Well we have begun our journey. We started off by traveling to southern Maine to spend some time with family and say our farewell's for the several months that we will be away. It is admittedly an adjustment to be staying one night here, and one night there. We don't end up setting up the whole of our living area because we know that it will all have to be taken down the following day. We are continuing to work out the logistics of life on the road. But we felt this would all be good practice for when we are actually out there doing it. Plus it gives us a chance to get the feel for what we need to be doing and the most efficient way to do it.
We are currently in Stafford Connecticut where we are visiting with friends and family. We will be here until Monday morning. We have the good fortune of having friends here who have let us park on their property for a few days. Unfortunately, they have to work on Saturday. They are both career soldiers in the U.S. Army and this was a drill weekend for them. We thank them not only for their hospitality in hosting us for a few days, but we also thank them for their selfless service to our country for so many years.
Some of you may wonder why we don’t tend to use the names of our friends and family that we visit, or why we don't share pictures of them. We may share that information as time goes on, but will only do so when we've specifically asked permission to share such details on social media. We feel that we have a responsibility to protect and respect the privacy of our friends and family. Not everyone feels comfortable with having personal information out there where just anyone can read it. Add to this the fact that some clever souls are able to get at location information in pictures, either for curiosity's sake or for more evil purposes - we want to do everything that we can to protect this information
So what we've learned so far in our journey.
It will always take you longer in an RV to reach your destination than you first anticipate.
The gas mileage is never as much as you had hoped it would be.
You CAN NOT back up while the car is on the tow dolly.
People do not want to be behind you when you are driving an RV.
We will continue to learn more and more as time goes on. We will also eventually post pictures of our adventures. That is more likely to start when we are visiting our Nation's National Parks and State Parks rather than when we boon docking on the lawns of our friends homes.
One important fact we have learned (this may pertain to only me however), I cannot sleep if the rig is parked with the rear lower than the front. Whenever we've done this I always wake up with severe acid reflux. So we have learned that if we can't be completely level, we need to have the rear of the rig higher up. I have also learned that it is much more difficult for me to write due to not having an "office" and that I really dislike the keyboard on laptops. But I think I may have found my work-around. I am using a Bluetooth keyboard that I bought to use with the Ipad I used to own. This seems to be working much better for me. The problem with the laptop keyboard is the mouse pad keeps getting in my way - although, as I typed that last sentence I found the control key to turn it off. Either way, its just one of those things that is an adjustment to this new lifestyle. I will adapt with time.
So we will remain in Connecticut for the next few days, then we move on down the road further south. Our grandchildren had it right a few days ago when they said we were "hibernating!" I really do have some smart Grandkids! We expect to arrive in Maryland on Monday September 29th. We are hoping to get a site at one of the National Parks there for our stay. Hopefully that will allow us to take some pictures for our next blog post. The visit in Maryland will be for about a week. I am excited to get so spend some time with my oldest son. We haven't seen him since last December and it will be great to spend some time with him.
Well… I suppose that concludes this post. Hey, how about that, this is probably the shortest post I've done yet! Not to worry I am sure as time goes on the posts will get longer again. I've never been accused of not having something to say! Until next time…
Soaring Eagle
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