Adventure 753: Home Sweet Home

Thanks to traveling mercies we made it home safely. Our adventure this winter started with 47 days in Tucson, AZ; 4 days in Bisbee, AZ; 10 days in Gila, NM; 1 day in Balmorhea, TX; 2 days in Luckenbach, TX; 1 day in Lufkin, TX; 1 day in Jackson, MS; 2 days in Montgomery, AL; 1 day in Cumming, GA; 1 day in Paducah, KY; 1 day in Rogersville, MO; 2 days in Hutchinson, KS; 6 days in Manhattan, KS; 1 day in North Platte, NE; 1 day in Rawlins, WY; 1 day in Brigham city, UT; 1 day in Filer, ID; 1 day in Ontario, OR.  84 days on the road. 7,754 miles added to the truck (Not all truck miles were pulling the trailer). We're happy we did it, and we talked of many highlights while driving our last leg today. Really, it's too many to count. We started RVing in 2014. We planned to be gone six months that first year. It was cut to five months because of the deaths of my sister, Sandra, and my cousin's wife, Nora. We changed our paradigm after the first year because we wanted (and our kids wanted) to be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. So in 2015 we started taking the truck and trailer South in the fall for storage until January when we would fly down and begin our winter adventure from the storage point. There were three: San Jose, CA; Las Vegas, Nevada, and Lake Havasu thanks to the largess of our buddies, Mike and Cathy Ellsworth. We didn't travel during the shutdown year of Covid, and we cut our trip short the year the covid panic hit in March of 2019. In addition, we enjoyed a few short summer trips as well. We've loved RVing. We didn't invent it, but we're grateful it's so easy, and our country is truly magnificent. But if any of you know anyone who wants a package deal, let me know. We're ending our run as RVers. I'm readying Frac for sale, and may even try to sell Fric and Frac and a turn key package deal. Who knows? What I do know is that next year we've rented a house in Tucson for the winter. Our thinking is that we'll make this transition while we're still young and fit enough to enjoy the process. Realistically, it won't be long before we'll be less interested in traveling during the winter. In the meantime, we're heading for the sun in early January. How can we beat a life this good, especially today.

Fric is back in his spot in front of the garage. I didn't get to Fric as far as cleaning goes today. But I'm retired. I'll get to it tomorrow.

I completely emptied Frac of our stuff. I think I made twenty trips back and forth. Tomorrow, I'll winterize and start the deep cleaning necessary to get the trailer ready for sale. It's simply the cycle of life. We're so grateful we're in a position to live life as we will. Thank you, Lord Jesus.