Wonder where a few of the core member's gravitated to?

Hello Walter. We can't make Tucson anytime soon, but who knows where/when we can meet up again? Sold our truck and 5th when we moved to Huntington Beach Ca. Missed the rv life style so much we bought a used 32 ft mh. Spent 6 weeks traveling thru some western states in Sept and Oct.. After returning, decided that we could not spend long periods of time in 32ft mh. Looking to sell it and buy a larger one.

We still travel with cats. The funny thing about that Old Fella Rally is we were maybe the only couple with out a dog. We just love animals and have met most folks because of folks walking their dogs. Hope we can still meet up again. We still love the life style, just can't go back to full time again.

Love the photo's of your dogs.

MrsSoCalToolGuy wrote:
... We attended the first Old Fella Rally and met everyone there including Walter and Garland...

Barb

We had always hope to see you guys again at other Old Fella Rally's, but also realized that the distance for you was very large.

In a broad sense, we are going to be in your neck of the woods in about six weeks. Tucson, to be exact, "only" about 500 miles or so from Fountain Valley.:)

Don't know if I would be considered an "old timer" or not. I started reading the forum a long time ago and was reading it when Richard first found Old Fella. We attended the first Old Fella Rally and met everyone there including Walter and Garland.
We've traveled all over the US and parts of Canada full time and decided to come off the road 4 years ago.
These days, sad to say, I check in with old friends and family on Face Book a little too often..
I have to come back here once in a while to find out what's going on in the world of pets and rv'ers..

Barb

CA POPPY wrote:
Very, extremely cool, Deb! In which part of Florida is the condo? What are you going to drive back down there? Do you think you may retire there someday? It's so great that it's a dog friendly place. I hope you have room for all the friends and relatives that will want to visit!

LOL!! We figure our grandkids are getting to be the age to want to visit Disneyworld; so we're an hour from there in Rockledge. Our condo has a slice-of-a-view of the Intracoastal Waterway, and the complex has no dog restrictions, which we found very quickly is NOT the "norm". Our realtor gave us 37 listings to peruse, and probably 32 of those had size restrictions. Ben at 17 lbs was no problem; but Jimmy (a largish "miniature") weighs 35+. We hoped a few of the places that restricted dogs over 30 lbs might be swayed by Jimmy's warm and loving personality....LOL!... but we fell in love with the place we bought the moment we saw the lady walking the handsome GSD :-)

We won't retire there - our roots go too deep in Michigan. But we've decided that "Chasing Cranes" (we noticed that the Sandhill Cranes so prevalent in Michigan are all down there in the winter!) is a good thing to do...LOL!

We're almost back to Michigan - there's snow on the 5er's steps tonight in mid-Kentucky. When we go back to FL, it will be with my Caravan, filled to the roof with furniture, etc. And Jimmy and Ben, of course!

Very, extremely cool, Deb! In which part of Florida is the condo? What are you going to drive back down there? Do you think you may retire there someday? It's so great that it's a dog friendly place. I hope you have room for all the friends and relatives that will want to visit!

Deb and Ed M wrote:
So here's what we've been up to:

Decided to try a month of Snowbirding in the 5th wheel. Wandered around Florida, realizing that sometimes nice RV parks are still shy on good wifi and /or cable service. Not all are dog-friendly. Not all are big RV-friendly. Quaint towns are definitely NOT monster-truck friendly. Finally got fed up and bought a condo in a super-dog-friendly complex. Now are heading home to Michigan, so we can load up and bring stuff BACK to Florida (smack forehead).

Saw a lot of sunshine (rare in Michigan this time of year) and the dogs seemed to love it all. Haven't had much time to be chatty - but have kept all of you folks in our good thoughts!

Well now, all THAT sounds pretty interesting!:C

So here's what we've been up to:

Decided to try a month of Snowbirding in the 5th wheel. Wandered around Florida, realizing that sometimes nice RV parks are still shy on good wifi and /or cable service. Not all are dog-friendly. Not all are big RV-friendly. Quaint towns are definitely NOT monster-truck friendly. Finally got fed up and bought a condo in a super-dog-friendly complex. Now are heading home to Michigan, so we can load up and bring stuff BACK to Florida (smack forehead).

Saw a lot of sunshine (rare in Michigan this time of year) and the dogs seemed to love it all. Haven't had much time to be chatty - but have kept all of you folks in our good thoughts!

dturm wrote:
Re: Blue Buffalo

They also continue to advertise "Gluten Free" and "No Corn" as if it made a difference. In 37 years of practicing veterinary medicine I have never seen or heard of in the literature a gluten intolerant dog - they may be out there but talk about FAD. We've tried to address the misconceptions about corn - but that seems to be a never ending project.

Now if you can address these issues, you can officially be added to the core membership.

Doug, DVM (moderator - somewhere between core and lurker :B)

Another one is why people choose chicken over chicken meal as the first ingredient in kibble. Why select a kibble where the first ingredient is 70% water which will be cooked out?

Good Morning!

Yea but it's my story and I'm sticking to it. Unless the weather warms up to 80 degrees and I get a free week of vacation to go camping...in that case I abandon everything and hit the road...with my dog of course.