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Wedding Cake June 21, 1997 |
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Airplane-motorhome wedding cake which had predictive value! |
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Lake Cumberland, KY |
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For several years, we borrowed the Bluebird from Weber! Clara was a "grande dame" of motorhomes and a hit at every campground. |
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Dueling Drivers |
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Abby and Gretchen get their training in Clarabelle |
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Hello, Girls! |
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Clarabelle's front window |
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Bikers beware! |
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Pepe and CJ at Portage WI |
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Scary Husband at Amboy |
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That pink tutu has gone a long way! |
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Getting ready for "trick or treat" |
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Clara decked out with awnings |
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Papa and his girls |
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Clara and C3PO at Olson |
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"Toys R Us"
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Cathy's inspiration? |
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Wherever it came from, it finally led to our purchase of "Princess" in May 2003. |
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Princess - star-sun |
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Yellowstone, May, 2003 |
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Welcome aboard! |
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Gretchen welcomes you aboard Princess thru the Driver's door. |
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Snow, flowers and Yellowstone |
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We visited Yellowstone right after buying Princess in May 2003 - still mounds of snow, but warm enough in daytime for Pepe's flowers |
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Hello, Girls! |
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Princess' front window at Cody, WY |
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Campground at Milton, WI |
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Actually our first trip in the new Itasca Suncruiser - a quick "shakedown" trip before we launched for Yellowstone. |
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Pepe relaxing alongside Princess |
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at Milton WI |
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Cathy dressed for Sarah's wedding |
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in Austin, May 2005 |
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Pepe all dressed up |
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for Sarah Walsh wedding in Austin, 2005 |
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Bruce from Barrington |
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CJ and our salesperson from Barrington Motor Sales |
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Doc gets to visit Princess |
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Nicole's 2nd birthday at Gene and Margo's. |
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Aunt Penny and Uncle Ray |
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visit Princess at Genoa birthday party for Nicole |
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Littleton MA for Eileen Wright's wedding |
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Plymouth Mass. |
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Pepe, coffee, Toad and Princess |
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Entrance to Martha's Vineyard Campground |
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On the dock at Wood's Hole ready to cross... |
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Of course, it would have been nice to know we were going to a different port! |
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Bound for Martha's Vineyard |
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Abby and Gretchen |
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Comfy on their couch in their coach |
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On the road to Crossville, 2005 |
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Great Oudoors, Titusville Florida |
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We visited the Space Center while camped here |
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Chain of Lakes State Park |
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Shabonna |
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Labor Day Weekend, 2006, between storms |
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New Toy at Olson |
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'Toys R Us"
Version 2 |
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Kelly McGraw at Oshkosh 2005 |
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Rene, Allen and CJ at Oshkosh 2005 |
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Outdoor shower? |
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To preserve holding tank capacity at Oshkosh. Ask Rene and Allen all about it! |
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Floorplan of 33V Suncruiser |
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Spacious front room |
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for entertaining, reading, watching TV |
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Curbside amenities |
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All you need for campin' and eatin' |
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Libby wears a bra! |
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Libby's androgyny seems to be taking sides! We added Libby the "Toad" (most properly "Frog") in 2004 |
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Cathy, Samme, Katie and colorful Pepe relax |
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Family sign |
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all decked out for Halloween |
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Freaky Family! |
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At Amboy Halloween, 2004 |
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Amboy Halloween 2005 |
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Pepe and Margo are busy taking the pics |
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Halloween 2006 |
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Note the Sheriff and Hot Dog Lady |
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Stacked Quintells |
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Amboy 2005 |
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Janet Zack and Sheriff Moore |
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Pannycake meisters, Kyle and Nicole |
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special Halloween M&M's in every pannycake |
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Cathy's decorated golf cart and the Quintells |
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Cathy, Mickey, Linda & Janet |
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in dinette at Amboy for Halloween, 2005 |
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Kyle and Nicole at Milton |
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August 2006 - notice spiral flag on back of coach |
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Gerry and Marie |
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Samboree Friends |
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"On the road again" |
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returning home from Austin |
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Happy Birthday, Cathy! |
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It certainly took us a long time to finish that special birthday cake! |
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Labor of Love |
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The big girl takes a lot of work to keep clean and lookin' good. Cathy spends a spring weekend sprucing her up for the season - tires and wheels, too! |
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Not visible from below, but |
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Roof maintenance is very important for a long, trouble free life. Cathy cleans the roof, with Pepe as her landbound "go-fer." |
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States we've visited in Princess, 2003-2005 |
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Check with Pepe on "the rules" for Stick-on-States. Pennsylvania was added when we visited Hershey in Sept. |
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Princess in the driveway |
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View from above of Princess in our driveway. Altho we cannot park per permanently there, we do park for a night or two at a time to load and unload. |
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Cathy in her red golf cart |
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Yea, it was Cathy's idea, but Pepe drove it more - but that red cart sure looks good on her! |
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Pepe's Baby Q in front of golf cart |
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We finally decided to break down and get a new Weber Q grill - and couldn't be happier. |
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Princess' Twin! |
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Amazingly, when we were parked at the 2007 WIT rally, we wound up next to Princess' Twin - same year, model, color, size, floorplan. Even more amazing, the owners' name is Moore, from New York! |
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Cathy with Tim and Teresa from the Gardens |
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The Gardens is an RV village in Crossville TN where we expect to make our home someday. We visited the booth and met many friends from the community while at the FMCA convention in St. Paul MN in July, 2008 |
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Dreaming Big - on a Country Coach Veranda |
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FMCA convention, July 2008. Had to look, had to take a test drive, need money bad! |
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Cathy drives the Country Coach |
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during the FMCA rally in St. Paul, July, 2008. Uh-oh! |
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