No Yellowstone this year! :-(

I had hoped to be writing a trip report for a camping trip to Yellowstone by this time. But Susan's health deteriorated the last couple of months and we had to cancel the trip. She was so weak a few weeks ago that I literally had to help her get out of a chair and walk her to the bathroom. The main culprit was the side effects of 7 weeks of radiation and chemo, and extended use of steroids. All that is behind her now so she is much better now and gaining strength each day. We are hopeful that she'll be ready for a short camping trip to Golden Gate Canyon State Park in a couple of weeks.

Happy Anniversary to my bride of 42 years!

On Tuesday August 10 Susan and I will celebrate 42 years of marriage. I put together a little video of pictures over the years with family and friends and I was struck by the consistency of Susan's bright eyes and beautiful smile. I love you dear. Hope you (and everyone else) enjoy this quick view of the last 42 years.

Grand kid pictures

What would a blog be without pictures - and for any grandparent, pictures of the grandkids wins hands down. This is Sam - taken in May this year.

Here's a picture of Lucy from this summer.

And finally, here is Lauren at 10 months - in July this year.

Initial post

I created this blog for several reasons. Mainly I wanted a single place that I could post trip reports about our camping trips, provide updates on Susan's recovery after radiation and chemo, post notes and pictures about our Trailmanor camper, and post some pictures along with the various reports.

The story of the "Cav-Inn" is included on our website so I'll not rehash it here.

Hope you enjoy my posts along the way.

Alan