We can't believe that our last post was way back in July....Sorry to those who are following our backyard adventures, but on the other hand we will not bore you with everything we did over the summer and try to hit some of the highlights. Our summer trip east had a few hiccups with a couple problems with the motorhome and of course our ever changing plans. We left Ohio and drove back to Tennessee to play a little more golf and to drive down to Kendra's to help with some projects around her house. Mission accomplished we headed the motorhome west and back to Colorado for a month with the family.
We made it in time to celebrate both Amy's birthday and Karsten's 4th birthday. We also were challenged by Amy and Kris to do the "ALS ice bucket challenge". Spending time with family is always the best part of coming back to Colorado. With David and April expecting a little baby girl in December, playing with the Super Ks, having everyone over to the motorhome for campfires, and taking care of my maintenance treatments made this trip back especially nice for us. Although we only stayed a little over a month, we managed to fill the 5# sack with 10#s of memories.
We left the family in early October and drove down to Dallas for a reunion with three of Pat's friends from her early days in the military. It has been since the early 70s since she has seen Casey, Kathleen, Dawn and Mrs Case and the moment they saw each other it was like last week. Isn't that the way it is with friends? Pat was stationed with the sisters on different overseas tours and has always stayed in touch with Mrs Case(Casey &Kathleen's mother) via letters and Christmas cards. Catching up was both informative for George and was great for the ladies even though they remembered some things differently (might have something to do with drinking an clouded memories). After Dallas, we drove down to San Antonio for a brief visit with Bonnie Byrd Karr, our friend from our days in Germany. It is always great to see Bonnie and she ensures that you do not leave hungry. Although George did assist her with a computer problem (was it a case of the blind leading the blind?). After San Antonio, we headed west to Tucson and our visit with Tom and Maryann Graue and their family. Of course we also wanted to see that special young lady, Emme, who is now walking and all the way up to 15 pounds and 1 1/2 years old and her cousins: Molly, Samantha, and Kirsten who are growing up to be three very energetic young ladies. We will be here in Tucson until we drive north for the holidays. Hopefully, Carrie Graue will have a few projects to keep George and Tom busy at her house (hint: if we visit, keep George busy).
Our lovely Colorado sunset
Happy 4th Birthday Karsten
The ALS ice bucket challenge with Kasey helping Grandma and Grandpa -- Thanks Kris and Amy for the opportunity to get ice poured over our heads!
A day on the water with Grandma and the Super Ks
Kathleen and Pat after 40 years
Mrs Case (we missed her 90th birthday) and Casey (look at the next picture for an earlier picture of Kathleen)
The Air Force softball team in Taiwan - The tallest girl is Kathleen and Pat is the young lady on her immediate left). That is 40 years between the pictures -- not much changed????
Can anyone believe that George is helping Bonnie with her computer???
This is our campsite at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio
And for comparison this is our campsite at Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson. Both are pretty nice but way different!
Of course Pat has to play with Emme!
Mom (Carrie) and Emme - sorry a little blurred - will do better next post!
Carrie, Samantha (peeking), Maryann with Emme, Kirsten (in the back), Molly and Pat at Tom and Maryann's traditional Sunday dinner for what seems to be anyone in Tucson.
This has nothing to do with our backyard adventures but it is football season and the Super Ks are Bronco fans and Mom took them to the tailgate for the Bronco vs San Diego game! Besides what would this blog be without a picture of Kasey and Karsten.
We started with a picture of sunset over Denver and end this post with a sunrise from our motorhome over Davis-Monthan AFB, pictures just do not do either picture justice!
We have started our fall backyard adventure. Texas and Arizona with their warm sunny weather enables us to extend our summer, play a little golf and catch up with friends. Yes, we were on the east coast with Tom and Maryann this summer, but like all of our friends - we always make new memories whenever we are fortunate enough to get together again!
Tried to catch you up on the last part of our summer and early fall adventures and will try to post again before we leave Tucson and drive back for the holidays. Our plans for the winter? Remember, all plans are made in Jello but we hope to drive to the southeast after Christmas visiting family and friends in South Carolina and Florida. If you are anywhere near our travel plans - watch out because we have no problem driving a little out of the way to see friends and family!
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