I was walking around the motor home the other day and I suddenly noticed the tires. No, I knew they were there but they looked different than they did when we left Texas. They have some rather deep weather cracks. I had planned on replacing them next year before we left on our Alaska trip but now I have reevaluated the plan and will have them replaced tomorrow. How would you like to replace 6 tires at about $531 per tire. The motor home is a 2005 but it came with 2003 tires so they have lasted the 6 years most people agree they should. I probably have 3/8" of tread left on them but the UV rays have broken down the side walls and caused them to crack. Oh well, I don't have to put new shingles on the roof after a storm and if the new ones last 6 years it will only be $531 a year. So why do I still look at it as writing a check for $3186? I had actually planned on replacing the tires today but it was raining when we got up and it is suppose to be clear tomorrow.
We saw Gary and Mattie House last night for the first time since we left Texas on March the 23rd. We met them in Cushing at the Chinese restaurant. We are really looking forward to seeing all our fellow "Good Samers" at the May meeting in Pawnee. We are planning on taking 3 of our grandchildren to Treasure Lake in Branson after school is out and then some of the older grandsons to Colorado for a week. Still haven't figured out all the details but know it will work out some how. All for now.
Larry and Twila
Just a few words about Twila and myself, We got married November the 29th 2002. I had lost my first wife to cancer in May of 2001 and had finally reached the point of wanting to share my life with someone else. My younger brother Bill's, youngest son, Mike, was married to a wonderful girl, Terri, and I knew Terri's mother had been divorced for several years, although I had never met her. I thought anyone who had a daughter that nice I wanted to meet the mama ...... so I finally finaggled an invitation to a granddaughter's birthday party. Now here's the tricky part. The girl is Twila's granddaughter and my niece; so I got my brother's wife to get me invited, asked Twila out the next Friday night and 4 months later we got married. Would have been quicker but she was a little hard to convince because she had vowed to never get married again. Now I have a nephew that calls me uncle grandpa.
I had an old 1989 34 foot motor home and in the summer of 2003 we loaded up 3 grandsons, 2 of mine and 1 of hers, and head to Carlsbad, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde. When we got back 10 days later we were a little crazy but ready for more RVing. We made several trips (by ourselves) that lasted 1 1/2 to 2 months and started going to Aransas Pass, Texas for the winter for 3 to 4 months at a time. In November 2007 we decided to go "full time". I sold the home place which has been in the family since sometime in the 1930's to my middle son Todd and we hit the road in a 41' 2005 Gulfstream G7 Motor Home towing a 2005 Jeep Liberty. Before I sold the home place I poured a pad complete with 50 amp electric, sewer, and water so in the spring and fall when the weather is not too cold or too hot we pull in and sit for a few weeks until our feet start to itch and then we have to follow the dream.
I had an old 1989 34 foot motor home and in the summer of 2003 we loaded up 3 grandsons, 2 of mine and 1 of hers, and head to Carlsbad, the Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde. When we got back 10 days later we were a little crazy but ready for more RVing. We made several trips (by ourselves) that lasted 1 1/2 to 2 months and started going to Aransas Pass, Texas for the winter for 3 to 4 months at a time. In November 2007 we decided to go "full time". I sold the home place which has been in the family since sometime in the 1930's to my middle son Todd and we hit the road in a 41' 2005 Gulfstream G7 Motor Home towing a 2005 Jeep Liberty. Before I sold the home place I poured a pad complete with 50 amp electric, sewer, and water so in the spring and fall when the weather is not too cold or too hot we pull in and sit for a few weeks until our feet start to itch and then we have to follow the dream.
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