Trying to make my friend Dave a little jealous here. He has an amazing ability to chase away the clouds from his shoots.
The Tortoise and the Hairy
Once again we were able to slip away for a weekend under the stars. This trip however held a few more adventures then normal. At a nice recreation area just north of Detroit we decided that this would be a water weekend. Beach, sand, sun and fun were on the list. After a nice little... Continue Reading →
New Rig
That is Rig as in our truck not Rigg as is maiden name, haha. Our new tour is for Meijer Stores, a Midwestern supercenter type store. We travel to only Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and parts of Illinois. This is a very family oriented open to the public tour. I have posted our schedule on... Continue Reading →
Join Our Photography List
I've built a web site called “The Roving Van Gelders” on Shutterfly to share pictures with my friends and family. I'd like you to be a member of my site. Come check it out at http://therovingvangelders.shutterfly.com/. As a member, you can do the following on my site: View my siteAdd comments to my siteAdd content... Continue Reading →
It’s Listed
Well it is official, our house in on the market. Our wonderful Realtor Mike Kelcher has opened to doors for business. We have already had one showing. My hopes are not up but I know it will happen when it is supposed too. In the meantime, I will make another mortgage payment for a house... Continue Reading →
What’s in a Name
The nickname is always something that had fascinated me. Most of us have one or you have a single person who calls you one. Do you feel differently when referred to by your nickname? When I am called Betty I feel like a little girl, Ab is so comforting, Abs is my web name but... Continue Reading →
Out There
For a few years now blogging has been a huge outlet for me, I first started to find a tool to let our spread out families keep up with us. Like most bloggers it grew into something else, I now love ready my morning feeds on my blackberry to see what all of my blogger... Continue Reading →
Letting Go
We are saying goodbye to our house with some permanence. We have staged it for selling and in the process cut the ties to our old life and almost all of our possessions. This was our second time home to clear things out of closets and drawers, by the end I was numb. We got... Continue Reading →
Weekend in the Woods, Pt. 2
This being our first trip into the woods there were a few errors made, like forgetting fuel for the camp stove and bugspray. That only added the adventure, we had to cook over coals. It takes a little more work but honestly it was fun. That wasn't even a tiny part of the fun we... Continue Reading →
Weekend in the Woods, Pt. 1
Taking full advantage of all this downtime while we ramp us to start our new tour, we went camping. Now this was good ol' out in the wood Minnesota style camping but have no fear with was FULL of good times. Our lazy morning took us to a state park north of the Detroit Metro... Continue Reading →