http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Danielson/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Danielson en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:58:52 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:58:52 +0000 Sorry for leaving you sitting in Texas while wersquove been in eight other states We finished up at Camp Tejas in the rain of course The last week the women spent cleaning and inventorying the two gift shops. Camp Tejas has wonderfully stocked gift stores so not only was it fun to see the things but it also cost us a bit of money I think I told you that Bob and I are going back there i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-462137.html Camp TejasThis is going to be a different kind of blog entry Irsquom going to give you a tour through one of the motels. Its name is 4 Seasons and each of its rooms is decorated for a different month of the year It has one main hallto one direction are the spring and summer rooms and the other direction has the fall and winter ones. When the door is opened itrsquos like stepping ri http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Giddings/blog-455511.html Camp TejasThings are happening so fast here that I feel like Irsquom running to keep up Itrsquos been cold in the mornings here so the women have been cleaning the gift shop. Bob has a theory that many of these camps would go under if the RVICS women didnrsquot visit their gift shops This one has the largest nicest inventory of any wersquove been to and was very fun to clean http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Giddings/blog-454919.html Camp TejasOur tour day this week was to help at the food pantry at the Baptist Church in Giddings. We arrived about 830 and there were probably 50 people already in line even though the food distributing didnrsquot start until 10 and the people had already been prequalified as far as who would get food. The first day they were going to pass out 300 baskets meaning shopping carts and t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Giddings/blog-453773.html Camp TejasNow wersquore Texans and enjoying it. Camp Tejas is about 40 miles east of Austin outside of Giddings which is a town of about 5000. Tejas is Spanish for Texas and means Friend. It runs summer camps and year round retreats. Itrsquos really two separate camps now an upper the newer part and the main camp. Last summer they had 5400 campers go through here so you can im http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/Giddings/blog-452269.html We left New Life Ranch without me even mentioning it to you but there was a lot going on at the time. Norm Darlene left a day early our project ended on Tuesday so it was one of those fastturnovers because theyrsquore leaders at the next project everyone was going to the next project except Frank Marilynn who are headed home and Glenn Joyce who are going to RVICS Village in Smith http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Texas/blog-450581.html New Life RanchWe have some exciting news we traded motor homes We have now have one with a slide in the living area and a second slide in the bedroom The slide in the bedroom is what we were wanting as that turns the bed to the side of the room and allows the whole back wall for closet We have found and I have mentioned that itrsquos not the amount of clothes we need itrsquos th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Colcord/blog-447052.html New Life RanchWe got to New Life Ranch in time for the Big Rainshellip.again Wersquore thinking about hiring ourselves out to bring rain to ldquowe really need itrdquo areas Wersquore located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains which arenrsquot really mountains theyrsquore just beautiful hills It started raining Wednesday evening and with it came flood warnings the c http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Colcord/blog-445037.html We left Shepherdrsquos Staff Thursday right after work even though there were high wind warnings and they werenrsquot kidding because we had tickets to the underground salt mine in Hutchinson which was 250 miles away. We drove slowly and it worked out. We were going to spend the night in Salina but when we got there we heard that the wind was going to blow throughout the night and ag http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/blog-441622.html The Shepherdrsquos StaffIrsquove done a poor job of letting you know about our tours. I always get behind when I have to go someplace to use the wifiI get here and canrsquot remember what I was going to do. We are on tour for this project and at first we thought there would be nothing to see but then we Bob looked under the surface and discovered that Colby has a museum that would http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Rexford/blog-439973.html I haven't given you a tour of Rexford's Shepherd's Staff project so I'm going to just post pictures this time... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Rexford/blog-438856.html The Shepherdrsquos StaffHey Dorothy wersquore in Kansas And itrsquos certainly different than any place wersquove visited so farhellip.but havenrsquot I said that at every place wersquove visited so far We only have three couples right now as the other two have medical situations which will delay them a week or two Glenn and Joyce are the leaders and we originally worked w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kansas/Rexford/blog-435241.html If itrsquos September we must be on the road Wersquore headed to Rexford Kansas by the way of Mt. Rushmore. We spent several days in Rapid City where we havenrsquot been since our girls were in junior high. Two things come to mind things have really changed in Rapid City and we must be getting old. Both of those thoughts are ok with meThe weather was windy and rainy is this the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/South-Dakota/Black-Hills-National-Forest/blog-433373.html What a great summer this has been for us and I hope you as well. The theme for it would have to be Friends and Family because we were fortunate enough to spend lots of time with both groups. We spent most of June visiting around and then had a wonderful family reunion and finally settled in Dickinson so Bob and Jean could begin destroying and rebuilding. During the time they were doing th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Dickinson/blog-433303.html Jeanrsquos House aka Antelope Creek Kennels Itrsquos the middle of July wersquore half way through summer and this is the first time Irsquove blogged since we left project itrsquos like starting a Christmas letterIrsquom wondering where to begin Since leaving Ohio wersquove visited all our kids theyrsquore all great and the grandkids are extragreat had a family reun http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Dakota/Dickinson/blog-418950.html Throughout the year I've taken pictures of water towers that I thought were interesting. Most of them got deleted but here are some of the others. I also began to take pictures of town signs and slogans Place where everyone is a friend Where the people are as welcoming as the scenery...etc. But it got to where we had to go back to get the picture because it wasn't predictable where th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-405058.html We are at the end of this project and like the end of all of them at this point it feels like it just rushed to this day. Wersquove been waiting and waiting for the day when wersquod get to go home and see the kids read grandkids and then all of a sudden itrsquos tomorrow and there are things that we didnrsquot get done or didnrsquot get to do yet. But the main thing is that to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Minnesota/Mankato/blog-404071.html Canaan Acres Christian CampThe men were scheduled to take up some of the carpet in the dining hall and lay tile but when we got here there was a leak in a water pipe between the rvs so they ended up digging down to the main pipe draining the water their water table is about a foot deep around here and then repairing replacing remodeling the system. And then filling in the hole. It turn http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Louisville/blog-398174.html Canaan Acres Christian CampWersquore in Ohio where itrsquos so green it nearly hurts your eyes Not all of the trees are leafed out yet which definitely raises issues with my sinuses but those that are have so many different shades of color. And there are so many trees blooming that even the locals donrsquot seem to know the names of all of them But first letrsquos talk about th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Ohio/Louisville/blog-397831.html Washington DC We stayed in a state park just in Marylanddonrsquot be misled thatrsquos only 35 minutes from DC People in Montana have farms that are bigger than the states on this side of the country You can drive through some states some from north to south and some from east to west in an afternoonWe drove into the city the first day. The train goes there and we intended to t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-395954.html