Oklahoma City,OK

Here we sit in OKC at a Carrier Service shop. The reefer unit shut down about midnight with three alarm codes. One of them being a blown fuse. J was half way between OKC and Tulsa and they had him turn around and come back to OKC to get it fixed. Of course we didn't get here till almost 0400 because the next exit that J needed to turn around at had an accident. A fatality that has the freeway shut down and he couldn't get to the exit. He ended up sitting there somewhere in the vicinity of close to 3 hours. So now the reefer has been off a total of a little over 5 hours. Not good. And of course now we will have to reschedule our appointment once we get finished here and figure out what time we can get to the receiver. I am hoping that we don't lose this load because of the temperature. We haven't opened the door so it is holding what temperature it can. So now we have less than 24 hours to get to destination with 1237 miles to go and the on-call guy isn't even here yet. It is just a waiting game at this point. Hopefully it is a quick fix and we can get moving again. But you know how our luck is. LOL We will probably have to find another trailer and move all the product to the new trailer to keep moving. Just our luck I tell ya. But I will let you know what happens with this.



I need to get the camera battery charged so I can take more pictures and load them on here. Especially of Smokey. I need to get one of how big he is now compared to how big he was when we first got him. He was 15 lbs when we took him to the Vet for his first shots back in March. I would guess he is about 45 lbs now. I am hoping he doesn't get much bigger, but since he is a mutt we just don't know. He sure is a pretty boy though and we get a lot of compliments on him. He has beautiful coloring on his coat and is really good natured so that is a huge plus. Having him out here with us has been so enjoyable I can't imagine not having him out here. If you are a solo driver and don't have a pet with you, and you like dogs, I would recommend getting one. They are so lovable and just a ton of entertainment. Except for when you are trying to potty train them. :) Luckily, for the most part, Smokey has done real good with that. He has had a few accidents, but nothing a load of laundry wouldn't fix. And thank goodness I had the forsight to get a vinyl mattress cover when we brought him along! LOL



We are looking at property again for our Guest Ranch since that is what our ultimate goal is. Drive for several years and save enough money to buy some property and build some cabins on it with a camping/RV area and open up a small guest ranch. One of the nice things about driving is that we get to see the whole country and see what areas would be a good place to have that kind of business. You have to have major attractions that would draw the people to the area. And we also want a place that has four seasons and that has activities year round. Skiing in the winter, hunting in the fall, hiking in the spring and rafting or fishing in the summer. So that is what we are looking for. So far the area we like best is up in Chewelah,WA. Just north of Spokane about 45 minutes or so. There is the 49 North Ski area that is expanding up there and it appears they are going to turn it into another Vail which means growth. And there is national forest which is a big plus for trail rides. And although there is the skiing in the winter, it will be a COLD winter being that far north. So that is our favorite so far, but if we could find something affordable with the same offerings but a little further south, like in Colorado, then that would be better. Except property in Colorado is EXPENSIVE. Especially when you are looking at buying around 100 acres. We will settle for less acreage if we can find something that borders national forest though