The Nomadic Neuman's
May 2007

May 10, 2007
Livermore, CA
After leaving Yuma, we headed north and stopped at Del Valle Campground in Livermore CA.
Tomorrow we'll drive to the Pleasanton Fairgrounds for a long weekend visit with Marc, Tara & Julia.

      

 
Friday May 11, 2007
Oakland, CA
Hi NaNa & PaPa ! You finally made it!
It was bedtime so we listened to Mommy read a story & kissed Julia goodnight.
 

Sat. May 12, 2007
The Runyan's came to pick us up on their way to Palo Alto for Loretta's Memorial Gathering.
Julia had some time for coloring with PaPa.
LORETTA KORCH
5/19/19 - 3/13/07
So many friends of Loretta were there to remember her, some with happiness, some with tears.
I won't name everyone, but Loretta's direct family line:
A lunch date.

Patrick, Loretta & Lisa
Holding Julia
May 12, 2007

Son, Christopher, w/ wife Donna                Grandson, Peter w/ Son, Patrick                    Grandson, Darcy
    
Roberta           Granddaughter, Alexis w/ Loretta's daughter, Lisa.
 
          I didn't get a good picture of Grandson, Eric, (right corner)              This is Pat & Roberta's friend                         
here with his sister Alexis and another old friend of Loretta's            Tom w/ his daughter.                            
 
 


   

 Loretta would have enjoyed listening to this wonderful harpist while visiting with her dear friends & family. How we all miss her
bubbly personality!
May 13, 2007
Oakland, CA
Mother's Day

It was such a pleasure to spend Mother's Day with my oldest daughter, Tara, and her daughter, Julia.

As I walked out into their back yard, this gorgeous iris caught my eye and my heart as I reflected upon memories of the beautiful iris gardens my own Mother tended. I feel blessed.

 
We went to Julia's music lessons that morning. What fun to see all the youngsters playing
with scarves, instruments, singing songs, clapping hands & feet. Even PaPa Dan had fun!

    
      
  



 Then we went for a walk along the Frog Trail to the Frog Park. More fun for Julia!
   
 
Julia looks down to the swing below, then gets a surprise as someone's daddy pushes his son up the tires!
     
Their backyard has taken on a life of it's own. Beautiful plants and this kiwi is growing so big!
Marc plants another fern & gets wet fixing the sprinkler system.
 
  


PaPa Dan has intrigued Julia with the videos he took of her on his cool telephone.
  
What a life, huh? NaNa can't resist making a bubble hat on Julia at bathtime.
   
Then it's reading time and off to bed. "Night Night" Julia, we love you.
 

May 14, 2007
Fish Lake     Rogue River National Forest
Friends Bob & Linda are camp hosts here....what a lovely spot!

Oops.......we had a bit of a accident as we swung into a site the night before ($11,700 worth) !
Dan was so upset, he wanted to crawl in a hole. But, accidents happen to us all.
    
Here's the Stockton's Host site. It's the only site in the park w/ water/elec & sewer.

Linda & Chico
 Bob
Lots of wildlife around for us to enjoy.
     
The morning we left, the water was calm enough for us to go kayaking. What a thrill for Leanne!
This mother goose was protecting her young, making sure I didn't get too close.
  
There was snow on the other side of the lake and the views of the surrounding mts was awesome.  
    
  
Linda caught a couple of trout....look at Chico lick his chops!
   
Thanks Bob & Linda for my wonderful kayak experience and a good visit.
May 18-20, 2007
A couple hours north, we stopped at the Harrisburg Monaco Facility to get an estimate for repairs.
Mark & Cindy live nearby so we had an enjoyable weekend visit with them.
 
Cindy turned & spread her compost & Mark built a nice fire to keep us warm as we chatted and
   
Cindy hugs her "babies".

 
Sunday, May 20, 2007
We left Harrisburg and headed towards Ocean Shores, WA
This is the bridge crossing the Columbia River from OR into WA. A pretty sight.
We found a wonderful deep pull-off on Rt.101 just as the sunset. A nice quiet spot to boondock.

 
   


149 Canal Dr NE
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
We made it to our property in Ocean Shores.
We're plugged into the rv h/ups we had installed and will call this home for the next few months.
You can see how excited the brothers are! Chuck has been very busy during our absence.
It's a 3 bdrm, with a vaulted ceiling in the open kitchen/dining/living room area.

Here's a view from the living room door.           and the nice dock Chuck built on the canal.
  
Our first night there, this deer was grazing in the lot across the street where the golf course is.

And here we are, facing the water.....plugged in to the rv hook-ups we had installed. We'll have to move occasionally
for the construction crews, but that's OK. What a wonderful spot to spend the summer!

We're hoping it sells before the end of the summer. Time will tell. Wish us luck!

Our cell service is not too good here and Dan's been battling with the satellite for days now.
Hopefully we'll have internet again very soon.......

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