Once Rylan was born we still had a few weeks planned to be in the Chicago area. Good thing because we were able to see him often, make Ariana and Matt dinner (or get take out), occupy their dog Kylo, play some games, and get some of our laundry done. Read more…
After 44 hours of labor, Ariana gave birth to Rylan James Anderson who came into this world on 9/22/23 weighing 7 lbs 6 oz with a length of 21 inches. I am biased, but he is the most beautiful baby boy you have ever seen! Perfect! Mom, Rylan and Matt Read more…
After saying our goodbyes to Stan and Lynne Brown we headed to the Chicago area to await the birth of our first grandchild. Our daughter Ariana was due on September 16th, so getting in town early was important to us to make sure that we were there for the birth. Read more…
After waiting to get the Busse Bus’s full wall slide fixed we were able to leave the Hockstra’s around 3pm. It took us some time to load up and say our goodbyes. We had about a three hour drive down to Niles, MI to meet up with Stan and Lynne Read more…
For Katrina’s 60th birthday we decided to take a cruise around the Greek Islands. We had friends of ours, John and Laurie Calfee, who had already found the perfect cruise so we decided to go with them as the more is the merrier. We did add on a day in Read more…
We got a later than anticipated start in moving from the Andrews to the Hockstras house as Katrina got in a few more great games of pickleball. It was great competition for her and we couldn’t miss the opportunity to get in some high level play. I was off on Read more…
Niki and Bob Andrews live outside of Grand Rapids, MI where our next destination was. Katrina had met them playing pickleball down in Florida. We stayed with them for a few days enjoying the fellowship, eating, and (of course) playing pickleball on the court that they just installed at their Read more…
After getting up really early to watch the US Women’s Soccer Team lose then we made the big trek down from Petoskey to Traverse City to stay at the Traverse Bay RV Resort which was a very nice place. Our site was a bit plain, but without many people around Read more…
The pair of us patiently pulled away from the photographic Pictured Rocks pulling the truck and passing the pines as we piloted over the pretty Mackinaw Bridge on our way to picturesque Petoskey stopping at the premium Hearthside Grove Motorcoach Park. (That’s a plethora of p’s). Hearthside Grove vies for Read more…
We said goodbye to Yogi Bear and headed up north to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, often called the Yooper (U.P.). We stayed at the KOA in Munising which is close to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The KOA was their lowest class resort called Journey which is meant for Read more…