And sure enough a plan is forming. Jan and I love the Durango area, we visited there twice last year, in the spring and in the fall, so Jan had mentioned several times how nice it would be to go back in the fall and spend some real time there, so we are, in fact, out of character, we have even made a reservation for 5 weeks this fall. It is a very popular destination so in this case a reservation is required. Also tying into that is another of our favorites, Santa Fe, so we have also made a reservation there for almost a month after Durango on our way to Albuquerque for our visit with Jan's mom, Viv, and Nancy and CT.
We get out a map, and I open up our mapping program on the computer, we use Delorme's Street Atlas, and we start to add the other places we want to visit on our big circle eventually back to Venice, Florida.
We normally, when we reach the end of our stay here beeline for Atlanta to get the vet visit, doctor visits, dentist visits, and of course, family and friend visits in, but we said, whoa, not this year, lets mosey out of Florida and visit Jacksonville, Savannah, and Charleston on our way to Atlanta. You are probably wondering why we plan this much at all? We had the idea that after I retired that we could just wander around wherever the wind blew us, never on a schedule, never knowing where we would end up or how long we would stay, and we know that works for some people, but not us. We do alter things quite a bit, but that total freedom thing hasn't worked out. Some of it is probably due to 35 plus years of flying for the airlines, having to here and there on time and living by the clock and calendar. But a bigger reason is we have things to do and people to see, and that is very important to us. We need to see our kids, and our grandkids, and our family is spread around the country as are our friends, and we are fortunate to be able to come to them, so we try to build that into our travels. The other thing is the doctors and dentists require appointments weeks and sometimes months in advance so we need to plan for that, and if we are having work done to the coach, those appointments need to made months in advance. So as you can see hard deadlines start appearing and defining our time and route.
We are paid here in Florida until the 13th of May, but it's rare that we can wait that long to leave. We get itchy to get moving, and it starts getting hot. Yeah I know, what complainers, too hot, then too cold, well that is one of the advantages of living as a nomad, we just keep moving until we like the weather again.
So after Atlanta we will head north to Louisville to see Karen and Tom, and Kelly, Todd and the kids, then will probably continue north up through Michigan to the Upper Peninsula, and then go west. We have spent very little time in the northern wilds of Minnesota in the boundary waters area, and then will continue westbound to Oregon to have a little work done to the coach. Yeah, we were so impressed with Elite Repair and Amazing Creations that we want to go all the way to Oregon to have some things done! Then we will work our way back to Durango for our reservation the end of August.
So that will define our big circle for 2015. Of course we will slip in all kinds of destinations, stops, goals, and fun things to do along the way, and the best thing about most reservations is they can be changed when life gets in the way:-)
And before I leave you, an exciting event is unfolding right here in our park. A pair of eagles are building a nest, something we have never seen before.
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| Getting more sticks |
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