Plans changed and new update

Well the date for Richard's call-up changed and he reported to Virginia on June 15th. I am still at "home" finishing up the house, getting our daughter moved into her apartment and doing all the final stuff that you have to do when you are moving. Our storage unit is filling up fast. We already had to move into a larger unit to hold our stuff. Whatever is left has to fit in this unit.

This is my final week in Florida. And we are almost done. The house is up for sale, but with the slow market right now, we don't expect it to sell anytime soon.

And on top of all this, I have started college courses! I'm going through Western Governor's University to get my teacher certification. If you are interested in an alternative to a traditional college check them out at www.wgu.edu .

This could be the final post from sunny Florida.

Down to the wire!

I can't believe its been 4 months since I've posted to the blog. Time has flown by. Our departure has been delayed, we are still waiting on the official date and orders from the Army. They are estimating mid-June now.

Time has flown by. I resigned from my job in April. We have been busy going through all the "stuff" that has accumulated over the years. Had one successful yard sale in March and we are getting ready for another in a couple weeks.

We have about 2 weeks to get the rest of the work done, then its off to Georgia for Richard's parents 50th anniversary party. After that we will have about a week or so to finish up, get the house on the market and hopefully our daughter's apartment will come open in the next few weeks. Richard will head to Virginia when he gets work on his report date. I will head up after we get our daughter settled into her place.

Thats it for now...

Overwhelmed....its normal right?

I'm sure everyone who has been through the transition from stick house to fulltime RVing knows how we are feeling. We are at 14 weeks and counting. A house to sell, an apartment for daughter to find, 20+ years worth of "stuff' to go through. It seems since we have had to expedite our plans by several months, the stuff in the house just seems to have multiplied. Everywhere I look adds another "to do" to the list.

I know they say to take baby steps, one step at a time and all that....so why do I feel like we are getting farther and farther behind?

For all you fulltimers out there...its normal to feel totally overwhelmed right?

2007....Many changes for the year!

Happy 2007! We hope this year is all you want it to be!

Stay tuned for a new direction to the blog. We will soon be documenting our progress toward selling the house and living fulltime in our motorhome. We will not be traveling much in the motorhome for the first couple years as Richard will be working with the military in the DC area.
Our extended traveling will be coming after our stint with the military.

Stay tuned...........

Colorful drives

The past few days have been relaxing. We drove over to Cherokee, NC Tuesday. The drive over was beautiful. Wednesday we took it easy as the weather turned rainy. Thursday we drove over to Gatlinburg. As we drove through the Great Smoky Mtn. Park, the traffic slowed then stopped as there were 3 bears up in the trees along the side of the road. The bear in the photo below decided to climb down out of that tree and boy did alot of the folks start to scramble for their cars. :-)

After wandering around Gatlinburg we headed back to the campground as the temperatures were dropping fast. But before we left, we got a picture of us with some of the autumn decorations that are all over up here. They really go all out for the autumn season! Oh and by the way, 2 more bear cubs along the side of the road on the way back! Unfortunately, they ran into the woods before we could get their photo. Bear count so far: 10!

Cades Cove

Today was a beautiful day! Highs around 78, no humidity, a light breeze and barely a cloud in the sky. We packed a picnic lunch and headed to Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Cades Cove is a one way 11 mile road around and through an old mountain settlement. It's known for its wildlife and natural beauty. And this time of year for its fall colors.
We did not expect to see much wildlife as we went in the early afternoon when the animals are usually not visible. Boy did we get a surprise. Here are some photos of what we saw. A momma bear and baby cubs, a big black bear, some deer just off the road, and wild turkeys.

Tomorrow is supposed to be another beautiful day and we have heard that the fall colors are near peak up by Cherokee, NC. So we are heading that way tomorrow. Until then......here's a photo of the natural beauty of Cades Cove.

From Chaos to Calm

Our travel days to our destination of Townsend, Tennessee were pretty much uneventful. With one exception...Atlanta on Friday night at rush hour. Why do they call it rush hour? It took us over 2 hours to get around Atlanta. Here is the view from our front window going through Atlanta.

We stopped at a KOA north of Atlanta and got the last spot available. Boy did we luck out! And last night the temperature got down to 45 degrees! Brrrr...thats cold for us Florida folks. :-)
Today (Saturday) we are now settled into our campground for the week. Here are a couple views from our site.
We are on the edge of the property with a farm on one side. We are in a valley, so there is no cell phone service, but we can go about a mile into town and have cell coverage.

No plans yet for tomorrow. We are just relaxing and enjoying our time off. :-)

More later.