We retired in 2005, sold our house, and bought a motor coach in which we have lived full-time ever since. The first couple years we hauled around a blue 22" kettle.
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Doreen with some sort of Mexican squash around her neck (honest!) in Puerto Vallarta, MX 2005
As you can imagine, the blue 22 got to be a bit unwieldy with this lifestyle so we bought a Q to take with us on the road. Here are a few pics of some of the fun cooks since then.
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This might have been the first cook in the new Q.
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Doreen and I made dinner for my folks (who were traveling with us then) to celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary.
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I had a hard time keeping the temperature hot enough to get the turkey done on a cold and windy Christmas Eve 2009 in Texas.
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Chestnuts roasting on an open Q, Christmas Eve 2011 in Tucson.
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Some sort of boneless turkey (?) this past Thanksgiving in Tucson.