The holidays were quiet and celebrated with daughter Liz, her apartment decorated to the max with all the Christmas décor I “passed down”… actually more like “guilted” her into taking. After Christmas I helped her take down the Hallmark ornaments that have been in our family for several decades, some before we had children. Each tiny molded tree decoration bringing back memories of Merry Christmases past.
This year Liz’s front yard Christmas decorations provided her neighbors with a colorful explosion of Ho! Ho! Ho! and she came in second with a prize of $75.00 off her rent. Not a bad way to start the New Year.
Somewhat out of our price range, the 2014 Allegro Bus is on the market. Considering a change, we are looking over older Foretravels. All slides are completely air (smoke) and watertight, making them very breathing friendly for me when we are in campgrounds, which is virtually all the time. Built for full timers like us, the ride is air stabilized, just like the multi-million dollar Prevost bus…a very “person with back pain” friendly ride. Now to figure out how to convince John that pampering my lungs and back would be pertinent to future travel, not having to wear a mask or leave our box on wheels for hours at a time when smoke fills LilyPad. There has to be someone out there who buys one and decides they really want a Prevost…then decides to sell it to us for a really low price, lol. Dreams aren’t earmarked for the young alone!
Switching to travel mode and stuffing the whole shebang back into the motorhome’s niches we make ready for our repair and construction trip to the Tiffin town of Red Bay, Alabama. Our planning calendar indicates a pause of approximately 2 or 3 weeks in tiny town USA. Our entertainment will be another tour of the Tiffin factory, a side trip to the famous Coon Hound Cemetery and an hour long ride to Florence to shop at the closest large grocery store and Wal-Mart. No TV, no cell reception, no water (still frozen), no cosmopolitan area. In no one’s wildest imagination is this a vacation destination but a necessary journey all the same.