When you're having too much fun.....

You forget to update the blog! It's been a while so here goes the update. After leaving Chama, NM, we stopped over in Lake Dallas, TX to visit with our children and grandchildren for a few days. We enjoyed all of them! Then we headed to Thomasville, GA to the Fly-In. We attended last year and had so much fun we decided to go back. It makes for a fun time to meet up with our old high school friends Al & Tammy and Allan & Sherry. This year we pulled into the fly-in on Wednesday and ended up volunteering at the T-shirt/Thermal cup/ drink stand for the weekend. It was great fun and we met so many new friends! The highlight was touring the "Amelia Plane", it's an Electra that was used in the recent movie about Amelia Earhart. It was fully restored, beautiful and by far my pick for best plane at the fly in.
South Georgia enjoys a mild winter climate and we thought about looking for a house to land during the winters. Even though we enjoy full time traveling it's nice to have a place to work on your vehicles and play with the hobbies that we enjoy that are not so RV friendly. Originally we looked in Adel near our friends the Nix's, however we went to lunch one day in Lakeland and ended up buying a house there.  Ken grew up in Lakeland and had never thought about returning for any great length of time. It's a small town and not much going on. Ken's cousin, Miss Nell has been wonderful in welcoming us back to town. We have been volunteering for all kinds of things, meeting and re meeting new/old friends and family. Attending the Patten family reunion was great fun. The house we chose sits on 3 acres, half of it wooded, the other half in grass/pecan trees and a small lake that is shared with the Chadwick family. Ken actually watched this house being built in 1970 by the Mims family. The house passed from the parents to Betty Gayle (daughter) whom never married. After her passing about 2 years ago the house has sat fully furnished in the 70's motif. Move in ready as Sue (the realtor) said! Good thing for us as we emptied the RV and moved right in. We love the house and the property most of all. It's quiet and feels like a nature preserve. It fact one morning we enjoyed a flock of buzzards attacking road kill near the end of our driveway. There must have been about 20 of them. It is after all a small town.
Homebrew beer has been a long time hobby. We have explored the possibility of a brew pub/tap room/brewery in Lakeland. We are not quite sure what direction it will take at this point but we are still in a discovery phase. We have plenty to keep us busy with a few updates to the house and bringing our personalities into our winter home.
After a diligent search, we located and acquired a pair of Kawasaki Voyager XII's (1991 and 2001) and a Time Out tent trailer to pull behind Ken's bike. We love to ride and were on the hunt for touring bikes that will stay with us for awhile. We will be heading down to Bike Week this Monday with our brother Jerry and are looking forward to a  warm and dry ride. We will soon be heading back out to Texas for awhile to marry off our daughter Kristin. During our absence, friends will be looking after the winter home in Lakeland.

When we leave Texas, we will embark on another new and exciting adventure...Please follow along!!!!