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Year 4, Day 178, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/25/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Heading to New Orleans today for two cruises with the first cruise departing tomorrow. Love time traveling. Left 7:30am and in 25 minutes it was 6:45am. We are doing two cruises out of New Orleans. However, our ship is currently still inContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 178 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 1 of 16-night KY to New Orleans and 14-night Brilliance of the Seas Caribbean cruise. Heading to New Orleans for two cruises on Brilliance of the Seas, Ship is delayed, Taylor Swift in town”

Year 4, Day 177, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/24/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Hanging Kitchen cabinets and getting ready for another trip. Feet have to look nice for beach weather. New places to see. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Kohler Ready Latch toilet seat: https://amzn.to/3PpYd6G We always replace all the toilet seatsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 177 – Clifty Hill 2 – Hanging Kitchen cabinets and getting ready for another trip”

Year 4, Day 176, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/23/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Absentee voting for us today in Somerset, Kentucky. Never did that before, but we will be away on a cruise on election day. It was a paper two-sided ballot which you filled in the box totally for the person you were votingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 176 – Clifty Hill 2 – Absentee voting”

Year 4, Day 175, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/22/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – We have an oven and microwave that works. Get that plastic off – What should we cook first? Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Kohler Ready Latch toilet seat: https://amzn.to/3PpYd6G We always replace all the toilet seats in the bathroomsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 175 – Clifty Hill 2 – Wall oven and microwave up and up and running”

Year 4, Day 174, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 10/21/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Thank you Stringer Heating and Air Conditioning. We are up and running. HVAC inspector notified and should be heading our way this week for a final inspection. The new closet in the corner bedroom is getting put to use. It will beContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 174 – Clifty Hill 2 – HVAC up and running, Inspector called, Oompa Loompa”

Year 4, Day 173, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 10/20/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – We are getting more organized and back to some halfway normal living. Today is Sunday our funday. lol. After a quick breakfast out and a Lowe’s trip to pick up a closet rod. Oh, and Steve did stop and check out theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 173 – Clifty Hill 2 – Lowes and creating a closet”

Year 4, Day 172, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 10/19/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – My plants are loving me this morning. Thank you, Dolores, for the warm comfy night. Please say thank you to Steve for the wiring, Justin for all the assistance, Ron the electrical inspector for being so prompt with his inspection, and finallyContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 172 – Clifty Hill 2 – New AC company to release R_420A, reflecting on Nursing home visit, temporary ceiling fixtures, spackling kitchen”

Year 4, Day 171, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/18/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Houston we have lift off. The power is on. It is going to be so warm in our bed tonight. Met up with Reina at her job in Danville and we went to lunch. It is so nice having adult grandchildren. ThingsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 171 – Clifty Hill 2 – Power is hooked up, met Reina at work and went to lunch”

Year 4, Day 170, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/17/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Electrical work was finished in the morning. Then we had a lunch date. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Kohler Ready Latch toilet seat: https://amzn.to/3PpYd6G We always replace all the toilet seats in the bathrooms of all our houses withContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 170 – Clifty Hill 2 – Celebrating the electrical work being finished with a lunch date”

Year 4, Day 169, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/16/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – It is getting cold, so we needed to get this house buttoned up. Steve installed the two attic doors. Now the heat won’t flow up into the balcony and out the attic ridge vent. He also installed the master bedroom door. NightsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 169 – Clifty Hill 2 – Garage door openers attic doors, master bedroom door installed”

Year 4, Day 168, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/15/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – We saw the Comet C/2023A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (pronounced Choo-cheen-shahn). This comet is a rare, once-in-a-lifetime comet visible once every 80,000 years. The comet is also called C/2023 A3 and Comet A3. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Sea-Band Nausea relief AcupressureContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 168 – Clifty Hill 2 – Comet C/2023A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS”

Year 4, Day 167, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 10/14/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – We passed our electrical inspection. The electrical cut in notice for 60 days of temporary service was delivered to South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation. They would not give me a time frame to hook us up. A lot of their crewsContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 167 – Clifty Hill 2 – Electrical inspection completed for temporary power, cut in card delivered to electric company, HVAC condenser input valve cut too short called for help.”

Year 4, Day 166, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 10/13/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Today was a reset day of cleaning and getting organized. We reorganized furniture and set up our bedroom. The construction site is feeling more homey. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Sea-Band Nausea relief Acupressure bands: https://amzn.to/3ZXQCkC These are theContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 166 – Clifty Hill 2 – Cleaning, organizing, and master bedroom setup”

Year 4, Day 165, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 10/12/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – I visited Koral at Berea College today. This is her first year as a freshman there. Berea is a nice small upscale town and has the title of being the Arts and Crafts Capitol of Kentucky. The weather was a perfect 70Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 165 – Clifty Hill 2 – Koral, Berea college, and Bert’s SpeakCheezy”

Year 4, Day 164, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/11/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Garage is totally dry walled. We are so happy. Mornings are cold and we are needing to get the heat on. Fall is here. Justin is happy to move on to his other job commitments. We are so grateful for Justin’s assistanceContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 164 – Clifty Hill 2 – Garage drywall complete, Justin removes extra drywall”

Year 4, Day 163, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/10/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Electrical inspector is scheduled to come on Monday. Hopefully he will provide the cut in card for the electric company. Garage looks great. Lots of hard work being done by Steve and Justin. Just two more days to complete the garage andContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 163 – Clifty Hill 2 – Garage drywall continues”

Year 4, Day 162, “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/09/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Just another workday with Lowes shopping and my daily grocery store visit. Small refrigerator means daily trips. Look who was shopping with me. Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Sea-Band Nausea relief Acupressure bands: https://amzn.to/3ZXQCkC These are the best thingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 162 – Clifty Hill 2 – Shopping day”

Year 4, Day 161, “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/08/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Garage sheetrocking is getting done. Royal Caribbean is raising daily gratuity prices effective 11/01/2024. Still watching the tropics. Look at those two beauties, Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking. Sea-Band Nausea relief Acupressure bands: https://amzn.to/3ZXQCkC These are the best thingContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 161 – Clifty Hill 2 – Garage sheet rocking completed, Royal Caribbean raises gratuity prices”

Year 4, Day 160, “Living the Dream”. Monday, 10/07/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Steve built the chase around the ductwork in the garage and Justin insulated it. The drywall is up on half of the garage ceiling. Wiring is run for the garage door openers. We are trying to get our heat running before ourContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 160 – Clifty Hill 2 – Garage chase, insulation, drywall, and wiring”

Year 4, Day 159, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 10/06/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – We are on the quest to visit every state. Currently, we have been to 42 states. We still need to visit eight states: Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Indiana, Michigan, and Vermont. But for now, it is back to shopping atContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 159 – Clifty Hill 2 – Lowes and boxing in the garage hvac duct work”

Year 4, Day 158, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 10/05/2024. Day 25 of 25-night Alaska to Las Vegas. We arrived early enough at Chicago Union Station yesterday that I regretted not booking a flight home last night. But I was concerned about missing it. Robbie, our train car attendant, mentioned that the train is often delayedContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 158 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 25 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel, flight to Lexington, KY, car towing, and Jenga Christmas crafts”

Year 4, Day 157, “Living the Dream”. Friday, 10/04/2024. Day 24 of 25-night Alaska to Las Vegas. Yesterday in the late afternoon near Las Vegas, NM we passed by Beck & Bulow Ranch. This is a free-range Bison ranch. It was a surprise to see those massive beasts out in the field. There were onceContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 157 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 24 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Day 3 Amtrak Southwest Chief 4 Los Angeles to Chicago – departing train in Chicago, train 4 dining car video, and train 4 car 430 detailed video”

Year 4, Day 156 “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 10/03/2024. Day 23 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas. We boarded the Southwest Chief 4 at 4:30pm yesterday for our 43 hour trip. The Southwest Chief is a long-distance Amtrak route that connects Chicago with Los Angeles. Trains stop near the Grand Canyon and in Illinois, Iowa,Continue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 156 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 23 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Day 2 Amtrak Southwest Chief 4 Los Angeles to Chicago”

Year 4 Day 155 “Living the Dream”. Wednesday, 10/02/2024 Day 22 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and boarding Amtrak Southwest Chief 4 heading to Chicago Entering California at Primm, Nevada we had to pass through the California Agricultural Inspection Station – Mountain Pass. There was anContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 155 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 22 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and boarding Amtrak Southwest Chief 4 heading to Chicago”

Year 4, Day 154 “Living the Dream”. Tuesday, 10/01/2024. Day 21 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas. Day 4 of 4 nights Las Vegas, Nevada. Our original schedule had us driving to the Grand Canyon today, but it was like a 2.5 hour drive. We are driving back to Los Angeles tomorrow and did notContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 154 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 21 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Day 4 of 4-day Las Vegas – Bellagio Hotel and Casino”

Year 4, Day 153 “Living the Dream”. Monday, 9/30/2024. Day 20 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas. Day 3 of 4 nights Las Vegas. Casinos, casinos, casinos. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, more than 150 casinos operate with 15 or more slot machines. Some casinos offer table games as well. There are alsoContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 153 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 20 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Day 3 of 4-day Las Vegas – Sphere show, Venetian casino, Hilton Vacation Club Desert Retreat Las Vegas video tour”

Year 4, Day 152 “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 9/29/2024. Day 19 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas. Day 2 of 4 nights Las Vegas. Well actually today is Hoover Dam day for us. It was about a 45 minutes ride from our lodging to the Dam. After the security check we drove over the damContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 152 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 19 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Day 2 of 4-day Las Vegas visiting Hoover Dam”

Year 4, Day 151 “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 9/28/2024. Day 18 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas. Day 14 of 13-night Brilliance of the Seas cruise and Day 1 of 4 nights Las Vegas. While we traveled from Catalina Island to Los Angeles we ate dinner at Chops Grille. It was yummy yummy. We pulledContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 151 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 18 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Day 14 of 13-night Alaska and Los Angeles cruise – Departing In Los Angeles – Day 1 of 4 Las Vegas”

Year 4, Day 150 “Living the Dream”. Friday, 9/27/2024. Day 17 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas. Day 13 of 13-night Brilliance of the Seas cruise. It is our last cruise day. We are at Catalina Island, California today. This is a tender port. Catalina Island is a total of 76 square miles. 22 milesContinue reading “Living the Dream Year 4 Day 150 – Clifty Hill 2 – Day 17 of 25-day Alaska to Las Vegas – Day 13 of 13-night Alaska and Los Angeles cruise on Brilliance of the Seas – Catalina Island, California”