Looking back at 2009

We started the year at the Plantation RV Park located near Foley, AL.  While there we purchased a small 26 foot trailer to go to Alaska in.   We stored our 5th wheel at the Plantation.  We traveled 8 months in the small trailer.  We had fun but don’t think we will do that again. (Barb says “never, no way!!)

Here are some of the statistics of our travels:

We traveled 36,492 miles through 27 states and 3 provinces. We burned 2740 gallons of diesel fuel which equates to about 13.3 miles per gallon.  We stayed in 82 RV parks,some more than once.

Some of the highlights of this year:  Our granddaughter Danielle getting married, our trip to Alaska with Diane and Wayne, visiting with Barbs cousin in Palmer, AK, meeting 2 former Marine  Corps buddies, visiting my niece in Montana and going to my 55th class reunion.  We also found ourselves in or near snow in months that should not have snow.  We have had a wonderful year and have seen and done a lot. Here are some pictures from this year, it was very hard to select these.   These pictures start in Florida and go to Alaska and back to Florida.

Our summer home                                        Diane and Barb Resting                              Cattle Drive Fort Worth, TX

 

Spring Flowers on the desert                         Mt. Shasta                                                      Moodonna The metal cow 

Josh and Danielle -  Wedding Day                              Sunset at  Barview, OR                     Barb holding a Burrowing owl

 

Baniff Gondola                                              Baniff from the Gondola

  

     Wayne and Diane looking cold       Glen & Barb braving the cold       The whole gang                         Glen killing mosquito

    

White Pass & Yukon Railroad                       Reindeer waiting for Christmas                       The wolf  Denali, AK

 

Grizzly eating Dandelions                               Mt McKinley                                          The Fishermen

Halibut                                                              Time Bandit                                           Valdez  Glacier

Barb in front of the glacier                               Silver Salmon                                       Black Bear, Hyder, AK

    Eating out again                                     Hummingbird   Washington                          Bucking Bronco, Helena, MT

Buffalo calf nursing, North Dakota                  Grain Harvesting, North Dakota        Steam Engine driving a threshing machine

Snow, Blooming Prairie, MN                       The house I grew up in, Tomah, WI                                    Beautiful

Blue Heron, Florida                       Christmas Cactus, Bushnell, FL

                     

This is our 42nd Wedding Anniversary picture on 31 December, 2009.    Happy New Year everyone!!!!!