Major Dilemma

After several years of sporadic postings to this blog, I have reached a major dilemma.  As of last week, we are no longer "two wanderers who have settled in the small west Texas town of Marathon".  We are again kind of wandering around towards South Carolina in anticipation of the birth of our first grand child.  So now for the dilemma - Do you try to change the name of the blog, add a sub-title or leave it as it is.  I guess with my great frequency of posting it probably doesn't make any difference and my few followers will know how to find me.


Anyway. . . .  We left Marathon in a huge rental  truck towing a trailer loaded with our mini van behind.  We stopped for the first night in the town of Big Spring, TX where we parked in the 'truck lot' of the motel.  During the night, the skies opened and a very infrequent desert rain turned the lot into a quagmire.  Big trucks and trailers don't like mud.  At all.  Not even a little.  With some major help, we got on the road again and two days later we're out of Texas and across Louisiana.  If you've never driven across LA, you don't know what you're missing.  I'm afraid to open the back of the truck and see how the load has rearranged itself.  Problem is how to open the door (rolls up) and jump out of the way at the same time.


Stay tuned, there might be quite a story.


Onward and eastward, the wanderers proceed!!

Where We Are Now

 We were sitting outside this morning with our coffee  and

I thought you might like to see where we're staying right now.  This photo(above) is 

the view from our deck.

 This is our setup.  We have a nice deck to enjoy

and don't have to climb steps to get into the trailer.

 We've got lots of trees to shade us from the late morning

and afternoon sun.

 As you can see, there aren't lots of trailer and other RV's 

crowded in around.

While you can't see it in these photos, just over the hill

is a small pond and beyond that is the Saluda River.  

We like it here for now while we wait to meet our new Grand Daughter!!

Stay around with us and eventually you'll get to see pictures of her (but 

not till December.)

Greenville, sc

What a great day.  We're in Greenville, SC, and today we went to the local farmer's market.  Great selection of vegetables, fruit meat and other food and crafts.  As usual, we bought way too many fruits and veggies, now we just have to eat them.

This area is really pretty, and we have found a nice campground with good spaces, and the one we are in has a nice deck at walk out height so there's no negotiating steps. 

We also had an opportunity to check out the library, very nice and we'll soon have cards there.  We'll have pictures next time (I hope), but wanted to let you know we're still around.

A nice after dinner walk

Another Break from Projects

We've been with Heather in NC for the last week, working on projects on her house.  What better time than summer with 90+ degree temps, nearly equal humidity and daily thunder storms to do outside and inside projects. 

You'd think there would be before and after photos, but that's just thinking!  We put trim on her mud room, posts and rails on the front porch, Pat did cleaning and painting baseboards and trim and prep work for ceiling repair in the kitchen. 

Textured ceiling and new lights followed.  It all looks very nice, and Heather's animals are quite happy that we have finished for now so they can get back to their normal life.  So am I. 

She lives outside of Raleigh, so it's still a 30 mile drive for supplies, but at least there is LOTS more selection than going to Alpine and McCoys.

We've got more to do, but we're going to wait for warmer weather (August) to do those. 

Keep tuned in for more earth shattering updates.