Ready to roll

Ready to roll on our maiden voyage

Merry Christmas

Maiden Voyage

Yep today was our maiden voyage. We traveled about 130 miles from Alliance Coach to Sun-N-Fun RV Resort. Hooked up the Jeep and got it ready to tow, xfer case in N, xmission in P and key set to unlock the wheels. We stopped at the first rest area we came to on I75 south and checked that everything was ok. We continued on and took another stop about an hour later to get a drink and some groceries we had left in the Jeep. No issues on the highway or on the "surface" roads. It was easy navigating to our site and reviewed our back in plan. No problem backing into the site. One thing I will do next time is to change the angle on the mirrors so I can see Suzette easier to get her signals. Pictures are at the link in the side bar.

Kayak and Bike racks

Got a call from Wildwood Cyclery that our order was in. We went and picked it up and started the install of the rail grips for the kayak mounting. I went to the service area here at Alliance Coach and was directed to Charlie to get the mounting pipes cut. Did a fine job, de-burred and all. Once the rail grips and pipes were mounted we adjusted the loaders and loaded the kayaks. Once the kayaks were mounted we started on the Yakima spare tire bike rack. That went rather quickly and we mounted the bikes. Got everything stowed and we will be ready to roll tomorrow. Short trip to SNF.

Moved out of Camper

We have completed our move from our Arctic Fox 30U into our 2008 Holiday Rambler 40PDQ. All that is left is the mounts for our kayaks and bikes on our Jeep Liberty. Hopefully the parts we ordered will arrive tomorrow, 12/13. It is amazing how much stuff we had in that 32' travel trailer.

Endeavor

Ok, we are almost moved into our Endeavor 40PDQ. We just need to arrange a few things so we can travel. We purchased a Jeep Liberty as a tow car and had an SMI Break system installed. Real neat a lot more convenient that a Brake Buddy. More expensive too. We are now waiting for rack parts for the Jeep so we can carry our kayaks and bikes. They should be here by Thursday. Oh the pneumonia is clearing up and I almost have my voice back. Suzette is recovering well from her bronchitis. We should make Sun-N-Fun on Friday or Saturday.

Traveling

Well this pneumonia hacks! But I seem to be better.
Tomorrow we are off to alliance coach to look at the new to us, 2008 holiday rambler endeavor 40pdq. We are also buying a 2006 jeep liberty as a toad.

Soon to be on the road

Both of us have been sick. Suzette had bronchitis and I am suffering thru pneumonia. So we delayed our departure a few days.
We should be at Alliance Coach by Thursday where a new adventure begins.

LASP

A beautiful Thanksgiving Day. There 9 rigs in the campground. One is new to their travel trailer and I helped them with a problem and reviewed a few things with them. It is their first time at the park. We went out do dinner.

LASP

Yes we are still here. We will be leaving shortly for further south.

LASP

Well here we sit at Lake Anna State Park in Virginia camp hosting for the month of November. December 1 we leave for FL. It hasn't been as warm here as usual, down right cold. Today is one of our day's off and tonight we visit friends in Warrenton. Setting here has given us plenty of time to research our next RV purchase. Yep we are considering a 40'+- DP. Lots to think about. Looking into a Holiday Rambler 40SKQ. Look good but it might sell by the time we get to FL. MTF

Maine

Our last trip was to Maine. Kayaked lower saco river. Good ride with the tide.

Blogger app on smart phone

Just downloaded the app and want to check it out.

It's time again

Well it is time to update our blog after a long absence. What have we been doing?
Last year in Florida just sucked as far as weather. We did not do much kayaking. But did get in a few good days with our friends. We did spend a lot of days in the Glass studio taking classes and doing projects.

On our way back to Vermont we stopped in Huntsville Alabama to visit Ceila and Kathy and Rick. Then it was on to Lake Anna SP in Virginia to use one of our free camping weeks and visit friends. From there we went to Easton PA to a stained glass supplier and the Crayola factory. We also found a good German restaurant that was way off the beaten path.

The summer was busy with sailboat racing on Wednesday's, working around the house and having a new driveway put in.

In September Suzette had a full knee replacement and we followed that with a cruise in the Carib in November.

After James returned from Afghanistan we left for Florida.

My Bad

Yeah, I haven't been very good at updating this blog so here are a few lines to catch my readers up.

From Enfield we traveled to Point South and stayed at the KOA. They have Pizza and wings so we didn't bother cooking. As we were getting near the exit the traffic was rubber banding, 65 to 30 to 65 to 30 ... The locals blamed it on us snow birds.

From Point South we went to Just below Ocala where we camped in one of my previous bosses driveway's. We reconnected after about 20 years. It was a good visit and we really enjoyed their company.

It was a short trip to Sun-N-Fun and we got set up on our site, 1479, and were welcomed by the neighbors we had last year. Many thought we were not coming since we arrived about a month later than last year.

We have been keeping ourselves busy at the glass studio. The weather has been cold until the last couple of days.

Harrisburg to Enfield

Lickdale CG transient sites were full or nearly so yesterday. Several were leaving at 0530. We left at about 0800 and ran into some snow squalls along I81 in PA. We mostly had good weather along the way. The 18" of snow they had in Virginia was mostly gone. Just the plow rows along the edge of the roads remain.

Oh and for those traveling through Virginia tank up with diesel before you cross into NC where the price is about .25/gal higher than VA.

We are camped at the Enfield/Rocky Mount KOA. A nice place and far enough form the slab that you don't get the road noise.

On the road again

Well folks you will see a little more activity of the next several months as we are traveling again.

Currently we are at Lickdale CG just off I81 X90. Nice place to stop as you head up and down the road to get to somewhere else.

I misjudged our fuel usage, perhaps it is the Vermont winter blend, and put 31.?? in my 34 gallon tank. I had less than 300 miles on the clock. I usually get 12 mpg or better towing.

Stay tuned.

Shopping day

We spent the day shoping for various items. At Lowe's we picked up a 5' folding table to use as a sewing table until I have the place and time to make a sewing table with a recess for the sewing machine. We also bought 6 mini blinds for the 2 guest bedrooms among other things.

Our next stop was Modern Design where we purchased 2 stressless chairs. Next was Wal Mart and Home Depot. We bought 12' of shelving for the garage and some 16" braces for the installation and balusters to make a gate for the deck.

We back tracked to Camp Johnson to meet with the Family Assistance Center folks. We had a nice visit there and gathered some more information.

Finally we made a stop at Hannaford to fill the lauder.

We also ordered a kitchen table and chairs from Tempo Home Furnishings in Essex. There is about a 12 week delivery time so the order will be held until the end of December. We'll pick it up when we return from FL.

I installed more shelves as well as added additional wall 'C' straps to the shelves I installed earlier.

We're in

We moved into the house yesterday, Wedbesday, when they installed the solid surface counter tops. The one with the sink was estimated to weigh over 700 pounds.

Today the plumber installed the sink fixtures and hooked up the dishwasher.

We, Suzette really, unloaded boxes and got things orginized. I put up some curtain rods and mini blinds. I also remo0unted the cell phone amplifier antenna to get a more reliable signal so we can have this internet access as well as better cell access.

Tomorrow we have the final inspection by the bank and on Monday the gas cooktop will be installed.

More unpacking

Today we installed shelving in the basement storage room and an additional shelf in a spare bedroom. Suzette continued to unpack and organize the dining room as well as her knitting supplies.

I also installed some room darkening shades in the master bedroom.

First night in our new house

Last nite was t he first nite we stayed in our new house. The master bedroom is mostly together. There is one dresser that I am working on fixing the finish. The shellac had bubbled due to sun exposure and I am using denatured alcohol and 000 steel wool to restore the surface.

Suzette has been working on the dining room and living room.

Today we did some shopping for curtain rods and closet maid shelving for the storage room.

Wednesday is the big day, the counter top should be installed.

Tomorrow we will continue with the shelving and getting the rooms together.

No new pictures today.