<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791</id><updated>2011-07-07T22:32:33.008-07:00</updated><title type='text'>trippin thompsons</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-1691495880300798559</id><published>2010-07-18T21:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T21:54:39.470-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Gosh I can't believe it is July 18th and I haven't blogged since May.  I'll try and catch you up but so much has happened it will be more like a brief description.  The house has sold and we have signed all papers so no backing out now not that we want to.  We have had a few garage sales getting rid of everything.  We have stored at  Terry's brothers Jim Brainard our side by side and boat , Don Dennis's (a friend) we have our grandfathers clock, and  Marshall Hulberts (a friend) we will have an inclosed 6x14 trailer with what we could not depart,  Renee's husband Greg is coming from Fresno, Calif.  tomorrow to pick up a few things that they could use .  They are all life savers. We wish that Paul lived close enough to get a few things but he is to far away.  We have the rest of what we could keep in the 2005  38 ft. Beaver motor home that we just received on Friday which very quickly became to small and the rest we sold in garage sales. We are looking forward to being out of the house which  if every thing goes well it will be first of next week .  We aren't quite sure what we will do but, we will stay in Oregon till we need to be at Renee's house on the 22nd of August.  The new baby is due the 6th of august and Greg has business that will take him away for a week and Renee will need help with the three kids. I hope I made some since of things as I'm very tired and I'm not going to read through this blog tonight. Love and Prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-1691495880300798559?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/1691495880300798559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=1691495880300798559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1691495880300798559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1691495880300798559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2010/07/gosh-i-cant-believe-it-is-july-18th-and.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-7016503906384854936</id><published>2010-05-22T05:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T08:39:47.748-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We have been in Pa. for about 2 weeks we have been very busy.  We have gone to the Hershey chocolate factory,  hershey park where there are about 13 different roller coaster rides and we did most of them,had 2 birthday parties with paul's family and the girls at the home(Eli's 5th and Kristin's well we won't say she might not like it),went to visit Dani in Carlisle Pa. where she is going to Dickinson College(she gave us a tour and loves her school), Paul gave us a tour of Washinton D.C. we had a great day it was very interesting and looking forward to going back to catch the things we missed because of time, and of course T. has found the Cabelas and Bass Pro.    My sister Sandra has been very sick and in the hospital again but she has been transferred to a rehab home and is doing somewhat better, she can use a lot of prayers.  We are in process of a possible sale on the house we are in the negotiations process now, so it is a maybe.  We have the boys for the weekend as Paul and Kristin have a few days off and they headed for N.Y. for a much needed few days to themselves.  They have a great job but it is very demanding and emotionally challenging for them.  The boys like it there and have many girls to entertain them.  They have grown but other than that they are still the same adorable boys we love.  Well I think you are caught up for now we send our love and prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-7016503906384854936?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/7016503906384854936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=7016503906384854936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/7016503906384854936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/7016503906384854936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-have-been-in-pa.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-2057060489915920650</id><published>2010-05-08T09:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-08T10:06:03.878-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We are now in Winchester Tn.  Our niece laurie and her family live here and we are visiting until Sunday with them.  We went to town last night to the dog wood festival, got to here some great music as there was a high school age battle of the bands going on,and we went to dinner at a nice bbq place.  Tonight we are going back I guess Fog Hat is performing.  It is nice here and we are enjoying getting to visit with Laurie and her family.  From here we will be heading to Pa.  Looking forward to seeing Paul Kristen and the boys.  Hopefully we will have internet there.  We are staying in an r.v. park about 10-15 minutes from Paul's home in the town of Harrisburg.  Well as always love and prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-2057060489915920650?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/2057060489915920650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=2057060489915920650' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/2057060489915920650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/2057060489915920650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-are-now-in-winchester-tn.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-3386733157083100459</id><published>2010-05-03T14:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T14:26:34.269-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Today is my dad's birthday and if you read this I'm sending a Happy B.Day wish for you. We are camped at  Dry Creek Water Park in Ms. and that is what they call their camping  with water activities available.  Right now we are about 8 miles away in Magee Ms.  at a McDonalds.  Thank you for free wifi.  We have no t.v. and have rented many movies we are down to watching some really bad movies red box knows us well.  It has been stormy, wet and humid here but i think that is behind us now for a while.  On Friday we took a 500 mile drive.  We went along the Natchez Trace Parkway East almost to Tupelo and then we went North to Memphis Tn. to a very well known rib place for b.q.ed ribs, well I think they were the worst I have had. All in all it was a nice day and coming home we got to see some outstanding lightning.  It was the best entertainment of the day.  After my eye appointment on Wed. the 5th I guess we are just going to go to Paul's.  Paul just called and said that one of the places for camping near him was $51.00 a night so don't know where we will stay for sure or how long at those costs.  Well I will keep you all in my prayers and love to everyone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-3386733157083100459?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/3386733157083100459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=3386733157083100459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3386733157083100459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3386733157083100459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2010/05/today-is-my-dads-birthday-and-if-you.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-4120960370901289138</id><published>2010-04-26T11:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T12:31:20.392-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>It has been a long time since my last post we have not had internet very often .  I'll try to catch you up a bit.  After leaving Mesa we went to Benson Az. with the Hulbert's and the McClouds for a few days. The gang all went to the Kartchner caves and had a great time, the guys all went a couple of times rabbit hunting but the rabbits were to fast for them so no luck but a good time had and I'm sure a lot of laughs.  We all then head for Deming N.M. we had no plans there except for the guys hunting again and again no luck I think they need to get faster on the draw. We girls had a few good nights at the club house with card bingo, a party night of watching survivor, then last of all they had a get together night which was a party of all party's you may have missed through the year they had every table of a decoration of the various holidays of the year (real cute).  They had a lot of good food and drinks.  We had a lot of fun.  We all departed company from there and headed different directions. We then headed to Arkansas to visit with our nephew James Wells and family.  We visited a few days before heading off to Waynesboro Ms. to visit with our uncle T. J. and aunt Darlene Pitts.  While here I had to go in and have a torn retina repaired they had to do a laser repair which was a piece of cake but the shot I had to have in my eye was not.  We have done a bit of fishing, both of us caught our first catfish weighing about 7 pounds ea..  Terry has been doing a bit of shooting, got himself a a hugh turtle and  cotton tail rabbit (they must be slower than the jack rabbits or he has gotten faster at the draw).  Then he hit a copper head snake in the head with a stick.  Brave guy&lt;div&gt; T. J. and Darlene left yesterday but we are going to be here a few days more as we have mail coming after it comes we will head off to a small town near Jackson Ms. as I have a final check up on the 5th of May. We do have plans to go down to New Orleans La. for a couple of days by car while we wait for my May 5th appt. as it is about 3 1/2 hours away we will leave the motor home and stay in a motel for a few days. After that we will be heading up to Paul's in Hershey Pa. via the lower route of the gulf coast into Florida and up from there.  Well I think I've got you caught up for now.  Love and prayers for all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-4120960370901289138?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/4120960370901289138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=4120960370901289138' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/4120960370901289138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/4120960370901289138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2010/04/it-has-been-long-time-since-my-last.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-3740045263797728903</id><published>2010-04-03T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-03T07:56:47.565-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We arrived in Benson Az. early on the 31s. so we got settled and took off for Tombstone.  It is a touristy town gunfights in the street and the whole western thing going on,the  OK Corral gun fight was the big theme through out the town.  On the way out of town had to visit boot hill graveyard where all that didn't survive the shoot out were buried. Thursday we went into Bisbee it was quit the town I think we were in a time warp back to the 1960's I would try to describe it but not sure I can every house was a different color and I don't mean earth tones I'm talking bright and no house had just one color the minimum was three.  Well you got the picture it was colorful.   On Friday the  we went to the Kartchner Caverns.  They were very beautiful as many of the caverns we have seen are. Afterwards we drove around found a ghost town to visit and wound up in tombstone for lunch. The park that we are in is a fun place to be.  we have had an event every night we played card bingo first night very fun game, there was a survivor night on thursday , and last night they had a party of all parties every table had a different theme from halloween to St. Patrick's.  We have had a nice stay here but today we are off to Deming NM.  Well have a good day all will let you know how things are going as soon as I can get on line.  Love and Prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-3740045263797728903?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/3740045263797728903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=3740045263797728903' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3740045263797728903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3740045263797728903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2010/04/we-arrived-in-benson-az.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-8297354207668447377</id><published>2010-03-28T06:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-28T07:03:37.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well it is now the end of March and we will be moving on come the 31st.  We will be heading to Benson, New Mexico.  We will be doing a bit of sight seeing there then off to Deming  N. M.  from there not sure. There are to many choices to think that far ahead.  Will let everyone know as I know.  I am not ready to leave here as we have had so much fun and there is so much to do here never a dull moment.  Next year we may stay till mid to end of April depending on the weather. We are busy( in between the fun ) getting ready to leave.  Well I guess that I will close but hopefully I will be able to blog more our internet connection here is so bad.  Maybe our connections will get better along the way. Love and prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-8297354207668447377?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/8297354207668447377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=8297354207668447377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/8297354207668447377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/8297354207668447377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2010/03/well-it-is-now-end-of-march-and-we-will.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-1733227165232180658</id><published>2010-01-14T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T06:43:22.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well we just got back from my Uncle's home in Mexico at Rocky Point we had a great time are glad to be back home.  Just before we left I purchased hiking boots and a back pack for hiking now I am looking forward to getting to put them to use.  Hiking is on Tuesday morning  which I missed this week so next week I will be ready to go.  Biking is on Monday and Friday which I did make one trip with them before we left for Mexico.  Marshall stubbed his toe before we left he went to the Dr. yesterday and he has a  hairline fracture Terry was not going to let Marshall have a stubbed toe with out him having one also so when we were in Mexico he stubbed his toe on a step and now he can relate to Marshall's pain he thinks his is ok though and won't need to go to Dr. We are having so much fun all the time I only wish that everyone reading this blog could have this much fun every day. It is what we all work our entire lives to do, retire and have a blast.&lt;div&gt;Don and Betty Dennis are coming to visit arriving on Sunday.  We are looking forward to seeing them.  Well I think this darn  internet connection is starting to fail so i best get going and hope this post love and prayers for all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-1733227165232180658?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/1733227165232180658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1733227165232180658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1733227165232180658'/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-8586726010220165316</id><published>2009-12-28T08:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T09:09:50.294-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We returned from Renee's in Fresno Calif. last night.  We had a wonderful time spending Christmas with them.  The grandchildren have grown and in such a short time from when we saw them in Sept.  Andrew is walking and getting into everything he is a darling boy.  Olivia got a skateboard for Christmas and she is really good at balancing and she can even do a few tricks already.  She is going to be quite an athlete.  Renee is pregnant with her third child again she is due in August which will make the new baby and Andrew only 18 month apart.  She is really going to have her hands full.  Greg is doing well he is trying hard to get all of his grading finished before deadline and helping Renee with the kids.  His days are full.  We talked to Paul and their family is doing great they are in Willamsburg Virginia for the holidays Danielle is with them.  The boys were as usual very excited about everything they got for Christmas.  They are such happy boys.  We sure miss their family alot.  Danielle lives only about 1/2 hour from Paul so they get to see her more now and that makes the family very happy and complete with her near.  Wanda and Marshal spent the Holidays in Oregon and also got back last night.  They announced that they will not be returning home until June so they will be traveling with us for a while when we leave here.  We are glad to have them join us. Well enough for now hope you all had a great Christmas and hope your coming year is even better. Love and prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-8586726010220165316?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/8586726010220165316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=8586726010220165316' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/8586726010220165316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/8586726010220165316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/12/we-returned-from-renees-in-fresno-calif.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-5071371626739988002</id><published>2009-12-18T22:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-18T22:21:34.152-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well it is a very unusual thing but I got on line tonight so I thought best to blog while I had a chance.  Last night we went to the Phoenix Zoo Lights.  There are about 3 million lights and it was a beautiful sight.  Not a lot to really fill you in on since it was only a few days ago that I posted last.  Olivia called her grand pa and asked him to come to her house for Christmas so can you guess where we are going-------------------you guessed it we are heading off to Renee's home for Christmas will be leaving on Tuesday and returning on Sunday .  At least that is the plan for now.  We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, hope Santa gives you all what you are hoping for. We send love and prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-5071371626739988002?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/5071371626739988002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=5071371626739988002' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5071371626739988002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5071371626739988002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/12/well-it-is-very-unusual-thing-but-i-got.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-289847069922993374</id><published>2009-12-13T21:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T20:29:21.605-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SycQeF_lkLI/AAAAAAAAACc/JX8lJ8gEm9E/s1600-h/IMG_3094.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SycQeF_lkLI/AAAAAAAAACc/JX8lJ8gEm9E/s320/IMG_3094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415315186127311026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SycPr51rX7I/AAAAAAAAACU/6jC1aSZ2wac/s1600-h/IMG_3066.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SycPr51rX7I/AAAAAAAAACU/6jC1aSZ2wac/s320/IMG_3066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415314323871063986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello to everyone.  It has been awhile since the last blog.  I apologize about that.  It is hard to get on line here and very frustrating so I avoid it.  We have been very busy but most of that business is just doing daily things around here.  We had a visit from John and Emily Boyd in November.  They were on their way to visit their son and stopped by for  a visit we took them to Tortilla Flats where we had dinner it was a nice drive and an interesting place.  The next morning we went to breakfast before they were off to sons house.  Couple of weeks later we were off to Yuma Az.  where we spent a couple of nights .  From there we went to Algodones Mexico which was about 20 minutes from our hotel.  Terry  braved having some dental work done there.  We heard some good things about a  dentist there so he decided to try it out as he really need the work done. The cost was about 1/3 the costs of the states dentists and he was very pleased with the work done (whew).  We were invited to my  cousin Mitch's home for thanksgiving and we had a great time there.  They have a lovely home with about 2 1/2 acres which is home to some horses, miniature horses, mules and dogs big enough to be mistaken for miniature horses (Terry would like me to say those dogs were the size of a damn horse not a miniature horse).  Last week we went to Flagstaff Az. and had lunch at Salsa Brava  which is a diners and dives (seen on food channel) pick of places to eat.  From there we took a terrific drive to Sedona Az. It was beautiful driving through the mountains and seeing the red rock surrounding Sedona. We actually went to Sedona to see the Red Rock Fantasy of Lights which was a disappointment but the drive made up for it.   We  spend time during the day playing volleyball in the pool, shuffle board, riding bikes, and  walking. Our evenings are spent playing pool, pinnocle on Mondays, bingo on Tuesdays, and euchre and Fridays.  There are many other things that come up in between like tonight I went to a cake and ice cream social followed by a childrens play.  There are just so many things all the time to do plus there are many day and over night trip events if a person wants to take them. &lt;div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-289847069922993374?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/289847069922993374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=289847069922993374' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/289847069922993374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/289847069922993374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/12/hello-to-everyone.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SycQeF_lkLI/AAAAAAAAACc/JX8lJ8gEm9E/s72-c/IMG_3094.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-3874968740139716045</id><published>2009-11-14T17:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-14T18:10:06.004-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9arDgOwzI/AAAAAAAAACM/zhxcxih_40w/s1600-h/IMG_2990.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9arDgOwzI/AAAAAAAAACM/zhxcxih_40w/s320/IMG_2990.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404137773589250866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We spent a week at Uncle Oscar's and Aunt Peggy's House in Rocky Point (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Puerto&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Penasco&lt;/span&gt;) /Mexico. It's right on the beach of the Sea of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Cortez&lt;/span&gt; (picture).  The only time you can see the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Baja&lt;/span&gt; from the house is at sunset (picture). Oscar took us for  boat ride and 6 porpoise played with the wake off the bow (picture). When we got back to the marina &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;a fisherman was unloading one of the two Grouper he had caught 51 miles out at sea. The one pictured weighed 280#. The other weighed 190#&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9YxINKs8I/AAAAAAAAACE/PwiSsPqMhwA/s1600-h/IMG_2975.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9YxINKs8I/AAAAAAAAACE/PwiSsPqMhwA/s320/IMG_2975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404135678907429826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9XPPkB6XI/AAAAAAAAAB8/YBB4zOD2sXQ/s1600-h/IMG_2939.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9XPPkB6XI/AAAAAAAAAB8/YBB4zOD2sXQ/s320/IMG_2939.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404133997255190898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9We1nercI/AAAAAAAAAB0/NCGfnWJ6Vhw/s1600-h/IMG_2790.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9We1nercI/AAAAAAAAAB0/NCGfnWJ6Vhw/s320/IMG_2790.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404133165656616386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-3874968740139716045?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/3874968740139716045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=3874968740139716045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3874968740139716045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3874968740139716045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sv9arDgOwzI/AAAAAAAAACM/zhxcxih_40w/s72-c/IMG_2990.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-1164322651288778314</id><published>2009-11-03T15:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T20:31:25.423-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SvEDIrGbQ6I/AAAAAAAAABs/9772_0Qf7QE/s1600-h/IMG_2765.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SvEDIrGbQ6I/AAAAAAAAABs/9772_0Qf7QE/s200/IMG_2765.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400100875737449378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SvDCogsfURI/AAAAAAAAABE/DvaJp8ftJs8/s1600-h/IMG_2593.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SvDCogsfURI/AAAAAAAAABE/DvaJp8ftJs8/s200/IMG_2593.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400029954444316946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well we finally got to go to the Grand Canyon and it truly is grand.  On the 29th and 30th we met Marshall and Wanda at a camping site inside the Grand Canyon Park.  We stayed with them in their motor home.  We were at the South End of the park.  I wish I could even begin to tell you all how beautiful it was, but even a picture doesn't show how truly magnificent it is.  On the way home we went out the East Gate and visited many of sites as we traveled out.  We are having a great time here in Arizona we go swimming everyday and play pool volleyball. We  also played shuffle board and dominoes.  We even fit in some bike riding and walks.  Meeting people is not a problem they are all so nice,  friendly and ready to get to know us.  We are going to Rocky Point, Mexico Thurs.  We will be there about 4 or 5 days.  My uncle has a place there and has invited us down.  Marshall and Wanda will be going with us.  Well I hope  all the family is doing well.  I would like to say I miss Oregon but I don't.  We do miss all of our family and friends there.  Well I think T. is going to add some pictures for you all to enjoy.  Love and Prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-1164322651288778314?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/1164322651288778314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=1164322651288778314' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1164322651288778314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1164322651288778314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/11/well-we-finally-got-to-go-to-grand.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SvEDIrGbQ6I/AAAAAAAAABs/9772_0Qf7QE/s72-c/IMG_2765.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-794527672707432045</id><published>2009-10-23T21:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T21:37:50.859-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well we have been  away in Tehachapi.  We left on Monday for Uncle Billy's funeral and got home on Wednesday.  Got to visit with a lot of family that we have not seen for a long time,  it is to bad that things such as a funeral is what brings a family together.  We really have not been doing much  since returning home but we have been playing pool volleyball and it is a lot of fun.  Life here in Arizona is very good and we are enjoying it very much.  Well it is late and I'm going to get ready for bed so good night all and have a good tomorrow. Love and prayers for all&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-794527672707432045?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/794527672707432045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=794527672707432045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/794527672707432045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/794527672707432045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/10/well-we-have-been-away-in-tehachapi.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-6313432491724729268</id><published>2009-10-14T14:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T15:51:03.105-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Hello all:  Today is a sad day.  This morning I got a call that my Uncle Billy had passed away.  It was not a total surprise as he has been having a lot of difficulties with breathing and heart problems.  It is hard to lose a loved one and especially such a icon to the family .  We will all miss him very much but he will remain in our hearts for ever.  He will be the one in heaven waiting to welcome all family members who come to join him and other family members already there. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yesterday Terry and I went to Tortilla Flats and had lunch.  We continued on from there along the Apache Trail.  It is 22 miles of a twisting, turning and nasty dirt road.  It took us 2 hrs to complete, and yet worth the trip it was beautiful. We saw the Superstition Mountains, Canyon Lake, Apache Lake, Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake.   The Roosevelt Dam is the largest masonry dam in the world. We had a great day and it was a nice break from our tough retirement schedule of resting, eating, bike riding and swimming. Life in Arizona is great.  Love and Prayers for all   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-6313432491724729268?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/6313432491724729268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=6313432491724729268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/6313432491724729268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/6313432491724729268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/10/hello-all-today-is-sad-day.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-1789602661898099982</id><published>2009-10-09T09:31:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T09:37:01.612-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well we finally made it to Mesa, Az. where we will be staying for the next 4 to 6 mo.  We arrived here on Tues. eve. about 6:00 had dinner and rested for the eve.  On Wed. we both did our thing in getting set up and just enjoying being here.  The weather is warm and sunny. Last night we went to the Golden Corral for dinner.  We had gone there last year and really enjoyed it.  The internet service is in and out so will post when I can. Love and prayers for all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-1789602661898099982?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/1789602661898099982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=1789602661898099982' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1789602661898099982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1789602661898099982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/10/well-we-finally-made-it-to-mesa-az.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-3033959357849199196</id><published>2009-10-04T19:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T20:26:41.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sslj-S2F9KI/AAAAAAAAAA8/pY3xkSoLZRA/s1600-h/IMG_2435.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sslj-S2F9KI/AAAAAAAAAA8/pY3xkSoLZRA/s200/IMG_2435.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388948350987269282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SslhFoBdxtI/AAAAAAAAAAs/VpftQfK3yE4/s200/IMG_2380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388945178396313298" /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SslhaGfoZcI/AAAAAAAAAA0/7NxjIEbMJk8/s1600-h/IMG_2349.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SslhaGfoZcI/AAAAAAAAAA0/7NxjIEbMJk8/s200/IMG_2349.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388945530173285826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;Cheryl &amp;amp; Olivia @ Yosemite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;.................................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;Andrew @ 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt; months&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FFFFFF;"&gt;.............................................&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#FF0000;"&gt;Olivia @ the Fair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-3033959357849199196?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/3033959357849199196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=3033959357849199196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3033959357849199196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/3033959357849199196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/10/cheryl-olivia-yosemite-andrew-8-months.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/Sslj-S2F9KI/AAAAAAAAAA8/pY3xkSoLZRA/s72-c/IMG_2435.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-1740689289617319343</id><published>2009-10-03T16:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T19:52:14.683-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsgNkSaVC_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/DEtNkIUK8dU/s1600-h/IMG_2472.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsgNkSaVC_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/DEtNkIUK8dU/s200/IMG_2472.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388571871217519602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsgMy7Ew4XI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tCwVxpzDj8U/s1600-h/IMG_2455.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsgMy7Ew4XI/AAAAAAAAAAc/tCwVxpzDj8U/s200/IMG_2455.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388571023139463538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we went to the Carothers District Fair with Renee, Greg, Olivia and Andrew.  It was a very nice small town fair not to crowded or to hot so it made for a good day.  Olivia got to ride for the first time a Roller Coaster, Ferris Wheel with dad, rode in an Airplane which she got to make go high herself, and drive the Cars.  We all had a good time then we drove countryside home and it was very nice scenery. Best of all while we were out having fun Lily stayed home and fixed us a nice dinner from her home country of Napal.  Great day hope all of you who read had just as good a day love and prayers to everyone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-1740689289617319343?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/1740689289617319343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=1740689289617319343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1740689289617319343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1740689289617319343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/10/today-we-went-to-carothers-district.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsgNkSaVC_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/DEtNkIUK8dU/s72-c/IMG_2472.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-60043437722566319</id><published>2009-09-28T12:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T20:57:34.218-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsbK2wnNw1I/AAAAAAAAAAU/LOxv1ZVBVoI/s1600-h/IMG_2299.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsbK2wnNw1I/AAAAAAAAAAU/LOxv1ZVBVoI/s320/IMG_2299.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388217046306505554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsbJujYvELI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uva-7tadag8/s1600-h/IMG_2231.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsbJujYvELI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uva-7tadag8/s320/IMG_2231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388215805805531314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well it has been awhile since my last posting and I don't want my readers to think I am not going to keep this blog up.  It is hard when we travel because we don't get internet, but i will do my best.  Our first night we traveled to Port Orford and stayed the night.  Plans were to go on the Jet Boat ride out of Gold Beach.  We would have to had to get up about 6 a.m. and we decided that since we have done it once that we did not want to get up that early. The next day the 16th we traveled to Cresent City where we  stayed for 2 nights.  We spent that time touring around the Red Woods as we have never been there before and we had a very nice time.  We went down a road that was traveled by stage coaches in many days gone by.. It had very little improvement since then it was curvy and narrow but very beautiful scenery.  Upon leaving&lt;div&gt;we decided to travel hwy. 1 along the coast it was very curvy with steep up and downs very slow going when they say 15 mph they mean it.  We stayed right on the beach for the night it was a k.o.a. and very expensive but our big splurge.  It was great.  We then traveled on to Sana Rosa.  That eve. we went to a Mexican restraunt seen on Diner and Dives, found on the food network it was very good. The next couple of days was spent touring San Francisco we did take the Alcatraz  Tour and found it to be very interesting and worth going.  Finally on the 22nd we headed for Renee's. We took a few back roads with a lot of farm land enjoyed it but I never get to read my book as we keep going to places where I have not seen the countryside but there will be plenty of time for reading.  Well I think I have caught you up to date as we have been at Renee's about a week and spending a lot of time being grandparents and loving it. Have a great time until we catch up with you again at a later date.  We send our love a prayers for all.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-60043437722566319?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/60043437722566319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=60043437722566319' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/60043437722566319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/60043437722566319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/09/well-it-has-been-awhile-since-my-last.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ws3Bf8cdcZg/SsbK2wnNw1I/AAAAAAAAAAU/LOxv1ZVBVoI/s72-c/IMG_2299.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-2923328031931850893</id><published>2009-09-11T09:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T09:39:16.985-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I can't believe that we only have about 4 or 5 days until we leave.   Yesterday we spent more time packing the motor home and then we went to dinner with 6 of our very dear friends.  We had a wonderful time but it reminds us of  the fact that we are not only going to miss family but we truly are going to miss our very good friends. Today fri. we are going to take plants over to my sister Sandy as she says she would love to try and keep them alive(ha ha)  it is our last chance to spend some time with her.  Saturday we are going to visit some friends that are camping they want us to have dinner with them, will be a great time. Sunday we are going out to mom and dads they are also going to take care of a very special christmas cactus for us.  They are taking us out to lunch and this will be our last time to see them before leaving at least I think it will be.  Terry has a dr. appt. on Mon. and then just finishing up last minute details and off we go.  Well love to all and have a great week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-2923328031931850893?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/2923328031931850893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=2923328031931850893' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/2923328031931850893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/2923328031931850893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-cant-believe-that-we-only-have-about.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-5777182728959351536</id><published>2009-09-07T14:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T14:47:31.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>There is not much of anything different to post this week over last week .  We are still just putting things in the motor home and preparing the motor home for the trip.  It is nice in many ways to have so long to prepare because each day we do things and remember things we want to do or take  with us.  Maybe in some ways it isn't good because we take more.  I truly am trying to limit myself but at the same time I hate to leave anything behind that may ruin while we are gone and we need it anyway at some point.  While going through things and picking out what we are taking I am getting a lot of deep cleaning done.  When we get back home it will all need done again and that is sad.  Well maybe next week will be more interesting as it will very close to time to leave.  We are hitting the road soon after the 15th of Sept.  Well all have a great week and God Bless.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-5777182728959351536?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/5777182728959351536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=5777182728959351536' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5777182728959351536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5777182728959351536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/09/there-is-not-much-of-anything-different.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-6511804293692861424</id><published>2009-08-29T19:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T19:49:06.822-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well this week has flown bye and every day brings us closer to leaving(yea).  We almost bought a different motor home thinking it had more storage for us but thought better of it and so we are still in our winnebago.  I do think we will probably get another one soon.  We really want a 40 footer with a few more amenities and more storage.  We now, with the one we have, have to add our own storage with plastic drawers and we are getting tired of having them take up space. Terry would like to have a diesel with bigger engine and more under the m.h storage.  Well enough of that.  We have been spending time with family and friends that we wont be seeing for a while.  That is the hardest part of leaving but we still feel this is the time to have this experience and who knows it could lead to a new way of living for us for a while.  We have no real plans other than Mesa and visiting the kids but that is the beauty of full timing(part time as we still have our home) we don't need to make plans just go where we want when we want.  We did have an unfortunate little item come up this week our heat pumps brain board burned up and we have to repair it at about $700.00 minor compared to the cost of a new heat pump and that is what we thought it might be.  Oh well it is just money.  Well closing for this week and will post next week.  God Bless all and have a great week.&lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-6511804293692861424?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/6511804293692861424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=6511804293692861424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/6511804293692861424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/6511804293692861424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/08/well-this-week-has-flown-bye-and-every.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-5122475794207768892</id><published>2009-08-22T10:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T10:25:43.583-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Well it has been 6 days since the last blog and I am getting very close to being ready to leave except for the  last minute things to do before leaving.  I can't believe how many things there are to do to prepare to leave a home for a couple of years.  Every day I find things I can't live without and I have a special place on the counter I put these cant' live without things and Terry keeps going by  and  checking them out saying remember the weight and why do you need this or that. Maybe down the line I can toss them but right now they are needs not wants at least that is what I tell myself.  It is getting harder for me to sleep I wake up thinking of the things to do I hate that and I just cant take care of these things as it  is to early to shut off the water and unplug fridge and freezer you know those kinda of important things for every day living until we leave.  Well guess I best end for today.  I hope all of my readers have a terrific day and God bless.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-5122475794207768892?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/5122475794207768892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=5122475794207768892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5122475794207768892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5122475794207768892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/08/well-it-has-been-6-days-since-last-blog.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-4769738669545620549</id><published>2009-08-16T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T09:29:57.325-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We are about to begin a new journey and hope that you will join us.  It is the 16th of Aug. and it just happens to be our 41st anniversary.  We are planning a 1-2 or longer years trip we only have one for sure destination right now and that is that we will in Mesa Az. for 4-6 months arriving there on the 13th of  Oct.  We aren't sure of our  leaving date yet somewhere between the middle to end of Sept. I will try to keep this blog up to date better than the last trip.  We do know that our children both in Fresno Calif. and Hershey Pa. are for sure place we will be visiting.  Most days are used to cleaning, sorting and packing the motor home for our trip.  Well the posting has begun please keep in touch with us love to here from you all.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-4769738669545620549?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/4769738669545620549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=4769738669545620549' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/4769738669545620549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/4769738669545620549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-are-about-to-begin-new-journey-and.html' title=''/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-1050810599983648349</id><published>2007-09-20T19:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T19:22:10.013-07:00</updated><title type='text'>welcome to our blog</title><content type='html'>Well today is the 20th of Sept.  We had a great day in Yellowstone today.  Spent 10 hours there and had a wonderful time saw some bison and one that was in the middle of the road and was right next to the car got a number of great pics., a brown bear and her cub up on a hill side she was close enough for me to throw a rock at and hit we watched for about a 1/2  hr. got lots of pictures, we also saw a few elk, a chipmunk, a magpie, a baldeagle or 2, and absolutely beautiful scenery.  The autumn colors are beautiful, the geisers spectatcular, beautiful waterfalls,  amazing rock formations, and many other sites that were very memorable. We have many pictures to share when we get home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope that everyone at home is doing well. We miss and love you all. Will add more the next time we get wifi and I can get on the puter.  Should be in Cody Wyoming tomorrow night. Have a great day all  as we definitely will.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-1050810599983648349?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/1050810599983648349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=1050810599983648349' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1050810599983648349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/1050810599983648349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2007/09/welcome-to-our-blog_20.html' title='welcome to our blog'/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-5714840773705981121</id><published>2007-09-19T18:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-19T21:38:06.002-07:00</updated><title type='text'>welcome to our blog</title><content type='html'>Hi Everyone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the 19th of Sept. and we are finally well on our way.We have 788 miles under our belt and we are having a ball. Barb did have an incident with her two dogs, she was walking them they got excited and ran knocking her on her back. She was ok but a sore butt cheek. We got to Mountain Home Idaho for our 1st night which was spent in a Walmart parking lot. We had a nice dinner outside and watched the sunset. To pass time we went and looked around Walmart not much different than home so no purchases for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a lot of wind through the night but not much sleep was lost as we were all tired from the night befores sleepless night from excitement. We got up and were ready to leave by 8:30. We had a pretty uneventfull morning of travel until lunch and it kinda went down hill. We stopped for lunch along side the road, had nice lunch and it was time for a walk when again barb hits the ground. This time Kellie her dog gets excited and runs pulling her down for the second time now she has 2 sore butt cheeks and her ribs are sore. She has been icing and feels somewhat better this eve. We get on the road but did not get far when we had to pull over as Jim's fender was lose and  in need of repair so we tapped him up and we were off to Craters of the Moon for a fast tour before starting our search for an R.V. repair shop which we found in Idaho Falls finally, and to make a long story short they took good care of him and we got on the road again. We found a place in Island Park Idaho to spend the night . We are about 13 miles outside the west entrance to Yellowstone. We'll visit tomorrow but will let you know more about that  later. So keep in touch we love and miss you all. Oh yea J.T. and Eli the dog and lion are having alot of fun and are very glad they found a home with us and our M.H.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have forgotten to mention that we have been joined on our adventure by some good friends Larry and Donna McCloud and their dog Sasha.  They had decided not to go and about 2 weeks ago they decided to go and we are very glad they did.  Well that was my final entry any more and this blog will become a novel.  Love to all&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-5714840773705981121?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/5714840773705981121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=5714840773705981121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5714840773705981121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/5714840773705981121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2007/09/welcome-to-our-blog_19.html' title='welcome to our blog'/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-8162634964791438556</id><published>2007-09-16T09:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-16T09:22:49.294-07:00</updated><title type='text'>welcome to our blog</title><content type='html'>Today is the 16th of Sept. and we leave on the 18th that means 2 more days til we leave. We are pretty much ready except for putting in some clothes and perishables. Yesterday we had a batman birthday party for our grandson J.T as that was his request. He had a good time and was excited with the whole party thing. We had my sisters and brother in law doug also my parents. We had a bbq and cake and ice cream. It was a good time had by all and a time to see everyone and say good bye before leaving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is my sister Sandra's birthday and her daughter Helen is having a party for her another bbq (only her new husband and her are having a hamburger cook off as they each think their burger is better than the others and we attending are the judges) and cake and ice cream. It will be alot of fun and am looking forward to going.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well that is the catch up for now. Bye and have a good day as I will.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3145302475091725791-8162634964791438556?l=trippinthompsons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/feeds/8162634964791438556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3145302475091725791&amp;postID=8162634964791438556' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/8162634964791438556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3145302475091725791/posts/default/8162634964791438556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://trippinthompsons.blogspot.com/2007/09/welcome-to-our-blog_16.html' title='welcome to our blog'/><author><name>trippin thompson's</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06996674204194815583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145302475091725791.post-215978653093262975</id><published>2007-09-03T15:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T19:39:36.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to our blog.</title><content type='html'>Hi to all and welcome to our travel site. Terry has recently retired and we are on the adventure of our lives. We are leaving Springfield Oregon on the 18th of Sept. We plan on traveling the northern states heading east as far as Florida and coming home through the southern states.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This trip all started out with an invite to go to Alabama with Terry's brother Jim his wife Barbara and their 2 dogs Kelly and Jessie to visit his grand daughter. It has grown since then into quite a motor home trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We invite you to travel along with us through our blog. We will post pictures and details of our trip as we travel along. This will allow us to keep intouch and let you know where we are on a regular basis. 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