tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50714827297366437122024-03-13T21:31:16.909-05:00The Trucking Frog ... Navigating Thru Retirement and Lilypad Productions Traveling Our Forgotten Roads!The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.comBlogger433125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-68628516146542110102022-09-15T16:55:00.000-05:002022-09-15T16:55:27.274-05:00Back in Alabama - Maintenance & Upgrades!<br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9445hMKoujr_kUdfVXTSI_rQl1T1jbCqM7JXpLxW7oaYCFHmn7LiyX_FPaSrChRirCLBxZQiXOt83D_gyrTwwO_b6LlW9qhZ1kUPrJtN9R7fO5wyzz6rmr7l7Z9sJfh0izxI1MVIvWWJdADqpg8C6tOUchwBjxcpIhBB1XGM7SLapzskszN6-4FWpfQ/s4000/20220628_210311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9445hMKoujr_kUdfVXTSI_rQl1T1jbCqM7JXpLxW7oaYCFHmn7LiyX_FPaSrChRirCLBxZQiXOt83D_gyrTwwO_b6LlW9qhZ1kUPrJtN9R7fO5wyzz6rmr7l7Z9sJfh0izxI1MVIvWWJdADqpg8C6tOUchwBjxcpIhBB1XGM7SLapzskszN6-4FWpfQ/w400-h225/20220628_210311.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Summer is gone! The temperatures aren't, but "summer" is gone!! LOL! I'm back in Alabama for several weeks. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyx5jkDg-syYPErirkRiiF-zl703LsNEqIZTZtFvuyQjpr1J6cOl3AfbZTUxv_Wdper-ZxV5fwjjZSeHZzmMA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Left WVa a couple of weeks early so that I would be in Huntsville, AL in time for my granddaughter's first gymnastics competition! And SOOOOOO Proud of her! She took first in 3 of the areas and she took Overall for the competition in her level! Outstanding job, Julia!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> Another reason for the early departure from WVa....my 13th grandchild is due...any day now!! So I had to down here for that also! So my winter maintenance run is ongoing. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDvQM_VrR_s0BmK34haTLTRI9He_4-5Wtqkt0zvGvR5UtJ8cZX3dfUTB2juuEpGZKK6sf4-mvHYlWkM0iykrRyaZllRE1q6aSBRzgE45LZ_3pMSgZZlpz4pz2tPnOmvo1itGPolE2CPD0Ia5RDHja8HoevIqiPguu1oKX4NNTyo9jFJLpPvk47qKDQw/s4000/20220915_092320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDvQM_VrR_s0BmK34haTLTRI9He_4-5Wtqkt0zvGvR5UtJ8cZX3dfUTB2juuEpGZKK6sf4-mvHYlWkM0iykrRyaZllRE1q6aSBRzgE45LZ_3pMSgZZlpz4pz2tPnOmvo1itGPolE2CPD0Ia5RDHja8HoevIqiPguu1oKX4NNTyo9jFJLpPvk47qKDQw/w219-h123/20220915_092320.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmB7WaolW77360V4KWsQBx0iKs_wrZlQkPnz2AdOmA9GwnMh2BmRQkhWBDtPFqg6NiL0cDsDAi7x8vUCOcN2Ez1zRT7qTI-vPfFZdBWfW_bdmn9FGCd_9D0TZRTgCLtqLtEUtCc5rQaSURwnCfyQF6mWsMmkC-U253bM7N9ORCZ7fpWQsvXjqcvuM2Q/s4000/20220915_092825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmB7WaolW77360V4KWsQBx0iKs_wrZlQkPnz2AdOmA9GwnMh2BmRQkhWBDtPFqg6NiL0cDsDAi7x8vUCOcN2Ez1zRT7qTI-vPfFZdBWfW_bdmn9FGCd_9D0TZRTgCLtqLtEUtCc5rQaSURwnCfyQF6mWsMmkC-U253bM7N9ORCZ7fpWQsvXjqcvuM2Q/w91-h162/20220915_092825.jpg" width="91" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Had two dear friends stop by for two nights on their way to D.C. for a visit. We had not seen each other in the flesh for 3+ years! It was great to be able to sit and visit! And they brought cool air with them!!! LOL! It has been in the low 50's for the past few nights! Just fabulous!! </span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Have a whole list of things that I want to get done to Lily over the next few weeks.....battery, inverter, new solar panel, reconfigure storage in Lily, new fuel pump, paint Lily's roof, plugs, air filter, hmmmm....that might be enough for now!!! LOL!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeBLYri1gUPyv1fAwKVzbGON-GfCXiogFI5txjUxoUe7sB4zkpmZqRUfvixbDfqbTug6fkp-ebPiLbNtutwWYykFBQ5GVjRSbV5CV_8aecCDdGT3hnVs7RWV-_6mdh4RLb96alvvcrrQcKmbI708sjlN5hAJ6Y7q_u_e0JOwAXhtydIdIr3ikh9zlUw/s10832/20220911_141500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Guntersville State Park" border="0" data-original-height="2768" data-original-width="10832" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeBLYri1gUPyv1fAwKVzbGON-GfCXiogFI5txjUxoUe7sB4zkpmZqRUfvixbDfqbTug6fkp-ebPiLbNtutwWYykFBQ5GVjRSbV5CV_8aecCDdGT3hnVs7RWV-_6mdh4RLb96alvvcrrQcKmbI708sjlN5hAJ6Y7q_u_e0JOwAXhtydIdIr3ikh9zlUw/w640-h165/20220911_141500.jpg" title="Stopped in at Guntersville SP to take a break by the Lake!" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopped by Guntersville SP Lake. Still a nice place for a day trip!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcDtiBoUvDtywos4QynvhK7UbeFG7xAHWjEe7hCgX9kW-8_FGEG0yPE5FSOqFJazx5QQPcRf_8du7hyQDQwehCP9LnQMoJ3ylOp6F-z9mZz0jmhWiszgCPl_Vv0pMgb126GPvGWm8mAcv8qSEQ64qkCV4ge38svQd1O_ys5yUK7N5Hv0u_NfcGTc5Cg/s4000/20220911_144530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcDtiBoUvDtywos4QynvhK7UbeFG7xAHWjEe7hCgX9kW-8_FGEG0yPE5FSOqFJazx5QQPcRf_8du7hyQDQwehCP9LnQMoJ3ylOp6F-z9mZz0jmhWiszgCPl_Vv0pMgb126GPvGWm8mAcv8qSEQ64qkCV4ge38svQd1O_ys5yUK7N5Hv0u_NfcGTc5Cg/w400-h225/20220911_144530.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really nice views of the Lake. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Had a nice drive back to Alabama, quite a bit faster than I will, or usually do, travel this time. But had a good reason to do more than usual! Still, <br />some really pretty land driven through. Saw a few spots that I will get back to next year as I go back to WVa for the summer months - up on Cheat Mountain in the Monongahela Nat'l Forest. <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwr4XYeDZpOFqkwQtLdXn7k0eF9wrjnrQ6-FyfNbcQuqBAzJtQqK4Zr18OeC1TpbLQKEibIZqMermxgh5yaTQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Stopped by the Guntersville Dam....first time I've actually been by there! </span><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> I will be traveling without the trailer this time. I've been carrying so much stuff that I have not touched for the past 18 months that it is time to do another purge!! Living "tiny" is also having to have a "minimalist" attitude, and after 6 decades of "living large", it is a real process to "get tiny". But slowly getting there! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I hope you will come back and visit me here as I start my "winter run West" in a few weeks! I have several stops planned...Padre Island (as usual!), the 9 Painted Churches of Central Texas, McDonald Observatory, The Mojave Desert, Death Valley, The General Sherman Tree, The Great Basin....and probably more spots as I travel the forgotten roads!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I hope to see some of you out there! So as I like to say....</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Be Safe, Travel Easy & Go To The Woods!!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">C'ya!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Frog & Abbie</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">🐸 🐶</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And the rains have kept following me!!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwP8tHyEbCHAvw1MeFmBlRE_CFDJvtzrs-AG7K-ISo63U942GbOHP95YXPJwljvVkJemJqVZdOkWC2MG-xMMw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span> <br /></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-89318191417840149232022-07-17T23:28:00.000-05:002022-07-17T23:28:47.721-05:00Summer Half Over - So a short Wander!!<p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0g3JtBNKrNgqCj_j6w6l_LyYLH2lxcFlevmUNYI7RPCGTs3aMl1O2vGinjTUGksLfi-XNEKW5wAZxkQ3WvtuBShAVMittnoBKVCmIZLjQPHmIS2rDtzF06_vA6-JdIKhjmWvYng5omADhYeHJwTXrjioFvgxSK-bOvhYEcfjItJqOxrHCENyf2tdpQ/s12000/20220530_125440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="9000" data-original-width="12000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0g3JtBNKrNgqCj_j6w6l_LyYLH2lxcFlevmUNYI7RPCGTs3aMl1O2vGinjTUGksLfi-XNEKW5wAZxkQ3WvtuBShAVMittnoBKVCmIZLjQPHmIS2rDtzF06_vA6-JdIKhjmWvYng5omADhYeHJwTXrjioFvgxSK-bOvhYEcfjItJqOxrHCENyf2tdpQ/s320/20220530_125440.jpg" width="320"></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">My summer in WVa is about half over already! My how time flies when you are relaxed and chilled!! With some really gorgeous views to soak up!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Also have done just a bit of exploring! Granted I did sit on top of Cheat Mountain for about 36 days! And it was glorious! It seemed that summer was never going to arrive in WVa! It was almost cold several days, had lows in the upper 30's! Rain came through at least 3 days each week it seemed. And they were some pretty good t'storms!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJ1Ix03MwkWiTtmTd8CcZhuwgkdFghTCiqQcCer4rDlz3ZPWrHElZcLG33xgy1LzCZ_S68dyb_NNRljfZkQw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> But I enjoyed them! I've always had a soft spot in my heart for t'storms!! 🐸</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And when the storms and rain have passed, and things dry out some....and the evenings are peaceful....you just have to have a nice fire!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQgjJ1blsKOgAwBF83rznXQEh3fZv1zBKYV_MdxCyJhOVAvCBceBK3zl7_ycvnQ65ADVhrACtnVGDaaJ5-7A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br> The past few days I went on a drive around the area to get out and see some more of the mountains. I headed to a little hamlet named Helvetia. It was settled in the mid-to-late 1800's by Swiss descendants. Very small, way back in the mountain valleys, lots of the original buildings still being used. Just such a grand place to slow down and go back in time. There is no cell service there. If you have internet, it is satellite from what I could see. Some of my new friends here allowed me to park on their property, and it was gorgeous!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy1rq7TE4kzA0uNa4cdRjqaJQsr3w1put6149DoA39ie-khzrOXq_DoHflm_K9QnQ-X2HWIqOY3Z8ARKT1ICnRSfktwSzo5b0tAdEfemoKVdgJsukItXKd77SvPf7rdXwnNKGy5huHJC2IAhzA6ZCjavq-WKFwQbQrcIi4i5nxNSiDXXELcJ550146Q/s4000/20220712_085132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMy1rq7TE4kzA0uNa4cdRjqaJQsr3w1put6149DoA39ie-khzrOXq_DoHflm_K9QnQ-X2HWIqOY3Z8ARKT1ICnRSfktwSzo5b0tAdEfemoKVdgJsukItXKd77SvPf7rdXwnNKGy5huHJC2IAhzA6ZCjavq-WKFwQbQrcIi4i5nxNSiDXXELcJ550146Q/s320/20220712_085132.jpg" width="180"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I loved the place! It was so peaceful, beautiful & just refreshing! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo2N8PtH71h0Rw5t_Pbno09ROhOBtyg1s57kQWep8Nc0SyOKIKm7q-hwJ4hzPDHS2Du5EJRV2WzXxBsjk8D51eRM_D9SB4ychnuqhdZHtjMkUhC6eaJfM_5qBCAqdo5LrCuSYtyqxayExsxTCpPTyxTGCaNl8cjB_3UESvp_xPHM_xLrZRGQsQajNhA/s4000/20220712_085257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo2N8PtH71h0Rw5t_Pbno09ROhOBtyg1s57kQWep8Nc0SyOKIKm7q-hwJ4hzPDHS2Du5EJRV2WzXxBsjk8D51eRM_D9SB4ychnuqhdZHtjMkUhC6eaJfM_5qBCAqdo5LrCuSYtyqxayExsxTCpPTyxTGCaNl8cjB_3UESvp_xPHM_xLrZRGQsQajNhA/w430-h242/20220712_085257.jpg" width="430"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSinHfgrlSx4YOVy0fuehJBYUkryaqzrsPfBRN02J5S35r1lhYmcQQIV-urEKKz5cQlUWLlz85XNCYHLf948MbRNM2nNqQW32poBYwr5Qpa2LyxU62wAg8VFa3kTMbEeiReTL41xQ9ZNWyGtiv08wR1eZFZikTSAWudO4pZ9aK0nnzVDhUK2KE8zfog/s4000/20220713_110033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSinHfgrlSx4YOVy0fuehJBYUkryaqzrsPfBRN02J5S35r1lhYmcQQIV-urEKKz5cQlUWLlz85XNCYHLf948MbRNM2nNqQW32poBYwr5Qpa2LyxU62wAg8VFa3kTMbEeiReTL41xQ9ZNWyGtiv08wR1eZFZikTSAWudO4pZ9aK0nnzVDhUK2KE8zfog/s320/20220713_110033.jpg" width="320"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">In Helvetia the little store has been in the same building since the beginning of the last century! And the masks hanging that are used for the feast of getting rid of "Old Man Winter" just really make the place!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyO4x_1HvJpSPnu3T_cnnCp1sx8upIhyNC-d7w3nM7OnBlyIX8DS-aLjg3zaeOoCDlZyNRu9ZcCjBhpCfWodw_Fe07FTIWQ272jZmmM6QMrnmtd6Kzsl5k-3tvGPoihBXRlwwUiywAaBXULpGk7R7bxgz_UfAmu0m2UHuF_Asd0rquKKS4TghGYfm_A/s4000/20220713_110102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyO4x_1HvJpSPnu3T_cnnCp1sx8upIhyNC-d7w3nM7OnBlyIX8DS-aLjg3zaeOoCDlZyNRu9ZcCjBhpCfWodw_Fe07FTIWQ272jZmmM6QMrnmtd6Kzsl5k-3tvGPoihBXRlwwUiywAaBXULpGk7R7bxgz_UfAmu0m2UHuF_Asd0rquKKS4TghGYfm_A/s320/20220713_110102.jpg" width="180"></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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But I think it is great that there are still places where you truly take a step back in time when you come upon these little jewels of the past!<br></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And to be able to still see and step into the past in such a way is so reassuring! That there are still folks that like this way of life gives me a bit of hope for this fast paced society that we seem to live in today!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAL1pOuBU__UG5A4VGEEgrVnmsjb3167znn-CXABCbMnvsvZk95UF1LjeryikmebwZoFZMBo7TH3EBH9f7ZHRBau6RzzwKBidc4sbjK4rsxdRMeUJ-oUDn2069yX9v1gZ0ys6Y-0wN4ZoKdVFIMvOeCfdojbEgg6wj-y3au2ItDJG6Q6bgg2TGBd8yUw/s4000/20220713_112359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAL1pOuBU__UG5A4VGEEgrVnmsjb3167znn-CXABCbMnvsvZk95UF1LjeryikmebwZoFZMBo7TH3EBH9f7ZHRBau6RzzwKBidc4sbjK4rsxdRMeUJ-oUDn2069yX9v1gZ0ys6Y-0wN4ZoKdVFIMvOeCfdojbEgg6wj-y3au2ItDJG6Q6bgg2TGBd8yUw/s320/20220713_112359.jpg" width="320"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Bjut3t9_gddpBIWttr41rmyzO-6vX73HYkOhx6dy8J_AWykxgOo8yHC7TuYWOscB-mLYubXYhEsQr8h4HsG6fXhaCucwACBwr5RRv99E4wSPp7ZZdb8coPbGH-TJTLyRdtlBsDGsFaTPESteAX9q8pBpju2pHHlfSr9g4-4vfo-pIyQ_PKREU5xUJQ/s4000/20220713_111622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Bjut3t9_gddpBIWttr41rmyzO-6vX73HYkOhx6dy8J_AWykxgOo8yHC7TuYWOscB-mLYubXYhEsQr8h4HsG6fXhaCucwACBwr5RRv99E4wSPp7ZZdb8coPbGH-TJTLyRdtlBsDGsFaTPESteAX9q8pBpju2pHHlfSr9g4-4vfo-pIyQ_PKREU5xUJQ/s320/20220713_111622.jpg" width="180"></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9yREKFbv3yZd5DrQUrzsCtzWa78XzWPWch7312fM_jFXGBM8vBl9_dCLK6Ri2Qi10XtPbLNbOQMkHcdIZkB6SGZP7v1vZ_ax_av3TQj_9f0C216fcqBvcYzw4mWE3Pw6xdcFi7mBOcc2Cq_zDpi98OQGlEBkFA9pn1avIKGGil0q-lI0FrhH1R5o1A/s4000/20220713_112013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9yREKFbv3yZd5DrQUrzsCtzWa78XzWPWch7312fM_jFXGBM8vBl9_dCLK6Ri2Qi10XtPbLNbOQMkHcdIZkB6SGZP7v1vZ_ax_av3TQj_9f0C216fcqBvcYzw4mWE3Pw6xdcFi7mBOcc2Cq_zDpi98OQGlEBkFA9pn1avIKGGil0q-lI0FrhH1R5o1A/s320/20220713_112013.jpg" width="180"></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">The library was in a very old
building. And a very well kept up "old" building! There were more
shelves of books there than I expected to see and the open hours tickled
me....I believe it was Wednesday & </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Saturdays from 1100 - 1600! Such a place!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC4EyDKMRJ-C4-xy46yVTE-bmIDHQNsucAsm2QlOFV439kc1vKGZFLje8G7nP89cQq4WudqhqBxIWOdsuiAKKWxxTGCknM0W19h_-XGPX_KLO92nP0UawG0pqBxqvU8xv9YaGtx_qgbevi8bv7BwT0ouJKPlb_I-wNf4Ru9ReGof8lrx3VRLs-g4FNg/s4000/20220713_111659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfC4EyDKMRJ-C4-xy46yVTE-bmIDHQNsucAsm2QlOFV439kc1vKGZFLje8G7nP89cQq4WudqhqBxIWOdsuiAKKWxxTGCknM0W19h_-XGPX_KLO92nP0UawG0pqBxqvU8xv9YaGtx_qgbevi8bv7BwT0ouJKPlb_I-wNf4Ru9ReGof8lrx3VRLs-g4FNg/w320-h181/20220713_111659.jpg" width="320"></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3N2mttibGCoEItLZRZTYTuZPLa0kRo6w7p5jS4T8OiB_u1kiYrIjb-i6LYW3O8Qg8qsRBw4zSvF3g7RpfLrHs-QBLvi768CqqkXap4jQ5CUnBMn_cOoQb9mQaDwVMVMbJZFD6ibg6Rya0DZdB2waClwOsKW5cgrxENIQ46d0W_NH1My-J2APtU6SLlQ/s4000/20220713_111234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3N2mttibGCoEItLZRZTYTuZPLa0kRo6w7p5jS4T8OiB_u1kiYrIjb-i6LYW3O8Qg8qsRBw4zSvF3g7RpfLrHs-QBLvi768CqqkXap4jQ5CUnBMn_cOoQb9mQaDwVMVMbJZFD6ibg6Rya0DZdB2waClwOsKW5cgrxENIQ46d0W_NH1My-J2APtU6SLlQ/s320/20220713_111234.jpg" width="180"></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlARzCQLvgciLQCNTLYi1sLNz6t-po15KCRQZlAD2S7qr8aSUBuZAoWTBxYY2yzVzQD2gGb67LeU6VUG6P5NpOiZDPJjftd-IJKjWtPLUHSZVLGUNOnONKkIUYh5p00NHKjxexVNoGHPk9LPGwkx9mN1rU6_jqBbaTUaIjMZ7JGNsrX-gZj6duaaNnw/s4000/20220713_111358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlARzCQLvgciLQCNTLYi1sLNz6t-po15KCRQZlAD2S7qr8aSUBuZAoWTBxYY2yzVzQD2gGb67LeU6VUG6P5NpOiZDPJjftd-IJKjWtPLUHSZVLGUNOnONKkIUYh5p00NHKjxexVNoGHPk9LPGwkx9mN1rU6_jqBbaTUaIjMZ7JGNsrX-gZj6duaaNnw/s320/20220713_111358.jpg" width="180"></a></span></span></div><br><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And right next to the library was a
small building that I think was one of the original homes. It is the
museum for Helvetia, with a lot of items and history in a very small
space! But to see things that are over 150 years old and still in actual
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It seems to actually be smaller than Helvetia! But they are known for their "Maple Festival" each year. So they have their spot in the mountains here also!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Then on the way back to Elkins stopped in at Holly River SP. Really nice area, very well kept up, large campground, swimming pool, lots of open area for kids to run, cabins that can be rented, a nice office/gift shop and even a restaurant there!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">One more stop along the road back...the WVa Wildlife WMA & Recreation Area. As with most of what I've found in WVa...it is clean, well kept up and has a nice gift shop with small "cafe" available. The park it self is a wildlife watching area with path ways....but, if you have a hard time with walking, you might just want to sit and watch from the entrance...no vehicles are allowed past the parking area, all is on foot! So needless to say, I didn't get to wander through there.<br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">So I'm back in Elkins til "payday". Visiting some friends, doing laundry, working on several things also that I hope to have done & out to everyone in the next few weeks.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So for now, I hope to see some of you out here in the woods!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Until that day...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Be Safe, Travel Easy & To The Woods!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">C'ya!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br><br><br></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br><br><br><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><br></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-41859120616820627342022-07-08T22:23:00.001-05:002022-07-08T22:23:53.203-05:00Monthly Restock!I'm in Elkins, WVa for a couple of days. 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Go to the Woods!</div><div><br></div><div>Frog & Abbie</div><div>🐸 🐶</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-1097810941508269732022-06-04T23:05:00.003-05:002022-06-04T23:05:53.171-05:00West Virginia - "Almost Heaven", as the song goes!!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQxMUQ7jN_FEjHFDn1hsQ7eOvQIPcVyYRmpRhdE0bzW4GDAsd62wW_l8psKkMy8u-rV2npkNYymKF8jJriMSSwiybXI48CNUHu2ixnyjsMIZQMkBBUSa7K4NzSoKYS98oBC6XOuwkDrc0xamMDtEMEWsQio2XVXz9A0Nkvs9AtUvJJc1gGGGOMsedIg/s5152/IMG_5531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQxMUQ7jN_FEjHFDn1hsQ7eOvQIPcVyYRmpRhdE0bzW4GDAsd62wW_l8psKkMy8u-rV2npkNYymKF8jJriMSSwiybXI48CNUHu2ixnyjsMIZQMkBBUSa7K4NzSoKYS98oBC6XOuwkDrc0xamMDtEMEWsQio2XVXz9A0Nkvs9AtUvJJc1gGGGOMsedIg/w200-h150/IMG_5531.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little out of focus!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Made it to West Virginia! A bit later than planned, but, "I have a very flexible schedule"!! So here we are in the mountains until sometime in September!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /><br /><br /> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiuWYQw6ECYwLRmmSET3hYlnLFrikVVOE2L3HuEWZV5H5Ftw-fIU2oRphy0xIUmVAT1yigTtrNxs51BNGR1MeYK1XmKZpKTdmdtku30pamtINGMW1bD1xozLxIRJqAlc8R4KY3Kzev4dVbCIDK-p9kViwSMpqVq_Rnp_VNnawKvuQItFLLOCmtZsRUA/s5152/IMG_5533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiuWYQw6ECYwLRmmSET3hYlnLFrikVVOE2L3HuEWZV5H5Ftw-fIU2oRphy0xIUmVAT1yigTtrNxs51BNGR1MeYK1XmKZpKTdmdtku30pamtINGMW1bD1xozLxIRJqAlc8R4KY3Kzev4dVbCIDK-p9kViwSMpqVq_Rnp_VNnawKvuQItFLLOCmtZsRUA/w252-h189/IMG_5533.JPG" width="252" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting closer!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>And it feels so good to be back! It is still warm in the low areas of the state, but once you get into the mountains....oh, it is "almost heaven"! At least for me it is! As I say, I look for 45-75 degrees all year. Woke up this morning and it was a very pleasant 46 degrees!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">But, as I always "plan"....things don't always go real smoothly! And when you have a "home" that is 27 years old & sits on a van chassis....well, things just happen!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRF8WQEhLYf0r5xNjKx7j2xs87NtUb-J0I2YSiRrHSX159CuDSsh3SXXP3HEnNES_C-MmGI3ugklQRif5_imLOfAsvqkX1tGaPv2vkDi877wMDcUPanvHyXLTKp-NBCg7eZUbG-XOWy9kYvh-ISbGL9sKSQG2rDmlWSeT557Z0vD-QeNHuCY4rihGbJw/s5152/IMG_5539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="A bad day, driver!!" border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRF8WQEhLYf0r5xNjKx7j2xs87NtUb-J0I2YSiRrHSX159CuDSsh3SXXP3HEnNES_C-MmGI3ugklQRif5_imLOfAsvqkX1tGaPv2vkDi877wMDcUPanvHyXLTKp-NBCg7eZUbG-XOWy9kYvh-ISbGL9sKSQG2rDmlWSeT557Z0vD-QeNHuCY4rihGbJw/w275-h206/IMG_5539.JPG" title="A bad day, driver!!" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bad day, Driver!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Was on I-77 getting close to Elkins, WVa when Lily started making some odd noise that I was not used to. And so hit the shoulder and started checking her out...and....the outer wheel bearing on the driver's side was the issue.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Some of the highway workers stopped to lend a hand, and with a surprisingly easy job, we got down to the bearing and it was a bit dry of grease, so they had grease, repacked it and in short time, back on the road for the rest of the trip to Elkins.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Once in Elkins I went by "my" tire shop here and had 2 new tires put on the suitcase. Went up a size and from 4 to 6-ply tires. The forest roads here are not like the one out West. Here the main ones are covered with a layer of crushed granite! And that stuff is a bit on the sharp side. And I had no desire of blowing 2 year old tires with 20,000+ miles on them. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Next day, I was running a couple of errands before heading up to Cheat Mountain to start the summer....and....well, that bearing I mentioned....it decided to just totally go to pieces....literally!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO0DsT02IkX8gXFuUXZFF5hoWU6wHqZ4oNV4235b3yieJy1i3MsYV4pk1niyrCKwfutmyOIVMrnsXe-sjpN4d2sFZhfNWfsLb01hbDfUyuxgv95Cp_KBNvFuoib2wBz_nmuy3g8SOq3jl111HW8G8beyQOyBXmJBNzr4Vk0qzjkO0smBTdNW-03WxGA/s12000/20220601_130828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="12000" data-original-width="9000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO0DsT02IkX8gXFuUXZFF5hoWU6wHqZ4oNV4235b3yieJy1i3MsYV4pk1niyrCKwfutmyOIVMrnsXe-sjpN4d2sFZhfNWfsLb01hbDfUyuxgv95Cp_KBNvFuoib2wBz_nmuy3g8SOq3jl111HW8G8beyQOyBXmJBNzr4Vk0qzjkO0smBTdNW-03WxGA/s320/20220601_130828.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Thankfully I was only, maybe, a quarter mile from the tire shop when it let go. So I "hobbled" Lily back to the shop and the repairs began. Now keep in mind, Lily IS 27 years old! And for some reason, the parts shops just don't see the need to keep bearings for a vehicle that old in stock! So Lily, Abbie & myself spent the night parked in front of Bay 1 at the shop! (I even called my parts guru in AL to make sure we were trying for the right bearing, since they had sent a total of 7 bearings to try out!) And guess what, not a single of the stores in AL had them in stock either!!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPU8a-L_Q2HDvZC_wll1uEWcgpDuK994S16GCfhigCBh_DrDAvTRqGXO5HmZBobaqIDf20TxC3YotDsRWgnKr4LVEHU3GMd-rYnNbf-fFLV2NejWh8J_VyPxswUmeFbeltvH5bwQsfehUkVSQAsgZANxUnWO-cfjZX_ppjyqe9qW1JsMwww686fTOuA/s12000/20220601_194408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="12000" data-original-width="9000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPU8a-L_Q2HDvZC_wll1uEWcgpDuK994S16GCfhigCBh_DrDAvTRqGXO5HmZBobaqIDf20TxC3YotDsRWgnKr4LVEHU3GMd-rYnNbf-fFLV2NejWh8J_VyPxswUmeFbeltvH5bwQsfehUkVSQAsgZANxUnWO-cfjZX_ppjyqe9qW1JsMwww686fTOuA/s320/20220601_194408.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaRulmTSTaYBBFHHcgMfgSNxcCCeCM0GYNvDzUVRmBLw3A_zGtmPVJ2wHvpfR32UjezelyxSQsjp_iB7PnH4nTIm_zUAZAkDoGz-2LzSdZxQgUpMH8Gvcx0zE-Cnl3nf_45cv_-c-wwhn9fvZFop7oRfcOBXjoogc-Dy0UEfViRLZLvwcDgGDjIDX4w/s12000/20220601_130810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="12000" data-original-width="9000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaRulmTSTaYBBFHHcgMfgSNxcCCeCM0GYNvDzUVRmBLw3A_zGtmPVJ2wHvpfR32UjezelyxSQsjp_iB7PnH4nTIm_zUAZAkDoGz-2LzSdZxQgUpMH8Gvcx0zE-Cnl3nf_45cv_-c-wwhn9fvZFop7oRfcOBXjoogc-Dy0UEfViRLZLvwcDgGDjIDX4w/s320/20220601_130810.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">So next morning, bright and early, Lily had new bearings installed and was ready to roll!! Left the shop and drove, oh, maybe 3 miles, to the Wally to get the last couple of things I needed. When I came out, put away the things I'd bought, hopped behind the wheel.....and Lily would not run! She would try to run, but no such luck!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">The brand new, in-line fuel pump - the one that had been installed less than 3 weeks earlier - had died! And I mean dead died!!!! Yippee!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">A couple of friends here brought me a floor jack, and I proceeded to remove the NEW pump and go to get a replacement for it! There are some good things about the big box stores that have all their shops connected, so they could pull up the account, verify I had just bought it in AL and give me another NEW pump! LOL!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">An hour later, it was installed, everything put up, Lily purring away....and we were driving away to get up on the mountain before dark and rain got here!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">So, all that being said....We are here!!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">There will be more coming soon...places to see, pictures to take & share, and cool weather to talk about!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Stick with us, I think this will be a good summer with lots to share!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">C'ya soon! And remember.....</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Be Safe, Travel Easy and Go to the Woods!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Frog & Abbie</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-48331850263182494132022-05-22T19:51:00.000-05:002022-05-22T19:51:36.047-05:00Travels with Frog, 2021 A Good Year, Pt4<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Finally!!.....Part 4 is done! Took me a little while...had/have a lot more "stuff" than I realized. But here is the last installment! It is not all that I shot, but it is probably more than enough!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Hope you enjoy it!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='431' height='358' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBWU6duAOwroMlCMcmyQ6Da6-rm1aj2uO9yR2jtGhNkgXwEoFTDt419LM8UXr2h837HZr-xlSHAvx4QrO0hw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-59538084685937814602022-04-18T20:02:00.000-05:002022-04-18T20:02:07.167-05:00Travels with Frog - 2021 - A Good Year! Pt 3<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Just finished Part 3 of TwF-2021</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Hope you enjoy the trip!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz5cuycLEnGITqvFRfW_ezGngf2rEGD_jgltCFgx7bc6X7mKdrYBXbYYqErS9ohoAhQuVjY2sHz4gxgnGoGHA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /> </span></span><br /><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-19856683626964972142022-04-13T14:32:00.008-05:002022-04-29T13:17:30.045-05:00Bike Night - Gadsden, AL<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://thetruckingfrog.blogspot.com/p/bike-night-downtown-chief-long-garage.html">Bike Night - Gadsden, AL</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxDDje8hQ5TsqAWbshIt5vgSr5H_U2xWJw18SlAp8dZ2SrRO_MJeDi1BVkVh-nBNR85_U62zwV7H9UJnN0Xig' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /> </span></span><br /><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-24327089532393170552022-04-11T16:10:00.000-05:002022-04-11T16:10:54.103-05:00TwF 2021- Pt 2<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Here's part 2 of 2021 video....hope you enjoy it!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyqzQxBXz4vaQxoPVpJ2iX_ZT7T0beCdE1BO6wR1lbP-t1m1zme755mJX5gSg_K96v-pPk6LOg60-iaMveWkg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-46506932945901991542022-04-08T23:27:00.002-05:002022-04-08T23:27:50.186-05:00TwF - Etowah Indian Mounds<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">If you ever go through Cartersville, GA take the time to go by the Etowah Indian Mounds SP. It is well worth the time. The little museum is just excellent, they have a really well done video presentation about the history of the area, the tribe and the mounds. It is also a great place to let the kids run off some of that infinite energy they all seem to have and there are a number of picnic tables under the shade trees out front!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw6u4tc9SP39FwypVn-yg66bDqbVT5L--hQtkMvo_3eVeJDPWtPBA9jtuXW2CN9YFPDTf0hQKM_A8nDXBlGbQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /> And be sure to get out in the areas around you and see what there is available to visit! You will be surprised what is there close to home!!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> Be Safe, Travel Easy & Go To The Woods!!! </span></span><br /></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-31927424926024824842022-04-07T13:00:00.004-05:002022-04-07T13:00:54.747-05:00Twf 2021 Good Year Pt1<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ucNXVbkMHa0" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ucNXVbkMHa0/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Part 1 of my 4 part series of Lily & my travels in 2021 is done...now to get to work on part 2!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Hope you enjoy the trip!! </span></span> <br /></div>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-87121953982017620602022-04-06T13:41:00.001-05:002022-04-06T13:41:06.963-05:00Quick Look Back<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/HWiQYrF9eAo" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HWiQYrF9eAo/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe></div>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-89010949562580601792022-04-04T00:51:00.004-05:002022-04-04T00:51:53.805-05:00Natural Bridge on our YouTube channel<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Q0P3clxvCok" width="480"></iframe></div>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-24835607100923944472022-04-03T15:12:00.004-05:002022-04-03T15:14:34.056-05:00Spots Can Be Found!!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5oNlCLKSSzWh4fDS37ssPCx29qPoq9_8Slki-Wl95Glz8gtRXOZQvMUBexxrTAUa5WxgcxYPjGgdVXGVuR0Zm0tKUZfa21jIpH4ZpDiocWDdHt3aXSxRmYbbPrQxWd6i1OtxjR-f_QsgfjRGbcNJmKHogVMKjJsx8heuo5TFoR7oVcwdzCoTE37oYQ/s2304/IMG_20220304_165454118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="1728" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5oNlCLKSSzWh4fDS37ssPCx29qPoq9_8Slki-Wl95Glz8gtRXOZQvMUBexxrTAUa5WxgcxYPjGgdVXGVuR0Zm0tKUZfa21jIpH4ZpDiocWDdHt3aXSxRmYbbPrQxWd6i1OtxjR-f_QsgfjRGbcNJmKHogVMKjJsx8heuo5TFoR7oVcwdzCoTE37oYQ/w300-h400/IMG_20220304_165454118.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are able to take the time to "look around an area" then you can find spots that are "less inhabited"! But you have to do a little looking....but sometimes while you are driving around you will stumble onto a spot that just fits the bill if you are trying to have the "beach experience" without the wind, surf, salt breeze and people around!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now I have to be honest....I didn't check and never thought about the fact that I was in Corpus Christi, TX and Padre Island.....right at the START of "Spring Break"!!!!! 😎😮😒😣 </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My first week on Padre South Beach was actually quite fabulous! There were basically NO people on the beach once past the 5 mile marker. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2HbVNHOMUcadEXjLxP90bDTX_0LjY8aTESThJCHe81Yz_d-CBomor0a_uWtGVqrI_56KS-X5PgOa2Yd5xk9DgHNjyWfCYFGcgtDJ54Cg2wumYh3bgYU22HMZXgDpw1tFEkJi4rrs4VtrC7XW6Q6BOlWIGltM99kMiOUbaO_-QQi_WCPSqQ_Q3OWDNA/s4000/IMG_20220304_165243634.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2HbVNHOMUcadEXjLxP90bDTX_0LjY8aTESThJCHe81Yz_d-CBomor0a_uWtGVqrI_56KS-X5PgOa2Yd5xk9DgHNjyWfCYFGcgtDJ54Cg2wumYh3bgYU22HMZXgDpw1tFEkJi4rrs4VtrC7XW6Q6BOlWIGltM99kMiOUbaO_-QQi_WCPSqQ_Q3OWDNA/s320/IMG_20220304_165243634.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was sooo quiet that it was hard to believe how busy it got!! As I've said before, I'm not really a beach person...not a big fan of them most of the time. BUT....Padre Island holds a special place in my heart! The beaches are beautiful, the sand is awesomely white and soft, & the dunes are just really something to behold!! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaj_d5mixljJm4WdYmBQcP5IDJ_XCzJGhZ4L0xOfBbyladMx0jCV9pKRw-Cx3cdieH73jGc5aFoJdn-7lxlxjc9G9kbLR4QvmELtT0Led3U0IfSMNGN4R1L782t4zvuJg3WDakuPqbM5uE8f4Skz3D0UTBvgWpziiT8z8BevdPGCbzzqyVEgBIu1m_g/s4000/IMG_20220304_171626925.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="There's still 42 miles of beach to drive...in a 4X4!" border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaj_d5mixljJm4WdYmBQcP5IDJ_XCzJGhZ4L0xOfBbyladMx0jCV9pKRw-Cx3cdieH73jGc5aFoJdn-7lxlxjc9G9kbLR4QvmELtT0Led3U0IfSMNGN4R1L782t4zvuJg3WDakuPqbM5uE8f4Skz3D0UTBvgWpziiT8z8BevdPGCbzzqyVEgBIu1m_g/w240-h320/IMG_20220304_171626925.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But after my last experience on Padre...not understanding the Nat'l Weather Service broadcasts about the Gulf, the <br />wave heights, "on shore winds", etc....and getting my little motorhome (Europa) buried on the beach overnight with storm surge & 35+ mph winds....I now park at least 20 yards from the high tide line AND listen closely to the weather broadcasts!!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Having said all that...I also have to remember that folks that only come to the beach "to have fun" have a tendency to really rough up the sands on the beach, loosen it up and make it a not real pleasant time to try to drive along the beach. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCbnHIFeaB628RaGvJaelaqkneqw-9c5iRbSPKEn3t282fZT2KvpmW616-qZAK8YSlVv0BXrEOAplz1El2mSGEO7Evf04w-hvmtxEkiU9L2xai10spa0J25groaD6bkVwKNgiVQO5jQiLp_1K4RxWSxBmC0TSMRLSQ0YSs5-yRoNvdI5D6sGhu6s1Dw/s4000/IMG_20220310_145642108.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCbnHIFeaB628RaGvJaelaqkneqw-9c5iRbSPKEn3t282fZT2KvpmW616-qZAK8YSlVv0BXrEOAplz1El2mSGEO7Evf04w-hvmtxEkiU9L2xai10spa0J25groaD6bkVwKNgiVQO5jQiLp_1K4RxWSxBmC0TSMRLSQ0YSs5-yRoNvdI5D6sGhu6s1Dw/s320/IMG_20220310_145642108.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So welcome to "Spring Break". It gets to be a real mad-house!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy5TJOLVX-CpGb140E3KIOT4aJGqzUv8ZM1FeJ7E9W4iOAwN93rEDyFEwceKzg8DHH632sm21U1zIKYTAzB4g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So on one of my drives, I went up to Port Aransas to look around and ride the ferry! It was a 45 minute wait in line, many vehicles and rather warm for </span></span><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a 5 minute ride to get across the channel! LOL! </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuy-Z0ugFwuLs3jKFxuAp9jQYS6vOb1OmBmpcxrj9WRKVOY6FK7Y4jGNeL9ltuzMe7r_yIeDDhJ0YIzOvMGYpqFsJkqEuHo_cStYrg9o_hA1sdaby6RFn2kOIk3EKyAxiVximQzN_UbfPcKNJHb_VWfIyi4IioNXqkk-z4xmlKXNZx9F6xXE5lRDKug/s3888/IMG_0926.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3888" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuy-Z0ugFwuLs3jKFxuAp9jQYS6vOb1OmBmpcxrj9WRKVOY6FK7Y4jGNeL9ltuzMe7r_yIeDDhJ0YIzOvMGYpqFsJkqEuHo_cStYrg9o_hA1sdaby6RFn2kOIk3EKyAxiVximQzN_UbfPcKNJHb_VWfIyi4IioNXqkk-z4xmlKXNZx9F6xXE5lRDKug/s320/IMG_0926.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then drove up to Aransas Pass to look around. And the road there is along a causeway that is sand flats and wet marshlands along the way. It really is a pretty drive! I noticed there were people fishing along the way, and there were a couple of campers set up also. Sooo.... I drove back to the area and down onto the sand flats, which are very well packed and level. </span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv18_TG8vZB_2KsPbkFccjLs1ylv8uzZu-6L1Ioygx_t1PmkyymmFbRaBmkqJ0XzNZ6m8cYGQV7Nk1dXD5b0UPcutEIWsObeBmEk76SeOx8PgG5e6idQOwRsl4NBBZxghR79cIZWjefIzbjDCEizuswRIoajsy8bcOdOFSSTmuQxSaewPHAS86nwP8VQ/s3888/IMG_0934.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3888" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv18_TG8vZB_2KsPbkFccjLs1ylv8uzZu-6L1Ioygx_t1PmkyymmFbRaBmkqJ0XzNZ6m8cYGQV7Nk1dXD5b0UPcutEIWsObeBmEk76SeOx8PgG5e6idQOwRsl4NBBZxghR79cIZWjefIzbjDCEizuswRIoajsy8bcOdOFSSTmuQxSaewPHAS86nwP8VQ/s320/IMG_0934.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now mind you, it is close to the highway but after just a few minutes, you don't notice the traffic sounds much and the view is grand, the sun was great, the wind was not really a pain....and you can seemingly sit there having a very pleasant camping experience without worrying about being told there is a limit on days allowed (apparently because I sat for 5+ days twice and never had a visit!). </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So the trip this year "to the beach" was not extended, but it was an overall pleasant experience. And the "sand flats" location is definitely saved in my GPS! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So if you get down to Padre Island, drive along Hwy 361 on Mustang Island to Port Aransas, hop on the ferry (which is a free ride) and head up to Aransas Pass. You can not miss the Sand Flats (it is several miles long and on both sides of the causeway) and spend a couple of days there. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">C'ya! And remember.....</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><u><i><b><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Be Safe, Travel Easy & Go To The Woods!!! </span></span></b></i></u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><u><i><b><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Frog & Abbie</span></span></span></b></i></u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">🐸 🐶 </span> </span></span></b></i></span> <br /></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-82154701416648396672022-03-30T10:29:00.002-05:002022-03-30T10:32:27.027-05:002021 was a good year!!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRV9HpiWdO7-nW8TsJhoK8wsHPopzsXm1D2kH5S769BAM2IjDe7Q_DNIbCSr566x4iWHysDDuTneKlFvnOUBJHx6IsVP3zjxZ0ZKcK-X60RuY9nulTBhdSbILlq6i0S71GFlEL7SXOY3wyFpc1qO7W534MnC2ir8MaqwLewvSFF3dkVM3G_WDcuK9Hg/s4000/IMG_20210731_085223344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikRV9HpiWdO7-nW8TsJhoK8wsHPopzsXm1D2kH5S769BAM2IjDe7Q_DNIbCSr566x4iWHysDDuTneKlFvnOUBJHx6IsVP3zjxZ0ZKcK-X60RuY9nulTBhdSbILlq6i0S71GFlEL7SXOY3wyFpc1qO7W534MnC2ir8MaqwLewvSFF3dkVM3G_WDcuK9Hg/w150-h200/IMG_20210731_085223344.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Working on a video that covers our travels during 2021. I is getting close to being ready to post and I'll let you know here/IG/Patreon when it is up and ready to view.....now for a teaser of what is to come!! 🐸🐶</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwI6qpXpkLGWaZith11MJhaaFBNtKKnJ9Adys8_oa5WVNvt78NbG2oXtObLBhsqzrGfU-XdB9rgGJKf50FT_g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Hope you are enjoying our travels. We will be headed for West Virginia in a few weeks to get away from the heat and humidity of the summer for a few months, but there is a lot to see/visit in WVa!! So be prepared for quite a few posts over the summer!!</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-92228099462785933292022-03-07T07:13:00.001-06:002022-03-07T07:13:46.437-06:00Padre Island Nat'l Seashore, TX<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I would like to mention the fact that I am NOT your normal "beach person", but Padre Island Nat'l Seashore has a special place in my heart. Due to the dunes, the grass plains on the island and the history of the island!!! And the wildlife!<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7H0PkpS_epeuizbyM9kyqrc-yU5EAyov8O3zUkEhpp7xf9nlye4Kikt0wL02pv-OdB1lKZtwdZmbC29g3LQCkp2SclLqkPgak1W9aj1CaCEGH54LpqKfajU1Hcua5ZK6UH025OL8MglWb-f5OqyE9RvFnlvsM6oT0XbcWeGW39oukgvFEjEkb6Evzkg=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7H0PkpS_epeuizbyM9kyqrc-yU5EAyov8O3zUkEhpp7xf9nlye4Kikt0wL02pv-OdB1lKZtwdZmbC29g3LQCkp2SclLqkPgak1W9aj1CaCEGH54LpqKfajU1Hcua5ZK6UH025OL8MglWb-f5OqyE9RvFnlvsM6oT0XbcWeGW39oukgvFEjEkb6Evzkg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyfJtomGigYuy1d6PIX6zCn-12iIBsLbUhhzjS4jHWCr5o5FgPeuDERjDRc7_a3q-ODQQyugINXeR9UIGel7uC8mtEY5AcCrlCq2O4djvW7sM8cKzD-PjpRJ-D3zc4-QMtvFuzxRft7WX7k5kIYGGGEmW2rAtylieoCnyC4L0zWQsyO9xQo3AeXbeK8A=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyfJtomGigYuy1d6PIX6zCn-12iIBsLbUhhzjS4jHWCr5o5FgPeuDERjDRc7_a3q-ODQQyugINXeR9UIGel7uC8mtEY5AcCrlCq2O4djvW7sM8cKzD-PjpRJ-D3zc4-QMtvFuzxRft7WX7k5kIYGGGEmW2rAtylieoCnyC4L0zWQsyO9xQo3AeXbeK8A=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqtNIsSjbS4LherVjqLfenpC4KxpojECs96r6NZEaAsUgjJ4rrS-m4bTpzsTIj_0yCIBfQBlrcfAqJVvyZaLNzH9A2R-FdSUeFxVH8nw0u-rbAeY4kvgB1FCORPU_aTtL6irY3mo6AGR15w4x5mXtcxGNdIw7HcNv-d9gYYcL7mJdV76IuBt4Kmoc1UA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqtNIsSjbS4LherVjqLfenpC4KxpojECs96r6NZEaAsUgjJ4rrS-m4bTpzsTIj_0yCIBfQBlrcfAqJVvyZaLNzH9A2R-FdSUeFxVH8nw0u-rbAeY4kvgB1FCORPU_aTtL6irY3mo6AGR15w4x5mXtcxGNdIw7HcNv-d9gYYcL7mJdV76IuBt4Kmoc1UA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeiqn3IF8Xr0K9P1QmfbxslSMeY9q0wXKE27TYrDnBXqohubCfCvNbAv2_EBfb7PVC6FQYtpDYO28yB2-BzPlb0BuAaR1FWZwPd0T0inxxgVWpMkPrB_LSWxEOFXAXG7LR3AouXEu3ra6UtaJfvULi8yBlQxQhEcoC2VLYB2V4AdPxqjsvFrTG5GHW3Q=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeiqn3IF8Xr0K9P1QmfbxslSMeY9q0wXKE27TYrDnBXqohubCfCvNbAv2_EBfb7PVC6FQYtpDYO28yB2-BzPlb0BuAaR1FWZwPd0T0inxxgVWpMkPrB_LSWxEOFXAXG7LR3AouXEu3ra6UtaJfvULi8yBlQxQhEcoC2VLYB2V4AdPxqjsvFrTG5GHW3Q=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Made it to Padre Island Nat'l Seashore! And it is just a gorgeous as it always has been! Maybe even better right now due to the fact that Hurricane Hanna (Anna...don't remember) moved the sand dunes back about 50 yards! <br /> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0DfDTiPjCMJgpX4hgnezJ0w_1qdV2ZUTxyObvu0Smiz6-OcOZhCWgh_BUTFPmo8IDAMstx6pUCBDN0VVFeD06V3U0n8_M4oZdcGmiHQbtm82G6n4X-IbUGZx6tQxwHKjx2Y8ofPzLaVu46x_f-474j2ohKs7Hm4NgG6UObt8EkTtP0B9w_rUwRtyxZg=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0DfDTiPjCMJgpX4hgnezJ0w_1qdV2ZUTxyObvu0Smiz6-OcOZhCWgh_BUTFPmo8IDAMstx6pUCBDN0VVFeD06V3U0n8_M4oZdcGmiHQbtm82G6n4X-IbUGZx6tQxwHKjx2Y8ofPzLaVu46x_f-474j2ohKs7Hm4NgG6UObt8EkTtP0B9w_rUwRtyxZg=s320" width="240" /></a></span> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">So the beach is a lot wider than it had been!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">In past years I was not able to drive much past the 5 Milepost...that is not a large issue now! I drove Lily all the way down to roughly the 22 mile point on the beach. Sand started to get just a bit deeper there as you can tell! So I headed back up the beach. Now, you have to know, that the drive to the seawall/channel on the Island is about 61 miles from the end of the pavement! <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI5kW4gV_i-ybbMYcn-8mXdpUu7N5Zs_3ji5mhp2unCGDPcI_Bgx21PjVxRnyOhGD0mxMmFnnL5bpYrmrwSSuSTLhaFT4tVgU0GxEdEyzTytcYxxglbwPa3ivL5DIRUBcOFIx2WTUSjf84Wed0l61GvEmJ2qrfk888XgnqsL7JKVP0pz_pdavDrm4xKA=s2304" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="1728" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI5kW4gV_i-ybbMYcn-8mXdpUu7N5Zs_3ji5mhp2unCGDPcI_Bgx21PjVxRnyOhGD0mxMmFnnL5bpYrmrwSSuSTLhaFT4tVgU0GxEdEyzTytcYxxglbwPa3ivL5DIRUBcOFIx2WTUSjf84Wed0l61GvEmJ2qrfk888XgnqsL7JKVP0pz_pdavDrm4xKA=s320" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBZ62CtgpPY1fD37UEDrhjdHx3zbqldLPYxKOHDvi3wW5oF9UXdb6E-h9aF8ozbSmwIvfqa4KdOoe80NCmLWDfOSyGmV5aKh_0uGRdR8RH_0OYXjtqyCZ3HLBFlXr97R-1EacQsIegN9NV10w1IGR3OwMrF1L2MnyV8A894QxQ_3DdAhyIajAk7I2fwQ=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBZ62CtgpPY1fD37UEDrhjdHx3zbqldLPYxKOHDvi3wW5oF9UXdb6E-h9aF8ozbSmwIvfqa4KdOoe80NCmLWDfOSyGmV5aKh_0uGRdR8RH_0OYXjtqyCZ3HLBFlXr97R-1EacQsIegN9NV10w1IGR3OwMrF1L2MnyV8A894QxQ_3DdAhyIajAk7I2fwQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsGB0UbdLiu-PzoFGn4XwPbk8UJc5uKZREop4E8Alp-BTyYsPApny4KnpZivTy0_pxQgUksf6NrDYn1TUlJ1LzkBBLCyN0hEM66BNIiQ041EkMR5nqzArn-r1C9OIol-1CABqSHzoLMNKhuzv7JG2unlQHVJGwPIABR6EgpT6nX3AbmXQHrfZAsNnCHw=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsGB0UbdLiu-PzoFGn4XwPbk8UJc5uKZREop4E8Alp-BTyYsPApny4KnpZivTy0_pxQgUksf6NrDYn1TUlJ1LzkBBLCyN0hEM66BNIiQ041EkMR5nqzArn-r1C9OIol-1CABqSHzoLMNKhuzv7JG2unlQHVJGwPIABR6EgpT6nX3AbmXQHrfZAsNnCHw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">It was a grand stay for 6 days! The weather was quite good for this time of the year.The wind was not real bad and it was quite sunny! Felt great the majority of the time I was there this time. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-Tylhr7vc2fOnmbPXG5JE82IzNn8q3Su9LL1V3DpSuNxgisuIEAaxYNU0eAphSyQyxkp9b85y2zNwUvx9_7DB33-9pwIaYsP9ES7bAXRVoqpRbeAyKWpA0ydmQPMTO99GTE8d85ueUVvcKICG7F89dwzLDpdoK6XLLsXigJGvcIxPRIr4ZokbdfmCoQ=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-Tylhr7vc2fOnmbPXG5JE82IzNn8q3Su9LL1V3DpSuNxgisuIEAaxYNU0eAphSyQyxkp9b85y2zNwUvx9_7DB33-9pwIaYsP9ES7bAXRVoqpRbeAyKWpA0ydmQPMTO99GTE8d85ueUVvcKICG7F89dwzLDpdoK6XLLsXigJGvcIxPRIr4ZokbdfmCoQ=s320" width="240" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">OH....and I have to say that the coyote that live on the Island are the largest I've ever seen! They rival wolves in size!<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And...as is the case on most beaches...the sunrise/sunsets are almost always worthy of photos!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXDtcjTGP83DKcMuYkIu_zlgguQpTT16lfcnMDoZc8bQSH9PCN2gEeV8mWc4AcCSTz8p0pvvbaJPgBG4ILxf6Xr3qM7dAww3SgFjKF1GOGp4DjL-1UrZvCU6EGivg0vnfrrS30UKd2pPVd0jfygbBLxRNSbk_9Xp7HZ6vt-npkffc284jk9IPe4M2Xqg=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXDtcjTGP83DKcMuYkIu_zlgguQpTT16lfcnMDoZc8bQSH9PCN2gEeV8mWc4AcCSTz8p0pvvbaJPgBG4ILxf6Xr3qM7dAww3SgFjKF1GOGp4DjL-1UrZvCU6EGivg0vnfrrS30UKd2pPVd0jfygbBLxRNSbk_9Xp7HZ6vt-npkffc284jk9IPe4M2Xqg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> Most of the mornings were just so grand!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBrQKhxtJJlSREjbSAo1EB2iUBi2bJc3Yq42JXhpgvWzQ7wCfwjFIlMg-vzZ9zwYBYakYva5MFg-vfaLl-JuXS4-UINWE6WIwgzqz8X4v7qvIpA4Id8yMVhUPH7b51hXsb2VCMIUqPwtOP5vMraLQfundy1k90dIUzc08npPeXGWMIwAdjF-0_IIEypQ=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBrQKhxtJJlSREjbSAo1EB2iUBi2bJc3Yq42JXhpgvWzQ7wCfwjFIlMg-vzZ9zwYBYakYva5MFg-vfaLl-JuXS4-UINWE6WIwgzqz8X4v7qvIpA4Id8yMVhUPH7b51hXsb2VCMIUqPwtOP5vMraLQfundy1k90dIUzc08npPeXGWMIwAdjF-0_IIEypQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And the sunsets were just awesome!<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /><br /><br /> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> Right now I'm back in Corpus Christi at the kids place for a couple of days. There is another cold front coming, NWS is calling rain for the next 3 days. Grrrr.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I'm hoping to be back on the beach by this upcoming weekend. And I'll be in the area for a couple of weeks yet! </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Hope you are getting out to the woods or the beach or just out of the cities and hunting up Nature!! You'll never regret it!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">C'ya!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwgb4B2vqT3V1Yq4zqcfERaxEuHkSDJSPfiU8mrGBAFIJfU-17xs57RMDeCUJL9P9Y5w1y2r22EhDp90bxrvRsttt7Zdsw5ngJap7aw9KPfpdAUETozxdQaZ1QSkUyJDvKLZLGWewK5AaMv-JQ_P-ArSli1OXM3RHZpXCC9akSFqoCazXbeCyPBS-ayA=s17744" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3584" data-original-width="17744" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwgb4B2vqT3V1Yq4zqcfERaxEuHkSDJSPfiU8mrGBAFIJfU-17xs57RMDeCUJL9P9Y5w1y2r22EhDp90bxrvRsttt7Zdsw5ngJap7aw9KPfpdAUETozxdQaZ1QSkUyJDvKLZLGWewK5AaMv-JQ_P-ArSli1OXM3RHZpXCC9akSFqoCazXbeCyPBS-ayA=w640-h130" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">The beach is lovely...especially when it is empty!! :-)</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd9ePF9qobZGuxqd2H2Tv2W8X0Wxe-aAf7qw2Xyvwn0lhXga3xBcEWv5g46Cg3zwB4mycVU2jGqAO9_hIkA40h9Af0EYByXKuI0M1ftx0A0thTb11Hn5Sw2l-KMhZDTb_vgbK76t-o9Ik6H3H1w5Tq-fBmwU18ao0oEfoj1bfHlY4QJLFK1WjZ8ScUpA=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjd9ePF9qobZGuxqd2H2Tv2W8X0Wxe-aAf7qw2Xyvwn0lhXga3xBcEWv5g46Cg3zwB4mycVU2jGqAO9_hIkA40h9Af0EYByXKuI0M1ftx0A0thTb11Hn5Sw2l-KMhZDTb_vgbK76t-o9Ik6H3H1w5Tq-fBmwU18ao0oEfoj1bfHlY4QJLFK1WjZ8ScUpA=s320" width="240" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">The grasslands run right up to the edge of the beach</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCdriJ0swbZ-by2ommYS8Tosj6WzwDKU3CkfUHM-V5iRbJMuV7rvDALbxF3YPJrpVW2IhF0EJb-O8Zh_F53UwBLOaw-mcL2PkL7u2fw4QlP7ligzPC_Hcr8oVDuEHze4nYzCAxfBniE5CSBIMF2c2OyC1Xk0d4HePEhgESLdf9NFyAvxNlv0Abmvax0Q=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCdriJ0swbZ-by2ommYS8Tosj6WzwDKU3CkfUHM-V5iRbJMuV7rvDALbxF3YPJrpVW2IhF0EJb-O8Zh_F53UwBLOaw-mcL2PkL7u2fw4QlP7ligzPC_Hcr8oVDuEHze4nYzCAxfBniE5CSBIMF2c2OyC1Xk0d4HePEhgESLdf9NFyAvxNlv0Abmvax0Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">There were a few folks out during the week, but not many!</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTRfeUTn3krxHvQMJ-Aa8f69BjxVkrBB4lN3qEzJ_mzhwcH62JFN4oMbdorsCeXjtDPcNtxUnKU9jc1sV_jF2x7Nl6IcujG2RheJkBrv27Tr11vM393UTn4twkv8NEUvk7xZOCRA2EcwZn6fSY2bDrIeebJFqUz6lf09yubfeTZsSualj1KSwDEKXOEw=s15088" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="15088" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTRfeUTn3krxHvQMJ-Aa8f69BjxVkrBB4lN3qEzJ_mzhwcH62JFN4oMbdorsCeXjtDPcNtxUnKU9jc1sV_jF2x7Nl6IcujG2RheJkBrv27Tr11vM393UTn4twkv8NEUvk7xZOCRA2EcwZn6fSY2bDrIeebJFqUz6lf09yubfeTZsSualj1KSwDEKXOEw=w640-h78" width="640" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">The Inter-coastal Waterway runs at the back side of this picture so you can tell that the Island is not real wide...but awesome!</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhclpzyRiIczrqxCN4lH3nCRtPnmecLg2pyKJq5uCok7vMvCkRmSIExxD_EohLiIk7sqsUlNaMWPRqAju2Kbwrmf5wpE-9vGd_t82QCNcI8ulOYjUogZBCaTfl7pCaH-_ohG8HKhtcbknCmgZMQHvMkivAWCslgqC37F5pYJhOsYl_3LKiE3HkzIobC2A=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhclpzyRiIczrqxCN4lH3nCRtPnmecLg2pyKJq5uCok7vMvCkRmSIExxD_EohLiIk7sqsUlNaMWPRqAju2Kbwrmf5wpE-9vGd_t82QCNcI8ulOYjUogZBCaTfl7pCaH-_ohG8HKhtcbknCmgZMQHvMkivAWCslgqC37F5pYJhOsYl_3LKiE3HkzIobC2A=s320" width="240" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Just more of the grasslands....can you tell I like them?! LOL</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5WoyPsvX8GQf8HT_yy5piwUS_wBaNcAmjB0zukG1HyvSj-ka6W1VeFVj5wihkWZb3rzIdmIZxsGYWneVJBvkO1Fj-72-dw-M6K9ZpM3Ce3XrwpA9M6vKksHY2eD-L2hHP4HvJ03-pNXlRXrg8NRH0YNZ1lGWEWNCmDghXR0zKosJe-WLEkUUG9-fQsw=s13488" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="13488" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5WoyPsvX8GQf8HT_yy5piwUS_wBaNcAmjB0zukG1HyvSj-ka6W1VeFVj5wihkWZb3rzIdmIZxsGYWneVJBvkO1Fj-72-dw-M6K9ZpM3Ce3XrwpA9M6vKksHY2eD-L2hHP4HvJ03-pNXlRXrg8NRH0YNZ1lGWEWNCmDghXR0zKosJe-WLEkUUG9-fQsw=w640-h78" width="640" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">There were almost always clouds when the sun rose, but they were "burned" off fairly quickly most every day.</span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS35V76NL3fg7ex5bYsjb1zLEaSjpj3I_upU9zEbqFpmKCd5_FB-odK4rMH9mhiynS8ZwsebNtK5m-_nHZTaO9PrImrPUci7GV5X2QW1N42BuTVayu-dDgRbfp9hBsQqBc2S9PLLgJ3rv4KQCKqpoHUBxYAVjO_jjcRznL2TS7CwbqY2v-pa4q5BJEog=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS35V76NL3fg7ex5bYsjb1zLEaSjpj3I_upU9zEbqFpmKCd5_FB-odK4rMH9mhiynS8ZwsebNtK5m-_nHZTaO9PrImrPUci7GV5X2QW1N42BuTVayu-dDgRbfp9hBsQqBc2S9PLLgJ3rv4KQCKqpoHUBxYAVjO_jjcRznL2TS7CwbqY2v-pa4q5BJEog=s320" width="320" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">The road ahead leads to a small campground and the windsurfing area</span></span><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1x_sNcyQ6NjATOwypsfXMIiWs580xrZWDGy_WglW4bwVZ7FZJ-wuWxAcJ0Fs277OxOjiXirJ-c9nCjLPREeunZWQvYEsFQeMa3Opm4zP0kf08CpC1wLlOHWGaC1CJbDgfTRvk-e0XSpYyrkBCh35FfqIr9ui7vheTr9DsRuEoGKdJaZmEcqPNr24E2Q=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj1x_sNcyQ6NjATOwypsfXMIiWs580xrZWDGy_WglW4bwVZ7FZJ-wuWxAcJ0Fs277OxOjiXirJ-c9nCjLPREeunZWQvYEsFQeMa3Opm4zP0kf08CpC1wLlOHWGaC1CJbDgfTRvk-e0XSpYyrkBCh35FfqIr9ui7vheTr9DsRuEoGKdJaZmEcqPNr24E2Q=s320" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And I will add that the sanitary dump station at Padre Island is probably one of the best that I have run into at a Nat'l Park. There are actually 4 stations that can be used, water for rinsing out the black water tank....or, as in my case, rinsing out your port-a-pot! And they have potable (drinking) water also available.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">So I will actually end now! And leave you with this thought: If you ever have the opportunity to make it to Padre Island, during the "off season" - of touristy season - You really should take the time to try to see it!<br /></span></span></div>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-61534722715733460802022-03-07T05:19:00.000-06:002022-03-07T05:19:38.395-06:00On the Road Again!! :-)<div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Kanit;">Well, as they say, better late than never!! Ooopppsss!! I didn't realize that I had not gotten this posted! So...now it is!!! 🐸 </span></span></span> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Abbie & I are back on the road again! About time, Huh!! And we would agree completely! LOL! So where are we headed??</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixpIkxODf-5iQMImcvNfDUT2lw1DqLbQqGVIhY4DonhGpvy6geEcbdXK2wSiaULNfnX7hS-BSyjXvRGETTY2-BTQvhwzW_ErUGdVoYCR9OsqGSRaZ1N4PrBl15wc4nzXI-BXSvZFkqsZDsa03SgnzHbUvRHrgEi2CcLDYYX7jTs2asK-SId13McoAKgA=s899" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="674" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixpIkxODf-5iQMImcvNfDUT2lw1DqLbQqGVIhY4DonhGpvy6geEcbdXK2wSiaULNfnX7hS-BSyjXvRGETTY2-BTQvhwzW_ErUGdVoYCR9OsqGSRaZ1N4PrBl15wc4nzXI-BXSvZFkqsZDsa03SgnzHbUvRHrgEi2CcLDYYX7jTs2asK-SId13McoAKgA=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">This was and is the "maiden voyage" of Lily with my www.thetruckingfrog.com url that is now on each end of Lily's roof. I'm hoping that it will be something that starts many interesting conversations!</span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwJsSHUEgZNFxdTV1byPvtMG3Nf2QKOpFnKsBgvBamKWeQJWWbo19aq1959YPSZSOnk5BVPSBa4HeazQBae3rRtUH1t_1M-K4dfhszoQttDbkXZ04-CQC_5vn8-DUcZx4knyV_5e8HT4VfbfOLDMb8JB725IfZdpWIHWrzufHDQoEN6A4MBB9IT4VfxA=s1085" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="813" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwJsSHUEgZNFxdTV1byPvtMG3Nf2QKOpFnKsBgvBamKWeQJWWbo19aq1959YPSZSOnk5BVPSBa4HeazQBae3rRtUH1t_1M-K4dfhszoQttDbkXZ04-CQC_5vn8-DUcZx4knyV_5e8HT4VfbfOLDMb8JB725IfZdpWIHWrzufHDQoEN6A4MBB9IT4VfxA=w150-h200" width="150" /></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> First stop was Tyler, TX to visit some friends that we haven't seen in several years! All are doing well and it was a good visit.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Next....we're on the road headed to Corpus Christi, TX to visit my daughter and her hubby. And I will also take a few days...maybe more than a few days....to spend time on Padre Island! I am not your normal "beach loving" individual, but I have grown to enjoy the beach on Padre. And this time of the year there are not very many people on the beaches....just strange individuals such as myself that really like the quiet and lack of activity!! LOL!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm currently sitting near La Grange, TX waiting out the cold and messy weather that is passing through. And....after driving over 700 miles in 2 days I just needed to take a break! I'm out of practice driving those kind of miles. Plus....it's 32 degrees and raining/sleeting and I didn't want to drive in it!! LOL!<br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></span></span></p></div>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-33982567492584618242022-02-06T19:31:00.002-06:002022-02-06T19:33:16.393-06:00Closing in on "On The Road Again"!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">It is getting closer to being on the road again time! And it is down to the last minute items of being ready to roll by 2/20/2022.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">This past week I had Lily "lettered" with my URL so that folks can hopefully find my site while I'm running down the back-roads. <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ2jQjcKvO1uRY9UNvynjZNuEmwydtrk3uV77BxxQ_rNGLnHCVFr5FM8EKnl72iXkFEQc3nEx6hRzXfOYdvvQpPyzE6WIlVfaGXna6Gn5VuB43xHzrXkKkKeRvKh2k107pEu4LIq_NwNzJxFW-IPDEF3syBrrIIjgPZr0Y6y1S8zOnL1k2sNrxe53reQ=s899" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="674" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ2jQjcKvO1uRY9UNvynjZNuEmwydtrk3uV77BxxQ_rNGLnHCVFr5FM8EKnl72iXkFEQc3nEx6hRzXfOYdvvQpPyzE6WIlVfaGXna6Gn5VuB43xHzrXkKkKeRvKh2k107pEu4LIq_NwNzJxFW-IPDEF3syBrrIIjgPZr0Y6y1S8zOnL1k2sNrxe53reQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I am hoping that it works like I think it will! The lettering on the front of Lily is a mirror image so that went folks look in their mirrors they will be able to read the url.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNNgSJB85jazh1v9cfMDoHnRNBZ7zObbs6j54dSx0bNdD_W3lnHijZjfqudieVXh6BqQSNJbmDg5rsYA7sOy7aFEVFJlqsbHtAYovLrART6QzpTXNWF7Ssg9TOSpxcGmaKnkNIM8c37PlI3NhE5BSNb94xyYlda6S1jMR9v-QB_JCBog_QkWUcoVMX4g=s1085" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="813" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNNgSJB85jazh1v9cfMDoHnRNBZ7zObbs6j54dSx0bNdD_W3lnHijZjfqudieVXh6BqQSNJbmDg5rsYA7sOy7aFEVFJlqsbHtAYovLrART6QzpTXNWF7Ssg9TOSpxcGmaKnkNIM8c37PlI3NhE5BSNb94xyYlda6S1jMR9v-QB_JCBog_QkWUcoVMX4g=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And the back of Lily is just regular so that as they come up on us it will be rather obvious that we are not your usual camper headed down the highway! 😀</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And I should know the answer in the next couple of months! I'm quite happy that over the past +/- decade the website/blog has had close to 35K hits! Thanks to all that have taken time to take a look at what we do and hopefully where we have been!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">And by the 20th of this month we will be back on the road again! Headed West for a few months, then working our way back to West Virginia for the heat of the summer and into early fall!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> So keep checking back with us and travel along some of the back-roads of this USA and maybe take time to stop and take in a little of the history and the people that our fast paced society/life has been passing up for the past few decades!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I also want to let you know that you can contact us from the homepage of the site. You can sign on and follow us, which will send you an email of the newest post when it is made. Or you can also ask to be put on the mailing list I have started for the monthly newsletter that I am finally putting out! I would love to have you sign up and see more of what we see and some bits of information and ideas that I include with each newsletter.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Hope to see you out here REAL soon!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">C'ya, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Frog & Abbie <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">🐸 🐶<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwYZUFUwVEvYKBzsX9EE_E7hF4K4zFCmloUgSz54-C0mnYQy235U9Igz0UQCjL9xyoDUATXDEd8oHwDI-yBa-zn-R-QJ3oloemAFeUBaDojAR8JClbO5pHphT6f-4qn149ejhzpaA7ouChZVa1O3DNlMY364RDjMbMDRQ17HRAwqOIuVf0uEOi_bKr3Q=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="640" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwYZUFUwVEvYKBzsX9EE_E7hF4K4zFCmloUgSz54-C0mnYQy235U9Igz0UQCjL9xyoDUATXDEd8oHwDI-yBa-zn-R-QJ3oloemAFeUBaDojAR8JClbO5pHphT6f-4qn149ejhzpaA7ouChZVa1O3DNlMY364RDjMbMDRQ17HRAwqOIuVf0uEOi_bKr3Q=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-58303696666094000222022-01-08T14:15:00.001-06:002022-01-08T14:15:47.611-06:00Best Laid Plans.......<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: Prompt;">It looks like I will be here in Alabama for a few additional weeks!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">One of the "cooling blades" that peeled off the old alternator apparently got tucked away somewhere under the hood and came loose a couple of days ago when I was leaving the house. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Did it ever make a racket under the doghouse! Anyway, stopped to see what the noise was...it dropped out as I lifted the hood. It punched a hole through the fan shroud about the size of a silver dollar.....and.....</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Has put a hole in Lily's brand new radiator. Needless to say, that will hit the budget pretty hard. So it's +/- 11 days to payday. Will get a few small projects finished on/in Lily, then pull the radiator and see if it is repairable. Hope so. Don't really want to have to buy another new one!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Sooo, stay tuned! A new adventure every day!!<br /></span></span></p><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-77830728788682058702021-12-29T11:42:00.001-06:002021-12-29T11:43:24.011-06:00You Know You're Getting Older When......<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">....You help your kid celebrate their......</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">40th Birthday!!!</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgthSucRCOjvWSRM2MNzS1AfVyd00WRaFcBmD20qe4jadLE0HeckIJ_dj5AVIspbOiGP62RK20-7blISXB7boIgys7kHnzcZlkTcWTW1VjRDC9zeTxgDkwsWnnsHqjAzrEbw9zNaiyMthyHz5M_HL5VDIFKGX0d0hXoBQn4TxBCjh5rGJl77cHq3isyOA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <span style="color: #04ff00;">It was a fun evening! And LOTS of good food!</span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>And she still can't believe Cary was able to keep it a secret for....6+ weeks!!! Great job, Cary!!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>And Happy Birthday,Munchkin!!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span>Love You, Dad </span></span> </span></span></span><br /></span></span></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-7126410172452845412021-12-25T12:30:00.001-06:002021-12-25T12:32:14.882-06:00MERRY CHRISTMAS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></i></span><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">MERRY CHRISTMAS</span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></b></i><b><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><b><span style="color: red;">🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄</span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I HOPE THIS FINDS EVERYONE IN GOOD HEALTH, IN THE MIDDLE OF FAMILY, AND ENJOYING THE SEASON!!</span></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'LL BE BACK ON THE ROAD IN 4 WEEKS...SO STAY TUNED FOR SOME REALLY BACKROAD TRAVELS THIS 2022 SEASON OF "TRAVELS WITH FROG".</span></span></b><i><span style="color: red;"></span></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Prompt; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"> <span style="color: #04ff00;">BE SAFE</span></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Prompt; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">TRAVEL EASY</span></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Prompt; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">&</span></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">GO TO THE WOODS!!</span></span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">FROG & ABBIE</span></span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">🐸 🐶 </span></span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></i></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSD_eBUXudIgOdotMZM_nv2FlYq6aw722btyA_h1RZLRvT0MupvXx-Ka3G6EG7r2peM6kUvV9C5r4QhZDHFda--tgoEzn5h8TKsei9FnnT9XKUgAGZtMaJYdwe6F9bHukGjBz0XkDfC-qLYpMz8942zVIgdTRMHJsJK_QrlBhRKRLOyLfDAf-qt-1How=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="640" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSD_eBUXudIgOdotMZM_nv2FlYq6aw722btyA_h1RZLRvT0MupvXx-Ka3G6EG7r2peM6kUvV9C5r4QhZDHFda--tgoEzn5h8TKsei9FnnT9XKUgAGZtMaJYdwe6F9bHukGjBz0XkDfC-qLYpMz8942zVIgdTRMHJsJK_QrlBhRKRLOyLfDAf-qt-1How=s320" width="320" /></a></span></span></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span></i><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><br /></span></b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> <br /></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><i><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></i><br /></span></span></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-32483149365150335122021-12-21T19:46:00.001-06:002021-12-21T19:46:18.766-06:00A trip 30 years in the making!!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Almost 2,000 miles for one picture!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I can now say...Been There...Done That....</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Probably NOT going back!! LOL!! </span></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz61-GBJDvUiI9hwoauagmc7pl6WaY35yGzoOqcB6YtLIkjR6gNqginIXMM7Tc9zetS9tz6HZGXmSDagStBNw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-16734779189497302942021-12-07T20:34:00.005-06:002021-12-07T20:41:28.557-06:00Welcome to Sunny Florida!<div class="separator"><p style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6JkboOMQf9IuaMxJEBX0c4aBZeVxRMWn1aQT_RxoxGZhPHWgU_Qgaqd1n04WVOO8IXUVm3fonGesC9x2vXDEN5OUyum01avawEtZoAJ9P99FcrahoT_KJsTYDd_5iuVa9ug0K0dAK69hJkMCnM0FR9IvueweFPNIS2SwRVwgpMiQ5D4meEzYPihntvw=s320" width="240" /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Well....</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Welcome to Florida (anyway!)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNR3Q4bE31BEkvifg5zBxiCDVPhVLEbBgfFL4qBl7MMqgt48vD4NrsjNhkIr-QVV5BS_yQ9cpwisS1xgaVwWB-GPgK7d3HAmRuY8s_TzU-rOH5J2pUHmNeFmUlXe6m67mcA-iY-aclB6GCFGejVj8aLwH0jfQqMtytSqsfAcJbQhxBirFYXHJQ0aBi5A=s1600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNR3Q4bE31BEkvifg5zBxiCDVPhVLEbBgfFL4qBl7MMqgt48vD4NrsjNhkIr-QVV5BS_yQ9cpwisS1xgaVwWB-GPgK7d3HAmRuY8s_TzU-rOH5J2pUHmNeFmUlXe6m67mcA-iY-aclB6GCFGejVj8aLwH0jfQqMtytSqsfAcJbQhxBirFYXHJQ0aBi5A=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I spent the first full night in Lake City, FL, next to Lowe's. And woke up to heavy fog and overcast skies! Sunny my foot!! LOL!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> But it was a nice, overcast, relatively cool day with a breeze!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After doing a bit of running around in Lake City...there's always errands to get done. My new flashlight - the third one - had died, so shipped it back to Amazon. Then stumbled across an Aldi, so picked up a couple of things that I needed. Dropped in at Discount Tires, right down the street from Aldi, and had Lily's tire pressures checked.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Noticed in the atlas "Rose Creek Lookout Tower". Sounded like something to take a look at. And it was something to look at...and that was about it! LOL! </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjf7KP3CVG47hNjHIjq0gD-l9NNY1d2g5H6moLlCHI0fRnpS3cqZsUj6gGO8EkqG3cnR9-DWeuZNwulvb9P8gnpkbAMXszFK-jKv6sMI-E61x2Q4SC0zR3wOVhnw0NlD2PGYVWOqoRVKBjaQWKPt_HVL8zYuxQ9JTN1UHEwlZgu1aSjYnstqK-JSsT_DQ=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjf7KP3CVG47hNjHIjq0gD-l9NNY1d2g5H6moLlCHI0fRnpS3cqZsUj6gGO8EkqG3cnR9-DWeuZNwulvb9P8gnpkbAMXszFK-jKv6sMI-E61x2Q4SC0zR3wOVhnw0NlD2PGYVWOqoRVKBjaQWKPt_HVL8zYuxQ9JTN1UHEwlZgu1aSjYnstqK-JSsT_DQ=s320" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That was it! All fenced in and...that was it! But I did meet the gentleman that lives next to it and found out part of the story. It got fenced in during the past year or so, due to the fact that people (I use the term loosely) we going up the tower, doing drugs, etc on the site. There was also a lot of things disappearing from the folks living nearby. And apparently there was a guy living up in the old tower, in the top, and stealing from the houses around there. Sad!<br /></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then sat for a while looking at my Florida Atlas...seeing what was around between Lake City and my stop tomorrow night. I'm only 30+ miles from there from Lake City. And I noticed O'Leon State Park. So decided it was time for a side trip! And it was really a nice State Park!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh22g0x4ZhzLl7XAPXd_BVymcB-TiiIdJ56RS1x9b-w4AKD8EdaOZ1t5yrNFdvl_7_1CdAldazO5JXLKnexyGLth1tecbASNdRR7j9QLh80sTxb-0ie-lIH3qljlRgQByCOwzxjseEbB52M0fhRg89wYMijkSi764TQVxHB1Irh7g4F0rQZA_BVkOLyyQ=s1600" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh22g0x4ZhzLl7XAPXd_BVymcB-TiiIdJ56RS1x9b-w4AKD8EdaOZ1t5yrNFdvl_7_1CdAldazO5JXLKnexyGLth1tecbASNdRR7j9QLh80sTxb-0ie-lIH3qljlRgQByCOwzxjseEbB52M0fhRg89wYMijkSi764TQVxHB1Irh7g4F0rQZA_BVkOLyyQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drove down few "county" roads? Well, they weren't paved...but I'm in Florida! It was like driving on the beach...all sand! The Spanish Moss in the trees is just sooo cool looking! And the "mini-palms"...whatever they are called....are just beautiful!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Found the Park, and was quite pleasantly surprised with it! Very clean. The folks at the entrance were chipper and smiling and helpful! I saw NO trash on the road into the Park. It was great!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The history of the area is quite interesting. This next picture explains it better than I ever could!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjryJoBFU-zc0FIHi33Sa22o36qVDopVIJROVggaPK69p3KgOaZ6ENg6vNFogeNIKxL492LXwr5kwmO3n9Egbjr14wJQMYeUUakekpMp9k2_aKfBDMsLxZvoseMvWv7WtqXNrXqACi4AWNnI5siEdp3B4pkIFgGqT0ulqHKLQf86qnyKJwImwJLpuXbOw=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjryJoBFU-zc0FIHi33Sa22o36qVDopVIJROVggaPK69p3KgOaZ6ENg6vNFogeNIKxL492LXwr5kwmO3n9Egbjr14wJQMYeUUakekpMp9k2_aKfBDMsLxZvoseMvWv7WtqXNrXqACi4AWNnI5siEdp3B4pkIFgGqT0ulqHKLQf86qnyKJwImwJLpuXbOw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The history of places is just amazing. You would be hard pressed to think up some of the "happenings" that come from life!.</span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Park was bought and cleaned up and restored to basically be a tribute to the "boys" of the CCC that built it. That is the purpose of the statue!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5KEMOH6wheA5z9S5IYXLNUyexH8lHxkcQSMQnFrvJoO93PWgmSbZaBVQ0ZuvHNZvn7AGsdOdqQdhOX60PEdoCSRPJGvo9mw-LPMNwA9JHXLv-t_0nKEU3wwLdwy7_F1EPH2uU39hXa2E6A5s9ZIKMVQF_MjPlzxmM9B-id0cJlZrzzAAQMVwrWZqcjg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5KEMOH6wheA5z9S5IYXLNUyexH8lHxkcQSMQnFrvJoO93PWgmSbZaBVQ0ZuvHNZvn7AGsdOdqQdhOX60PEdoCSRPJGvo9mw-LPMNwA9JHXLv-t_0nKEU3wwLdwy7_F1EPH2uU39hXa2E6A5s9ZIKMVQF_MjPlzxmM9B-id0cJlZrzzAAQMVwrWZqcjg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span> </span><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEVz-oENQ01KRw441hkZRrbWKSQRjcSHNCPDOLEroCgN7I6cFBAF787YfOZp16UNzrGw-FCjoggo1pcJVgcPc3GnFSyi0CzZTm-njoo4FnH80Vtb9iuP0Cyz1Irsm_9peI47u4yaQdF_m4YSjHbB7A343ULzx3BiLGmL6RyHgQdBzVgjtD-uOyO4KmmQ=s1600" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEVz-oENQ01KRw441hkZRrbWKSQRjcSHNCPDOLEroCgN7I6cFBAF787YfOZp16UNzrGw-FCjoggo1pcJVgcPc3GnFSyi0CzZTm-njoo4FnH80Vtb9iuP0Cyz1Irsm_9peI47u4yaQdF_m4YSjHbB7A343ULzx3BiLGmL6RyHgQdBzVgjtD-uOyO4KmmQ=s320" width="240" /></a>The original watch tower building is now the museum. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7TjqQZx6aHy_XgDkhOvEJ5ZAsmI1oprkL4clQE_bn4PFZ1HjPo-iDmln3JIPoWh-IEpVFBAXNEzqSnCDniYCNHGTC4H-uXFK2Gkyv4UoOhR7HsFdkesyYJENl9g3M7oZ6piTCbTfw_WPCAcCNH7t1HT7Gzm3FaYcwY8rN2La261ELnLJt4aYzxSA1yw=s1600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7TjqQZx6aHy_XgDkhOvEJ5ZAsmI1oprkL4clQE_bn4PFZ1HjPo-iDmln3JIPoWh-IEpVFBAXNEzqSnCDniYCNHGTC4H-uXFK2Gkyv4UoOhR7HsFdkesyYJENl9g3M7oZ6piTCbTfw_WPCAcCNH7t1HT7Gzm3FaYcwY8rN2La261ELnLJt4aYzxSA1yw=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span>They also were able to keep the original dining hall, the open air meeting area/pavilion...and they also have several parts of the original grist mill that helped to build up the original town that was there. At one time the population of the town was about 600. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIIuEJuo915CkhYj8JnRUNtwYPJM_lexIHOH2R3EE236h_mXSaaPAIr3nEKbeVx2Qqmy3KD6x0_bkMA952RprIJFarEivZZEr-4SrDFm04a_XSrEe1jkY3EwfgIPDIgKU_qFXM4o1JP7GOjGtuu-T4nY6gUvrTG_vZXYXdOZAYrEQfg_tGes7TiLRoww=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIIuEJuo915CkhYj8JnRUNtwYPJM_lexIHOH2R3EE236h_mXSaaPAIr3nEKbeVx2Qqmy3KD6x0_bkMA952RprIJFarEivZZEr-4SrDFm04a_XSrEe1jkY3EwfgIPDIgKU_qFXM4o1JP7GOjGtuu-T4nY6gUvrTG_vZXYXdOZAYrEQfg_tGes7TiLRoww=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2zXn6GTgTgMP3uuSYesWdSJsCmwYQe_R6ptk_5zyCow-H923T_W9OmMhpYR8apGhMFGb-fGWIVEjX66l5m8C-t-L_OS_Wytgyb7lQVDwks0PoMt0mGhxb_eiK--2w8MhKuQ1Oxrf-qvncOibJU6L4ViahxRCmESVRiGC8v9BQOx-XgkUzsdSheKqKyg=s1600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2zXn6GTgTgMP3uuSYesWdSJsCmwYQe_R6ptk_5zyCow-H923T_W9OmMhpYR8apGhMFGb-fGWIVEjX66l5m8C-t-L_OS_Wytgyb7lQVDwks0PoMt0mGhxb_eiK--2w8MhKuQ1Oxrf-qvncOibJU6L4ViahxRCmESVRiGC8v9BQOx-XgkUzsdSheKqKyg=s320" width="240" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGGo0v0sYAkqEgZTapDu3QVtCi53tVg3n1q0BxSjBelPvyLsns7eiZc0d-flYHjOJYOOxq685heTUvAC-oPeNK5z0iKgl29oYu4XypjZXqvzOiffGTlHen90QNWGsm5bxTY-4pMYu5crJ2ip0O7ycZ-U6FBAN_ATOI-N8Gw8NwbovaBS_HzvFxdZi4bA=s1600" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGGo0v0sYAkqEgZTapDu3QVtCi53tVg3n1q0BxSjBelPvyLsns7eiZc0d-flYHjOJYOOxq685heTUvAC-oPeNK5z0iKgl29oYu4XypjZXqvzOiffGTlHen90QNWGsm5bxTY-4pMYu5crJ2ip0O7ycZ-U6FBAN_ATOI-N8Gw8NwbovaBS_HzvFxdZi4bA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRgAQSRcFuQ7inF7zfswK3BQfES2ISFvID-SqtHa9U6o_ZOu8RJSHBG6Rifz0sR7D2IDGuaW9cme0j-kF0KbgRgZtXkHRRs5WNUKVcFXdeVyDMehNuBLXGGOpZ9a3sJvEJXIwlybIwEWix3ttsEN3uxM_nR75vzKbju7a-MA6vJ3JSSQFWKxRvO7Ic5A=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRgAQSRcFuQ7inF7zfswK3BQfES2ISFvID-SqtHa9U6o_ZOu8RJSHBG6Rifz0sR7D2IDGuaW9cme0j-kF0KbgRgZtXkHRRs5WNUKVcFXdeVyDMehNuBLXGGOpZ9a3sJvEJXIwlybIwEWix3ttsEN3uxM_nR75vzKbju7a-MA6vJ3JSSQFWKxRvO7Ic5A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><span>The museum is actually quite informative and laid out very well! I spent quite a bit of time inside reading, looking and learning! It is amazing what the CCC did over the years that it existed!<br /></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7albWO8f7xKoF8pP-VYeDks5HYJrcwu9dcCX7iBxXgOlpHiVNVeANcuRabuHF5pgc1zpDUftAl6KzAGIayBTgFMVy9aw7n-_A01u3EYhs0_imJyEXzLcd0ehd0ASB_pjdGB5OB8K9AO7koiRdHWzvNwpAPQbO36nLaqJfri7X7v_0hYHz5IBl-Zeb4g=s1600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7albWO8f7xKoF8pP-VYeDks5HYJrcwu9dcCX7iBxXgOlpHiVNVeANcuRabuHF5pgc1zpDUftAl6KzAGIayBTgFMVy9aw7n-_A01u3EYhs0_imJyEXzLcd0ehd0ASB_pjdGB5OB8K9AO7koiRdHWzvNwpAPQbO36nLaqJfri7X7v_0hYHz5IBl-Zeb4g=s320" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Well....they also had a "timeline" posted above it to give you an idea of just how long that tree had been in the forest! 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They have a nice swimming area set up, and folks canoe & kayak the river. There's is a launch area and they also rent canoes from what I could tell.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnK_XZSZ5EtYOIpfq9oPIN3NROgi65fwauU7Tgol0qfXRsXEGa13a9FUPOr6bfaUNBR_y4wF-31378IrP6xjoFb7UfM956pVD1SFPXrfkOk_3l-6Xd7kFFNyt0jtgdgDRp5fU0x3E7-s1XhNQF_Cl9eSXXNpAcAacJGvSiGfc02toa7zZ7MdbC_IVhVw=s1600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnK_XZSZ5EtYOIpfq9oPIN3NROgi65fwauU7Tgol0qfXRsXEGa13a9FUPOr6bfaUNBR_y4wF-31378IrP6xjoFb7UfM956pVD1SFPXrfkOk_3l-6Xd7kFFNyt0jtgdgDRp5fU0x3E7-s1XhNQF_Cl9eSXXNpAcAacJGvSiGfc02toa7zZ7MdbC_IVhVw=s320" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-o0juzsHzpIRrDe9gV6-eAfCEqkkEn58f2jwDk6Bzr6ovfsTUM0H2-ZKwxu_PLSVlNlUeqYymD3oy61ZMf-up0WC7XC0mzAN4-ZADgs0vjWLNFBLjsxEd5c1AIQIQBj7Pt7awl7RrqISq69gdFJwtVSwtQTt7uEWziY59Oi4a2hE2f6cjQK_5oajOjA=s1600" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-o0juzsHzpIRrDe9gV6-eAfCEqkkEn58f2jwDk6Bzr6ovfsTUM0H2-ZKwxu_PLSVlNlUeqYymD3oy61ZMf-up0WC7XC0mzAN4-ZADgs0vjWLNFBLjsxEd5c1AIQIQBj7Pt7awl7RrqISq69gdFJwtVSwtQTt7uEWziY59Oi4a2hE2f6cjQK_5oajOjA=s320" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">The last thing that was really cool about the park is the suspension bridge built by the CCC Boys! They really did an excellent job on it! Still swinging after close to a century! What was really funny was Abbie trying to walk across it with me! Of course it would start bouncing, and she did not know what to do! For the first time since she has been with me....she actually walked behind me! LOL!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT6-xNnuC_xuCwwvGjORUQ5HT0WpuPn2ABlCHtauylUnZXy4jZ4GWX3FXLEhqnCIPoyjWyB9lkeptpM2KrLlB84UHsD3931f0wLIlId6k6goQ5GFyUyY_ugAgC4XRB8XU8stODNVrNSFb_nb0URjMTVAFtAjhtS77CugS5rCtqCm7IQQANuw8XUOsaGg=s1600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhT6-xNnuC_xuCwwvGjORUQ5HT0WpuPn2ABlCHtauylUnZXy4jZ4GWX3FXLEhqnCIPoyjWyB9lkeptpM2KrLlB84UHsD3931f0wLIlId6k6goQ5GFyUyY_ugAgC4XRB8XU8stODNVrNSFb_nb0URjMTVAFtAjhtS77CugS5rCtqCm7IQQANuw8XUOsaGg=s320" width="240" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">That about catches me up! We're settled in at the Rest Area for the night. About to take Abbie out for the last time tonight. Maybe watch a DVD...or not! And be prepared for a full day tomorrow!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Be sure to keep checking back and seeing what comes along next! Will be in Key Largo in 2 days, then hopefully spend 2-3 days around Key West before heading back up to Alabama for Xmas!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"> C'ya out here....soon I hope!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Frog & Abbie</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">🐸 🐶 </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-65962237002941029612021-12-05T15:59:00.001-06:002021-12-05T15:59:17.242-06:00This Is Natural???On the road! Headed for Key West. Just almost South of Atlanta, taking a break....letting my "psyche" calm down!<div><br></div><div>It's Sunday afternoon & I'm so out of practice driving in this "mess"! It's crazy!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>And this is slow compared with an hour ago. After a few conversations with folks, how can we as a society think that this way of "living" is natural?!?! I don't see a thing natural in this!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Stopped at favorite laundromat this morning so I'd have clean clothes for this run!</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway....🤠🙃😎....had a good stay in Bama. Lily is in good shape now. She just keeps getting better each week! And I keep jettisoning stuff that I've learned I don't need in here! LOL!</div><div><br></div><div>Just wanted to start this run off with a note that I'm on the road again for a few weeks so keep checking in on me & checking my Instagram posts also!</div><div><br></div><div>44 miles to Rest Area that will be my stop tonight! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>C'ya!</div><div>Frog & Abbie</div><div>🐸. 🐕</div><div><br></div>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071482729736643712.post-30548243007093691872021-11-22T00:05:00.000-06:002021-11-22T00:05:00.273-06:00Lily - History & Tour Pt 1<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">Hi folks! I've been slacking on getting posts up on this blog! Sorry. I just finished up my latest video. Wanted to get it up here for all to see!</span> <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyDvlQqqnor-MYXcaqY8Jke69JRskPaZzWGnXTlZKYW3jRTQv4DbuGC4cCdO2DtnlVN_r91AKZuTaHGxgywKA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;">I hope you enjoy it and it gets you interested in getting out and seeing the things around you!!</span></span><br /></p>The Froghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03740879806000954692noreply@blogger.com0