I'm Back....!

Started this blog back in August.  New home, new blog.  Seemed like a good idea.  And I think I wrote maybe 2 entries.  My brother Mike has been after me to pick this blog back up and start writing it again.  So, yes, I’m back, Brother!

So I made a big decision to buy a new RV.  Not just new to me, but new new.  This is where you swallow hard.  I took on some debt but I reasoned that this is my retirement home, not just an RV.  My first RV was called Horizon Seeker so it seemed like I needed to name the new home too.  Well, not too creative on this one.  It's a hybrid of the class C and class A made by Thor, so I call my new baby Thor.  I figure if I'm out in a bar one night and some guy tries to pick me up I can just say I have to get home to Thor.  Sounds like I'm headed home to some god-like muscular guy, doesn't it? 



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After 4 years of sleeping on the couch I finally have a bed, and a bedroom.  Plus a kitchen that I don't have to move out of to allow a guest access to the bathroom.  Storage is no longer a problem.  In fact, I even have room for a wine locker now.  Even though this new baby is only 5 feet longer than Seeker it feels huge.  No sense in me telling a lie – the transition hasn’t been as smooth as I thought it would be.  Where I knew all the little noises and oddities in Seeker, I am still learning my way around Thor.  Every day is a learning experience, some lessons easier to learn than others.  Overall though it is a lovely new home that I enjoy living in no matter where I am.  And where have I been since August you ask?

NEW MEXICO: After picking up Thor in Flagstaff and a short visit to the Petrified Forest I surprised my buddies back at Bosque del Apache when I returned in my new digs.  It felt good to be home again at the refuge with all the cranes and geese and ducks and other wildlife (staff included).  Had a great time there once again and hated to leave after the festival, but family back home was wanting me home for the holidays.

My trail across Texas

TEXAS:  It took me 5 days to get across the Lone Star State.  First 2 days were really windy and I was just getting used to how Thor drives so I moved along slowly.  Also stopped at Port Aransas, a little off the straight line home, to see the whooping cranes.  Finally got through Houston about midnight on the fifth day and drove into the first Louisiana rest stop I could find.  That was a long journey.  It only took me one more day to cut across to Natchez, Mississippi and an easy drive up the Trace giving me time to really get the feel for Thor. 



RV breakfast in Thor with Aiden

Gotta love Tennessee roadside attractions

TENNESSEE:  Finally got back into the state in time for a lovely week at Henry Horton State Park meeting up with some caching buddies I hadn’t seen in a while.  Eventually Thor and I found our way to Hohenwald and home.  The grandkids loved it of course and I had to make arrangements to let them each spend a night with me.  There were some things I needed to get done on Thor so I spent nearly 3 months bouncing back and forth between home and Nashville.  Well, there was that and then there was the weather.  For one whole week in February I was iced in in Hohenwald!  Then I ended up in Nashville buying a new car (well, not new new but new to me).  That’s right, my little orange Punkin finally wore out.  So now I have a Honda that is very easy to tow and easy on gas, both of which are high criteria for me. Finally, near the end of March, after being snowed in in Nashville for a week while waiting to get the tow base put on my new car, I got out of Tennessee.



Lucille cooked dinner in the rain

GEORGIA:  My first stop was to visit Lucille and the girls in LaGrange. 

Colton had fun at this cache in Newnan

Had a fabulous week visiting with Lucille and getting to know the family there.  The girls had to run errands in Jacksonville so I didn’t get to spend much time with them, but Lucille and I found lots to do.  The following week found me at Fort Yargo State Park in the town where my brother Mike lives.  We had some fun, or at least it was fun for me, adding some shelving in my cabinets and putting some things on the walls.  One day he brought his adorable granddaughter over and we chased her around the campground.  She is a handful.  By the end of the month I was on the move again.   Grabbed a month long gig as a camp host at the new Georgia state park on Lake Lanier.  It is beautiful here and I think I will like it even more when the rain stops.  I’m also still close to Mike so on my days off we get together.  But it is only for one month, so then I’m on the road again.  Where to?  Well, er, I can’t say just yet.  But I will, soon.  And I won’t take so long to post next time.