Mrs. Okierover picked Hot Springs, Arkansas for a short vacation this summer. As you may recall last year’s vacation was a 3900 mile jaunt to Glacier National Park. This year we decided to do something closer to home. Hot Springs is just a six hour drive if you pick the scenic route. Surprisingly Diet Mountain[…]
Red path was the F4 May 20th tornado. Green was the F5 from May 3rd, 1999. Several of you have emailed to check on us. That really means a lot to us. Thank you. Me and all mine are safe.My oldest daughter (#1) went over to a friend of our’s home. They have a safe[…]
Happy Thanksgiving.As we all take a break from our hectic lives and give thanks on this Thanksgiving I thought I’d share some things I’m thankful for….…my loving wife MrsOkieRover.…my three healthy children, DietMtDrew, RovErica, Leci-bug.…my two healthy grand children. …a good job and a comfortable living.I am also thankful I am not…a Lucas Electrical Engineer,[…]
The announcer read his name…William Andrew Stephens. And on cue our family and friends yelled as loud as we could for my son had graduated high school. I remember the little boy Drew, as he is called, more than this six foot version standing over me now. I remember him wearing a path in the[…]
Before the bad weather was about to embrace us, my neighbor Larry asked me to schedule some time to look at his daughter’s Saturn. It was running rough and dying when you came to a stop light. Her 16th birthday was coming and they were giving her the Saturn so the plan was to put[…]
My half shaft arrived from Paul Grant yesterday. I also got a hit on my Discovery 2 rims from a chap in Colorado. I’m hoping he will pull the trigger on the rims. I’ve made him a good price and am willing to drive halfway to meet him to save on shipping. It’s insane what[…]
I know you have felt like this at least once when you were driving. This last weekend I was once again reminded that kids and luxury automobiles do not mix. Sunday was the Alameda Bowl II at our church. It is a “friendly” game of flag football between the staff of the church and the[…]
I managed to wrest the Range Rover from my dear daughter’s hands for some much needed care. I took the Classic down and got her a new exhaust. As you have read in previous posts, the catalytic converters were gone. They needed replacing in the worst sort of way. Also recently the right side exhaust[…]
So a year and a half ago I bought a poly-bush kit for the Classic. I thought, “I’ll just go up to JagGuy’s shop and throw these on and be done with it.” I found out this is an eight hour job and mostly not much fun. So I’m looking for a shop that will[…]
May 17th, 2004A Big PauseWell ROVErica has had a great month. She competed and won a position on the LongfellowMiddle School Cheer Team for next year. We are very happy about this as her grades have gotten better too. But with this honor my money has been leaving the house at an unpresidented rate. So[…]