Christmas Letter to Friends and Family

Another great year is almost at an end. After working for Amazon last season, we visited Kathy’s Mom for Christmas. We started 2016 by traveling to Quartzsite AZ, to attend one of the largest RV gatherings in the world. We had a wonderful time seeing many great friends of the IRV2 community forum and camped for 2-weeks in the desert. We also purchased a new HD Satellite system for our motor home. While traveling west, we saw first-hand the major flooding that closed many major highways. Major rain caused many rivers and streams to push water over their banks where the water overflowed to reach major highways.

From Quartzsite AZ, we traveled straight back to Deer Creek to spend some quality time relaxing and playing golf. The reason for the quick return was that our toilet was in major need of repair and we could not find the needed parts anywhere along our route.

After relaxing at Deer Creek, we traveled back to Kathy’s Moms for Mother’s Day. We surprised Mom with a portable weather station. When she opened the package, she looked at us and said:“You brought me a drone?”. We had a great laugh and explained that it was a weather station that would track and forecast her upcoming weather. The station sits outside and sends wireless reports to her display in the kitchen.

In early June, we drove to Baltimore to attend our Grandson Ryan’s High School Graduation. Ryan is now attending Baltimore County Community College and plans to transfer to the University of Maryland next fall to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. Jake, his brother, is now a freshman at Eastern Technical High School. His interests are in computing and networking. We posted photos of the graduation on our blog.

Mid-June, Karyn along with Wayne, grandson Jake and Haley, Wayne’s daughter met us at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio for four days of fun. We had a great time!

In July, we drove back to Baltimore in the minivan to attend Karyn and Wayne’s wedding. The wedding was beautiful. We wish them both years of happiness! They also have the RVing bug. They own a fifth wheel and use it most weekends during the summer.

We returned back to Ft Wayne till we started here again in August at Amazon.

We would like to wish Judy Coors our very best as she fights a health issue. We also want to wish continued success to Barry Mann as he continues to recover from his surgery.

We wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our friends and their families.

Our major goal for 2017 is to hike the Grand Canyon from the North to the South Rim or maybe another trip north to Alaska.

P.S. We added some great photos of our travels. Enjoy!

Dave & Kathy

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