Granddaughters’ Visit (June 6 – June 13) Papa and Nana are very proud of Lily for accelerating her high school classes getting all of her credits to graduate early! Following one of our granddaughter’s high school graduations and another granddaughter’s birthday, it was time for a celebration for both of our beautiful, smart granddaughters. They…

Blog Four, Dates: July 29 – September 30, 2022 Isaiah 54:10 “For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed.” We returned to Dallas from Hawaii on early morning Wednesday, July 27 with time for a few days…

We thoroughly enjoy visiting Cathy and Dean, sister and brother-in-law, at both their Magnolia, Texas home and their vacation cabin in Port O’ Connor, Texas.   Dean has been working on the addition to their Port O’Connor cabin for the past several months and it is near completion.  A few years ago Dean set up an…

We have been talking about finding a nice place in Colorado to visit when it gets in the 100 degrees temperature in Dallas, Texas.  There have been many times we found a nice place to go from recommendations of other campers, often they were people we meet for the first time. Karen was at a…

Blog 2 of 2 (days 8 – 19 of trip; May 31 – June 10) Blog Co-Author:  Parker Bockoven Isaiah 61:11:  “For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth…

Blog 1 of 2 (1st 8 days of trip; May 23-30 Blog Co-Author:  Parker Bockoven This trip was planned for Parker, our 13-year old grandson, who very much wanted to take this trip after seeing pictures in our Shutterfly Book from a trip we took visiting the Utah canyons.  His summers are filled with select…

Cooper Creek Resort & Campground (https://coopercreekresort.com/wp/ ) has become our second favorite place to visit, first is Beavers Bend State Park, Broken Bow, Oklahoma.  This trip was originally planned as a family vacation, however, with the schools still in session, only a few family members were able to join us.  We were able to celebrate…

Our grandchildren enjoy going camping in the RV as much as we enjoy taking them. One of the four has a different Spring Break, usually the week after the other three. Since Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow, Oklahoma requires a reservation and the reservations are full as soon as they open up, we…

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17 Big Bear Lake, California – Big Bear Shores https://www.bigbearshoresrv.com/ (07/16, 1-Night) We decided to drive straight through to Big Bear Lake instead of staying the…