Friday, March 28, 2014

What news?

I've little new to report at this time.

The campground we had planned to move to for phase two testing a mere mile away from us is a little wanky on their definition of 'monthly' rate. Apparently that only entitles one to stay one week of the month, and each weekend within the month. Im not sure how that would be defined as monthly myself. OH well. Something better is always around the corner when a 'plan' doesn't work out according to my experience in life. Who knows where this journey will take us.

I did get signed up on Volunteer.gov as there are several still advertised positions still here in Missouri which could work out well. Applied for camp hosting in one area where I was raised, and for cleanup person in a couple others. See what comes of those potential leads.

We have also hopes to go spend a few days/week with some dear friends sometime this summer who have mentioned we could set up in their yard for a visit. That should be interesting and fun for sure.

Still waiting for a few more weeks for the rest of the finances required to get the MH fully legal with plates and registered. It has a few issues I want repaired before inspection for sure, then off from there to get plates/registration done for it. Truly cant come soon enough, soooo ready to be mobile.

Kids are still enjoying the experience. This is a blessing for sure even tho we are only a few weeks (3 I think) in the MH full time now. I am surprised at how many empty cabinets we still have. We have not missed nearly as much 'stuff' from inside the house as Id anticipated. I figure if it hasn't been brought into the MH by the end of next month for use, it simply isn't something we will be needing to take with us at all.

Hope everyone is enjoying the warming weather as much as we are. There have been a few cold flashes here and there these last couple weeks. I have faith however that it is at an end as the flowers are blooming and that is generally a sure sign that nature knows spring is here to stay.

Happy Travels all!

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Progress slowly but surely

Well it has been a challenging week here. The weather is mostly cooperating and intensifying the urge to hit the river for an extended time. Was a very nice 70 degrees and above a couple of days this week. Awoke this morning after going to sleep with warmth, to a chilly 30! Was all good. That is what the blankets are for and is somewhat expected for this time of the year.




The children are settling in nicely, as is our dog Dixie. Dixie so much so that like me unless absolutely necessary she refuses to go into the house for any reason. We now have our own power cord as well so the tensions of 'borrowing' my sisters cord are removed. So glad to have our own! It just adds another element of the equation that we are 'getting there' and will hopefully still be fully on target to leave out sometime around the middle of next month.

I was informed of a new interesting website just today as well. Rvillage.com. It is still in beta but appears to be a great social networking site specifically for those who live the mobile lifestyle. I am looking forward to its progress and further development. It includes a number of groups one can join already, and has a map where if you chose to do so others can see where your adventure has taken you at this time. I think that will be quite fun, never know who you may run into that you didn't realize was just down the road. It will make it so much easier keeping track of those we meet during our travels as we each move on to the next stop on our journeys.

In other news I lost the hard drive to my other laptop. Since I am in an online college at this time it caused a little bit of a crisis situation. I had to pawn my camera temporarily to get a new one immediately! I already miss it very much. But it is only temporary and should be back in my possession before the end of next month. Much better than failing and having to retake two courses with a $2300 out of pocket bill for sure!

Till next time, stay save and enjoy the lifestyle!