Jacob deploys, Mason and Chloe visit and take the 73 Dodge, A few Miss Avery pics!

Got two new flags for Jacob's Deployment 💙

The USS Theodore Roosevelt all lit up the night before deploying the next day. "Fair Winds and Following Seas" 💖

There's our Sailor and his fiancee. Looks like the start to a great dinner! 💙

They got to play golf on Saturday. 
Jacob and his dad, Russell 💗

Russell, Lori and Jacob 💗

     On the way home (well, not really) they got a visit in with Aaron 💕

     Aaron's at University of California Santa Barbara. 

     Sure looked like a great visit with both boys and Allissa. 

Mason and Chloe got here about 1130 on Saturday.  We visited a bit and then made some sandwiches for lunch. After, Ken and Mason went out to look at the truck. Chloe and I joined them a bit later.  Mason did some driving around the property and surrounding roads. 

Ken and Mason got the truck on the trailer and got it all tied down for the drive to Cool, CA on Sunday. 

13 years ago 

13 years later 💙

Mason and Chloe 💕

Loaded and ready to go to a new home! 😀

The afternoon flew by! We did go next door and visit with 2K (Rick)  and Elizabeth. They're renting an RV space from John and Karen while 2K is working on the same project John is working on. Very nice people and we had a great visit. 

We came home so Ken could barbecue up some burgers. Delicious as always. Along with some air fryer fries, it couldn't get any better. Then we enjoyed the outdoor kitchen until bedtime. 

Sunday morning we got up and had coffee out there and a fire. I knew Mason and Chloe wanted to not leave too late so I started cooking bacon and some smashed cinnamon rolls. Never made the rolls before but they were delicious using Pillsbury cinnamon rolls in the tube. I probably smashed them too much as a day later they were hard as rocks LOL. 

Once the kids were up I finished the bacon, egg, cheese and hash brown english muffins. 

By then we were watching You Tube to watch the TR leave San Diego. Russell and Lori along with Allissa were there in person. Sure there were tears there as there were here. Proud of you, Jacob! 💙

Mason and Chloe were here until we watched it leave and then it was time for them to head back to CA. It was a short visit, but so glad they came and the truck has a new home! See you two for Halloween weekend! Maybe some more family coming too! 

So, after leaving it was Champagne Sunday and we enjoyed that as we do every weekend. 

Yes, it's nice to be home 

Burgers and fries. YUM! 

A nice relaxing Sunday! :) 

Sunday morning we had a fire in the outdoor kitchen and 
then Monday evening we had our first fire in the house. 

Tuesday, Ken and I went to Dayton, NV to pick up a cord of wood. We 

took the trailer that normally holds a cord easily. This time we actually made two trips, there was that much wood! We got elm this time. Ken's spent a lot of the day today unloading the 2nd trailer as he will need this trailer in the near future. He'll be building covers for the Mansion and the Midget. 

Last night was John and Karen's 14th wedding anniversary so they invited us and others over to celebrate. It was a really late night considering most of the others had to be at work at 0630 this morning. Thank goodness for retirement! 😂

                     Last, but definitely not least. Miss Avery! 💖💖

She's such a happy baby! 

She's a Raiders fan like her Daddy! 

                                 Have a great evening! 

 

She said YES!! Jacob and Allissa are engaged! Mason and Chloe are coming this weekend :)

 Got a video call earlier this week from Jacob and Allissa. They're engaged! YAY!  Are we happy grandparents?!! Definitely! From the first time we met Allissa we knew she was something special! Looks like there will be two weddings in 2027 for the Kay family! 💕

How it started 10 years ago in high school 💖

Now!! 
    

I love these! :) 

Jacob leaves Sunday for deployment, not sure for how long as when he returns they will be moving from San Diego. The Navy is in charge. Russell and Lori are headed down there this weekend to see him off. 💙

Mason and Chloe are coming this weekend for a special reason. 

This picture was taken 13 years ago and popped in my memories on FB. Mason always liked our 73 Dodge pick up. Truth be told all the boys liked this truck. He's coming to get it and make it his own. 💙 Can't wait to see what he does with it! Old enough NO SMOG in CA. We are looking forward to them spending Saturday night! 

Yesterday we had to go to Reno to get the pink slip from our safety deposit box there. Along with grocery shopping, Total Wine and Burlington we headed for Miguels Mexican there for linner.  

Definitely good pours! 

The portions are huge! Most of that burrito came home with
me! That's a big plate.  Thank you Bryan and Cheryl!! 💙

Grandma Christina face timing with Avery 💖

Cutest little pumpkin ever! 💗

Well that's about it from here. Just had to share the great news. Ken's barbecuing pork this evening. Cauliflower rice and corn on the cob to finish it out. My mouth is watering already! LOL. Have a great night! 🍺🍷💖

Our 54th Anniversary trip. Friends at Wilson Canyon. Champagne Sunday and more.

Last Tuesday, September 15th we left home with "The Mansion" and headed over to Bridgeport, CA about an hour and a half away from here. Bridgeport is in the Eastern Sierras and absolutely beautiful! One of our most favorite places to camp. 

We were able to find a site at Crags Campground,  a National Forest Service Campground.  No hook ups but beautiful big sites. They do have pit toilets, water and dumpsters. Prices have gone up $30.00 a night but with the National Parks senior pass it's only $15.00 for us older folks. 

Had our lunch and then enjoyed the afternoon in the shadows of beauty. 

Beautiful Twin Lakes back here. 

We had some smoke from the Yosemite Fire. 
Made for a pretty sunset 

Wednesday morning when we woke up we were celebrating 54 years of marriage. We had decided to take a drive to June Lake, CA about 35 miles south of Bridgeport. We wanted to check out some of the NFS campgrounds there. 

I made our lunches, loaded up some adult beverages and we headed out! Had a lovely drive and checked them out. We've stayed a couple of times there but probably won't other than one campground. Sites are just too close together. 

From the overlook on HWY 395 overlooking Mono Lake

Mono Lake, CA 

Once we did that we decided to check out June Lake Brewing Company. It was a great day for it! They don't serve wine but they had a hard seltzer and it was pretty good. Ken of course had 2 of the IPA's. 

They have outside or inside seating along with
a food truck that's always there. Thought
there floor was cool, pennies under the floor
coating! Some nickels and dimes but mostly
pennies and a lot of them! :)

Once we finished there we decided it was time to find a lunch picnic spot. After all bologna sandwiches were waiting! A yearly tradition since that was our first dinner after getting married earlier in the day. OH so good! Even better after all these years. Yes, we could afford to go out for lunch but this is better. Takes us back to where it all started. 

Top two pictures are of the June Lake Loop.
Ken's at our picnic spot, just gorgeous 
mountains. It was too windy to have a real fire, 
but the Little Red Campfire did the trick. 😄

That night before bed Ken asked if I had brought champagne. No. V8 for

a Red Beer. No. Thursday morning we were at the little store about a mile away and got what we needed. Alot more expensive than if I would have brought from home, but what the heck?! 

We enjoyed our morning at the campsite and when it was time for lunch we thought we'd head for the lake and have it. Way too windy! So we came back to camp and enjoyed the meal. Guess what it was hahaha. Bologna is so good when you only have it once a year for a few lunches. 

Ken barbecued dinner for all three nights and made for yummy dinners. Gotta quit eating so good. 

Friday morning we had our coffees out by the fire pit and that made for a nice morning. We didn't mean to but we were ready to go by a little after 10. We were home by noon. We were able to get most of the trailer cleaned and emptied before heading next door for Happy Hour. 

Saturday morning we headed out to Wilson Canyon, NV. It's only about 30 minutes from here. a bunch of friends were out there to ride side by sides to Mt. Patterson. Not us, it's not made for our CanAm. Just to visit for a bit before they all left for the ride. 

Lots of money out there! I'm certain a good time was had by all! Loved the unique heater one group had. They actually had 2 of them. It was cold in the morning and evenings I'm sure. 

Well, you know what yesterday was, Champagne Sunday and what a nice day it was in the outdoor kitchen. 

I made homemade steak fries on the griddle and Ken
outdid himself with barbecued turkey burgers. All the
fixings and was so good! He helped John in the am,
so little later than normal. Worth the wait! 

We ended the night with a nice campfire! 

I was able to steal a few pics from FB 

Grandma Christina and Miss Avery 

Grand Nephew Owen all decked out in his Football uniform

Got this adorable picture of Jacob and Allissa this morning. He's getting ready to
deploy soon. Happy they have some time together now 💗

This cutie is grandson Aaron on the 
field at the Raiders game yesterday.

Well, that's about it for this blog. We've got lots of wind going on and about 80 degrees. Not bad temps. Have a great evening! 

Avery Grace is 4 months already! Sightseeing Durango, Lake Powell camping, Champagne Monday, Cedar City, Illipah and home!

 

This little cutie is 4 months old already. How time does fly! 💕💖

We rode the train in Durango on the 4th. It was a great, long day! The 5th we decided to play tourist and see historic downtown Durango. Not too historic other than it was shops in old buildings. Fine with us. LOL. We did do a little buying but not crazy. 

It was a really warm day. Lots of people doing the same thing we were and lots of bikers in town as they hold a yearly Labor Day Rally. 

The Strater Hotel, home of the Diamond Belle Saloon 

Oh so good! 

A beautiful place with real saloon gals serving us 

After shopping and looking around it was time to find some food! 

We found the La Hacienda. Oh so much food and so delicious! 

A good sized doggie bag went home with us! 

Once we were finished we headed back to the RV Park and sat outside until bedtime. 

Alpen Rose RV Park. Definitely would stay again!
The staff here was so nice and friendly. We got
a spot for the Midget and then we got the spot
next to us to park the truck. 2 for the price of one! 

Sunday morning it was time to head towards Page, AZ and Lake Powell. We were looking for Lone Rock campground and beach where we've stayed twice before. 

This is so sad. The first time we came here the rock was in water
deep enough for watercraft to be having fun. In 22 it was
out of the water but the water was close. Now it's at least 
1/8 of a mile away and grass is growing here. 

We had some beautiful views though

Awesome sunsets and sunrises! 

Since we were driving on Sunday we had Champagne Monday
😋

We got here on Sunday of Labor Day weekend, thinking it 
would be packed. It wasn't at all! 

Tuesday morning Ken suggested going to breakfast in town. The Ranch House Grill is where we went. Excellent food. Then later in the day we took a drive to town the long way. There's a really nice road out to the Marina and goes near the water. Beautiful! 

Instead of going home after that we stopped at Grand Canyon Brewery and Distillery. Pretty much a replica of the one in Williams, AZ. We thought we'd have one and then head to another brewery but this is the only one in town. So we had 1 more and headed back to camp. A very interesting place with delicious beer and wine. Full bar too if you want that. 

Wednesday morning we headed for Cedar City, Utah. Beautiful drive all the way and very little traffic which we like! 

The Highway can take you to Cedar Breaks National Monument which we did the last time we were that way. If you stay on the highway to Cedar City it still has beautiful views and mountains. We were on highway 89 and then turned on Highway 14. 

We arrived at the campground and realized it was where we stayed the last time. It was a KOA at that time. Now it's called Cedar City Resort. Resort is stretching it, but it worked for the night. Lots of locals living there. 

Thursday morning we headed for Ely, NV and Illipah Resorvoir about 35 miles west of there. We've stayed here many times and know what we're getting. It's free camping there. Lots of ATV 'ers there. It's about 1 1/2 miles off Highway 50 on a well maintained dirt road. 

The campground sits beautifully and has a nice fishing lake too. We didn't get down there this time. You can have a fire and barbecue with charcoal where state parks are not allowing it right now.  So we did both LOL. Campsites have windbreaks and picnic tables and covered shelters. There are dumpsters and pit toilets (which we didn't use).  The lake on the left is Cumins Lake just east of Ely and that's our lunch spot for the day. 

We had a really nice night and next morning then we headed for home. About a 5 hour drive and we were home by 1530. Unloaded some stuff and then over to John and Karen's for a short Happy Hour as John is working here now. So it was a "school night" for him. We continued Happy Hour in the outdoor kitchen for a bit. 

Love going but always nice to be home too. 

Today was spent doing laundry and getting the Midget cleaned up for the next time. 

Actually, the next time we're taking the Mansion over to Bridgeport, CA so Ken brought it over so we can get it loaded for Tuesday morning. Our 54th anniversary is next Wednesday so we want to be over that way. 

We want to take a drive to the June Lake Loop and pick out some good campsites there. So that'll be Wednesday. We'll be home on Friday. Not a long stay but that's ok. Home is good too. :)