Well, folks.....I left on my big RV adventure this morning. I am in the Reno/Tahoe area. I will get to see my brother Mike and his daughter Kim and hopefully his son Mark, and friends Cliff and Ava. I called my ROP friend Jorja today and she gave me Ginny's number, who lives in Reno. I will probably get to see her tomorrow. Sweet.
Preparation for the trip would not have been possible without the help of my Pleasanton neighbors Mary (car, mail and a lot of support) and her friends across the street. Across the street from Mary there lives Madeline and Emily.....two very sweet young girls that helped me clean out the entire RV and reorganize everything in it. I fell in love with both of them. I was so relieved to know that I could fit and store everything properly. Their mom and dad, Lisa and David, allowed me to park the RV in front of their home for a few days so I could get the RV ready to roll. Lisa made dinner for me and the girls on Friday evening....salmon, wonderful rice and broccoli. She gave me a nice bottle of wine to take with me. Thank you Lisa, you ROCK! I also learned how to play Bunco with Mary and friends....look out all of you Bunco players.....I am ready for more.
Best Helpers Ever!!!!
Now, the party last night!!! Wow....I have the best friends in the world. I received a lot of great gifts (some still unopened....anti...ci...pa...tion, DVD's, CD's, wine, etc. Marta downloaded several movies onto my external hard drive. Anne hosted the party at her home and also agreed to store some of my things that I could not fit into my storage unit. Anne, you are an angel. Wait there's more....she is an amazing artist and made something really cool! It is a brick painted white and she made it look like my RV. She took photos of everyone at the party, make them tiny and using decoupage, applied them to the windows waving at me, etc. I am, of course, at the helm with a bottle of wine as my traveling companion! It is so creative and wonderful. Love it. I will work on getting pics of it on the next blog. There is a very slow internet process here.
Thank you all......the attendance at the party was overwhelming. As you know, I was very flustered and anxious. Your hugs, encouragement and love for me prevailed (and a bit of wine) and I hit the road this morning at 8:00 a.m. My talk with Gail each morning occurred without fail as I was driving off....perfect!
I will work on getting pictures from the party on the next blog.
Take care all.
Laurie
This is a bank in downtown Salt Lake City where part of the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was filmed. OMG Robert Redford was in there! I suppose I could go find him...he only lives in Park City. See you soon Bob... Love, your stalker. Ha ha
Olympic Village
This is the inside of the Mormon Tabernacle. Amazing. Frank Lloyd Wright's opinion is that this building has the best acoustics in the world. The music was amazing and a woman in front ripped a piece of newspaper, dropped three straight pins and a small nail and you could hear it all......from anywhere in the entire room.
Lion House, Brigham Young's home. 17 wives and 56 children. (It is bigger in the back and the dining room seats 80 or so....really.)
This is Richard, Boot and Leo. They are from Holland and were my travel companions on the tour and their RV is parked next to mine. Gnomey suggested we bring wine, fruit and crackers over so we could have a chat with our new friends. I agreed. What a lovely visit and I am so happy to have met them. Look what Leo gave to me. Real Dutch towel and I was so happy to receive it. How sweet of them.
This is where I started out today....Wendover, Nevada - inches away from the Utah border.
