Late April The maintenance needs for “RV Where Yet” are coming into focus. Basically, everything works. So we are mainly making decisions about pre-emptive (proactive) maintenance vs. fixing things that break when they break. Helping us to make these decisions…
22 April Spent some considerable effort looking for storage in the Chicagoland area. It is ILLEGAL to park such a vehicle in a residential neighborhood, even if one were fortunate enough to find a space (well, actually, 4 contiguous spaces!).…
17 April We spent some quality time with “RV Where Yet” and the mechanic yesterday. One of the treats of the day was to START THE ENGINE . I don’t want to say it “purred” because diesel bus engines don’t…
16 April — Naming Contest! The RV came to us named: “Charlie’s Angel.” This presented us with a dilemma. EITHER I could change my name to “Charlie” or the Bus needs a new name. Actually, THAT decision was simple.…
As has become traditional, we book a “Last Minute Deal” to a warm place for our anniversary. This year, the destination was Cozumel, Mexico. While in Cozumel, we spent a lot of quality beach time. We also did more…
As we took our first “Retired” trip, a very interesting transformation occurred. We really did not understand BEFORE retirement how the prospect of returning to work affects one’s vacation “mentality.” At least for me, it used to take a couple…
This was our first “Retired” Road trip. We left Chicago on 25 January, headed South-by-southeast. Plans were to stop in Atlanta, to visit Liz’s Brother and family. Then continue on to Bradenton, FLA, where some friends had a condo rented…
We visited Washington D.C. to help my Great-Aunt Marilee move. This was a somewhat “forced” situation as her Retirement Community was closing for construction. Management offered to pickup all the costs for her move to another of their buildings, where…
8 April .. Our first visit to “the Bus.” This was an EXCELLENT DAY on the RV front. We drove down to St. Louis to take a look at the offered RV. Many thanks to brother-in-law Paul Kokkin for coming…
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