It was two years ago today that left our stick home behind and hit the road. We were so excited to start our HUGE Adventure. Here is our first post from the road -
Our HUGE Adventure Has Begun! When we started out, we planned on being on the road for six months and coming home for the winter. It turned out we were on the road for five months and we had to go home because Dad was sent to Jamaica. We were so disappointed, but then we found out that after Jamaica, Dad was being sent to Houston for three months. Since he was being sent someplace we could stay the winter, we decided to put our plan in high gear for selling the house and becoming full-time RVers. Mama had about a month to get rid of almost everything we owned and get our house ready to sell. It was crazy, but we got it all done. We were back on the road by the end of November and received a contract on our house just a few weeks later. In February, we traded in our motor home for one that was better equipped for the full-timer lifestyle. That in a nutshell is how we became full-timers.
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| Here I am waiting for our Huge Adventure to begin. That's are old house in the background. |
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| Scout is happy to be on the road. |
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| Our first night on the road. We were in Alabama. |
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| Our current home. |
In the past two years, we have been in 22 states. (Mama needs to update our map.) Lately, we have been visiting the same places. We hope that changes because we want to see new places.
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| Memorial Weekend 2013 - Us In Dallas |
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| June 2012 - The Woodlands, TX |
We are going to celebrate our two years on the road by going on a three week vacation! Yep, starting this Saturday, Dad is going to be off work for 23 days! We will be staying in four different campgrounds Our first stop will be to the Herbert Hoover's Presidential Library. The folks want to visit all the Presidential Libraries. Our vacation will then focus on RVing. The folks will tour RV assembly plants and surplus stores. Theys are then headed to RV Boot Camp where they will learn "everything" about RVs. It is 2.5 days of classes. Mama says the days will be long. I guess that is why they call it a boot camp. After the boot camp, the RV rally begins. Mama is excited about that because there are all sorts of classes that she can take. There are eight pages of classes. Some of the classes are RV related but others are craft, computer, etc. There will be vendors selling their goods. It is will be crazy with people, according to Mama. After all the RV stuff, we will head home to visit family and doctors. Scout and I have to see our vet to get our shots. BLAH! I am not looking forward to that, but it is necessary. After all our visiting, we will head back to this area for another month. If all goes well when we come back here, we are going to camp in a county park. It will be a different way of camping for us because we will not have full hook-ups. We will go into more details about that later, but Mama thinks she is ready to attempt it. It should make for some funny blog posts.
We have enjoyed our first two years on the road. We have learned a lot, but there is always more to learn. We have made some friends along the way and hope to make more! Cheers!
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| Celebrating 2 Years On The Road |
Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is A Retired Racer And A Full-Time RVer
Congratulations, Joey, and you too, Scout. Tell Mama that she probably knows 90 % of the subjects taught at boot camp, but that is good because she would get brain fatigue otherwise!
ReplyDeleteI like your pretty hats for the photo!
Jeff probably knows most of it. I doubt I do. LOL
DeleteTwo years? Wow!! You sure are well travelled hounds!!
ReplyDeleteWe hope to explore some new areas later this year. We have been in the same places since December.
DeleteCongrats on two years and many more to come! Enjoy your "working vacation"--and hope your non-full hookup experience is a positive one. There are many lovely state parks that have "big-rig" sites and water and electric at each site, and some include full hookup. Safe travels during this season of violent storms!
ReplyDeleteWe missed out on full hook-ups at the rally, so we will just have water and electric and 30 amp. We have been practicing using 30 amp and have made it just fine. We bought a tote to empty our tanks and they make them now where it is easy. We think the scooter will be able to haul it. It will be more work, of course, but we are getting tired of the private campgrounds, so we would like to get back to state parks. Not having full hook-ups at the rally has given us the incentive to try something different. If it turns out to be too much work, we will go back to private parks.
DeleteThat's great about trying new parks! Would you believe Texas has 20 state parks with full hookups? Not all of the 20 will handle "big rigs" but many will. And many other parks Texas state parks have water and electric. The Texas Parks website has a lot of great info. Of course too hot in summer, but great Fall, Winter and Spring. I've discovered that during the school year the parks are mostly empty Sunday afternoon through noon Friday. Then I spend weekends at a private commercial park on weekends. Joey and Scout will love many of the parks, and a lot of states have very dog-friendly trails.
DeleteWe are actually quite familiar with state park camping. However, it is difficult when they have a two week limit as many seem to have. It is just a pain to move. The place we may be going has a 30 day limit, so that works for us. :-)
DeleteHoly smokes. It sure doesn't seem that long. You guys make it sound so fun. I may give up my stick house and travel around too.
ReplyDeleteTime flies, doesn't it? We can't believe it has been that long either.
DeleteIs it really 2 years already? I remember when you were telling us you were setting off on your RV adventures. I have enjoyed all your posts so much Patty.
ReplyDeleteLynne x
Yesterday, we were re-reading our blog posts that talked about getting ready to go. It was fun to live that time again.
DeleteWow. Has it really been that long. ..
ReplyDeleteWell congrats to you all on your 2 year anniversary! We just got our new RV and hope to be doing the same one of these days. I really enjoy all your posts. Thank you so much for continuing to write them. Hugs and skritches to all. Sistertex and Mandy
Thank you! We haven't received many comments lately and while we know people read the blog, we really wondered if anyone cared. LOL
DeleteWe probably will not be blogging much in the next three weeks because we will be so busy, but will give a full report when we are back to our normal life. :-)
They seem to be enjoying the adventure! What a great life!
ReplyDeleteWow! That sounds really cool! Two years on the road discovering new places. I admire your bravery
ReplyDeleteHas it really been two years already? Wow! Time really flies! I hope you keep having a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't very wordless!
Bunny