I guess that I have gotten into the habit of providing a little statistical review the first of each year. I promise to make it brief.

First and foremost we are still traveling, and still having fun. We have been doing this for five and a half years now. This year we relocated 101 times and that is in line with previous two years. In 2005 we toured Canada all the way to Newfoundland and moved 169 times. Similarly in 2007 we moved 125 times on our trip to Alaska. In 2009 we drove 10,504 miles and that averages about 104 miles per move.

Besides the mileage on Arcturus, we also ride and walk a lot. We rode Path another 2086 miles, walked 236 miles and canoed 4.7 miles.

For the past three weeks we have been hanging out in Gilroy with our son’s family. For New Year’s Eve we attended a party with them at Allen V. ‘s home. Allen is the Scoutmaster for the grandsons’ scout troups. The feature dish for the feast was the Italian dish bagna caoda. The dish was a lot like a vegetable fondu. The pot contained a lethal mixture of olive oil, sardines and lots of garlic. It was delicious, but it was an eight Tums night.

Tomorrow we will be back on the road headed for southern California to Indeo for an RVer’s rally. We usually run into many of our RV friends at these rallys. Perhaps we will see some of you there.

I have been volunteering at the Wings of History Air Museum. Here are a couple photos of the wing spar for the Security Airster showing the bushings I have been turning on the lathe. The bushings help spread the stress where metal parts meet the spruce spars. You can check out other work I have done at the museum by clicking the “museums” tag in the Tag Cloud at the left side of the screen.

Good bye and Happy New Year from Gilroy California.

Gary and Judy