12 days until we are on the road and Barb has only 10 days left at work! Although she has been waiting for this day for years, it has not sunk in. She feels like she is just going on vacation and has to go back in a few weeks.
Continuing to get ready, we spent the weekend packing everything we would not need it in the next two weeks. Most of our clothing is in totes, we emptied all the cupboards in the kitchen and have more loads to go to Goodwill. We know we still have too much but we will continue to whittle away while on the road. We have about 10 totes that we will drop off in Salt Lake with our children on the way to AM Solar for our March 17th appointment. Then it is back to Salt Lake the end of March as our daughter is due the first week or April.
The weather certainly is not cooperating here in Wisconsin ....we were teased with high 30's last Wednesday and Thursday only to receive 10" of snow Thursday night and an extended forecast showing highs in the teens and lows below zero.
Hopefully the next 12 days will go quickly and we have no more snow so we can get our rig out on the 9th!
DebbieM said
11:45 PM Feb 23, 2014
Congrats! I hope all goes well and you get to see that new grandbaby and head out for future fun!
Talensnana said
11:48 PM Feb 23, 2014
What an exciting new stage. Our last trip was the first one I had taken with "no deadlines", as I was no longer working. It took a few days, but when it sunk in, it was bliss. Enjoy and congrats on the Grandbaby. Love those Grandkids.
el Rojo and Pam said
07:43 AM Feb 24, 2014
Congrats Jim and Barb. I hope the weather will give you a break for your get-a-way! Maybe we can meet up this summer and hit a trout stream.
-- Edited by el Rojo on Monday 24th of February 2014 07:45:05 AM
-- Edited by el Rojo on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 08:25:22 AM
Dog Folks said
12:01 PM Feb 24, 2014
Congratulations and welcome to the freedom of the road.
Feeling like it is a long vacation is very common. Somewhere around a year the feeling will change.
You will slow down, spend less money and enjoy the journey much more.
The Hensons said
08:03 AM Feb 25, 2014
Dog Folks wrote:
Congratulations and welcome to the freedom of the road.
Feeling like it is a long vacation is very common. Somewhere around a year the feeling will change.
You will slow down, spend less money and enjoy the journey much more.
Ditto this! Although it took almost two years for us.
Bob and Lindy said
06:00 PM Feb 25, 2014
Congratulations!
We are getting close also, but not that close. We will be at the spring rally & hope to have the house sold by then, but I don't know if the snow is going to melt in time for summer to arrive here in Minnesota and encourage the sale. DW told her HR dept today of her plans to leave April 18 after being in her job for 34 years. The rally will seem like a vacation but it will wear off eventually, I know it!
WestWardHo said
08:47 PM Feb 25, 2014
Congratulations! Hope your Wisconsin weather and your travel weather cooperate! Remember, take it slow and if nervous STOP.
Keep us posted on your first trip adventures. They can be pretty amusing! 😄
12 days until we are on the road and Barb has only 10 days left at work! Although she has been waiting for this day for years, it has not sunk in. She feels like she is just going on vacation and has to go back in a few weeks.
Continuing to get ready, we spent the weekend packing everything we would not need it in the next two weeks. Most of our clothing is in totes, we emptied all the cupboards in the kitchen and have more loads to go to Goodwill. We know we still have too much but we will continue to whittle away while on the road. We have about 10 totes that we will drop off in Salt Lake with our children on the way to AM Solar for our March 17th appointment. Then it is back to Salt Lake the end of March as our daughter is due the first week or April.
The weather certainly is not cooperating here in Wisconsin ....we were teased with high 30's last Wednesday and Thursday only to receive 10" of snow Thursday night and an extended forecast showing highs in the teens and lows below zero.
Hopefully the next 12 days will go quickly and we have no more snow so we can get our rig out on the 9th!
What an exciting new stage. Our last trip was the first one I had taken with "no deadlines", as I was no longer working. It took a few days, but when it sunk in, it was bliss. Enjoy and congrats on the Grandbaby. Love those Grandkids.
Congrats Jim and Barb. I hope the weather will give you a break for your get-a-way! Maybe we can meet up this summer and hit a trout stream.
-- Edited by el Rojo on Monday 24th of February 2014 07:45:05 AM
-- Edited by el Rojo on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 08:25:22 AM
Feeling like it is a long vacation is very common. Somewhere around a year the feeling will change.
You will slow down, spend less money and enjoy the journey much more.
Ditto this! Although it took almost two years for us.
We are getting close also, but not that close. We will be at the spring rally & hope to have the house sold by then, but I don't know if the snow is going to melt in time for summer to arrive here in Minnesota and encourage the sale. DW told her HR dept today of her plans to leave April 18 after being in her job for 34 years. The rally will seem like a vacation but it will wear off eventually, I know it!
Keep us posted on your first trip adventures. They can be pretty amusing! 😄
Sherry