. We're working hard now so we can take off for our next vacation over Christmas. Have I mentioned that our New Years resolution is going to be to work just a little more and vacation just a little less? We'll see if we can stick to that one...