Friday, February 11, 2011
The Phoenix Desert
In the Phoenix desert near our grand kids school. We were waiting for them to get out for the day. We decided to take a small hike up the hill. It was really beautiful. 
Monday, February 7, 2011
On the Road Officially
As of Friday Feb 4th, Lorraine's 44th birthday, we are officially on the road. The last days of the marathon were a little tough but we had some great helpers. Suzanne our neighbor helped get stuff in the coach the first day and Pattie helped for two days straight get all the odds and ends done. Thank You to Pattie just seems to small a word for all she did.
The first night we dry camped in a parking lot in Torrance waiting for the RV Service people to open on Saturday to help us understand some things about our new ride. We then had to drive our storage truck to Lancaster to store it for a month or so at a friends until we take it to Idaho. Mike is another invaluable friend for letting us put it there.
Saturday we finally got out of town in the evening on our way east to Phoenix. Riding in the coach is like being in my living room riding down the road. I have a leather recliner which I could sleep in. The coach is rock solid and moves like a dream. We stopped in Desert Center and dry camped again in an old abandoned gas station. Up again in the morning and heading to Phoenix we stopped in Quartzsite Arizona, for those of you who don't know this is a place that swells in population when the snow birds come in from other states. Lots of RV stuff and flea market type place.
Finally arrived in Phoenix around 3:30 p.m. and checked into our new digs, Desert Edge RV Park. Tom backed in the coach with the precision of a pilot landing on an aircraft carrier. I was impressed as were the old folks who came out and watched. We are surrounded by travel trailers on all sides so when this 45' bus shows up and made that turn to back in the locals came out.
Sitting in the coach now it's rather strange to know that we don't have a stick house to go home to. What I am sitting in now is it. Now comes the organizing and probably more down sizing.
I'll post some pictures soon.
The first night we dry camped in a parking lot in Torrance waiting for the RV Service people to open on Saturday to help us understand some things about our new ride. We then had to drive our storage truck to Lancaster to store it for a month or so at a friends until we take it to Idaho. Mike is another invaluable friend for letting us put it there.
Saturday we finally got out of town in the evening on our way east to Phoenix. Riding in the coach is like being in my living room riding down the road. I have a leather recliner which I could sleep in. The coach is rock solid and moves like a dream. We stopped in Desert Center and dry camped again in an old abandoned gas station. Up again in the morning and heading to Phoenix we stopped in Quartzsite Arizona, for those of you who don't know this is a place that swells in population when the snow birds come in from other states. Lots of RV stuff and flea market type place.
Finally arrived in Phoenix around 3:30 p.m. and checked into our new digs, Desert Edge RV Park. Tom backed in the coach with the precision of a pilot landing on an aircraft carrier. I was impressed as were the old folks who came out and watched. We are surrounded by travel trailers on all sides so when this 45' bus shows up and made that turn to back in the locals came out.
Sitting in the coach now it's rather strange to know that we don't have a stick house to go home to. What I am sitting in now is it. Now comes the organizing and probably more down sizing.
I'll post some pictures soon.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
8 days till close of escrow
Hopefully great pictures to come...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
So many things to consider
One big issue to consider when going on the road is the very thing to keep us connected. Internet....We have in motion satellite on the coach but service will be a little sketchy I am told. We will have certain number of down load and then we will be shut off until such time as our "bank account of down loads" gets replenished. I guess that means no more wondering aimlessly over the internet looking at silly news stories and insignificant information I don't really need to see any way, um like a blog spot....I hope not.
The changes keep coming the new lifestyle keeps us on our toes. Currently we are 19 days and counting. The truck is almost packed and we only have a bed, 2 TV's, our office furniture, a bed and the stuff going into the coach left. (Coach meaning Motorhome).
The changes keep coming the new lifestyle keeps us on our toes. Currently we are 19 days and counting. The truck is almost packed and we only have a bed, 2 TV's, our office furniture, a bed and the stuff going into the coach left. (Coach meaning Motorhome).
Saturday, January 15, 2011
The Reality
The house is emptying out and the reality is setting in that this will not be our home anymore. In 3 weeks we will officially be living our 45' coach. Who knows where we will be and where we will wake up. This has been our home for 16 years. We have molded it into the place where we thought we thought we would live many more years but plans change and life does throw you curves you don't see coming.
The reality of it is the economy and politics did play a role in our decision to change course and move from California to take our business on the road so to speak. Tom can do his business of insurance adjusting from anywhere. Now with doing disaster claims as well we will go where the disaster occurs. So it justs makes sense for us.
We hope to meet some great and help some great people along the way.
For now I must get back to packing and stuffing the rest of this 1900 square foot house into a storage truck and motor coach....
More to come
The reality of it is the economy and politics did play a role in our decision to change course and move from California to take our business on the road so to speak. Tom can do his business of insurance adjusting from anywhere. Now with doing disaster claims as well we will go where the disaster occurs. So it justs makes sense for us.
We hope to meet some great and help some great people along the way.
For now I must get back to packing and stuffing the rest of this 1900 square foot house into a storage truck and motor coach....
More to come
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