SURVIVAL MODE & HOME AT LAST

Hi there - well first off let me say we're home and very happy to be after our experience the day before yesterday (Sunday) when we drove from Tucumcari New Mexico to Kingman Arizona straight into and out of a snow storm!! It wasn't much fun and Glen says all we did that day was try to survive. The roads we're icy and slippery and there were semi trucks and cars all over the sides of the roads. We actually sat on Interstate 40 for about 45 minutes at a dead stop to let the tow trucks and emergency vehicles clean up an accident a few miles outside of Gallup New Mexico. Fortunately no one was injured other then their vehicles, but it was a harrowing day to say the least - very stressful especially for Glen.

Truck off to the side of the road, the SUV we sat in back of for about 45 mins. And another car off to the side of the road.

Anyway, we made it home safely and like I said we are very happy to be home. It's always nice to go away but even nicer to come home. We had a wonderful time at Stephanie's with her and the boys. Take care and we'll blog again in a couple of weeks if we have anything going on.

Love to all,

Bonnie and Glen

ARKANSAS TO NEW MEXICO

Hi Everyone - well today was strictly a travel day so I don't have any pictures. We left Clarksville, Arkansas this morning and stopped tonight in Tucumcari, New Mexico. We traveled all the way across the panhandle of Texas today. Weather was nice after the first couple of hours this morning when we were driving through fog in Arkansas but after that no problem. The temperature actually got all the way up to 73 degrees.

Well that's it for now, back on the road to Port Hueneme tomorrow although I don't think we will be home tomorrow. Probably more then likely on Monday as we had planned.

Love to all,
Bonnie

LOUISVILLE KY TO CLARKESVILLE ARKANSAS

Today we drove from Louisville Kentucky to Clarksville Arkansas and made two site seeing stops along the way. The first one was to see Loretta Lynn's Ranch and Plantation Home in Hurricane Hills Tennessee. It was fun to actually see it in person because I have seen it on the travel channel before. The Plantation House is supposed to be haunted but we weren't able to go in because it is closed for the season. It was still fun to see it anyway.


Plantation House

Hurricane Mills right across the road from the Plantation House

Steps going up to the house with Loretta's name and her hubbies name.

Me standing in front of the gate going in to the house.

A replica of the house she grew up in. Built in honor of her mother and father Mr. & Mrs. Webb.

Drinking coffee at the Loretta Lynn's Family Diner. We also enjoyed our lunch there - yummie!

From Hurricane Mills TN we drove to Nashville TN and went to see the Grand Ole Opry. For some reason it wasn't quite what we expected - it was big and very commercial looking. We thought it would be a little old theater downtown Nashville on a Main Street or something but it was a big old complex. Oh well we've seen it anyway which is cool. Here are some pics we took.

Manger scene outside the Hotel

The Opryland Hotel entrance

The entrance to the Grand Ole Opry Theater.

Well that's it for today. Like the title says we are in Clarksville, Arkansas which is about 70 miles east of the Oklahoma border. We are traveling on Interstate 40 instead of the 10 because there doesn't seem to be any weather problems so far.

Love to you all,

Bonnie & Glen

HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS

Thanks to Stephanie and the tickets she and her Father won at the Cheap Charlies 501 party held every week (Cheap Charlies is a restaurant/bar in her town) we all got to go see the Harlem Globe Trotters in Royal Oak Michigan which is about an hours drive from her house. We went there last Sunday and the boys really enjoyed it even though they weren't too excited about it at first. They didn't realize what type of game the Harlem Globetrotters play and how much fun they are to watch.





Here's a picture of Stephanie doing something she never does (yeah right) texting a message to one of her million, zillion friends who can't seem to live without her, so of course she has to answer.

Love to all,

Bonnie & Glen

NEW YEARS EVE

Partying with the boys! Whoo Hoo and Happy New Year to you all. Glen and I spent the evening with our beautiful grandsons watching the New York timesquare crystal ball drop and counting down the minutes. I took a picture of the t.v. screen to show everyone and then we all started tooting our horns and yelling happy new year. When that was over we promptly went to bed. As you can see even Ellie and Todd got in to the fun. Stephanie was out to dinner with a date and celebrating with friends at a local establishment.




Glen and I wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
Love to all,
Bonnie & Glen

CHRISTMAS

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the Booth Family Residence. Glen put out a plate of cookies and some milk for Santa and hopped in to bed with his friend Ellie (a stuffed elephant) to go to sleep so that Santa would come. By the way he slept with Glen and I that night in Stephanie's bed. He is all elbows, knees and very wiggly so he slept good but we didn't.



The empty glass of milk and cookie crumbs show that Santa was there and left the gifts for the boys.


Glen and I bought these really annoying santa gift bags from Hallmark that had a motion sensor that went off anytime someone tried to "peek in" or just walked by. The gifts we bought them were in those bags and Santa left Glen a Matchbox space shuttle toy and Chris got an X-Box 360 Arcade game console. They both were thrilled in the morning.



Glen is already engrossed in the space shuttle toy and Stephanie is opening one of her gifts. Chris and Glen are checking out the X-Box.

Two tuckered out dogs after all the festivities. As for me, well I'm taking the pictures.

See ya soon. Bonnie & Glen

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!!

Hello to everyone! It's been a few days since writing because we have been busy with two grandsons and lots to do. Anyway, while we were at Stephanie's they had two snow storms the preceding pictures show the last storm first and also confirm that child labor laws to not apply to shoveling snow and age is not a factor either! Glen was put to work yesterday to clear the driveway off for his Mommy to come home from work. Check out that hat! It's some kind of dinosaur hat which is absolutely a crack-up. He was happy to wear it and even turned to show his profile.



Yes that's our car above after the last snow storm and the side entrance to Stephanie's house. Fun, fun, fun.

Taking the trash out is also a lot of fun. First you have to FIND the trash cans then trudge through all the storm to get them to the curb (that is if you can find the curb). Notice who is taking out the trash - yeah that's right good ol papa. Chris was fast asleep like any respectable 13 year old boy would be at 12:00 p.m. in the afternoon.

These are pics of the first snow storm just after we got there and of the neighborhood Stephanie lives in. It looks beautiful doesn't it?

The red fire hydrant in Stephanie's yard. Almost covered with snow and her mail box. I sure feel sorry for the mailmen in this state. The mailbox picture is cloudy because it was snowing.

Love to all,

Bonnie and Glen