One more blog from Montana!

Jan 1 – 6, Tues – Sun ... The New Year finds us still in Great Falls, MT with Dixie’s mom and dad. New Year ’s Day was spent much like a lot of you may have spent it, that is, watching college football bowl games. On Thursday, we went to a pro (CBA) basketball game between the Great Falls Explorers and the Minot Electrics. The locals got beat badly. Good basketball though. Dixie has been working almost every day in her sister-in-laws medical billing business. That means a few extra $$ for the kitty. On Friday, we got word from a representative at Dometic (our refrigerator maker) that the needed and much anticipated part is en-route to Rockport, Tx where our motorhome is located. Yeah!! The plan is to fly back to Rockport on Tuesday and get in their face in an effort to speed this process up. We hope to be on the road to So. California by late next week, a 1,500 mile trip. Also on Friday Dixie's aunt and uncle and cousin & husband came to Great Falls. We all attended the high school basketball game. Dixie's cousin's son was playing for Butte and another's cousin's son played for Great Falls CMR. It was fun to watch! Saturday, we saw the movie “Charlie Wilson’s War”. It was mildly entertaining. Today, Sunday, Dixie and I, along with her dad, looked at several houses and condo’s both older homes and new construction—it was open house day. New is much better and we saw a couple we liked. It’s now a matter of making up our minds when we want to make an offer on one of them. Ideally, Great Falls would be a summer type home. In the winter we would head south to warmer climates. We’re still in the thinking phase!