Really on the road again!!

We can honestly say we are back on the road again!! We left Blythewood, SC at 8:00AM this morning and arrived in Pigeon Forge, TN at about 2:15PM. Took us about 30-45 minutes to get set up so that we could relax and give our two fur babies some exercise after their long nap during the ride here.

We are at Creekside RV Park in Pigeon Forge. Seems to be a nice park with lots of amenities. We will know more about that after we are here a little longer and have a chance to check it out. Cheyenne has already dragged Charley and Sadie through the first walk around the campground. They almost had to run to keep up. Cheyenne seems to be as glad as we are to be back into travelling. Sadie will get there eventually too. She (Sadie) was really funny this morning when we closed our home up while she watched. You could tell she was concerned!!

No pictures yet but I am sure we will have plenty starting tomorrow. Stay tuned!!

We are almost ready to go!! Update on the BBQ.

We are almost packed and ready to go. All that is left is the final packing that has to be done at the last minute before closing up the 5er.

We will be heading out as early as possible tomorrow morning headed for Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We will be staying at Creekside RV Park for 4 nights, with plans to see the sights of Sevierville, Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge in addition to getting some much needed rest! We are excited about getting back on the road again. This leg of our trip will take about 4 1/2 hours so we expect to arrive by early to mid-afternoon (depending on how many fur baby stops we have to make along the way). And people stops too I might add……

We had a wonderful time at the BBQ for Charley’s Dad Friday night and Saturday. Saw a lot of family that we had not seen in a while. Jason (our son) was in charge of cooking the BBQ and everyone raved about how good it was. He and his Dad and sister stayed up until around 2:00AM, took the meat off the fire and wrapped it for cooling and then they went for breakfast at the local Waffle House before going home for a few hours of sleep. Then back working on the meat at 11:00 Saturday morning getting it ready to eat. The BBQ was hosted by Charley’s brother Bob and his wife Betty at their home on Lake Murray. Our estimate is that about 70-80 people attended. Charley’s Dad (remember he is 94) seemed to have a really good time.

Below are some pictures that we hope you enjoy.

 Charley says Hi

Getting set up to get started cooking

Our grandkids having fun in the lake

 Preparing the Boston Butts

Cooking!!

Sadie with Molly (our daughter’s cream dapple dachshund)

Cheyenne with Duppy (our nephew’s Lab puppy)

Me with son-in-law Lee

Me and my super daughter Stacey

Our youngest grandchild Kaydee (4) watching Cheyenne enjoy the boat ride

The Dilworth Boys

Feeding our faces!!

 Chef Jason and his wife

The chef and his family

 Part of the crowd

The oldest to the youngest

Almost There!!

We have our route mapped out and we are very close to being ready to hit the road!! We are going to the family BBQ that is being held on 6/18 for Charley’s 94 year old Dad for Father’s Day. Our son is in charge of cooking the BBQ. Should be a lot of fun.

We will be leaving SC on Monday, 6/20, with our first stop planned for Knoxville, TN. Then on to Nashville where we hope to go to the Grand Ole Opry. Then we are planning to go through Louisville, Kentucky and Kansas City, Missouri and then up to Sioux Falls, South Dakota (all places we have been before)!! We are hoping to find some cooler weather, can you tell?

We then plan to make our way across South Dakota and see some of the sites again that we have already visited and hopefully some new ones as well. We do plan a stop in Spearfish to visit our new friends, Duane and Debbie Rowe, as we make our way to Gillette, Wyoming for the Escapades Rally.

Everyone keep their fingers crossed for us to actually get going this time!!

Be back soon…..

A Quick Update

We will be departing SC on June 20 for our next adventure. We have decided not to go to Utah and Colorado since we are getting such a late start and it will be way too hot now. So we will postpone that trip until maybe Spring of 2012?

We are now in the process of deciding where we will be going as we make our way to Gillette, WY for the Escapades Rally in late August. Will update the blog as soon as we finalize. May even make it back to South Dakota (we love it there!!).

So stay tuned….. We are going to get on our way this time!!

Our New Fur Baby!!

Cheyenne now has a little sister, Sadie, who is also a dachshund. She is a dapple (color called black and blue) and she is 8 weeks old. We got her on Friday, from a lady who injured her back after getting the puppy and she could no longer care for her. We were so lucky that our daughter found out about her – she is a sweetheart!!

Sadie and Cheyenne are still getting acquainted but are getting along nicely. Cheyenne is very jealous right now but that will go away in time. We cannot wait to show her off to all of our full timing friends out there when we get back on the road again.

We should be working on getting everything ready to go next week and on the road soon!!

Woo-hoo!!

Playing with the toys!!

Playing with Cheyenne

Close-up!!

 Snoozing…. zzzzzz….

Additional Update

Charley should be finishing up with our son, Jason, this week if all goes well. It is awfully hot here right now which could slow that down a bit. Regardless, we will need about a week to get things ready to go out west after this work is completed.

We have been keeping up with all you bloggers out there and are so envious of those of you who are “on the road”. We are so ready to get back out there and see more of this great country of ours!!

So, having said all of that, we hope to be on our way the first half of June, hopefully the week of 6/6 if not sooner. And we sincerely hope that this will be the last time that our travels get delayed. And I do not say this to complain, just that our delays have always been due to bad news and we would like to see an end to that!!

I did want to share a couple of pictures.

Our 2 oldest grandchildren, Jed and Morgan, after a ride with their Dad on their ATV….

Our youngest grandchild, Kaydee, just looking pretty

THE SNAKE!!

Charley shot this guy with a shotgun in our yard!! Oh my!!!!!! Jason thinks it was a copperhead. Cheyenne is the one who sounded the alert!! This is not good but one of the pitfalls of being in the country.

Safe travels to everyone and hope to see some of you in the next few months!!

Update from SC

Well, it looks like we will be able to get back on the road in the next 2-3 weeks. We have a lot to do to prepare for this but we can do it!!

Charley and Jason (our son) should be finishing up in the next couple of weeks and we will need about a week to clean up and prep everything for the road.

We also have to sit down and map out our route (which we have not done yet – shame on us). One thing that we plan to do is to find a good place for a stop once we depart and stay there for a couple of weeks to give Charley a chance to rest up. He has been working very hard the last two months.

So, stay tuned and we will soon be sending updates from the road with pictures!!

Safe travels to you all!!