The Blog is Back!!

Here we are again - in our little house on wheels ready for the next adventure.  Tomorrow morning we head south to join the other snowbirds in Arizona for the winter.  It'll take us three driving days to get there and then we will spend the winter getting our Arizona RV site set up to enjoy for many winters to come.  

We've been working for about a week getting prepared for leaving but the last three days were the tough ones.  We packed up our clothes and other essentials on Thursday and loaded everything in the car.  Yesterday we retrieved the RV from the storage facility and parked it in the Sparks Marina RV park for last night and tonight.  We couldn't park until after noon, so we did chores around the house.  Once we got here,  we unloaded the car and put everything away as we brought it inside.  It was quite tiring.  It really is a lot of work.  We are talking about not putting stuff back in the house when we return and just buying duplicates of everything to save the work.  Hmmm.  Sure sounds like a good idea to us today!  

We slept at home last night and packed up more stuff this morning as we now had empty bags.  We got to the RV early, put things away, had lunch, and went home again for the refrigerator/freezer stuff, close the house up, and put the car in the garage on a trickle charger.   We were all done by four o'clock and sat down for a rest.  Miss Maggie was not getting far from us today.  

We had a nice visit from Mike and Erica and Erica's parents, Chuck and Tica late this afternoon. They all came over for about an hour to see us off.  It was very nice to see everyone and get hugs before we depart in the morning.   

The weather has been wonderful - it's been in the mid-70s in the afternoon.  Granted it's 40 degrees when we get up, but it warms up in the afternoon.  Lots of sunshine and no wind.  It's so different from our past departures that have been later in the year when we would fight the cold and wind.  Taking two days to get set up in nice weather relieved a lot of stress.  

Two weeks ago Roger spotted an ad in Trailer Life magazine for a new product for the RV - some steps with a handrail that are much more stable than the ones that are standard on the RV.  Since I often fall up or down stairs, we thought this new addition might prevent me from injuring myself.  We had them installed right away.  Maggie likes them, too, as they are not as steep, the stairs are closer to each other, and we added an optional hand rail.  It was much easier going in and out with our loads.  I have a feeling it's going to be worth every penny.



Tomorrow - I-80 to Fallon, NV, then US95 south to Beatty, NV and we will officially be "on the road again."