IT MAY BE TIME

I THINK IT MAY BE TIME TO COME HOME,   WE ARE TIRED AND WANT TO SLEEP IN OUR OWN BED.  OUR 30 DAYS ARE ALMOST UP.   now that we are home (city)....i don't want to move for a week.   hopefully we will get to the lake  by the weekend......i only had 2 days of home sickness...better than i thought...

WE ARE SUCH REBELS

SO WE CONVINCED SMOKERS IN TN TO CROSS OVER THE NO SMOKING LINE, WE CONVINCED PEOPLE IN VEGAS TO WALK AGAINST THE NO WALKING SIGNS,  WE BROKE THE SPEED LIMIT TWICE THAT WE KNOW OF ...AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO FILE OUR TAXES ON THE DEADLINE...WE ARE TAKING A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE..LOL

WE NEED SOME GOOD NEWS

WELL AS I STATED IN MY LAST BLOG TERRY HAS LOST HIS FATHER, HIS JOB AND HIS DOG IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS.   IF HIS TRUCK BREAKS DOWN WE ARE GOING TO WRITE OUR OWN COUNTRY SONG...LOL....  SO I AM WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE...BIG OR SMALL...AND IT DOES'NT   EVEN NEED TO BE YOUR NEWS...JUST SOMETHING GOOD.  I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW OF YOU FOLLOWING US..OR JUST PEEKING..MAYBE A GOOD JOKE....I KNOW YOU ARE THERE..TIME TO SPEAK UP..LOL....AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.  HOPE EVERYONE AT HOME IS WELL.

FAREWELL JESSIE

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL DOG

SHE WAS THE FAV DOG OF EVERYONE

TERRY HAS HAD ENOUGH LOSSES IN THE LAST 6 MONTH....HIS FATHER, HIS JOB...AND NOW HIS DOG.

JESSIE WAS 17 YRS OLD

THANK YOU TO JOHN AND REBECCA FOR TAKING CARE OF HER FOR THE LAST YEAR.  JESSIE WAS A GREAT PROTECTOR OF OUR FAMILY...SHE LOVED US ALL.....SHE WILL BE SO MISSED BY OUR FAMILY.

MY DREAM / MY REALITY

• LIVE BY THE OCEAN............................ LIVE AT LONG LAKE                                                                          
• EAT PIZZA....................................................FR0ZEN PIZZA

DINE ON LOBSTER  FRESH SEAFOOD DAILY............CANNED TUNA, CRAB 

CLASSY..............................................................HILLBILLY

GEORGE CLOONEY............................................................TERRY MARSH

CHAMPAGNE TASTES.....................................................BEER BUDGET                      CLASSICAL MUSIC....................................COUNTRY MUSIC

LOOKS PERFECT TO ME

I NEED A DRINK

  OH MY GOD...I SO NEED A DRINK OR THREE AFTER THE ADVENTURES OF TODAY.   I THOUGHT YESTERDAY WAS EXCITING.......I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST TODAY.  OUR JOURNEY FROM PETALUMA TO EUREKA SHOULD HAVE BEEN JUST OVER 4 HOURS, BUT WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE......IT TOOK US ALMOST 7 HOURS..TRAVELLING SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 MPH UP TO 50 MPH.  NOW I MUST SAY IT WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL SCENIC DRIVE I HAVE EVER SEEN.   AND I MUST SAY I AM HAPPY TO HAVE  HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE THIS ROUTE BUT I WILL NEVER...AND I MEAN NEVER...BE ON THIS ROAD AGAIN.   I ACTUALLY FEARED FOR OUR LIVES.  I WOULD RATHER SPEND 10 HRS ON THE ROLLER COASTER AT WEST EDMONTON MALL.   IT WAS OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE OCEAN AND I AM A WATER GIRL.  THE ROAD WAS SO NARROW WE HAD TO TURN OUR OUTSIDE MIRRORS IN SO WE WOULD NOT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE OR THE ROCK BESIDE US.  I SWEAR A COUPLE OF TIMES I THOUGHT THE SEAT BELT WAS GOING TO DECAPITATE ME..MY NECK HAS THE MARKS TO PROVE IT.   THIS WAS THE MOST INTIMIDATING RIDE I HAVE EVER HAD . FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I HAD MOTION SICKNESS...NOW YOU MUST KEEP IN MIND LAST SUMMER I RODE ALMOST ALL OF THE RIDES AT K-DAYS..AND I LOVED IT.  OF COURSE THERE WERE MANY QUAINT VILLAGES WITH LUXERIOUS  (SP)  HOMES AND CUTE SHOPS.   MANY SECTIONS OF THE ROAD HAD NO GUARD RAILS...AND I WAS ALMOST GOING TO BE SICK WHEN I LOOKED DOWN.TERRY WANTED TO REPLAY THE PART OF AL PACINO IN THE MOVIE "SCENT OF A WOMEN"...(MY SCENT SMELLED LIKE CRAP").. HE WANTED ME TO BLINDFOLD HIM AND THEN GIVE HIM DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS.  HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD LOVE TO DRIVE AN AUDI THRU HERE...LIKE HELL....I KNEW HE WAS NERVOUS.  MANY OF THE TURNS WERE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND WE ACTUALLY MISSED ONE CORNER AND LUCKY FOR US IT LANDED US IN A SCHOOL YARD..IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE OCEAN OR THE ROCK WALLS.   I TRYED TO CLOSE MY EYES BUT THAT ONLY MADE IT WORSE.    WE ACTUALLY STARTED TO THINK ABOUT OUR WILLS, WE HAVE NOT UPDATED THEM SINCE TERRY HAD THE ANURYISM (SP) AND LON WAS TO INHERIT OUR CHILDREN..THAT WAS ABOUT 17 YRS AGO.....NOW WE REALIZE THAT THEY WOULD INHERIT LON...GOTTA GET THAT UPDATED WHEN WE GET HOME.   THEN I REALLY GOT PISSED OF...I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE LAST MEAL I HAD....IT WAS SALAD, YOGURT, FRUIT, WARM WATER AND A LOUSY CIGARETTE .  REALLY IF IT WAS GOING TO BE MY LAST MEAL THIS IS HOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.....PIZZA, 2LBS  LOBSTER, GOOD CANADIAN SMOKES, AND A GLASS, ....NO TWO.....FRIG THAT ..3 GLASSES OF GRAND MARNIER.    BUT NOT TO WORRY.....WE ARE O.K.  THAT IS ALL ABOUT THAT..SOON I WILL BLOG ABOUT MY CRANKY DAY.......HOPE ALL IS WELL AT HOME

OUR FIRST VIEWS OF THE OCEAN

CAN YOU SEE THE ROADS

LOOK MA..ONE HAND

I WAS SCARED POOPLESS

YOSEMITE PICS

LOOK AT THE ROOTS ON THIS TREE

BRIDAL FALLS

EUREEKA...WE ARE GOING TO TO EUREKA

WE ARE HEADING TO EURAK CALIFORNIA TODAY AND SPENDING THE NEXT 2 DAYS THERE.  WE ARE SLOWLY EDGING OUR WAY HOME.  WE ARE ON DAY 24 AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH OF THE U.S. WE HAVE SEEN, I ALSO CAN'T BELIEVE TERRY HAS LASTED THIS LONG ON THE ROAD.  HE IS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT JOB HUNTING SO I CAN TELL HIS MIND IS STARTING TO WANDER...OF COURSE I RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS..LOL.  YESTERDAY WE HIT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.    WOW!!!   WE WERE ON SENSORY OVERLOAD.  OUR EYES COULD HARDLY TAKE IN ALL THE BEAUTY,  THE SMELL OF CRISP, COOL AIR AND I COULD IMAGINE THE SILENCE AFTER ALL OF US TOURISTS LEFT AND OF COURSE I COULD  SEE  US ROASTING HOT DOGS OVER AN OPEN  FIRE.  BEFORE YOU ENTER THE PARK THERE OF COURSE IS THE USUAL COMMERCIALISM  LIKE AT THE GRAND CANYON BUT ONCE YOU ENTER THE PARK YOU CAN NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF MODERN DAY...IT MUST LOOK THE SAME TODAY AS IT LOOKED 20 YEARS AGO.   THE TEMP WAS A CRISP 46 AND THERE WAS STILL SNOW TO BE FOUND.  THE ELEVATION WAS 5000 FT WHICH CAUSED SOME PEOPLE TO HAVE BREATHING ISSUES.  AGAIN WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE AND DID NOT HAVE TO PAY THE $20.00 ENTRANCE FEE...FREE DAY FOR EVERYONE.  OF COURSE BECAUSE OF THIS THE TOUR BUSES WERE NOT RUNNING AND WE DID NOT SEE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED.  THE FIRST THING WE NOTICED WHEN WE GOT INTO THE PARK WERE THE ENORMOUS SEQUOIA TREES.  THESE ENORMOUS TREES CAN LIVE FOR OVER 2 THOUSAND YEARS AND THEIR TRUNKS CAN REACH OVER 25 FEET THICK.  THE GIANT SEQUOIA NEED FIRE SO THEY CAN REPRODUCE, FIRE CLEARS AWAY THE COMPETING FIRS AND CEDAR TREES SO THE TINY SEEDS OF THE SEQUOIA CAN TAKE ROOT.  THERE IS A LOT OF WILDLIFE IN THE PARK BUT ALL WE SAW WAS A VERY TAME LOOKING COYOTE  RESTING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.  THE TRAFFIC DID NOT DISTURB HIM AT ALL.  THE DRIVE INTO  YOSEMITE WAS STUNNING, THE KIND OF RIDE THAT MADE US WISH WE STILL HAD THE GOLDWING.   NOW THE RIDE OUT WAS ANOTHER STORY,  I WAS WHITE KNUCKLED BY THE END AND I WASN'T DOING THE DRIVING.  TERRY ADMITTED THAT IT HAD THE MOST CHALLENGING  CURVES HE HAS EVER EXPLORED..OTHER THAN MINE OF COURSE...LOL.   I KNOW..INSERT PUKE HERE.  GAS HIT THE 5.09 MARK A GALLON, AND THE DRIVER RECEIVED HIS SECOND WARNING TODAY.  A PARK RANGER WAS DRIVING TOWARD US AND FLASHED HER LIGHTS AND GAVE US THE THUMBS DOWN SIGNAL, BUT HE DID NOT GET A WRITTEN NOTICE THIS TIME.  A LOT OF THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 20 MILES PER HOUR AND AT TIMES THAT FELT TO FAST FOR ME.   I WAS GLAD NOT TO BE ON THE GOLDWING FOR THAT PART OF THE DRIVE.  WE LEFT THE PARK AND HEADED FOR OUR NEXT OVERNIGHT STAY IN PETALUMA  CALIFORNIA.   I DROVE THIS PART OF THE TRIP AND I MUST SAY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE ROAD I WAS NERVOUS.  CALIFORNIA DRIVERS ARE CRAZY AT RUSH HOUR.  THERE WAS A LITTLE CAR IN FRONT OF ME THAT KEPT GOING ALL OVER THE ROAD CROSSING THE LINES ON BOTH SIDES.  WHILE I WAS PASSING HIM WE DISCOVERED HE WAS EATING A HAMBURGER WITH BOTH HANDS, HE MUST HAVE BEEN USING HIS KNEES TO STEADY THE WHEEL....REALLY...HE MUST HAVE BEEN "CRAZY".    ON THE WAY TO PETALUMA I DROVE THRU SILICONE VALLEY AND I SWEAR I FELT MY BOOBS PERK UP AND MY BUTT CHEEKS TIGHTEN...LOL.  WELL THAT IS ALL FOR NOW.  HOPE ALL IS WELL AT HOME.  I WILL POST MOST PICS LATER..THE SERVICE IS SLOW TODAY.

O.K. A LITTLE PERSONAL, I JUST NEED A LITTLE PIECE OF...

GOOD

 OH...GET YOUR DIRTY LITTLE MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER....I JUST NEED A LITTLE PIECE OF SOFT TOILET PAPER.  IF YOU HAVE EVER SPENT A LITTLE TIME IN HOTELS YOU SOON FIND OUT THAT HOTELS ACTUALLY USE 2000 GRIT SANDPAPER IN PLACE OF REAL TOILET PAPER.   IF YOU REMEMBER, I DID SPEND OUR FIRST DAY IN VEGAS ON THE COMODE (SOUNDS MUCH CLASSIER THAN SAYING THE SHITTER.)    THE LAST TIME I HAD ANYTHING SOFT  RUB  UP AGAINST MY ARSE WAS WHEN WE WERE AT MISS MIMI'S HOME (SHE ALSO HAD THE SOFTEST SHEETS I HAVE EVER SLEPT ON).  NOW I AM REALLY ENTERING A DANGER ZONE..AS YOU CAN SEE THE ONLY CANADIAN SMOKES I HAVE LEFT ARE IN THAT PICTURE..YEAH, YEAH....I CAN HEAR YOU ALL NOW...WELL THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO QUIT...NO,NO,NO.....I WILL NOT GIVE IN TO PEER PRESSURE, I AM NOT, I REPEAT NOT A QUITTER.  SINCE WE LEFT HOME SO QUICKLY WE DID NOT BRING ENOUGHT CIGS...NOR DID WE BRING ENOUGH OF OUR MEDICATIONS.....NO ONE WANTS TO SEE ME WITHOUT MY MEDS ! AND AS LONG AS YOUR MINDS ARE NO LONGER IN THE GUTTER...WHY DID NO ONE EVER TELL ME ABOUT GETTING GREY HAIR THERE........YOU KNOW WHERE.....I DISCOVERED MY FIRST GREY HAIR IN MY.....WHAT...ARE YOU SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE GREY HAIR THERE YET.  I DON'T BELIEVE YOU, ANYWAY I FOUND IT,  I WAS JUST CASUALLY CHECKING THINGS OUT...YOU KNOW , LIKE WE ALL DO AFTER WE HAVE A SHOWER AND THEN LOOK INTO THE MIRROR....THERE IT WAS...I ACTUALLY JUST THOUGHT IT WAS MY NATURAL BLONDE (giggle) COLOR.....BUT NOPE, THERE IT WAS, WHERE EVERYONE COULD SEE IT......RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY EYEBROW.    I PLUCKED THAT SUCKER OUT SO FAST I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES FOR AN HOUR.   OH YEAH, AND ON A SIDE NOTE, TERRY HAS DISCOVERED THE CURE FOR BALDNESS.  HE IS  TAKING A NEW MEDICATION FOR GLAUCOMA AND THE SIDE EFFECT IS....IT MAKES HIS EYELASHES GROW....WHAT THE FRICK...HOW COME HE GETS THE GOOD DRUGS.  SO  I HAVE FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO SMOKE STINKY AMERICAN SMOKES AND I THINK THE CURE FOR US BOTH RUNNING OUT OF OUR MEDS IS.......WE ARE GOING TO EXCHANGE DRUGS WITH EACH OTHER AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS  !! AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

BAD

UGLY

CALIFORNIA

WELL WE WERE 1O MILES INTO CALIFORNIA WHEN TERRY GOT THE FINGER, WELL REALLY IT WAS 3 FINGERS.  I WAS  READING AND AM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE MIDDLE AGED LADY BESIDE US GAVE TERRY THE FINGER AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF US FLASHED TERRY THE PIECE SIGN AT THE SAME TIME .  THE LADY, AND I USE THAT TERM LOOSLY, WAS APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM BUT THE GUY IN FRONT OF US THOUGHT WE WERE BLARING OUR HORN AT HIM BUT SHE WAS BLOWING HER HORN AT TERRY..   REALLY, SHE IS THE FIRST CRANKY PERSON WE HAVE MET  SO FAR..NOT BAD   ....WHATEVER, WHICHEVER....I JUST KNOW I DIDN'T GET THE FINGER FROM ANYONE...  I AM STILL FEELING THE LOVE    LOL  . THE HIGHWAYS HERE IN CALIFORNIA SO FAR HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE...VERY , VERY POOR AND DIRTY.  DRIVING THRU THE MAHAVE DESERT THIS TIME WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.  THE TEMP TODAY WAS 62..LAST TIME WE DID THE DRIVE IT WAS 110 AND CARS WERE DROPPING LIKE FLIES.  WE HAD SOME SHOWERS TODAY  , OH WHAT A WELCOME CHANGE FROM THE HEATWAVE.  WELL WE ARE HEADING TO YOSEMITE PARK TODAY BUT WE STRUCK RENO OFF OUR LIST.  SOMETHING BIG MUST BE GOING ON  AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET A ROOM FILLING OUR REQUIREMENTS UNLESS WE WANTED TO SPEND AROUND $400.00  A NIGHT !!!  SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TO SAN FRANCISCO BEFORE WE ALSO STRUCK THAT OFF OUR LIST ( I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK AND SPEND A FEW DAYS THERE, BUT TERRY COULD CARE LESS....ANYONE INTERESTED !!).     SO WE PLAN ON BEING IN SANTA ROSA TONIGHT AND WHO KNOWS WHERE NEXT.  WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS , DANGEROUS ISSUES COMING UP, BUT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.......HOPE ALL IS WELL AT HOME.

LAS VEGAS

WOW IT IS SO HOT IN VEGAS..TEMP HAS BEEN HOVERING AROUND THE MID 90'S.  WE DIDN'T GET AS MANY PICS AS WE WANTED AS I HAD TO DELETE MANY OF THEM DUE TO POOR QUALITY.    VEGAS CAN BE HAD FOR A DEAL OR YOU CAN REALLY LIVE IT UP.  THIS IS MY FIFTH TRIP TO VEGAS AND  TERRY'S SIXTH AND EVERY TIME WE COME THERE IS SOMETHING NEW TO DISCOVER.    THERE ARE  A LOT OF UNFINISHED BUILDINGS ALONG THE STRIP DUE TO THE ECONOMY AND  YOU CAN BUY A NEW LUXERY HOME FOR $ 84.00 A SQUARE FOOT !!!  THE VEGAS STRIP WAS LINED UP WITH DOUBLE DECKER LIMO'S, LIMO'S WITH HOT TUBS, AND HUMMER LIMO'S AND OF COURSE STRETCH LIMO'S ALMOST HALF A BLOCK LONG. THERE ARE ALSO MANY INTERESTING PEOPLE  ON THE STRIP..LIKE THE LADY IN A WEDDING DRESS WITH A BEARD...A REAL BEARD.  EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT.  ONE GUY HAD A SIGN THAT SAID  " I WILL BE HONEST, I JUST WANT SOME WEED, A DRINK, AND SOME LEFTOVER FOOD".   I WAS GOING TO SIT DOWN BESIDE HIM LOL.  THE STRIP IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES YOU CAN WALK DOWN THE STREET CARRYING A DRINK.  SO JUST TO FIT IN TERRY AND I STOPPED BY A BAR TO GET US A MARGARITA .   YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF THEM , AND THEY ONLY COST $ 20.00...OF COURSE THAT WAS FOR 2 !! WEREN'T VERY HUNGRY BUT WE NEEDED TO EAT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR SUPPER SO WE STOPPED AT ...HMMM, NOT SURE WHICH HOTEL IT WAS.. IT WAS NOT THE BELLAGIO,  NOT CEASAR'S....MAYBE THE MONTE CARLO,  ANYWAY WE DECIDED TO ORDER ONE BURGER AND ONE CEASAR SALAD TO SHARE AND WE BOTH HAD A STELLA,  $7.00 EACH.   I HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THOSE SINCE I HAD MY FIRST IN HALIFAX WITH MY FRIEND LORRAINE  (I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO COME HOME WITH 2 OF THE STELLA GLASSES).   THE BURGER WAS GREAT, I ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF BITES  AS IT WAS  $13.00 AND CAME WITH NO EXTRAS SO I NEW TERRY WOULD ENJOY IT MORE THAN ME.  THE SALAD CONSISTED OF ROMAINE LETTUCE, A FEW CROUTONS AND A VERY BORING DRESSING WITH POWDERED PARMASEAN  CHEESE...REALLY.....   I HAVE BOUGHT BAGGED CEASAR SALAD FOR $ 3.99  AT HOME THAT WAS BETTER.  BETWEEN THE 2 OF US WE ATE ABOUT HALF OF THE SALAD...PRICE...$11.00.    WE DID MENTION TO OUR SERVER THAT IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE PRICE AND HE DID TAKE IT OFF OUR BILL.  NOW WE DO KNOW THAT WE COULD HAVE EATEN A LOT CHEAPER BUT DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO TRY SOME OF THE UPPER SCALE ESTABLISHMENTS FOR A CHANGE...REALLY ..THAT WAS KIND OF A MISTAKE.   WE HAVE HEARD AND READ A LOT ABOUT THE BUFFET AT THE WYNN HOTEL..IT RECEIVED A LOT OF GREAT REVIEWS  SO WHAT THE HELL, LET'S BITE THE BULLET.     NOW THE LUNCH BUFFET IS $24.95 AND THE DINNER IS $36.95 BUT COMES WITH PRIME RIB AND CRAB LEGS. SO WE HIT THE LUNCH BUFFET AROUND 2:45 FOR $ 24.95.  THE DINNER BUFFET STARTS AT 3:30......SO WE PAID THE LUNCH PRICE AND GOT TO EAT THE DINNER BUFFET.   WE WERE DISAPPOINTED, THE CRAB WAS COLD AND TASTELESS, THE GRAVY TASTED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A PACKAGE AND VERY SALTY..THE DESSERTS WERE JUST O.K.  GLAD WE DIDN'T PAY THE FULL PRICE.   THERE WAS NOTHING OUTSTANDING ABOUT THE BUFFET BUT THEY DID HAVE AMAZING PIZZA, MY FAV FOOD TO EAT,  THE EATING AREA WAS VERY CLASSY LOOKING...BUT AS WE ALL KNOW...LOOKS AREN'T EVERYTHING.  WE DID DROP  A LITTLE BIT AT THE CASINO , BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS USUAL.  I WON A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS BUT TERRY QUICKLY LOST IT ALL  LOL.     WE DID HAVE FUN IN THE CASINO THOUGH.   YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.."WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS, STAYS IN VEGAS'  LOL.    SO TODAY WE ARE IN FRESNO CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE HEADING TO YOSEMITE TOMORROW AND THEN OFF TO RENO...WE HAVE  NEVER BEEN THERE.

BELLAGIO  HOTEL

INSIDE THE WHYN HOTEL LOBBY

THESE  BALL SHAPES ARE ACTUALLY REAL FLOWERS

THE TILING WAS BEAUTIFUL

THIS IS WHAT I WILL BE READING