Category: Family
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It Took More Than 10 Years…
Reading Time: 2 minutesI first applied for Randy to be admitted to the VA Health Care system more than 10 years ago. I tried again after we moved to Florida. He was denied both times because our household income exceeded the threshold Congress set in a law passed in 2003. It’s not a particularly big… Read more
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Glacier NP, Bucket List Experience – Check!
Reading Time: 4 minutesLynn and Dave have been married 47 years. Before they wed, a friend of Dave’s asked him to go with him to Glacier National Park. The plan was to explore the area on horseback. His friend figured they’d have one of the greatest adventures of their young lives. He didn’t go back… Read more
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One of the Main Reasons
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen the idea of the Epic 50th Anniversary Grand Adventure Road Trip was born, it really appealed to Randy and me. One of the main reasons for the adventure was to visit forever friends we’ve made over the years in the Air Force, and other people we care about a lot from… Read more
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Making Our Way to Sedona
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe spent 3 days driving The Mother Road. The first night’s stop was in Weatherford, OK. The second night we veered a little south, off the interstate highway to visit some family in Clovis, NM. That drive, Oklahoma through the Texas Panhandle, then southwest to Clovis, was nothing special. The evening we… Read more
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This Could Now Be Home
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I was planning for this Grand Adventure Road Trip (GART) I made a spreadsheet detailing the duration of the adventure. Each row on the spreadsheet represented one night. The columns keep track of where we spent the night, how many miles we drive, and how much money we spent on food,… Read more
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And….We’re Off
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve written the last few weeks about some fairly weighty topics. I’m done with those for a while now and am ready to turn 68andCounting.com into a travelogue during our Epic 50th Anniversary Grand Adventure Road Trip–E50AGART, for short. We’ve been planning this for months. It’s evolved some since we spent a… Read more
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Happy, Happy, Happy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve been home just over a week. The day we left Manitowoc, 4 days after she moved into her new apartment in a fantastic senior living facility, I don’t think she even noticed we were gone. She is busy, busy, busy, and happy, happy, happy. This picture was taken last Monday,… Read more
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A Hell of a Lot of Work
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m not gonna lie. Moving from a place you’ve lived in for 13 years is a hell of a lot of work. And when you’re going to be 91 in a few weeks, it’s completely overwhelming and discombobulating. The good news for my mom is that she has 6 kids, 5 of… Read more
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When It’s Time for a Senior Living Community
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen we get to retirement age, if we’re lucky enough to have parents who are still living, often times there begins a role reversal that is quite interesting for all involved. I wrote about it 18 months ago in a post linked here. Six months after that when I went to Wisconsin… Read more
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Road Trip to Wisconsin, Again
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRandy and I arrived in Manitowoc, Wisconsin yesterday after a very pleasant 3-day road trip. We’ll be here for nearly a month. It’s a nice time of the year to be up in Wisconsin, though it’s still colder than we’d like. But we’re here to help move my mom to a… Read more