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#278 Nomad Diary. 14-20 February 2026. Saturday Games with Sons. Final Week of Athens, Alabama 6 Weeks Stay. Driving Day to Kingsport, Tennessee to Visit with Darrell's Brother, Glenn and Wife, Phoebe.

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  Sunrise View at the Back of Our Athens, Alabama Airbnb On Phone Call with Grandson, Quinn, Son, Jeremy, Daughter-in-law, Andrea in Brazil Saturday Game Party with 3 of Our Sons, Samuel, Wesley and Eric at Our Athens Airbnb Saturday. 14. Today was our more difficult 40 minute morning exercise routine. I’m glad to be able to do a morning exercise together. About every 3 days Darrell makes a new batch of pancakes. I shred the apple for his batter. We have gotten into a ‘rut’ that we both agree is exactly what we enjoy and want with eating these pancakes every day. After breakfast I put black beans in the instapot with a slightly different mix of add-ins. I recorded my new recipe for consistency. I usually make a pound of black beans about once a week. Sometimes we go through them a little faster. Today for lunch we added some measured lean ground beef that I had precooked and spiced into our bowls. Right after noon, Samuel and Wes, two of our sons, came to play games for the aftern...
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#276-277 Nomad Diary. 31 January-13 February 2026. Road Trip to Indianapolis with Laura. Living at an Airbnb House Near Athens, Alabama. Visiting Grandkids, Our Sons, and Church Friends. Darrell Gets Unexpected Dental Crowns.

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  At Sister, Annette's House. Friend, Laura and Me. My Indiana Road Trip Packing Sunday Morning at Alabama-Tennessee Border. My Sister, Linda and Very Good Friend, Laura. Visiting in Noblesville, Indiana. Visiting in Westfield, Indiana at Dinner. Annette, Laura, Linda and Me. Saturday. 31. Time together. Packing for my road trip with Laura tomorrow. Sunday-Tuesday. 1-3. At 7:30 am, Darrell and I drove up to Manchester, Tennessee to attend worship at church there with my girlfriend, Laura. Laura and I had planned a road trip to north Indianapolis. This was the day for us to drive up there. Right after our time in church, about noon, I told Darrell goodbye. I loaded my backpack into Laura’s car and we took off with her driving. On our way, we stopped at Hardees and picked up our quick lunches to take with us. We discussed our drive, our schedule and that I could and would take my turn driving during this 6 hour trip going north. We enjoyed chatting and getting all of our informatio...
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#275 Nomad Diary. 24-30 January 2026. Week 4 of 6 at Athens, Alabama Airbnb. Weekend 'Major' US Winter Storm. Our Travel Plan Calendar Through September. Where Are You Going Next?

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  On a Video Call with Son, Jeremy and Grandson, Quinn in Brasilia, Brazil Saturday. 24. Woke up as usual today and looked to see if there was a major winter storm out there. Nope. There is a very light dusting of snow. It’s mostly visible on the corners of the roofs. Later in the day there was a small bit of precipitation. Darrell called his Mom. She’s 91, lives near Dallas, and is doing pretty well living with her daughter, Cyndy, and Cyndy’s daughter, Kylie. Jeremy called us just after we finished our morning exercises. I had forgotten it was Saturday. They are getting their household goods packed up on Monday. That’s 3 weeks before they leave Brazil. They had to go with an earlier pack out date because in 2 weeks it will be Carnival. No one will be working. They are fine with living out of their suitcases until they leave. For now, they will mostly eat out, which is a pleasure there! They also have a bunch of going away parties and memory book signatures for Quinn. I made a pi...
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#274 Nomad Diary. 17-23 January 2026. Week 3 of 6 at Athens Airbnb. Grandkids. Travel Planning. Housekeeping, Again! Connecting with Friends.

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A Beautiful Sunset Seen from Our Front Porch.   Saturday. 17. We both continue to wake up at about 5am or before, but wait quietly until after 5 to get up. Did our stand up routine for exercise. We ate our regular breakfast of apple pancakes and pork tenderloin with all of the sides. Today was the end of our prepared pancakes and pork. During breakfast we discussed a particular airbnb near Denali that I found yesterday. Darrell approved it, so after breakfast, I requested that airbnb for our week near Denali National Park in June. We are meeting up with Wes, our second son, for lunch at Veda Indian Restaurant in Huntsville. I have some shopping to do at Hobby Lobby and a sporting goods store too. We have packages from Amazon at Eric’s house.  Sunday. 18. I woke up around 5am. I was in my bathroom getting my teeth brushed and felt all of the sudden sick. I had to sit down on the floor. I was there for about 15-20 minutes. I wasn’t sure if I needed to throw up or not. I had so...
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