Saturday, January 10, 2009

January 10, 2009

I had requested visitor guides from the western states & Canadian provinces that we plan on visiting on our trip to Alaska this year & we have started receiving them in the mail.

We've renewed our subscription for U.S. Military Campgrounds Directory software - a good deal at $7.95 a year for renewal.

Everything we have read on driving to Alaska recommends having a spare tire mounted on a rim for the RV & a full size spare for the tow vehicle (toad). We bought a rim & spare for the RV in 2007 while we were in California. Mike located a rim for the Saturn Vue in Enterprise, AL. On Tuesday, Jan. 6, he drove up there & bought the rim & then he stopped at the Ft. Rucker gas station & ordered a tire for the rim.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year

We celebrated the New Year at W.T. & Glenda's house (our landlords here at The Willows). After dinner we went over for Irish coffee & dessert followed by some brandy. We discussed politics, the current financial situation, RVing & anything else that came to mind. We opened a bottle of champagne I had bought for the occasion & toasted in the New Year. A quiet ending of an old year & beginning of a new year, but an enjoyable time.