Two Hams on the Road

Friday, December 20, 2013

We are finally on the road.  Those of you paying attention know we were supposed to leave on Wednesday.  But sanity reigned for a change and we took two more days packing up the RV.

We also managed to get the furniture in the house moved back into the normal places, so it feels like home again.  (Many thanks to our friends Diana and Greg.  We couldn't have done it without them.) There are still one or two items to be done, but the remodeling and repairs are done.  The roof doesn't leak anymore, my new walk in closet is wonderful and the new lighting and ceiling in the family look great.

I'm sitting on the bed in the RV typing this.  We are parked in a campground near Whittington, IL.   There are about 8 RVs parked here, 4 of which are obviously occupied.  It looks like a nice campground, but we'll be pulling out in the morning.

We have two more full days of driving to get to Dallas.  Natasha and Mike closed on their house in Plano, TX (north of Dallas) on Thursday and the movers dropped off their furniture yesterday, too.

Obi is surviving.  He can get quite heavy when he doesn't want to do something and plants all fours.  Luckily I can pick him up.  He wasn't shaking in the truck today as he usually does in the car, but we let him ride on my lap.  For most of the trip it was like having a sack of potatoes on my lap.  But in the late afternoon he started shifting his position around and relaxing a little bit.

We've had him in the RV as we were working on things and he didn't seem to like it.  But tonight as soon as we put him in it, he snuffled around until he found the bag with his food in it and let me know he was hungry.  Then he found his little chair (a foam toddler's chair we rescued from the garage sale years ago) and curled up in it while we were eating.

Right now he's curled up on the bed in Steve's spot, listening to the rain.  I can tell it won't be a thunderstorm, as he's quite calm.

One good thing about not leaving until today is that we did get to see Leigh and Wes for a few minutes last night.  We are lucky that we have Leigh to house sit for us while we are gone.

I'm signing off for tonight.  I'd like to get a good night's sleep so we can put in a lot of miles today.

Deb