Italy, 2007

Itinerary: 26-27 October: LV Chicago OHare 26 October AA Flite 0110 3:35 PM Arrive Rome 7:50 AM 27 October 27-28 October: Star Hotel Metropole Via Principe Amedeo 3 Rome 29-31 October: La Palma Via Vittorio Emanuele 39 Capri 31 October…

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China, 2007

Itinerary  15 July—>30 July 2007 15 July Depart Chicago American Airlines Flt. 0289 16 July- 22 July Shanghai JHI Asia Pacific Conference Jin Jiang Hotel Jul 22 SHA-  Suzhou Drive to Suzhou, visit the Master of the nets and the Humble…

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Maintenance Focus

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…

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Storage?

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!).…

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Quality Time Spent…

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…

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Naming Contest

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.…

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Cozumel, 2015

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…

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How Work ruins Vacations

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…

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South-by-Southeast

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…

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