The new digs part 2

You'll have to look at the next post to get the other story.... Now about the truck. Would you believe that when we went to buy this 5th wheel the sales person told us he wouldn't sell it to us !! That's because the truck we have at home wasn't geared to pull the weight. Now what... Well, Butch kiddingly said " I suppose you sell trucks here too" ha ha. As a matter of fact said he... we do. And, said he, we have a truck here on the lot that is the same make and year as yours at home only this is a diesel. Unbelievable !!! I thought Butch was like a kid in a candy store when he saw it. It has a few more bells and whistles then the truck at home but still basically the same in every other way. Same Centurian package, same color... oh, and it has a TV in the back... something ours didn't have. Well, after doing a bit of dickering, we got both for combined deal.

See the inside of the camper on the next blog.

The New Digs

As many of you know, we moved. That is we moved from the motor home to the 5th wheel. It's called downsizing. We loved the motor home, and because we did, felt that it wasn't right to have it sit around more months that it was used. So maybe we can find it a good home with people who travel a lot more than we do. And I do think that the Challenger has more "living" space than that of the Mountainair.
Anyway.... in the first picture, you'll notice the nice "big" TV for the man of the house and below it is a little stereo system that pumps music all over the house. The next picture is of the kitchen.. I just love the little island in teh middle. In the background you can see the few stairs that go up to the bedroom and bathroom.

I love how the back windows just open up and let lots of sunlight in. You're looking down the middle and when we get ready to roll, both sides come in. So you can see how much more living room it is with 2 slides. Of course, Butch has laid claim to the recliner ! And we have a couch that pulls out into a queen size bed for company. It's actually very comfortable.

The last picture ... my own little space ! Yep, have a desk that I have put my printer and laptop. Plenty of space in the cabinets to put all my genealogy and "stuff". Anyway, we are pretty much settled in and have found the missing ... or at least most of the missing. Going outside now to enjoy the warmth and sunshine.
Oh, where did the pictures of the outside of the camper go and the new truck we bought... better go find them and send them along too.

P&G Retirees Get together in Plant City, Florida

Every year the people that retired from Proctor and Gamble get together here in Florida. Some now live here year round as their retirement. I don't know everyone's name so I won't try to name them.... but in the middle somewhere in a blue and white stipe shirt is Butch... can you pick him out? Lunch was wonderful !! It's really nice to get together with everyone even if it's only once a year. Hope to see you all back again next year, same time, same place.

Fair Food.. it's what it's all about

Here is our friend Dave... looking a little surprised and asking "what happened??" Guess the cap wasn't on too tight and Dave got a little more bar-b-q sauce on his plate then he intended to ! Gotta tell ya, the pulled pork was as good as any "Sonny's" Rib place.

The "boys" of the Ranch-hand Rodeo

Again, not a very good picture... This one is one of the "Mutton Busters". I couldn't resist taking his picture or for that matter all of the kids there. They seem so grown up with their chaps, hats, boots and belts.
















The look is intense as the middle one is looking on at the bull riders....
Hey, he did pretty good, don't ya think.... that's going to be me in a couple of years !!

I just love these kids !

Mutton Bustin at the Hardee County Fair

I know these pictures are a bit blurry, but the action is pretty fast ! The idea is for these kids...2 to 6, is to grab hold tight into the sheep's wool and hang on for dear life !! There she goes outta the shoot hanging on for all she's worth, but doesn't get too far before she's dumped off. There were 20 such kids in this event.. even some 2 yr olds. I have a video of the "champion" mutton rider. This is actually his last time at this event because he will be 6 next year.... a very confident little man that says he'll be back next year in the bull riding event.

Hardee County Fair

As you can see by the date, it's Saturday night in the town of Wauchula and we're goin' to the fair. The main attraction tonight is the "Ranch-hand rodeo". Just what these folks do in their every day to day routine..... sorta. The tike on his horse here is probably 6 or 7 and all throughout the show, was with the men pushing cows around and doing everything they were doing. I keep forgeting that I had my grandson on a horse before he was a year and a half. Gorgeous night out and what a beautiful sunset.
The other thing I keep forgeting is that I need to blog from the last to the first so this is going to be a bit backwards.. sorry.

To continue on previous pictures.

No pictures today... sorry. We left early yesterday for a flea market that was what "I" thought to be just passed Haines City. Well, as it tuned out it was more like 40 miles down instead of 25.

If you want to go antiquing this is the place. Not exactly what we thought it would be so we didn't stay very long.

Called cousin Kay to see what they were up to since they were still at Peace River with the other cousins. I had forgotten about the Wauchula "Grillin and Chillin" days there so we headed out for Wauchula which was another 40 miles down from where we were... what the heck ... we were half way there already !!! Well let me tell ya... If you like ribs, I mean the best, tender, juicy, mouth watering kind then this is the place to be. Its a two day event and their ribs are judged ... trophies and all !!! I guess it's a pretty fierce competition which is taken "very" seriously !!
We decided to sample some from the one that had the most trophies, some of which came from places like Colorodo and New Mexico. I never knew it was a national cometition !!! I will definately mark this down on my calander for next year for sure and plan accordingly. Hope to have some pictures next time I post. Have a great day all....