Prelude to a Christmas~2001

Howdee all,

Back to December of 2001

We left Las Vegas in our new motorhome *Homey* and drove to Phoenix, Arizona to be with our Motorhome Mentors Dave and Jackie Daniels..

They liked this over 55 RV park in Mesa and stayed here many years..

It is like a summer camp for old folks..All kinds of activities.

Val del Oro

Jeff was 53 and I was 45 they made an exception and let us into the park since we knew another couple there.

Ha..this year I fully qualify for a 55 an older park..

Christmas Décor in the RV parkDave and Jackie liked to hike and took us on a hike up the Superstition Mountains.

See Phoenix in the distance..

We didn’t bird then…

I took a photo of a Cactus wrens nest.

It was December and the weather was beautiful.

The scenery spectacular..

Me and our RV mentors Dave and Jackie Daniel

Sunset in the Superstition Mountains

Our first December in our Homey on Wheels..

The month was not over..we had Christmas and Hanukkah to celebrate..

Stay tuned to see where and with who.

Any guesses?

I was a Christmas Decoraholic~

Howdee all,

I am going backward before I go forward.

Before I show you our first Christmas in our Homey…I want to show you our last Christmas in our Brookline, Ma. home.

Ever since I was a young gal, I have collected Christmas ornaments and décor.

I delivered newspapers as a young gal and saved up my Christmas tips to buy decorations…actually most of my Sickstas did the same thing…we all loved Christmas decorations.

Luckily I married a Jewish man who didn’t mind my Christmas décor fetish.

Come on in and take a look..

 Christmas 2000

Our livingroom..

Nobbiecat loved sitting near the fireplace..

Our daughter Samarrah painted this picture of our Winter festival…

Notice the Menorah and Christmas tree.

A happy blending of traditions…

The Holiday tree…

Living in a condo and having no yard to plant a real tree in…I opted for a fake tree…I used the same tree for many years.

I collected antique ornaments..

Most from estate sales.

Our Holiday star…A mix of old…

And new…

I also had a collection of antique glass balls..

I put them in my antique glass vases..

This Santa, sleigh and reindeer are special. I bought these as a very young gal..

Maybe around age 12..

More glass balls..

The dining room..

Santa collection..

My sweet Ballie playing with ribbon…

I miss that fur ball!

More glass ornaments..

A new Santa and antique ceramic girl holding Christmas tree..

A new snowman..

In the den…a new Santa surrounded by homemade decorations from my Aunt Diane.

Stairway down to the bedrooms with our stockings..

I had a collection of antique birds..

Think these are in storage.

So…as you can see..I had a Christmas Décor addiction..

I am over that now…But it was so much fun back then..

I hope you enjoyed the tour…

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays..

From Dawn in December of 2000

Ten Years fulltiming in an RV!~ 2001

Howdee all,

  I didn’t start blogging until 2005..so many of the photos from when we first started RVing are in folders on my computer, collecting cyber dust.

I thought I would share some of these old photos.

Wow! These are ten years old!

Yikes! We have been living full time in a Motorhome for 10 wonderful years!

Rving was new to us~We had allot to learn.

We picked up our Homey early September in Junction City, Oregon..

~Country Coach Factory~

A Motorhome being made..Our Homey being born..

The inside of Homey being made for us..

Wow~seems like yesterday~

After taking delivery of our new Homey on wheels and spending the months of September thru the beginning of November working out the kinks and exploring Eugene Oregon and the Oregon coast, We headed to Northern California then Las Vegas to visit with friends.

Red Rock Canyon~Las Vegas

A favorite place of mine..

I love hiking amongst the huge boulders and red rocks…

You would never know the Las Vegas strip is only a 20 minute drive away.

See it in the distance?

Notice all the pictures of me?

Jeff took all the photos back then.

We spent some time in Vegas visiting with friends and checking out the hotels..the weather was warm and so different than our Decembers in New England.

I looked so much younger 10 years ago… :)

Jeff and I posing for a Christmas and Hanukkah greeting~

The first away from our families.

We did spend time with one special family member…and it wasn’t in Vegas.

Will post photos of our first Christmas in our Homey on Wheels soon.

PS~I still have that fake fur vest :)