At home with the kids, summer of 2023
04 March 2024 | Wa. State USA
Dave
After returning form our winter adventure in the Caribbean and Mexico we returned to our little RV home. It was wrapped up like a taco with tarps and a cover to protect it from snow and rain during the winter. We always put it away with little containers of chlorox and damp rid. When we pulled off the cover and tarps, no rain, mold or mildew was inside. With in a couple days we had our little home put back together and were snug as a bug. We had bought a camping lot to put the RV on last year so as to make our returns home easier. We have a car at home that we have our daughter drive when we are not there so it does not site in the weather and develop issues. With home and vehicle we were back to planning outing with the kids as they look forward to our returns. First order was to get the dirt bikes up and running along with Benny's racing go kart and Malli's dune buggy. These kids are spoiled bad, but I never had those things as a child nor a grampa to do them with so it is my joy to spend time with them doing what they like and keep them off their PHONES as much as I can. Our grandson both play a lot of sports during the summer. Between, football/hockey practices and games we are busy trying support them both. Our granddaughter (Elyana) turned 6 last May and we had missed her birthday, which we had told her the previous year we would be back for, so she was a bit miffed and we told her we would have a second birthday for her. She loves to swim and spend time with grama. She started soccer this year, but it ending before we got back. Both boys have birthdays during the summer in addition to sports. As is normal our summer flew by with fishing trips, dirt bikes, go kart racing, little league football/hockey, fourth of July picnic and fireworks, more birthdays... We are busy when home and often look forward to returning to our slow pasted traveling retired life, so we can just chill. We also attend many music events when home as now with COVID over (or at least not an issue) music venues have returned. I get to get up on stage for my fifteen minutes of fame at the weekly open mic jam. I am a late blooming amateur musician and I have a lot of fun with it. After spending time with friends and wearing out the kids, the weather began to turn cold and the leaves of autumn began turning color. The kids were back in school and it was time to button up the RV and head to Asia. We had been planning this trip for the past three years but COVID had made it not possible, so we are looking forward to exploring all the temples we have only seen in pictures and Leiann wants to hang with some elephants. So stay tuned for more Chrysalis Adventures.