On The Road Again
Our life on the road finally began in earnest on September
10th, when we packed up the 5er, hitched up to the truck, strapped
in the motorcycle, and pulled out of our summer campground home in Randolph
Center, VT. (sorry Willie, not your version!)
Prior to that, we had a nice
afternoon on the 9th with Tim Jr., Katy, Lucy, and Abe, followed up
by dinner out, and then a farewell Creemee.
And then came the ugly crying (that I knew would happen). Sigh……….I want so very much to just preserve
this past summer in time and relive every moment with the kids. Since that’s not possible, there are dozens
of pictures and videos to revisit to bring all that back. And, we’ll have our video chats to keep in
touch weekly. Those will definitely help
fill that void.
We also found the perfect travelling mascot to take with us,
to take pictures of our various visits to tourist-y spots, and then send to the
littles. It’s a small (about a foot
long) red and gold dragon, tying into the marionette show we all saw on Labor
Day weekend. It had a big green dragon
as the protagonist, and its name was Wasabi.
Our little red dragon, who is quite friendly, is named Chipotle, and
he’s already had his first voyage. We
are currently in Lake George, NY, and took a luncheon cruise aboard the
steamship Lac du Saint Sacrement.
Chipotle accompanied us, and made quite an impression on our server at
lunch! Nothing like having a
conversation piece along for the cruise!
We’re packing up tomorrow to leave for a week in the
Poconos, and Cathi is going to hop a bus from Penn Station to visit us over the
weekend. It’s only a 90 minute ride, so
it kind of works out pretty well all around.
Louie is unable to join her due to work commitments, but we’ll get to
host the two of them again some time in December, when they fly down to Orlando
to visit us! Saying goodbye to Cathi on
Sunday won’t be nearly as difficult as the last two goodbyes were.
We’ve been working out our garage/multi-purpose room
arrangement slowly but surely, and we have a couple more tweaks to go. Obviously, the final tweak will be when we
get the 3-season door installed at the DRV factory, but it’s nice to be able to
work out an arrangement of our stuff in order to keep the room orderly, yet
functional. We ditched almost all of the
plastic drawers and tubs my sewing was stored in (just 1 small tub left ) in
favor of an inexpensive cube shelving system and fabric bins (thanks Christmas
Tree Shops!). Tim was able to utilize
the plastic drawers in the basement to store various small items he needs for
maintenance on the rig, as well as the other plastic tub, so nothing went to
waste! I even bought some cheery fabric
and made curtains for the windows in the garage, so it definitely brightened up
the space. Tension rods and Command
Hooks are an RVer’s best friend!
Once we’re parked for the winter, I plan on get back to
sewing on a regular basis. I’m going to
make the herbal neck pillows again, and hopefully can find a venue in which to
sell them. (I do need to be able to earn the money in order to buy more fabric,
after all! Haha!) I also have a few small quilting projects I’d
like to undertake, again, in order to try to sell. If I can figure out a way of
doing that (or, if someone has a suggestion for me), I’ll most definitely be
advertising it here in the future!
(shameless plug, I know!)
For now, I shall look forward to seeing new sights, sharing
our experiences, and hopefully hearing from friends and family to cheer us on.
Happy trails!
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