The RV decision made, we did most of our searching and shopping sitting at our computers with our shoes off. When we began our search, we had no idea what we were looking for, or any idea what we wanted. We chose a few advertised RV’s that sounded good and went for a first look.
The first we looked at was a huge thing being sold by an old retired queen and his partner from California who had been together for over 40 yrs. They’d thrown blankets on the steps and over the furniture to protect them from sunlight and dirt. It was decorated very tastefully. In fact, it was quite pretty! But it was too big and Tom said he was a little bit dubious of its age. Tom says that with age little things begin to break down…like seals, and gaskets and valves. We’re familiar with that phenomenon regarding our own bodies.
We went to look at another. This one was very nice, very well taken care of, low low mileage, price was right. The owners told us how they’d purchased the RV in November in preparation of retiring and traveling. Shortly after Christmas he was diagnosed with stage three esophageal cancer and is now stage four. He looked really sick, and showed us his feeding tubes. Meantime the wife told me how they’d bought the RV from a widow whose husband had died unexpectedly of a blood clot. Even though that RV seemed acceptable I was apprehensive. I know bad karma when I meet it. That RV was old folks jinxed.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Pumpkin Chronicle
There is a difference between moving and being on the move. We've had our fill of moving and we’re done with that. Being on the move still stirs our souls.
We love the isolation where we live. We hope we won’t ever have to leave it until we’re carried out. But sometimes we get the urge to GO. There are still back roads we've not traveled, and places we haven’t seen, a few places we've never been, some places we’d like to see again. We've often longed to GO.
But, we hate motels, public restrooms, restaurants with cheap food and high prices, crowds of people. And we want our own stuff with us. If we could just figure out a way to take our home and our stuff with us we’d GO often. We’d GO a long way.
One day our oldest granddaughter called to tell us we are about to be great grandparents. A few days later we were with our youngest granddaughter. That’s when we realized there are still sights to see, emotions to feel, things to do. And that’s how we arrived at the decision to get an RV. We’ll GO. And we’ll take home with us.
And, this will be the Pumpkin Chronicle.
We love the isolation where we live. We hope we won’t ever have to leave it until we’re carried out. But sometimes we get the urge to GO. There are still back roads we've not traveled, and places we haven’t seen, a few places we've never been, some places we’d like to see again. We've often longed to GO.
But, we hate motels, public restrooms, restaurants with cheap food and high prices, crowds of people. And we want our own stuff with us. If we could just figure out a way to take our home and our stuff with us we’d GO often. We’d GO a long way.
One day our oldest granddaughter called to tell us we are about to be great grandparents. A few days later we were with our youngest granddaughter. That’s when we realized there are still sights to see, emotions to feel, things to do. And that’s how we arrived at the decision to get an RV. We’ll GO. And we’ll take home with us.
And, this will be the Pumpkin Chronicle.
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