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I am sure you had the occasional or regular anxiety leading up to Christmas ? Finding the right gifts on your long list for everyone , making sure the house sparkles and the best meal yet will be served this year? We've all been there. Stressing over these self made rules in our head. They aren't written down anywhere; no law telling us it is mandatory to follow, or else! Well lucky me; the list in my head was clear, non existent this year. Instead I dealt with a new anxiety, one I wasn't familiar with and didn't like at all: Facing the holidays without my kids AND in a new town, in a new State, where we don't know a SINGLE person. We just have each other. Period. Now if you are an introvert and enjoy your alone time, this would be the best news ever, right?   Not this one. I enjoy people (well the nice ones that is....). I enjoy emerging myself into community,  things that bring people together. Don't get me wrong. I love my husband and spending time ...

If you don't ever have to climb hills and even rocky mountains,  how would you appreciate the beautiful green valleys?  The often untold stories of full time RV life and travel sometimes include rocky hurdles.  Ours started in the  middle of Nevada, at this to me "god awful" desert town of Tonopah. http://www.tonopahnevada.com/things-to-do/ We had already been driving thru the desert for several hours coming from Carson City, NV. On the map, Tonopah was a good stopping point on our long way to Las Vegas. On that map Joe had found the only truck parking in town. Our plan was to dry camp at said truck parking area, and after getting some downtime in, to continue our travels the next morning via hwy. 95. Now I must mention that I generally enjoy diversity and change, well until I met Tonopah that is.... Driving thru town took a whopping 10 minutes. Arriving at the end of town we locate it on the left. It's spacious enough for Joe to park our 5th wheel at the...

Do you believe in the old saying "things happen for a reason"? I DO. And here is how it goes... If you are a "regular " on my blog site you'll already know that our last stop was in Kansas to await the birth of our grand baby. And this is where you can plan all you want, nature has a way of working at it's own speed, regardless of how we would like them to pan out! My daughters due date was November 17th 2019. Easy to always remember because my birthday is Nov. 15th. I was anxious for Joe and I to get there on time so I wouldn't miss the birth as well as be there for Tabea during childbirth. Joe and I arrived 18 days early with exitement and anticipation. Well for 15 days NOTHING happened.  And when it finally did, we were glad to be a part of everything and meet our little grandbaby Finley! There were abnormalities with his breathing that it was decided to fly him to a more suitable NICU almost 3 hours away, in Kansas City, MO. My son Ju...