The Big Move

OKC, OK.

The Big Move....all 30 feet of it! The empty site in the foreground was ours and as you can see we moved all the way to the next one. Why you ask??? Well, it had something to do with the weather, the cold, cold weather.

With the bitter cold nights we have had here in OKC the last few nights and a faulty heat tape, the water spigot just couldn't take it. During the night Sheryl said she had heard a loud pop, I though the light I have in the wet bay may have blown out. I went outside to check the light bulb, only to find a large icicle from the middle of the water pipe, right about where the repairman's hands are. Further investigation found the pipe had cracked. The pipe could not be repaired for a while, so we had to move to the next site down. It actually worked out better for us, as the parking here can be a little odd. In the last site we had to park about 50' away from our site, now we can park right in front of it. Call me lazy, but hey, you know how it is.

That was our excitement for the day, at least we didn't have to pack for a big move. So until next time, we'll see you then!!!

Water Heater Woes

OKC, OK.

Well, the last week our water heater decided to give up and spring a leak, I guess at 12 years old they tend to do that. How did I find this out you ask? It was during one of our freezing nights, the next morning I went out to check on something and noticed this beautiful cascade of icicles from below the water heater area. I little investigative work and I found the water heater to be completely wet on the bottom and the floor underneath soaked. Thank goodness we have a built in water heater bypass valve, so I bypass the water and set out in search of a new one. After scouring the internet I found a good deal at PPL and made the purchase. I did check the local suppliers, but they wanted 150.00 more plus tax.

 My plan was to install it myself (installed one before), but after looking at what I would need to do, several trips to the lowes, RV parts house, etc and several hours of work, I decided to let a pro do it.
Enter Bill, our local Mobile RV Repair guy. Had the old heater out and the new one installed in just 2 hours. Inital testing seemed to go well and he was off. After a few hours the heater just seemed not to be working right, so we called Bill and he said he would be back out in the morning to check it out. Long story short, the heater was shipped with a faulty control box (upper right of the below picture). Bill went down to his supplier and picked up a new one $225.00 to replace the faulty one. Now here the great part, he did not charge us to come back out and did not charge us for the new part, just said he would have Atwood send him a new one and he would keep it for his stock. Now is that customer service or what!!! We have used him before and will continue to give him all our business and send other his way also.

So after all that, we have a nice shinny new water heater which is working perfectly!!!

One extra plug for Bill. There are several other Mobile RV Repair services, however all of them charge a $75.00 - $100.00 service call plus their hourly rate. Bill only charges you the hourly rate and no service call. So, if your are ever in or travelling through OKC and need some work done, give him a call, he's in the book.
That's it for now, we'll see you next time, as we enjoy having nice hot water again!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!!

This year will mark our 3rd year on the road and we have been enjoying every day of it. This year we hope to travel a little more and sit for extended periods a little less. I hear the western states calling our name, so that will be the general direction of our travels, just a matter of picking a route now. We should be leaving the OKC area around the end of the month, travel south for a bit, then begin our western adventure!

So hop on board and follow along with us as we explore parts unknown.........see ya then!!!

Christmas X2

 OKC, OK.

Chris, Kayla and of course our newest Grandbaby Easton were able to come up from Dallas for a couple of days. They had to miss our Christmas get together due to the bad weather, so it was nice to have a little second Christmas with them.

 Easton is just growing to fast for us, 6 months now, last time we saw him he was just a little newborn.

While here, we took them down to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. I know it's not the most festive place to be during the holidays, but it's still good to see and remember those who perished in the senseless act.

Then it was on to happier moments. Hunger set in and Italian sounded good, we all headed over to the Bricktown area of OKC for a stroll along the Riverwalk and a great dinner. It was good be out with both our daughters and their family's.

They headed back to Dallas Sunday as the poor working stiff's had to be back at the ole grind Monday (glad those days are over for us!!!).

Next Stop, New Years Eve and the New Year!!! Be Safe and see you then!!!

Icy Lake

OKC, OK.

Wow, we've had quite the little snow storm this morning. Now this may just be a drop in the hat to many of you, but for us it's something really new. Now of course we've been in snow before, but this is the first time I've ever seen it cold enough to freeze over a lake!!! Above is our little lake here at the RV Park as seen from our window. Now the day before yesterday, the lake was actually 3/4 froze over, of course that's when it was 9 degrees out....burrrrrrrr, we are so in the wrong place to ride out the cold months!!!

Ok, just an observation from a southern boy.......hope things are warmer in your neck of the woods and we'll see you back here again soon!!!

Family Christmas 2012

OKC, OK.

Christmas 2012, we got as many family member together as possible However it turned out to just be a few of us due to the pending bad weather that hit Christmas day. Our hosts were Joseph and Audrey (Sheryl's Son and DIL) centered in the picture above. We arrived Christmas eve to a great dinner and a wonderful visit.

 It's Audrey's family tradition to make breakfast for dinner on Christmas Eve, so everyone chipped in to help and it turned out great!!!

 After dinner it was time to start preparing for Santa's arrival. Only Josh could make rolling out cookie dough look so manly!!!

 Clara's job as to get the cookies all decorated.

 Josh was appointed honorary Santa for the handing out of the gifts.

 Sheryl got a beautiful necklace from Joe and Audrey.

And of course Clara make out like a bandit. She apparently a very good girl this year!!!

We all had a great time and it was so good to get together with everyone this year, too bad the weather made it difficult for all to make it. Our other daughter which couldn't make it will be coming up this weekend and we'll have another little Christmas when they get here.

That's the one of the things we have enjoyed about fulltiming. We have been able to see all of our family more than ever before during our working days, it truly has been a blessing for us.

Ok, until next time, keep Lovin Your Life as we do ours and we'll see you then.

Merry Christmas All!!!

OKC, OK.

Merry Christmas All!!! Last night, Kaileigh, Josh, Clara and us, went into downtown OKC to check out the last days of the Christmas celebration.

 We took the guided boat ride through the Bricktown Canals, think San Antonio, only not quite as far. It was a cold, but fun night, looking at all the lights and decorations.

A parting shot of our little Clara, listening intently to the boat guide. The town was all lit up and lots of people were out doing the same thing as us, just enjoying the holiday spirit!!!
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and we'll see you back here in a couple of days!!!