Another thing I like about getting older is the relaxed yet critically important renewal of old friendships. Yesterday, I met one of my very best high school friends for lunch. We had recently reconnected through Facebook (reportedly most used by age 50+ females). In an afternoon, we caught up on 40 years! What joy!
He's Wayne and I'm Antoinette. Since July 2010 we've been traveling North America, living full-time in our motorhome (see it at page bottom) with two rescued dogs. Our adventures are chronicled as a virtual retirement and travel memoir. Click a tab below to see our camping history, get answers to full-time RV questions, see our travel map, our dogs, favorite places and things we've noticed along the way.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Friendship Revival
Another thing I like about getting older is the relaxed yet critically important renewal of old friendships. Yesterday, I met one of my very best high school friends for lunch. We had recently reconnected through Facebook (reportedly most used by age 50+ females). In an afternoon, we caught up on 40 years! What joy!
Friday, February 12, 2010
What To Do On A 3-Day Winter Weekend?
The Presidents Day Holiday is Monday and the dreaded snow is scheduled to return. Temperatures are hovering around freezing, on average and I am slowly losing my mind. In an effort to bolster optimism, Wayne and I have decided we'll take advantage of the bad weather to do the unthinkable over the holiday weekend: Income Tax Preparation. Gee Whiz. How long 'till spring?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Snow... Yet Again.
Never has winter been as depressing, cold and snowy as this one. At least it seems that way. Maybe it's because we're SO close to retirement and travel. Snow came last night, stopped, started, stopped and started again. The temperature is holding right about 32 degrees. The yard is spotty white.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Old CMA Guys
A friend of Wayne's from Columbia Military Academy, Terry O'Donnell, was hospitalized last week after a heart attack. On Saturday, several classmates got together for lunch and a visit with Terry. This is the unsavory group, left to right: Tom Colvert, Walker McGinnis, Dan Duke, Wayne and T-Bone Borum.
Passport Renewals
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
What's That? A Real Estate Trade?
Stranger things have happened I suppose. When I ran across an ad from someone looking to trade a Gulf Coast condo for a home, we were skeptical to say the least. But after much deliberation, we met the owner and there might be a trade in the making here. He came by to see the house last night and we're planning a ride to the coast. Maybe..
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
For Sale: 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid
Begin The Countdown!
I suppose it's being stuck at home with such awful weather that has prompted Wayne to set a tentative date to retire. He says he will be retired on his upcoming birthday in early August. Counting on my fingers, that would mean 6 more months! I'm thrilled to have a date upon which to look with eager anticipation. I'm going to call the July 31,2010 the Big Day!
The Big Snow
Last Friday the much anticipated snowstorm arrived and brought rain, sleet, snow and dreadfully cold temperatures. The Nashville RV Show, which had been scheduled for the weekend was moved to March. Thank goodness. We wouldn't have been able to go as the roads were virtually impassable. We ended up with about 3-1/2" accumulated.
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