Jacqueline’s Jaunts

MEDFORD, OREGON We woke this morning to rain but not cold enough for it to snow. Had breakfast, if you can call Little Debbie’s breakfast, packed everything and we’re ready to go. We hit the button to pull the slide in and only half of the slide was moving. I hit the button to stop the slide. We both stood there with a terrified look on our faces. I pushed the button to see if it would slide out and again only one side moved…...!!*&$F#%?>*&<!!! Barry went outside to see if he could see anything. I heard him open one of the basement doors. A few seconds later I hear it shut and inside he came. By the look on his face, I knew we were in trouble. “We are so screwed (paraphrasing),” he said. The rod that pulls the slide in and out snapped! If we can’t get the slide to close, we are dead in the water. And it being Saturday, who was open. We talked about our options for a bit, had a shot of tequila, and I called the winery to inform them we are stuck. They were so understanding

03-04-22 Friday Corning, CA to Medford, OR Harvest Host Jeeps in Parking Lot: 2 Drive Time: Almost 4 hours Miles: 192.5 Arrived: 2:30 PM Didn’t sleep that well. My knee was hurting again. Weird dreams last night. Woke up to a blustery day and couldn't wait to get on the road. Barry turned on the heater when he got up and I stayed in bed until the coach warmed up. Our heater works great, and it only takes about ten minutes until the coach was warm. Hot coffee for Barry, hot tea for me, a banana for each and a few Little Debbie’s mini chocolate donuts (one of our vices). After our breakfast appetizers we had a bowl of cereal. I did dishes while Barry got a few other things ready to go. We headed to the gas station, filled up and hit the road to Medford, Oregon.  Our drive took us on I5 up through the Mt. Shasta area. I have not been this way since I was a kid. Our family use to camp at Lake Shasta every Labor Day weekend with cousins, aunts, and uncles on my mom’s side but that’s ano

03-03-22 Thursday Castro Valley, CA to Corning, CA Harvest Host Jeeps in Parking Lot: 1 (ours) Drive Time: 3 hours, 20 minutes  Miles: 172.1  Arrived: 2:30 PM CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA We woke this morning to a huge thunderclap from Mother Nature. Rattled the house. We laughed…of all the days to leave for our next long road trip, Mother Nature decides to just make it a little challenging. We have had clear weather for months. We finished packing a few things in the RV, taking care of plants, and yes, we are on the road again. This time for 21 days. I’m in my navigator seat and ready to roll.  We are heading to the north coast of Oregon, a few miles south of Lincoln City to an RV park on the beach called Sea and Sand RV Park. Amanda told us about the park months ago. We did some research and decided to book the trip. Ryan, Amanda and the kids will be joining us the end of next week for 3 days. Looking forward to seeing them. It’s been a while. We saw them last November when my brother B

JAUNTS Tuesday, we went to Modesto to visit Uncle Richard and his fiancé Laura. He had grandpa’s wooden plates grandpa brought back from Germany when he fought in World War II. My mom gave them to Uncle Richard at some point and now he was moving in with Laura, he was passing them onto me. I've only had photos of these and now I have the actual plates. My heart is happy!! Laura fixed us a great lunch and her daughter Linda and son-in-law Walt joined us. They wanted to meet us before the wedding in April. We had a great time and look forward to getting to know them.  Spent Friday and Saturday at our friends Ken & Jan Reynolds. We worked Friday afternoon on our trip to The Mighty Five Parks in Utah next year. This includes Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, and Zion National Park. We will be gone for over a month and it takes a bit of planning for a trip this long. We made great progress. For dinner Jan baked a

I have drawn a total blank on this week's theme. Sadly, I don't know how my parents met, or my grandparents. There are a few older relatives I need to question regarding this. I have many questions I need to find out. I just don't seem to have the time to get it all down on paper. I just keep plugging away.  Copyright © 2021 by Jacqueline Threet Henderson, Jacqueline's Jaunts. All rights reserved.

This is my second year working on this year-long weekly writing prompts provided by Amy Johnson Crow and posted on her Generations Cafe Facebook page. I will do my best to write something each week. I've missed the first 5 weeks of this and trying to get back into the swing of things.  I started working for Mervyn’s right out of high school in 1976 and worked for them for 16 years. In 1979 Mervyn’s was building 4 new stores in the Phoenix area and a group of us were promoted and transferred to Phoenix. I just turned 21 years old. All four stores’ management teams spent months interviewing, hiring, and training for all four stores.  I always kept in contact with my parents and baby brother Shawn when I was in Phoenix. Shawn was ten years old when I moved to Phoenix.  We were close and I missed him tremendously. I asked my parents if they would fly him out to visit with me for a weekend. My mom at first was very hesitant, after all it was her baby. I don’t remember if my dad or I or

This is my first year working on this year-long weekly writing prompts provided by Amy Johnson Crow and posted on her Generations Cafe Facebook page. I will do my best to write something each week.  I've missed the first 6 weeks of this. I have not written anything since December 27, 2021.  This excerpt is from a project I am working on about my grandfather and his World War II experience. It includes a few maps. I've only included where he was November 1944 to December 31, 1944.   26 November 1944 Station: Beggendorf, Germany This was three days after Thanksgiving. Grandpa was listed as a Private (Pvt) and was transferred into L Company 406th Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Division. At this time, he was stationed in Beggendorf, Germany.                                            1 D ecember 1944 Station: Linnich, Germany   His company left the Regimental Rest Area in Beggendorf, Germany at 12:15 p.m. Enroute they encountered bombing by German Messerschmidts but received no