BOONDOCKED IN THE AJO HIGHLANDS, ARIZONA
It is always nice to come across new RV folks just starting out because it brings back great feelings of excitement & anticipation of our own early RV days. Check out Janie & John's FLAMINGO ON A STICK .
BOONDOCKED NEAR WHY, ARIZONA
Looking back I would say those early days of shopping for an RV both online & on RV lots were some of the most exciting new days we have had as RV'ers. Comparing notes with other RV folks & faithfully reading everything we could find in the RV NET FORUM. Travel trailers, Class C's, truck campers, 5th wheels, Class B's & Motorhomes. So much to choose from & so many questions to be asked & answered. So many decisions to make. Throw in a healthy serving of tension, stress, plus anxiety, and you have a really great mix of genuine apprehensive excitement. It's a unique kind of excitement & I remember that stomach turning stuff well. We didn't always make the right decisions & I'm sure we probably have a few more wrong decisions ahead of us but we have managed to get ourselves on the road every winter for the last 5 out of 6 years & with a bit of luck we'll be back on the road this coming September or October again.
Cloudy cool day so most of my time was spent inside getting my little used SMUG MUG photo account organized. A long, long, way to go but I did get a good start on it today. Have had this account for about 3 years so it's about time I used it's great photo galleries. Sure is nice sorting photos on a nice big new 20" monitor. Great colors & great detail.
MOTTY & PATTI got themselves a bigger & better truck plus a newer & smaller dog & I'm assuming RICK & RICK & PAULETTE arrived safely home today in Cowichan Bay on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. Just two more examples of excited RV folks. Different degrees of excitement maybe but excitement just the same.
I had run the generator in the motorhome a couple of days ago & after a few minutes it quit. A quick look at the gas guage in the motorhome showed the needle on a quarter tank so knew that's why the genny quit. Off to Goderich yesterday for $75 worth of gas. Yep, that was good enough to get the generator up & running again.
GROANER'S CORNER:((
GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER
1. Sag, you're It.
2 . 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
3. Kick the bucket
4. Musical recliners.
5. Simon says something incoherent.
6. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy.
And another sign of getting old is when you don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.
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The only thing better than right now will someday be the memories of right now...... AL.
I think many of us that have been RVing for a few years enjoy looking back to our "newbie days." It seems we can never reclaim that excitement of our first camping trip. I remember the big mistakes we made 22 years ago but we still make some from time to time even now. Talking with newbies today is always fun as we can see and hear their enthusiasm so clearly.
ReplyDeleteNice pics of your previous camp sites.
Your pictures make me want to do some boondocking!
ReplyDeleteYes, we made it home safe and sound, Al and thanks for the mention. Neat idea to show some of the boondocking sites you've stayed at too. I guess one of these days, I'll have to get motivated to begin sorting and organizing all of my digital photos from our trip too.
ReplyDeleteOh, puh-leeze don't talk about sorting photos! I'm years behind on any decent sorting arrangement, and when I switched to Picasa I went along with their sorting process which is horrible. Now I'm in a hopeless muddle whenever Suzy asks me to find a particular picture we took years ago or even yesterday!
ReplyDeleteYeah, the early RV days were great, and it's going to be just as great when we go out again!
Thanks for the link to the Flamingo blog... I love going to the first post and reading how they came about to their present adventures... step by step. Makes a good read when there is only dumb stuff on tv, right?
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