In the Direction of Our Dreams: December 2011

On the Road Again – HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Saturday night December 31, 2011
Zooland Family Campground Site 16
Asheboro, North Carolina

Santa brought the Hullavator but
he didn’t install it. So one of his elves did
on the day AFTER Christmas.
How nice!

Always read the instructions first even if you are an elf.

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But now the Farm workamping job is over and
Winnona is off for more fun and adventure.

Just in time too…..temperatures are predicted to drop
to 13 and 14 degrees next week.

A parting shot from Greenfield Mountain Farm
as Winnona leaves the barnyard.

We came 215 miles today.
With only one stop at the North Carolina Welcome Center
where they were definitely all set up for the holiday.
Looked like someone’s multi treed living room.

Winnona is currently all set up at Zooland Famly Campground
outside of Asheboro North Carolina
where the Passport America rate is $14 for full hook ups
and all the sites are pull throughs.
Nice sites in the tall pines.
Perfect place for an overnight if you need to go
on I-71 or I-73 or US 220 S.

We’ll see how much New Year’s partying they do here.
As for us, we’ll be takin’ it easy and likely asleep
long before midnight.

Here’s a toast to my Darling Carrie who
gave me this bottle of Bailey’s for my birthday!
Happy New Year Sweetheart!

And Happy New Year to all of you too!!
Thank you SO much for following along with our adventures.
And for all the great comments that let me know you are out there
and not offended by all my hot air.
J

Off to South Carolina tomorrow.
See you there.

Christmas in the Country

Monday December 26, 2011

(I’m clearly behind with this Christmas Post
but at least I got it done in the right year. JMy excuse is too busy havin’ fun and getting
ready to move on down the road)

We must have been “good enough”
since Santa found his way
to our house.

Stockings were filled as they hung on the stair railings.
Santa learned a long time ago that the chimney goes to the woodstove
so we leave the door unlocked for him.

But first a little danish with hot chocolate for the sane
and the evil black sludge for the addicted. J

Fire in the woodstove to make it cozy and warm

Then the family portrait.
That little girl has gotten mighty tall.
She may have to be in the middle next time.

And on to the gifts….

Carrie loved her Duckie sleepware.
You’ll see her wearing it for most
of the rest of the day. :-)

(good choice Moby)

Big packages are always exciting!

Santa definitely knows what we need.

And what we want.

One of David’s presents was the gift of 3 hours of painting help each from Sherry and Carrie.
So after presents, we went outside in the
beautiful nearly 60 degree sunshine and got to work.

Remember the “before” picture from
The Day BEFORE Christmas?

Here we go to change all that.

Check out this progress. Final coat tomorrow.

After an hour and a half it was dinner time
and THEN time for the traditional Christmas movie.
Usually it’s the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol,
or the 1947 version of A Miracle on 34th Street
Or White Christmas 1954 or It’s a Wonderful Life 1946.

But this year, Santa brought us

Polar Express in THREE-D