A New Beginning: April 11 - 17 (Tucson, Arizona)

 

Roger, Bear and I have made the decision to go full time RVing. This blog is designed to keep family and friends informed regarding our travels. My goal is to make it as entertaining as possible, but I have lots to learn about writing and publishing an interesting account of our new life on the road. Stick with me as I fine tune this blog and learn how to add pictures. Let me tell you how we came to our decision. 

In September of 1998, Roger and I moved from Washington DC to Tucson, Arizona. Roger completed 32 years with the Air Force and began a new career as a certified financial planner. Tucson proved to be a warm, welcoming city that saw us improve our golf games, develop new friendships, renew old ones, serve in several volunteer capacities, discover a passion for cycling that continues, be delighted when family 

members joined us and finally getting Bear (our 17 month old 

Labradoodle) whom we adore.

 We discovered that leaving Bear in a kennel would not work for us when we travelled for cycling trips, so the three of us began RVing in a Sprinter van. This 24 footer allowed us to sleep in the same bed while moving around. The trips were magical and we had so much fun that it was hard to return home. In fact, we could not wait for the next trip. A year ago we started thinking about the possibility of living full time in an RV. After much research learning about the lifestyle, talking with full-timers that we would meet on our trips in the Sprinter van, reading blogs written by full timers, deciding on a coach, taking classes and driving lessons, we decided that this was what we wanted to do with our future. At the time of our decision, we had several issues that precluded us from beginning this adventure. Amazingly, those challenges resolved themselves and we are two weeks away from beginning our dream.

This week finds us tackling the many projects associated with a major move. Our first outing as full-timers will be to Davis Monthan AFB where we intend to stay until the closing on our house, May 4th. 
The questions we get asked the most concern how are we disposing of 40 plus years of stuff and how will we get mail. The former is easier than you might think. We are fortunate that we have a son and his family in Dallas that want some our furniture, we have sold some furniture, but most of it has been given away to charities. We have a 5 x 10 storage unit that will hold some irreplaceable items, but the rest must fit into the coach. Going from 3400 square feet to 300 square feet has simplified our lives. 


With over a million full time RVers, the mail is easily delivered with the help of services designed to forward mail. We will let you know how that works out. 


Thank you for visiting this fledgling blog site. I hope to post once a week.