The Coachmen's Clubhouse - Picturesque!

The Coachmen's Clubhouse

PICTURESQUE! 04/19/2021

4/19/2021

Tom Westover (Westy)

Seattle Washington

Spring means "stopping to smell the roses" as an act of appreciation and recognizing the source of the goodness in our lives. It means taking time to recognize the daily moments that bring us joy. All of us have already lived past the "average lifespan" of men in America. Although into each life some "rain must fall", overall, we are all still hangin' in there.

As you all know, (since I already posted a pic) we moved into a new place last Fall and although the owner/builder had created terraces in the back, we never really knew what was planted in these terraces until now. Wow! I am not a big flora fan (like Dale) but I am really taking time to "smell the roses" although it appears there aren't any actual roses, there are many other examples of "rebirth". I am so impressed with the display, I decided to bore you all with another pic of this floral display that "keeps on giving" (more flowers). Not only that, I have also included a video of a brief (thankfully) walk around where I am communing with nature (the other literal meaning). Carpe Diem fellow Coachmen.

PICTURESQUE! 02/01/2021

2/1/2021

Sharon's Back Yard!
Jan 26, 2021

Just so you realize, Haydn has LONG legs.

So, what's happening in your neck of the woods?

Sharon

PICTURESQUE! 01/04/2021

1/4/2021

A New Year's Wish

I wish I had a boat, I wish I had a light plane, I wish I had a cabin in the woods.

By now our group has matured with, hopefully, the ability to realize some of those dreams.

In the meantime, the imperceptible movement of time may have changed "US". We may not realize that our dreams may no longer "FIT". This realization comes to us in many different ways.

Example - this football player had always dreamed of owning his own Lamborghini. At last he realized his dream using his signing bonus! (and lived happily ever after)?

Don't let THIS happen to you!

Thank you Dick Neuses for sending this video to us!

PICTURESQUE! 12/25/2020

12/25/2020

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS SHORT VIDEO TODAY

Bob Pilz Sustainable Safari.

PICTURESQUE! 08/03/2020

8/3/2020

Tom's Harley

I am not sure I want to follow your decision for my Harley. Certainly falling off a motorcycle is somewhat more serious than falling off a bicycle. However, I have also found a certain pleasure in just "having it there" (in the Man Cave) and even just dressing up in Harley regalia. I then can strut around "in costume" (in the privacy of the cave) for a while. Then I take it outside, start it up and let it rumble for a while. I may even sit on it. I must admit however, I am contemplating actually going for a ride.

Westy

PICTURESQUE! 07/27/2020

7/27/2020

Sharon's Trip back to "Spirit of the Rivers"

My Aunt, who lives in Manitowoc, celebrated her 96th birthday on Sunday, July 12th. My sons (Todd on the left and Christopher on the right) and I took a side-trip to see Skip's masterpiece.

Why didn't you take the photo from the front, you ask? The yahoos in the background showed up just as the camera, which was propped on a fence post, went off!

Sharon

PICTURESQUE! 07/20/2020

7/20/2020

red-headed woodpecker

I thought I’d share the photo of this stunning bird, taken in the Hoppa crabtree outside our window. These birds used to be more common in Manitowoc and it seems to me I drew several for classmates for assignmpeents in grade school and high school. They seem not to be so common in town these days so I was happy to see one in the yard. Their niche may be being taken over by the beautiful but poorly-named red-bellied woodpeckers in this area. the photo also illustrates the tripod system (leg, leg, stiff tail) woodpeckers use to so easily scale trees.

Skip

PICTURESQUE! 07/06/2020

7/6/2020

Dick and Marie know how to do it right! It's never too late to have fun!!!

MARIE'S NEW TOY!

This is how you stay young! Good job! And, well, now you've got me thinking!
Harv

PICTURESQUE! 06/29/2019

6/29/2020

My apologies to Tom and Ginny for not posting this trip in December 2019.
Well! We won't miss out! Here it is . . . a delightful Thanksgiving excursion to Vancouver in 2019.

THE WESTOVERS THANKSGIVING TRIP TO VANCOUVER

TOM & GINNY

We just returned from Vancouver for a quick trip during Thanksgiving. Over the years, we have traveled there by car and train but with the drive being more problematic due, it part, the increased boarder security and the train ride although scenic is just too long.

Enjoy the weather, stay warm and be careful out there.

Westy

A highlight of our brief visit was shopping for the "organic gemstone", Ammolite. https://www.gemsociety.org/article/ammolite-jewelry-gem-information/ On the enclosed picture, Ginny and I are standing in front of what is claimed to be (one of) the largest fossilized Ammonite (the animal from which the gem originates) in existence.

The picture from the seaplane is of Edmonds, Washington as we prepared for our approach to Seattle

Recently there has been seaplane service between the downtown areas of Seattle and Vancouver. It takes 45 minutes and you have what amounts to your own customs agent when you arrive.

PICTURESQUE! 10/28/2019

10/28/2019

Bob Kattner and Dale Sievert tour selected Western US National Parks
by Dale Sieverts

Bob and I were in Utah and AZ for seven days early in October. These Photos are of Bob and I hiking in The Narrows, where the Virgin River gets very narrow at the end of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park.

The photo below show the "Narrows" are really narrow. We walked in water up to two feet deep almost all the way.

These 3 photos were taken in Antelope Canyon near Page, AZ. Part of it cuts 65 feet underground and another part cuts through rock so the top is 100 feet above you.

Below left shows Bob drinking the last drop because of the barren surroundings in Kodachrome State Park in Utah. Below right shows me in the same park--behaving myself. I must say we had a fun time!