DREAMS-PLANS-GOALS ~WA Coast

September 10th: I was up about a half hour before Holland, and while drinking my morning joy juice saw a text from one of my Sleuth Sister friends from Graysriver-WA, when I logged into FB this morning:

Text from Linda; Geranium Winter Prep question.

The way I usually prepped the Geraniums, when I had them.

Linda mentions a place to explore; 'That sounds like FUN … I wonder if Holland would know about it.'

'I've never heard of it.'

Where we will mainly be, while in Arizona.

Quartzsite-AZ

Havasu-AZ; Holland & his brothers have traveled up and down the map's yellow line areas.

Yuma-AZ; Holland has lived & worked in Flagstaff, Phoenix, & Tucson. Some of the memories will be hard for Holland - I'm praying for healing & peace.

 More info about Chloride-AZ

Chloride is Arizona's oldest continually inhabited mining town. There are about 350 people living there, so while it is technically not a {ghost town} … it can feel like it with such a small populace.

This sounds interesting - Holland and I have been talking about visiting Ghost Towns along our adventuring routes :-)

Chloride-AZ; Holland has worked in Loughlin & Bullhead City.

Possible meet-up; this would be fun! ;-)

Back to working on kitchen towels … a frustrating hemline; the thin cotton yarn wants to curl - I want it to lay flat; adjustments had to be made.

Strengthening the lightweight yarn hemline; not in my original design plan - but it works okay.

Every day the blessing for us {God's Gifts to each other} gets stronger; we are in this for the long haul.

BABY GENERATOR MAKES HOME COMFORTABLE ~Longview-WA

September 4th: Holland's Dr. appointment is tomorrow, so we packed up and moved this morning. When we arrived in Longview, we wanted to try the new generator out, so we pulled into the Wal*Mart off Industrial Way and set up there - there was plenty of room to push the slide-outs out, so that's what we did. We'd only be there overnight, so it was okay with the store manager.

Holland's friend Tim, and his wife, stopped by to visit a bit with Holland and see the 5th wheel; and baby generator (used for the first time, boondocking in Longview-WA). I like Tim - and would have liked to have met his wife, but I stayed inside with Bleu because the dog frightened his wife: I get that; I was afraid of dogs for a loooong time before my first husband and I got our first one.

Set-up in the 7th Ave., Wal*Mart, Longview-WA; plenty of room to utilize the push-outs ;-)

The Baby Generator works wonderfully - and it's really quiet. BIG BONUS. We slid the generator under the slide-out at bedtime - in case it rained overnight.

We like this :-)

This way of life doesn't appeal to everyone - but it works for us.

We deliberately chose it :-)

And we'll be road gypsies as long as we can be, before setting roots again.

While the visiting was going on during the walk-around outside, I got busy designing and working up a new kitchen towel set. The ones currently in use are okay - but they are getting thin in places where the yarn is wearing with use.

Plus … I want new towels to represent my New Life with my new Husband. So, I am designing new towels using hem stitches that are more masculine in appearance, than the stitches I started using after becoming a widow.

Holland is appreciative ;-)

I got busy on working up some new Kitchen Towel Sets - current ones are getting worn.

'Bamboo St.' hemline; there's a man in the house, now ~ frou-frou won't work, anymore. LOL