It's odd. This blog is the closest thing I've kept to a journal since I was a kid and kept a diary. I decided to write this now to save insights and thoughts I have about life so that I could look back in a year and see if things had changed.

My camper was safe and sound when I got back out to the lake. The only things I really missed from staying at mom's is the dsl and the bathroom. I really miss having a bathroom. I would like to be able to afford a camper with a bathroom.

I am working right now on a generator. I am basing it loosely on the Wood 103 on the otherpower.com pages. I am going to hook it up to a bicycle so I can peddle up some charge to my battery bank. I figure I can use the exercise and the electricity. I have to get things ready to leave the area by November 5th at the latest. The campground I am at now closes October 15th and I don't know of another one in the area that has electric and is reasonable and open all year. I did get a Golden Access Passport so I can stay at federal campgrounds for half price, but there's none near here open year round with electricity. But I do need a cheap place to camp till I take off. I'll figure it out I guess

I have been working on planning a trip to Chicago. Me, Nina and my other daughter Blair are wanting to go to the Field Museum to see the King Tut exhibit. It's the biggest exhibit of Tut's things ever to be outside of Egypt. I have always been nuts about Egyptian stuff and my daughters love it too. My dad is going to help fund our trip. I'll try to get some spiffy pics to post.