Rod and Linda
Saturday, April 08, 2006
We're Rod & Linda Payne and we have been doing this "full timing thing" in our "Retirement Home", a 37' Fleetwood Discovery Diesel Pusher Motor Home, since we sold our Insurance business and our home in Morada, CA. That's a very small unincorporated area between Stockton and Lodi, CA.
We started fulltiming in 1997 using a 40' Hitchhiker 5th wheel travel trailer. We also pull a handicap equipped Ford Van with a 13'4" Gregor boat on top and a Suzuki DRZ400S street legal dirt bike mounted to the back on a MotoTote carrier. We are fully self-contained and can usually last for many weeks with out services.
Usually we can be found by seearching on our satellite link http://tinyurl.com/f5bb2
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
There's something to be said
about good fires!
.... And that something is that "It just don't get 'no gooder' than a beautiful evening that you can share with your best friends, in the whole world!"
LOOK AT THAT MOON, WOULD YOU?!!
That's (L to R) Frank, Pat 'n "Sam", AHHDREEANNE* 'n Gwen, Bill and then Rose. (* That's Adrian to you 'less you're an Aussie.)
What a great evening we shared!
The Good Times still continue to enchant us!!
Gone, but not forgotten, Sharon Shaffer ...
We enjoyed our Christmas dinner with Sharon on 12/25/2004.
It was a gorgeous day and, as usual, the food couldn't have been any better. We also had enough to feed the residents of the next two counties I'm sure!!
'Safe journey, Sharon!
You'll not be forgotten.
Sharon Shaffer's Special Spot
Sharon will be missed by all of her BoonDocking friends.
Over the years, she became a special friend. She was always ready to help anyone in need. Now she has gone on ahead to the best camp site of them all, I just hope that she puts in a good word with the Host for our later arrival.
PS: Sharon, like you, we won't be needing any of those hookups either, thankyou.
Oh, we'll tend to your special spot for you when we're in the area. So don't be concerened.
Ken, (our youngest) & his co-working colleague, Brian ....
had heard about the Marvelous Breakfasts being served by the 'Desert Dude' wearing the red jacket and the western hat.
Acting against their better judgement, they decided to 'chance-it' and stop in at the 'Desert Dude's' Retirement Home for some morning grub.
They did this before they left to tackle those El Golfo Beaches in Mexico using Brian's Yamaha dirt bikes.
I was glad to see them both, but was also disappointed not to be able to spend more time with our terriffic #2 son.
Thanks for the visit.. let's do it again real soon but for a longer time though!
The Good Life is good, indeed!
had heard about the Marvelous Breakfasts being served by the 'Desert Dude' wearing the red jacket and the western hat.
Acting against their better judgement, they decided to 'chance-it' and stop in at the 'Desert Dude's' Retirement Home for some morning grub.
They did this before they left to tackle those El Golfo Beaches in Mexico using Brian's Yamaha dirt bikes.
I was glad to see them both, but was also disappointed not to be able to spend more time with our terriffic #2 son.
Thanks for the visit.. let's do it again real soon but for a longer time though!
The Good Life is good, indeed!
Here are some pictures of the Bouse Gathering ...
I think that if you double click on each of the pictures in the "collage" that you'll see an enlarged picture that'll be easier to see the details.
Great weather and a good gathering of the "troops". All together, we had 25 attendees.
Retirement Life continues to be good!
I think that if you double click on each of the pictures in the "collage" that you'll see an enlarged picture that'll be easier to see the details.
Great weather and a good gathering of the "troops". All together, we had 25 attendees.
Retirement Life continues to be good!
Doug, 'Doc', 'CB', & Rick & Ellen were the first to arrive at the Bouse Rendezvous .... and then we arrived to round out the party!
What can just be seen, on the table in front of 'Doc', is the treat that he had prepared for our consumption. Turned out to be black beans & rice that he had cooked in his pressure cooker for all of us to enjoy.
Linda , wearing her new Corona Cap, is already digging in to the food.
('CB' doesn't realize that his picture is now being published for the internet world to see... so much for the Witness Protection Program security issues!!)
Doug & Marty Wyrich stop by to say hello! Marty was a blessing.
When they showed up at our door we were pleased to see them again.
It had been a couple of years since we had seen them. Marty had been a nurse.When she discovered the state of Linda's pressure sores, she had advice for us. Later, she returned with medical supplies and saw to the treatment for us. Lindas' sores had been a constant mess for the past 8 months and wasn't showing any improvement. In a matter of 4 or 5 days, Marty's treatment had worked!! The cure? HONEY on the pressure sore.
Now, "ain't" that sweet? Thanks Marty, you angel!
When they showed up at our door we were pleased to see them again.
It had been a couple of years since we had seen them. Marty had been a nurse.When she discovered the state of Linda's pressure sores, she had advice for us. Later, she returned with medical supplies and saw to the treatment for us. Lindas' sores had been a constant mess for the past 8 months and wasn't showing any improvement. In a matter of 4 or 5 days, Marty's treatment had worked!! The cure? HONEY on the pressure sore.
Now, "ain't" that sweet? Thanks Marty, you angel!
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Obviously, I'm running the DRZ 400S Suzuki up the steel ramp and preparing to leave our Ogilby Road campsite near the Imperial Dunes region of southern California. Our nearest neighbor, Carl & Carol Wiesener's motor home can be seen just to the right of me in the picture.
(Carol took this picture for me.)
Here's how I get the Suzuki ready for travel. It is loaded via an "on-board" ramp that is a part of the Moto-Tote motor cycle carrier. It is well made and sturdy as a carrier since the manufacturer has solved the wobble problem usually associated with this type of carrier.
Our friends do not have to assist me as it is easily done alone by myself.