While Patty & Nancy were gone yesterday, I drove into Newport, and picked up a couple of newspapers. Not being able to get on the computer in the motor home, has disrupted my normal morning routine. Reading the newspaper has taken up the slack, with computer time relegated to later in the day.
After the girls returned from visiting yet another quilt shop in Toledo, the three of us ventured over to the north hall, where we listened to a presentation on annuities. The payoff was a free chicken fried steak dinner. As with any sales pitch about a product, it usually sounds pretty good, until you do some research. Having had one bad experience with an insurance company annuity, my skepticism was pretty high, and nothing was said that changed my thinking. We thanked the host, and left with full stomachs.
As if visiting just about every quilt/fabric/yarn shop in Alaska, Oregon, & Western Canada wasn't enough, this morning, the girls are off to a quilt show in Newport. If there was indeed a world record for the most visits to this type of store, Patty and Nancy would easily hold the record. I think they have purchased just about every fabric known to woman, and together, they probably have enough material to make a quilt long enough for about 97 king size beds!
While the quilt sisters are gone, I'll spend some more time cleaning and waxing the outside of the motor home. I'm not actually home alone, Gracie enjoys my lap.
THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF DAN AND PATTY CHANCE
About Me
- DAN
- VAIL (Tucson), Arizona
- Patty & I have been married for 33 great years, & have raised 3 children. Mike & Marc - mine. David - hers. We lost our beloved Beagle Sami in April, 2013, and our kitty Gracie in Sep. Since retiring from co-ownership of Jamestown Harley-Davdson in 2001, we have traveled all over the U.S. in 2 different motor homes. In 2002 and 2003, we traveled the N.H.R.A. Drag Race circuit, pulling the Harley-Davidson, Screaming Eagle merchandise trailer. In the summers of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, Patty worked retail and I drove a tour bus in Skagway, Alaska. The summer of 2008, I worked as a supervisor for the Glacier National Park transit system in N.W. Montana. During the summer of 2009, we decided to travel, and completed a 5 and 1/2 month, 12,000 mile loop around the U.S. and Canada. During the summer of 2010, we traveled mostly in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon & Washington. We spent the summers of 2011 & 2012, working at the Grand Canyon, where I drove a transit bus, and Patty worked in the General Store. The winters have mostly been spent at our home in Lake Havasu City. We recently relocated the home base to Tucson, AZ.
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