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HAPPINESS is to have EVERYTHING
you NEED,
NOT the NEED to have EVERYTHING

March/April ITENERARY
March 22nd Las Vegas at Las Vegas TT Campground for 14 nights
April 5th St. George, Utah (119m) x13 nights (119m)
April 19th Kanab, UT at Crazy Horse RVP (80m)x7 nights (80m)
April 26th Salina, UT at RPI RVP(163m) x7 nights (163m)
May 2nd Moab, UT at KOA Campground (159m)x4 nights (159m)
May 6th Heber, UT Mountain Valley RVR (2 overnights) x7n 234m
May 16th Bend, OR TT (Overnights and stays TBD) (654m)(x7n)
June 5th Whaler’s Rest in Newport, OR.
June 26th leave Whaler’s Rest
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4.20.2019-Easter Eve

What a beautiful day. No Mass today since Easter is tomorrow. It doesn’t mean we have to bypass the pizza, beer and movie though. Carla picked up the movie Vice from Red Box. To our surprise we also met a very nice family just across the street from us. 

Earlier this afternoon Carla and I were on the phone talking to Don and Joyce, family in Iowa, when Carla noticed this little toddler across the way helping her father wash his truck. We don’t often mix in much with the locals in a campground, since we know we’re only temporary, but this little girl was so intriguing.

Once we got off the phone I could not keep myself from taking a walk and complementing them on being such an awesome little family. They’re so young, probably in the late twenties or early thirties. Mom was out playing ball with  her little girl. Later mom and Michelle came over and she and Scoots became good friends, Scoots has few good friends so we have to encourage this whenever possible.

 Some even still have first and second mortgages. This family is lucky, the father has a reliable profession that will always have a strong demand for it. It’s always reassuring to know you can fall back on

I haven’t had a chance to meet the dad yet. They’re planning to be here for a few more days. At their age this life style is not that easy. We are fortunate with some savings and , of course, social security to help. 

I’m still a firm believer that owning a home is actually not the beginnings of the American dream. It’s not easy to shoulder the responsibilities and expenses of home ownership not to mention all the other expenses a young family has to bear. It would be nice if the youth today would accept a new attitude that smaller is better. It’s so sad that so many in my generation have so little saved up for  something stable if life should hand you a bad hand in the future.
I have some beautiful pictures from this afternoon and hope they’ll permit me to use them this week. As you can see , they did. Oh how I envy many of our friends who have grandchildren!

“Everything we were, we carry with us. 
Everything we will be, is calling to us, 
from the roads not travelled yet." pjgrenier