It’s with both sadness and, actually, happiness that I report my Dad passed away peacefully last week. Rest in Peace, Big Daddy Ray You may recall that, almost 3 years ago, his health took a turn for the worse; he…
Category: Thoughts and Musings
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More to the RGV than Cardiology!
We spent almost 2 months in the Rio Grande Valley, out of Medical Necessity. During that time, I am glad to report, we had SOME fun as well!! For example, we felt brave enough to make another attempt at…
A Texas-Sized (Medical) Adventure!!
I’ll skip right to the punch line… I spent a week in the hospital in South Texas (or North Mexico, depending on one’s perspective), and now have a brand new PACEMAKER!! It’s all good…my new cardiologist team assured us I…
Madison, Monroe and a WORLD RECORD Performance!
After that swing thru Chicago, we decided to visit Madison, Wisconsin…a town we have passed thru dozens of times but never actually stopped. Unless you count the time we were thrown out of a Walmart there!! Liz’s niece is attending…
Door, Lambeau, Waupun and other Unbelievable Destinations!
Our last post was in Early September, so we’ll begin there! I am SURE I will miss something, so this is our new rule: We had a memorial Service for Bob White to attend in mid-September, some doc appointments in…
We Need Your help!
Looking for Secure, Indoor Storage! We are looking to add some international travel to our menu in the next couple years. As with our RV Wandering, these will be lengthy trips measured in months, not weeks. Yet, we are certainly…
Summer 2024 in Vignettes
Rally, Rally, Rally! We started the summer with a brief stop at a Bluebird rally in Shipshewanna, Indiana. We’ve done this rally several times before, and enjoy spending time with fellow BluebirdBrains. This year, we leveraged our time to get…
Vintage BlueBird(Brain) Rally!
As mentioned, we hosted a collection of our Blue Bird friends for the inaugural Vintage Birds Chicago Rally. A Rally is like a convention…it’s a gathering of at LEAST 2 Blue Birds in a place, for the purpose of enjoying…
Midwestern Spiral
As we wandered northwards towards Minneapolis and Chicago, we watched Chet in the NBA playoffs on TV along the way. The season ended before the championship, tho most people (except the team, I am sure) think the Thunder made HUGE…
Remembering our Friend, Bob White
Every now and then you meet a guy…Tough and rough and kind and understanding, hot to (fox)trot, good (and always willing) with his hands, going out-of-his-way at the drop of a hat, green-thumbed, gruff and soft and warm and…