Santa Paws 2016

As you know, though my wife and I full time, we still hold down regular jobs which pretty much keeps us close to the Sacramento Area most weekends out of the month. This last weekend, I got to serve as 'Santa Paws' for a Rescue that my wife Carol and I have volunteered at for several years. We had lots of dogs, big and small come through to have pictures with Santa, including even posing with a very mellow cat! Glad to be able to do my part once in a while! :-)

On the electrical front, I found out, through a lot of input from a lot of people, that our problem with the water heater was some connections that had gotten warn over time. I replaced all of the connectors that I could gain access too and I am very happy to report that everything is working just fine now! Glad we didn't have to replace the entire water heater! :-)

Safe Travels!

Eric and Carol Anderson

Fighting a pesky electrical problem

So, we have had some periodic problems with the 110 Volt thermostat of our water heater failing. After replacing the thermostat several times. Each time, Eric was concerned about the discoloration of the connections for the 110 Volt thermostat. This time, when the thermostat failed, the plastic insulation of the connectors broke because it was so brittle.

After doing some investigation on the internet, Eric came to the conclusion that the connections were poor between the connector on the wire and the thermostat. Eric also found the same problem on the on-off switch for the 110 Volt portion of the water heater. You will notice the discoloration on one of the connectors on the switch.

Eric will now look into the best way to ensure that the connections are appropriately tight the next time he attaches them.

We will keep you posted!

Eric and Carol Anderon

We are back!

Well, it has been a couple years since we have been blogging and we have regained full control of our blog so we are back on the air! We got really involved in Dog Rescue for the last four years here in the Sacramento area, and the vast majority of our free time was spent microblogging to help dogs get adopted from a rescue by the name of Chako Pit Bull Rescue and Advocacy. After four years, Eric found that he was running behind on his honey do list around the motorhome and both Eric and Carol were suffering from some Compassion Fatigue so they needed to take a break from rescue. During our involvement with Chako however, we have met some wonderful friends who we will cherish for years to come. We have adopted out countless dogs, and also put together over 200 adoption videos of dogs that we and other Chako volunteers have worked tirelessly to find homes for.

In the last two years, Carol has been promoted from Personnel Selection Technician to Staff services Analyst and then most recently to Associate Government Personnel Analyst, all while she has been working for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection or Cal-Fire.

Eric was promoted to Senior Programmer Analyst at the California Department of Social Services and in September of 2016, Eric took a Lateral transfer to California Department of Corrections. Eric took the lateral because he wasn't able to come to an agreement with his management on the way his career was going. Eric is happy to report that he is very happy in his new position! :-)

We have been living comfortably full time in the Allegro Bus motorhome for  over 6 years now and we still live in the same park in Rancho Cordova California, just east of Sacramento.

Some of the projects that we have been working on around the house lately include:

• Updating the flooring in the living room.
• Updating the window blinds.
• Updating the kitchen and sink area back splashes.
• We've also been to a couple of east coast weddings as well, one of which allowed us to see the White House and a little bit of the Washington DC area as well

So, as you can see, we have been very busy. But, we still try to get out in our rig every month or so, so we are still loving the RVing life style!

We still have Charlie and Rosie to enjoy the vast majority of our adventures with. They are doing great and always a pleasure to have in our lives!

We promise to try to do a better job of keeping our blog updated in the months and years to come!

Safe Travels!

Eric and Carol Anderon

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A B 29 on the 70th anniversary of "D" day

Starting Thursday, June 5th 2014, the Commemorative Air Force had the lone remaining air worthy B 29 as well as a T6 Trainer on display as well as a number of other World War II Air Craft on display at Mather field. On Friday the 6th of June, on the 70th anniversary of "D" day, I was fortunate to visit this wonderful display of air craft from the past. Check out this little video I put together on this display!




As you know, Carol and I are always happy to be able to check out any history about "The Greatest Generation". When we are able to travel the country upon our retirement, we are going to want to check out many museums, including traveling ones such as this.

Happy Camping! - Eric and Carol -

Bye Lily

It is with great sadness that we report that we lost a very special member of our family last night. At 10:20 PM last night, we had to put Lily "Pooshin" Anderson to rest. Lily has been part of our life for over 12 years now, and her spirit will be in our lives for some years to come, just as those who have been in our family before and proceeded her across the Rainbow Bridge.

Lily left us in the same city that she came to us basically, Sacramento. We purchased her from a breeder 12 years ago and she has experienced much of Carol's and my 16 years of life together. She has been through every home with us together and always been an extremely important member of our family. We've had other Boxers Hannah, and Tyson who have passed before her. All of them have been special in their own ways, each individuals with their little traits that make us laugh or make us cry and every one of them hold a very special place in our hearts. Lily was something special though. Most boxers don't live past the age of 8 or 9, but with the help of Dr's Port, Wong and McKai of the Sacramento veterinary referral center her in Sacramento, Lily beat the odds the last four years of her life.. Despite her 3" medical file that would give the impression that she had a very rough life, she always went through life with a twinkle in her eye and a wagging of that longer than average, but none the less docked, Boxer tail.

For myself, I will always remember how much she loves us. She was always happy to see us when we would come home, which for a dog, that is nothing un-usual. Lily's special something with me though was that she always wanted to clean my ears, sometimes after cleaning profusely, some un-desirable body part of her own. I've felt bad for her the last year or so, as she has lost weight, but we've known for sometime that something was going on with her. Because of her Severe heart disease, she has never been a surgical case but for over the last couple years, we've known that her digestive functions haven't been right. The type of food that seemed to agree best with her was canned dog food. She seemed to digest it alright, but between that and other things like maybe a tumor that was going on inside of her, we just couldn't put weight on her.

Over the last week or so, she has been fighting a bladder infection. Though her appetite seemed ok, she seemed to struggle lately to finish all of the food we put out for her. Last night when we put her down, she had gotten to a point where she couldn't breath and she couldn't find a position to lie down to get comfortable. Though her tail was still wagging, her eye's were telling us she was sad, and that it was time to go.

She leaves behind more love than anyone can imagine. And though a loss of a great loving dog like Lily is so very hard, her spirit will always be with all of us that had the honor to know her. Run free little "Pooshin Pup" run free! We love you and we always will! Tell Papa Calvin, Roxy, Hanna, Tyson and all of the rest, "We will see you on the other side!"

Love, Eric

Sandy's 70th Birthday

In late March we took the motorhome up to Gold Country Camp ground and joined Carols family in helping Sandy (Carol's sister) celebrate Sandy's 70th birthday. We joined a number of the family and friends for a less than impressive dinner at the St. George hotel. It was a nice evening, the food was ok, but the service was sad. Sandy thought that Friday evening was the extent of it.

What Sandy didn't realize was that there was a surprise birthday party planned for Sandy that would happen on Saturday afternoon! Check out the video of Sandy's surprise party below.



Also, we are joined by another family member in full timing. Carol's niece Brandee and her husband Kevin are full timing, with their three dogs. Their home base is at the Gold Country RV resort in Pine Grove, California!

There rig is a little more humble than ours, but for those of you that full time like we do, you know it is not the size of the rig that matters, but the amount of love that fills it!

Happy Camping! - Eric and Carol Anderson -

Out in the motorhome FINALLY!

Well, the winter usually leads to a reduction in our ability to get out in the motorhome, and this year is no different. The last time we were able to get out in the Motorhome, was in November when we went to Marq and Stephanie wedding. Just because we haven't been out in the motorhome, it doesn't mean that we haven't been enjoying our life in the motorhome and striving to make it better at all times. We absolutely have!

During the winter months we have relocated the TV in the living room area. We have also built an Ottoman to improve the enjoyment of our TV experience as well as improve storage in the motorhome. Also, we've replace the TV in the Bedroom of the motorhome. And, on top of all this, we are saving our selves 80 dollars a month by cancelling our Cable subscription. Once we bought our selves a DVR, we find we don't miss Cable at all!

This weekend, we joined Eric's sister Karen and her husband Mike in Red Bluff at one of our favorite RV parks, Durango RV Resort. In getting together with Karen and Mike, we all celebrated Mikes birthday! We bought him a new Digital TV antenna to improve the number of channels they would get over the air. Also, we bought our selves one as well to improve our signal as well by getting our selves a new antenna as well.

 

 

We so enjoy getting out in the Motorhome. Our next adventure is in Late March where we will go to join in the 70th birthday of Sandy Ealy who is Carol's sister. We will be visiting Amador county and Staying at Gold Country camp ground!

 

 

Happy Camping! - Eric and Carol Anderson -