Back on the road

We're back moving after a family setback.  My Dad died March 12th.  He was 94.  His heart just wore out.  Not unexpected, but you're never prepared when things like this happen.  

My Dad loved trains.  The family requested a military burial with honor guard, and the local unit came through with a very professional job despite terrible weather.  My Dad loved trains, so it was quite moving to hear the train whistles during and after Taps.

   

Nothing is really back to normal, but we're back on the road.  We moved to Stone Mountain State Park, Georgia today.  We're here to visit Donna's brother near Atlanta.  And as it always seems to happens, we're already dreading the weather we're going to have to travel through next week.

So that gets everyone up to date.  Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us.  David

On the Road, Again

 

Welcome to March and pollen.  We're back on the road, again.  We moved to Tallahassee, FL, yesterday, for a couple of nights before moving down to Mt Dora, FL, tomorrow.  We were able to get a short visit in with friends and walk around Piney Z Lake (pic above.)

We're back in friends & family visiting mode this month. Be in Fredericksburg area the first week of April. Hang out there before headed to Indiana for trailer repairs.  Gonna try to make a another visit to friends near Dayton, OH on the way up...if the trailer will cooperate. (It didn't last year.)

Still continuing our plans for the summer.  At the moment we plan to leave Kalispell, MT after July 4th.  Move east to Great Falls, MT.  We're having to work our way around Yellowstone NP, but plan to go south to Twin Falls, ID.  From there we head east through Utah to Flaming Gorge, then over to Lander, WY, and on to Laramie, WY.  Big gap there in planning after that until we arrive at Des Moines, ID for the Folks-On-Spokes rally mid-September.  That's the plan, anyway.

So you're up to date.  Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us.  David

February

 

February has arrived.  While the northeast is getting pounded by snow, we're just experience low temps below freezing.  We're doing well and are doing our winter routine of riding bikes or walking.

No additional plans made since our last post.  We'll do more of that later in the month.  I'm waiting to see what the Folks-on-Spokes, Gulf Shores plans are for their late summer rally.  After we hear those, we can make plans with priority on Labor Day weekend.

That's it for us.  Thanks for dropping in and checking up on us.  More to come as plans are to start moving in March.  David 

2022

Well, it's 2022 and we're still at Gulf State Park.  We're doing what we normally do - eat. sleep, bicycle ride and walk.  We're doing well.  And it's time to plan 2022.  No volunteering planned for 2022.  

Currently, we planning on our normal route & stops up to Fredericksburg, VA arriving sometime during the first week of April. After that, it's a trip up to Lagrange, IN via Dayton, OH (we hope) for trailer service followed by pointing the rig westward bound.  It's all just planning and can easily change.

So far we've got a week in Spearfish, SD; two weeks in Buffalo, WY (over Memorial Day); a week in Cody, WY; a week at Priest Lake (Idaho); and a week (over July 4th) at Kalispell, MT.  At least that's what we've made reservation deposits for so far.  Looking to go to Great Falls, MT after Kalispell.  After that...well, we don't know, yet.

So I hope everyone has had a great start to 2022. Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us. Post more when we know more. David

Back at Gulf State Park

We're back at the state park for the winter.  We had a good visit at Stone Mountain & Birmingham and arrived here on Sunday, Nov 28th.  Trailer and truck did fine - first for the trailer in quite a while.  

We've been out for walks. Donna has ridden with the Folks-On-Spokes group.  We're getting into the swing of things.  We're also in the same site for the entire time we're in the park.  Been awhile since we've done that.   Park isn't crowded, yet.  

As Donna's not a candidate for knee surgery, our plans for next year are up in the air.  We intend to play vice volunteer.  We're a little late to apply for volunteer positions for next year.  We haven't been to Utah, yet, so we may go there.  We'll be competing with all those other people out traveling on vacation and no place to put their RV.  It'll be interesting.  

That gets you up to date.  More later.  David

At Stone Mountain, GA

Stone Mountain State Park, GA

We extended our stay in Fredericksburg by about 9 days to complete all our doc appointments.  Normally our appointments are "one and done".  Not this time.  Go to one appointment, get two more. Dentist..Doctors...didn't matter. We were finally finished November 5th, but needed to "recovery" before leaving last Thursday (Veterans Day). We took a day to get down to High Point, NC for the weekend. We left High Point Monday and took a couple of days to get down to Stone Mountain to visit Donna's bother and sister-in-law.  So far, so good as we're building our "grip sheet" for next spring's trailer service.

As Donna isn't a candidate for knee surgery, next year's travel plans are "up-in-the-air".  Other than we know trailer service dates, nothing is planned.  It's a little late to try to find a summer volunteer position for next year, so it looks like we get to play.  A quick check of Fantasy Tours (RV Caravan) for next year didn't turn up anything that we really wanted to do, or their planned trips were trips we had already done on our own. There may be a train trip out there, but that needs to be looked into a little further. Lots of options to consider.  There's so much we haven't done.

Current plans are to move over to Birmingham Saturday and arrive in Gulf Shores November 28th.  As always, that's the plan.  Every time we stop with the trailer attached, I immediately look at the trailer to check & see if the slides are beginning to move out.  That's happened the last two years as we headed east/south.  If the slides move out, that's a major repair and puts us in hotels for weeks at a time. While in Indiana we had the bottom of the trailer removed and the hydraulic line positions checked to ensure things looked OK before leaving. We're keeping all our fingers crossed!

That gets you up to date with us. Thanks for dropping by and checking on us. We'll update once we're down at Gulf Shores.  Until next time, David

Greensboro Greenway, Jamestown, NC

November

Well, we're still in Fredericksburg.  We hope to complete our last doc appointment on Wednesday and leave on Friday.  It'll be a slow trip to Gulf Shores with stops in Greensboro, NC; Stone Mountain, GA; and Birmingham...if all goes well.

It's getting colder here in the 'Burg as the leaves are turning in full force.  As of this evening's weather report, we go below freezing overnight Tuesday night and Thursday night.  Time to add more water in the freshwater tank.  

With Donna no longer needing knee surgery next year, we're beginning to try to make plans for 2022.  Pretty much know the trip from Gulf Shores to Indiana.  Probably work on planning for the fall trip from Indiana to Gulf Shores tomorrow.  After that, we'll start on the that big blank in between.

So that pretty much gets you up to day with us.  Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us. Post more in a couple of weeks.  David