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I just received a text from my daughter Karen wondering if I was still kicking around. She has been checking my blog from time to time to see if anything new has been posted. I guess I should write an update to prove I\u2019m still here in the real world. When most of my days are filled with isolation, parked in the forest surrounding Flagstaff, watching the days go by from my RV, it takes some of the fun out of being retired.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My knee has been getting progressively worse. Hiking used to be one of my great loves and that is becoming harder and harder to do. I try to stay active as much as I physically can. I bought a metal detector, a hobby I had years ago , and that gets me outside and moving when it\u2019s not too hot. It seems like I can always find something to do to either fix or improve things on the RV. Just packing up and moving every two weeks is work to load and unload everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I make a trip into town at least once a week to buy supplies. I\u2019m careful to mask up every store I\u2019m in and I carry a small bottle of sanitizer in my pocket. I guess there is no 100% method for protection against this virus, but I\u2019m doing all I can short of living under a rock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daryl, Donna, and Richard & Dianna are all living in Phoenix suburbs of Tempe and Mesa. Donna lives in almost complete isolation so she stays clean to visit Brian, Carrie and the kids. Richard and Dianna bought a house in Mesa and they have been remodeling, reorganizing, improving and otherwise making it into their nest for the future. They took their trailer to Texas to use as a vacation home when they visit family there. Daryl has been busy helping Richard with project on their house and also helping his son, Derek and Derek\u2019s fianc\u00e9e move into a new house. Don still lives in LA, working from home during the pandemic. Don\u2019s wife Betty has been in and out of the hospital with some medical problems and we wish them well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s about it. Not sure what the future holds but have to hope for the best. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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