Hi everyone – We are on a Rocky Mountain High! Obviously, we have been very busy getting settled, and our correspondence has been spotty to say the least. However, I have been better at getting pictures we have taken on our Picasa site, which you can access by clicking on Campbell’s Photo Gallery on the top right corner of our home page. I’ve even put captions on all the pictures, so they kind of tell the story. Here is a picture of our beautiful little home as we drove our truck and fifth-wheel up to the curb on December 4, 2008. It was still snowing as I took the picture.

Funny thing is, we have only had one more day of snow since then! Almost all of the snow has melted from our yard, but there is still plenty around town where the snow stays in the shadows. Tell you one thing, though, Fort Collins is living up to it’s reputation of getting 280+ days of sunshine a year. It has been breathtakingly beautiful and sunny!! Just our kind of weather – cool to cold, with plenty of sun. We can get all bundled up for long walks with Annie, then come home to a nice warm kitchen. We can’t believe our luck to find a place like this.

So, even if I don’t keep up with the blog as often as I’d like, I do usually keep up with the photos, so help yourself to view them.
Happy New Year to all – and come visit some time soon!!!

Here we sit in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. One more night (in Raton, NM), and we will arrive at our little home in Fort Collins, Colorado! There is such a huge mixture of excitement and sorrow as we make this final leg of our trip. We will miss so much of being “on the road”. One of the big things is seeing stuff like this

Bill took this amazing picture of cloud formations just over our heads at our RV park. Being out in the wide open spaces also affords us clear shots like this

Bill got this one of the moon, Venus and Jupiter, which was plain to see with the naked eye last night in Benson, Arizona. This won’t happen again until 2052, when we will be long gone. We are so glad we were able to see it this time!

Our Thanksgiving was spent with Felicia’s husband Wes’s large extended family. We always enjoy seeing the Douwes family, and now we share our new grandson, Thatcher. Here are the happy Grammas (Oma and Nana) and the Grandpas (Opa and Bill).

It was so hard to leave Felicia and Thatcher. We had such a wonderful visit. I guess I just can’t put it into more words than that. Mamas and daughters just bond over babies, ya know? Here is my girl and me with the little man

And finallly, the new family:

I love this picture. It truly conveys how happy they are.

It might be a while until we get another post put up. Getting our rig emptied and our house put together could take quite a while. We will continue to take pictures and try to keep y’all up to date. Heather and the boys are waiting for us. Ethan, who turned 2 on Thanksgiving day, recently broke his leg, poor little guy. We’ll let you know what’s up with all of that, too.

Finally, we are thankful for all of you who read this blog and have told us how much you enjoy it. We will endeavor to keep it going in one form or another. Even if we don’t get anything written, we update our Campbell’s Photo Gallery pretty often. Just click at the top right corner of the home page to see what is new in picture form.

As we head into the holidays, we wish you peace and love.