Vacation Part 8 Relaxation

and finally it is just nice to get away and relax...get neck rubbs and watch other people work on the roads while we are sitting outside listening to the country sounds...

Vacation Part 7 The neighbors

We have wonderful neighbors...Biggie and Whitie...you have to look before you drive as they tend to rest under the vehicles...they will sit outside our camper waiting for our boys to come out to play...then they walk together and get their heads together to see what they all can find...

Vacation Part 6 The dogs

Our dogs make our vacation special...I call them my camper buddies...they enjoy long walks, long bicycle rides and playing in the camper...they tire out easily and sleep good at night...they are our joy and our life..

Vacation Part 5 Climbing stairs

Our property has a cliff in the back and the one next to us has stairs and a boat dock to which Mike tried fishing some from the dock...I went down to join him and going down is no problem however the stairs are very very steep...but I climbed them all

Vacation Part 4 A little Play

OK we did not just go to work but also to play...In the water

and fishing and hiking...

We got the boat out and yes I learned to pray as I played because I just do not like boats

and am trying to find Mike a fishing buddie so I can stay on dry ground

Vacation Part 3 More work

Seems everytime we go down there we burn brush because there is alot of brush to burn...

rake leaves, burn brush then rake more leaves then burn brush...

We still have alot of untouched brush at the back of the property and plans are to eventually get it cleared however I have to learn patience and one thing at a time and in due time it will all get done...

Vacation Part 2 A little work

Our main purpose for spending a week there was to relax a little and work a little

My wonderful husband build a beautiful set of stairs going down the back of our RV pad to where we could get up and down easily without have to go around in mud and leaves...

Also while there I made a deal with an elderly man and found a 350 gal water container to where we would not have to manouver our 50 gal water container over the hump in the road and water will be there all summer long...He sold it to me for $50 and we set it up then found an odor so loaded it up in the back of the PU and Mike took it to the car wash and rinsed it out and deodorized it really good...then I came up with the idea of putting the 50 gal container in the back of the PU and filling it up and pumping into the bigger one instead of trying to buy a trailer that won't even fit in our camping spot...

So we both got alot of work done...In one of the pictures you can see the water container sitting at the top of the stairs..

Vacation Part 1 Gods timing

We have had a wonderful vacation and Gods timing was perfect

We were to leave on Monday however things worked out to where we left on Sunday instead which was Gods Perfect timing as there were heavy rains and flooding in our area on Monday and if we would have waited we would have either been caught in floods or else had to wait...

where we were camping at it rained a little at night but other than that it was not bad...all North of us and I had a chance to sit down, relax, and enjoy the storm clouds

fear and faith

About a week ago we had a very scarry incident...

as I was walking my boys down the neighborhood street

a big dog came out of the yard next to the house we were in front of...

He was a very hugh dog and as soon as he saw us he started bounding to us

There were children with him however the dog did not heed the children calling

him back instead he bounced ontop of my little Babe...

If it were not for a man who came from across the street it could have been worse...

Poor Babe could have been dead or had deadly bites...

It was bad enough...

I called my husband who rushed to our aide...

All the children said was that they did not see us...

It first of all makes me mad...

The incident should have never happened...

Not only do people not care anymore but they teach their children not to care

They teach their children you don't have to obey the leash laws that it does not apply to them..

The dogs owner did not even apologize...He just took the dog and went inside..

If it were "Leave it to Beaver" the Beaver would have had to first apologize to the victim,

then make restitution...but in this day and time...the parent does not care nor will he teach his children to care

Second it has made me scared...

After walking my dogs for over 4 years in our neighborhood I now do not feel safe...

I at first was fearful to walk my boys anywhere since then I have finally gotten enough courage

to walk them in a local park however I now carry my pepper spray and am constantly on the look out...

Even at our property I had my husband to buy a dog run and we put it up so that at night I will have a safe place to take the dogs out...

And third I filed charges against the dog owner...Many have criticized me for doing this however I feel like "What if this would have been a child??" and for the owner not to care or feel bad...

The authorities came and took the dog and then we have a court hearing to determine if the dog is a vicious dog...and if so then the owner will have to abide by certain laws (hello have you heard of a leash??)

I have since sent the owner copies of my bill...if I receive no response I will have to take him to small claims court for expenses...Am I being too unreasonable?? No since my dog got victimized...If it would not have been for my little guy the dog could have gotten a bite out of me..then we would not just be looking at vet bills but hospital bills as well...

Until the public realizes the reason for Leash laws it will never change and people will feel like the law is not for them to follow...