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| Sure is good to be back with Leeton and Holden |
One year ago we were in Bobcaygeon celebrating with all the Loopers
and Canadians. We spent the
spring of 2016 babysitting the 2 greatest grandkids that God could allow, provisioning
the home of 30 years and reconnecting with lifetime family and friends. Everyone seems to be doing fine –Nick is happy
at Office Depot, Katie has decided to go to work since Holden will start in pre-kindergarten
and Leeton will be in first grade. Friends have welcomed us back into the
fold. Between the Barksdale's, O'Donnell's, the Gilliam’s and the Pilkinton’s, we are getting our boating fix. Soooo…what to do now? Sleeping until 8am has been pleasant and sitting
out on the back porch watching birds, deer, the news (politics is really crazy right now)
and having movie channels available in the evenings has been great but this is
what OLD people do all the time. We aren’t
there yet. The bug has bitten us and we enjoyed our traveling ways so much that we want to keep going.
The idea of seeing
America that is not serviced by rivers and oceans has never been discussed-- I
guess we had to get the Loop behind us. We had not even looked at RV web sites or
for that matter been on one. That said,
today we introduce the New Sunny Days adventure vehicle: a 2003, 38 ft. Holiday
Rambler RV. Much like Sunny Days, she
has a powerful diesel 330 Cummins engine, has been lightly used by her one and
only previous owner (10,000 miles) and if she fits in our driveway (we find out
Tuesday when we bring her home) will take us to landlocked destinations that we
have only read about. She will give Fitz continuous projects and take us to places not dreams of yet. The plan right now
is to spend winter in warmer climes (starting with Florida this year), take us
to a few sporting events (Bristol for the big UT vs Va. Tech game in September
for starters) and then trips to the north and west during the summer months. I cannot see us completely abandoning our
boating life but this will be a fun new adventure. I still start my day reading the AGLCA
newsletter and we have had our blog printed into a book so we reminisce. Now we make the next step.
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| Canada Day was awesome there last year--eventful here this year |
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| She is ready to travel! |
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| Since they don't seem to name RV's, I will call her our new Sunny Days-RV |
