Perpetual vacation

Much has happened in the past few years, but the short story is we decided to travel fulltime in a motorhome more than a year ago.  It was a long and arduous journey - selling, storing important items, shipping everything for the motorhome to Florida so I'm sure my brother may never speak to me ever again, and getting rid of the rest via donation, selling or letting the picker take the rest.

                Let me give you the short version.  Last summer we decided to get the house ready to sell.  We had already put in a new tankless water heater and new Rinnai boiler that also hangs on the wall, very state of the art.  We had the landscaping redone and steps to the backyard rebuilt.

We hired another contractor came in and cleaned out the pond, added a fountain to aerate it, then we added 6 Koi last year and 4 big ones this summer.

They all seem to be thriving, and once we fished out about 3 dozen catfish, the goldfish started growing and propagating.  We also had the decks and most of the inside repainted, insulation added, driveway resealed, and many other upgrades

When all the work was finished,  we finally put up the house for sale in August 2014 just before Labor Day.  Not a good time and the only potential buyer was turned off by the smell of smoke, so we took it off the market for the winter.

I had my left hip replaced on March 17 2015 and told my family to destroy any ashtrays and cigarettes, so I have been smoke free since.  Think of the money I've saved, my health restored, and the house smelling fresh and smoke-free! But it's ironic that the buyers both smoke.

We have also shipped 25 boxes to my brother in Florida which will get when we have a home.  We'll go shopping when we get there to find a Class A RV for our home for the next few years.

After the picker came and took away all the books and much more...

Empty spaces, everything gone.

Mementos are now in storage...

an empty house symbolized by an empty closet.

The car is packed for the trip to Florida.  Can you see one of the dogs in the picture?  Don't worry, they had plenty of room on their plush dog beds behind the front seats and the cat ran free.








And.....off we go to greet our future!