Ready to Roll

Ready to Roll

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Ohio, United States
Having recently retired we are fulfilling our long time dream. We began our camping life with a tent in 1969 adjusting as each of our three sons arrived over the years and gradually progressed to a 32' Class A in 2007. Even after our sons became too busy with their own interests, we continued dreaming over the years. The Louisville, KY 2003 Great North American RV Rally and the book "Movin' On" convinced us that a motorhome after retirement was really for us! In 2007 we sold our home and disposed of most of our belongings and awaited the wife's retirement on February 1, 2008. We were out in our first motorhome ten times in our first summer in 2007, with our grandson joining us eight of those ten times. Since he must stay behind with his mom and dad to continue school, we told him he can join us on vacations (by car or plane) anywhere we are as we travel the US. Imagine the history lessons he could acquire! However, Mom and Dad don't look at it that way, especially the flying. Fortunately we don't miss work one bit!! We just miss the friends there. We have many hobbies to keep us busy when we decide to sit still for a day. Hope to see you on the road.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Down the Road Again!

The flowers before the frost, always the prettiest ! But we left them behind at Pumpkin Patch . We left Saturday morning going down Rt. 95 in Maine and through most of Massachusetts taking pictures of the foliage along the way. We also saw these fellows, Wayne, and thought of you. We have been seeing a lot of these three wheel bikes both on the road and in the campgrounds. We stopped at Walmart in Sturbridge, MA the first night for a much needed rest. We weren't sure if we would be allowed to park there as there was a sign "No overnight parking" just as we pulled off the main street. However, it did not apply to WM which was at the back of this large shopping area, thank goodness! There were four of us there for the night and it was quiet.
Sunday we drove on down the road through Hartford, Connecticut in the rain. But the nice thing about Sunday is that there is not much traffic. The foliage was also more colorful regardless of the rain. We went on through Conn and NY, north of the Big Apple, and on into PA.
We had thought about stopping in Scranton where our son had lived and gone to college. But it was too early to quit so went on down the road to Hazleton, PA and found another Walmart. Again there were four of us there for the night. There was an airport near and Gary watched the sky divers there for a while. So the entertainment was free also!
Monday we went on down Rt 81 to Carlisle, PA to a Dogwood Campground back this lane . But you don't see much color here. We decided to stay there for two nights. It is lovely and puts us in mind of Shaker Woods back home. I think that a little more sun shines through , but otherwise is much the same as Shaker. We love it. There are a lot of permanent trailers and such, but not hardly any people now as is not the weekend. They even have a couple little cabins. Tomorrow we will take a side trip with the car to Gettysburg for a change of pace. Then we will head on further south.
The weather has been nicer except for the rain on Sunday. It does not seem nearly as cold! Stay with us!

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