MEANDERING MOOSE

     As many of you know, March 12 was our planned departure date.  Recall the famous Yiddish proverb "man plans and god laughs."  Yes we are still in CT helping Acacia & Adam.  However, before we decided to delay the trip, we had the rig 99% packed.  Now we have been living with A&A for the last 6 weeks wearing threadbare clothes (front, back, inside, & outside).  Also, all our toys are safely packed away in the rig.        Since I am not a happy "couch potato," we decided to use our free time doing household chores and visiting places in CT.  There are a lot of interesting places in CT that we never visited.  Our first stop was the Carousel Museum in Bristol.  This turned out to be a much more interesting experience than I expected.  Admission was inexpensive and included a private tour.   Nancy enjoying the indoor carousel      Next I decided to visi...

     We are now residents of Florida.  I retired on Friday, February 28 and, on Sunday March 2, Nancy and I flew to Florida to change our domicile.  The process was amazingly simple as it took approximately 1 hour to declare Florida as our new domicile, secure 2 Florida driver's licenses, obtain plates and registrations for our car and motor home, and register to vote.  We were able to do everything even though our car and motor home were still located in Connecticut.  We even have new Florida library cards which will allow us to read ebooks with our Kindles.  Our new address is in Green Cove Springs which is in Clay County about 45 minutes south of Jacksonville.      Above is a picture of our new home address.  You will note the 2 address numbers show "409" and "415" with a brick wall between the buildings.  Our address is "411" which must mean we now live in a brick wall about 1 foot wide.  I know most of you al...

Nancy's art studio has been completed and is operational! What looks like an ordinary, mild mannered closet and drawers secrectly disguises a master art studio. View toward the bedroom. View toward the kitchen. We left the original drawers in place, retained the original closet doors, added an oval overhang to expand the work surface, and added shelves and lighting to create the studio.  Also, there are several shelves behind the sitting area for more supplies and art debris.  Nancy happily at play. She can even watch TV if she needs a distraction or wants to tune me out. Now if I can just get Nancy to stop collecting rocks by the thousands maybe we can get a little better gas milage.  If you ever had the good fortune to watch "The Long, Long Trailer" with Lucy & Desi you will understand Nancy's rock collection issues.  At least Nancy has not yet resorted to hiding rocks in the oven.  Even more scary--Lucy and Nancy both hav...

     We had our first boondocking experience for 4 nights at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival.  Joining us were Pete, Candee, Carol, Paul, Krista and Krista's charming friend Kelly.  Also, Bryce, Acacia and Adam joined us making it really special for Nancy and me.  It turned out that Bryce is a talented singer/songwriter and created "The Acacia Song."  (Lyric's available upon request.)  Even better, we never had to send Bryce or Acacia to their rooms or give them a time-out!  We had a wonderful time with no rain, although it was a little hot.  Fortunately, our generator and both our air conditioning units worked to perfection. Acacia & Adam Bryce making a friend Thank you to Carol for the pictures.      The music was fantastic.  We really enjoyed The Duhks, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Infamous Stringdusters and The Steeldrivers.  Although the music was great, the 2 a.m. bedtime was challenging...

     We finally got out for our first adventure.  Yay!  We went to Ace's High Campground in East Lyme, CT and had a beautiful site.  The campground presented a great opportunity to experience the rig using full hook-ups: water, cable TV, 50 amp electric and, yuck, the sewer hook-up.       On Friday night we were joined by good friends Mary, Todd, Liz and Gordon for our first RV party!  It was a special night and we were glad to share it with such great company.      On Saturday after having breakfast with my brother Bill and his wife, Joyce, we had Bryce join us for the rest of the day.  Bryce immediately claimed the couch for herself and curled up.  Then Bryce whipped Nancy in a cut-throat game of Mille Bornes.      The rig was a joy.  The 2 air conditioners kept the 90+ degree temperatures at bay and I had the opportunity to learn all the systems.  I spent a good part of Satu...

     Our new home finally arrived.  Yay!  Now if we can sell our old home we can get on the road.      It is a Holiday Rambler Vacationer 34 SBD.  It is 34' long and has 2 slide-outs.  It takes regular gas and should guzzle 6-8 miles per gallon.  However, it can go from 0 to 60 in about 5 minutes.  I guess I won't be peeling out and popping anymore wheelies.  Some cool features are a queen size bed, a couch with a full size hide-a-bed, 2 AC's, dual pane windows, a 5.5k generator, HDMI wiring, and rear and side cameras.  Here are some pictures: Living Room & Dinette Kitchen Bedroom Cockpit Future Art Studio           We will convert a closet (the area behind the 1st 3 closet doors) into Nancy's art studio.  The closet is in the hall, so it won't interfere with normal activities and will still be separated from the bedroom by a solid door.    ...

Hi everybody!  This is our 1st post.  We have never participated in any form of social media and are really confused.  This post is about our journey into full-time RVing to keep our family and friends informed.  We are currently trying to sell our house and get our finances in order to get on the road.  Our new Holiday Rambler Vacationer 34 SBD is scheduled for delivery  in the next week or 2.  Hopefully, we will be able to get on the road in the next 4-12 months.