JULY 31, 2016
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? I hear this question quite a bit. I pretty much heard it every day from “my sixteen year old girlfriend” in San
Diego, Marymay, who hung out at our place a lot when we had our little ranch in the back country. I fed her well and in exchange she’d direct me in a daily workout playing tennis in front of the Wii. Now I hear “What’s for lunch?” on the road, even from RV travelers whom we’ve just known for a short time. “We’ll help you in the kitchen and we’ll do all the clean-up, but will you fix lunch for all of us?” “Okay, I can do that.” But understand that I’ll prepare lunch, not fix it. And even though I know you mean well, please stay out of my way while I’m working in the kitchen. Better yet, why don’t you go outside and clean the Weber grill…get it ready for this evening. Because I’m pretty sure you’re going to want some of that wild caught Atlantic salmon in a few hours when your appetite alarm sounds again. And cleaning the grill, not that is something you can do. Read more
will be climate-controlled. Here are some pictures the breeder just sent to me. We’re pretty excited. In fact, I haven’t seen Florence this excited for as long as I can remember. In fact, now that I think of it, I haven’t seen Florence for hours. Last I remember she was headed to Petco to buy more “essential” toys and treats. This dog doesn’t know how good she’s got it! But I’ll be she gets our number in a New York minute! She’ll be able to get whatever she wants from Florence. And me. 
Church, he also plays drums in a Reggae Band. We’re going to watch his group play next Sunday afternoon at the Malibu Lounge right here in Pensacola. Here’s a Trip Advisor Review from December of last year. “We’ve been to the New Malibu lounge a number of times. Excellent place to listen to live music with a variety of great local talent. Very good bar food. We enjoyed the tuna dip, Philly cheese steak, collards and other sampling. Staff may be the friendliest we have ever experienced. Good area in back to watch football as well.” 
from our own. Opportunities to be with them and watch them perform. Opportunities never have had if Florence and I hadn’t taken a risk and embarked on our Great American Adventure a little over three years ago.
JULY 24, 2016. We’ve been wanting a traveling companion for a long time. We’ve debated whether it should be a cat or a dog. We can’t comfortably have large dogs like our German Shepherds back at Deerhorn Valley. 
IT MAKES SENSE. We gotta move our stuff back to our motorhome. Until that’s done, we can’t move down the road. And what we want to do more than anything is move down the road. See the country. Meet the people. Resume our Great American Adventure. That’s what we’re about these days. So let’s get it done! Let’s pack those boxes, load ’em into Eric’s Suburban and drive it across town to Carpenter’s Campers, the RV Dealership where our rig has been hibernating for the last eight months. I want to wake it up, dust it off and get going. We’ve been dreaming about this day for months.
FOURTH OF JULY, 2016. Independence Day! We celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress. That document declared the young American colonies to be the United States of America and no longer part of the British Empire. This most historic of days in our nation’s history is typically celebrated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, baseball games and family reunions. But temperatures today in Pensacola over 100 degrees with absolutely staggering humidity have wilted this California native. So we’ll celebrate online rather than outside. We’ll enjoy reminiscing about the past rather than firing up the grill. So pop the cork! We’ll have lots of fun. Keep reading.
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“SWEET HOME ALABAMA” SONG LYRICS. 1974. 
