Since we started Moving Out of San Antonio, we have been on an emotional roller coaster. I'm not expecting the roller coaster to end any time soon. Each of us has our recurring themes. I'm bumming because I keep waiting for the big vacation to begin. Linda worries about winter. The dogs want to be in … Continue reading Recurring Themes
Category: trip planning
Ford F-450 MPG
Fuel these days is expensive. Paying attention to fuel mileage can save money. The challenge comes from driving different roads under different weather conditions while modifying driving behaviors. In the November 2017 Trip Mileage post, we attempted to analyze fuel mileage for a single trip that we had made numerous times in other RVs. The … Continue reading Ford F-450 MPG
What We Didn’t Do On Our Vacation
We were in the middle of this large trip we had planned out. We had reservations and an itinerary for an entire 6 week trip. We had done research to see what there was to do in all the places we intended to visit. Stuff happens. We had to break off from our trip to … Continue reading What We Didn’t Do On Our Vacation
Life Happens
Five years ago, at a laundromat in Alpine Texas, the cell phone rang. ME: "Hi!" BROTHER: "Tom is dead." ME: [pause...] "How do you know?" Overnight, Tom had died from a massive heart attack. My older brother found him dead in bed. His first call was to me. We were camping at Davis Mountains State … Continue reading Life Happens