Our Adventures Continue...

This is a build site in Marquette, Michigan we had 5 houses to work on and 15 people worked our butts off... This is our great team!

Well here i am again with my excuse of not having time to take pictures and update you on all that we have been doing. We just got back from Marquette, Michigan in the UP in time to go to a fund-raiser for the Optomotrists Assocn for our friends Thom Armstead and Frank Rashid, to help the blind. We were in the UP with our Habitat for Humanity Build for two weeks, met some great people and renewed friendships with others. Gained a couple of pounds but I'm working them off. We will be staying here until the first of December when we leave for Georgia and Americus the home of Habitat. We will also be building with Mobile AL build coordinator Mary and Dave Vandeveld in January. We plan on building in Alice, Texas in February. We have done so much this year it is impossible to tell you everything. Tony so far is cancer free after his operation in Georgia this summer. I am coordinating the RV Care-a-vanner program for US/Canada and that is taking all my time for now. Hope it gets ea...

Sorry again for leaving you so long...I have been really busy and so much is happening and no time to tell you about it. Visited son Mike in Chicago for his Music Hall of Fame run for PAWS, I have pictures but of course MY computer is just recovering from a 'hard drive wipe' so nothing is loaded on it that is very helpful for picture taking. Mike is joining up with girlfriend Sophia Panos for a half marathon in Las Vegas in December to fight Crohns disease, catch up with her on www.sophiapanos.blogspot.com . They are trying to raise $6,100 together and I am sure they will do it. Tony has had his scans and so far no news is good news. I am 'working' every day for Habitat and it is quite fulfilling but also quite busy. I have signed up about 15 NEW Care-a-vanners a month so far and that is so good. 1,500 RVers out there building houses for folks that are in need, and all with a smile and happy heart while they work. We have our build in Marquette, Michigan in the Up...

Okay Peter is this one better? Some things never change Ryan...Here is Tony AGAIN with a broken spoke Thank goodness he is not doing the whole ride He might have outdone himself with 6. Have a great time gang, wish I had a group shot of you...

On the 24th we traveled from Indianapolis to Chicago. Do you know how scary it is driving a 40' rig with a car attached through 'rush hour' in Chicago? Boy it really takes a big man to do that, oh, I forgot, I'm a little women. We made it to the Sams Club where we usually park. Son Mike came and we went to a fast foods rib place and had great ribs. Great talking to Mike, I got my hugs and I am content until I see him in 3 weeks. Of course I always lean on him to rebirth my computer once a year and yes, he did it one more time. My computer, he and I bought 5 years ago at Best Buy and it is a great machine but I download so much stuff that after a while it gets too bogged down with junk. Any way not to bore you, we will be heading toward home through non-rush hour traffic and maybe take 2 days to get to Mel's. I will be really happy to be home for a while.

We are in Knoxville because Bessie got sick in the Smokies and we had to be towed to the nearest Cummins dealer for repair. Come to find out it is the ENGINE. Yee gads!!!! They took out the oil filter and it was full of metal debris. A rebuilt engine is on order and it should be in today. If we are lucky we will be on the road by Monday. The poor little thing was sitting out behind the RV yesterday looking so forlorn, feels sick that it let us down. We are sort of feeling sick that it let us down also$$$$$$$$$$$, but what is is what is. So we are hole up at a Super 8 with wifi, king size bed, cable, pool, free continental breakfast and somebody makes the bed and cleans the room every day...I can handle that. Tony, however is not a happy camper, they promise free wifi but they do not deliver that to your room, you have to go to the lobby. It seems the wifi system is down but they are working on it. So its no TIVO and its no wifi, he's a bear!!!!!!!!!! A new engine will have a warran...

Tony and I have some sorrow at leaving Americus, Georgia and Habitat for Humanity Internationals Global Village. We stayed so long they became our second family. They were happy to support us so that the RV Care-A-Vanner Program can survive. We worked at Habitat for 2 months plus and got to know lots of folks there and our great Care-a-Vanners.

I am so sorry, I have been remiss in letting you guys know where we are and what we are doing. In a nut shell, we have been here working at Habitat for Humanity International Global Village to save the RV care-a-vanner program. They have had to make some cuts at Habitat and we were afraid the program would suffer and die. So Tony and I volunteered to keep it going, at least for a while and Habitat agreed they would let us run the program from our RV. So in a week or so we will leave here with the program and do our best to keep it going. don't know what that really means so far but I am going to give it a try. So visit www.habitat.org/rv and take a look at the build lists and ongoing build lists to see where you can volunteer if you have the desire to give back. No experience is necessary, it is a teaching program. Hope to see you on the road.

This is one great bunch of folks to build with. We had a great time. Johnny Walker, the new homeowner. Affordable housing, we are building hope one house at a time. Friends for life, the builders, the affiliate and the homeowners and their wedding. Congratulations!

Jackson Bushbaker what a guy .

03/28/2009 Minden LA at Fair Grounds Find more Walks in Minden, Louisiana

When Tony & I arrived in Minden, Louisiana, the Walker house was begun. This weekend we had the dedication and the wedding of Christine and Johnny Walker Congratulations!

All our dear friends were there representing 240 years of fighting for the rights of all. What a wonderful Gala affair it was. Congratulations Focus: HOPE on your accomplishments.

  And we are all here. These are most of the original cast, missing WTC, Charlie, Dario, Dr. Naud and too many more. So that you know that Tony and I dress up sometimes...

We visited the Pensacola Naval Airplane Museum. Spectacular We had the most delightful time with our friends Dan & Annette Bramos. These folks are working for Trailer Life evaluating RV Parks in the east. What a treasure these people are. We had lunches and dinners together and and love their life style. Basically for fun, they evaluate RV Parks then from November to March they just kick back and enjoy the rest of the year. You go guys and keep in touch.

We are staying one more night here in Pensacola then on to Montgomery, AL to catch the plane to Detroit for the Focus: HOPE Gala 40th Anniversary. WTC would be so proud.

This is a beautiful RV Park, we are staying one more day so we can watch the Pelicans having breakfast every morning. We have met up with old friends Dan and Annette and are having one wonderful time. Everyone should be so lucky.

What a great time we had in Leesburg with my friends Ann Carter and Tom. We were there for their Mardi Gras Party. We stayed at their place and parked across the street. We even met the Campbells our old friends from Michigan. Let's always keep in touch.

I am a romantic and I gave Tony a Valentine card but one of the most romantic moments in all of my life was this.

What we love to do is build... Watch the video and keep tuned!