We thought John and I would retire to the Gulf Shores or Orange Beach area. I just new I did not want to put up with neither Indiana's cold, snow and ice during the winters nor their heat and humidity in the summer. I know, the Gulf breezes counteract the humidity when one is living of the Gulf.
Then....we purchased our first motorhome, a Winnebago Adventurer. Our home on wheels was first intended to provide a place for us to stay as we traveled to my fiber art shows. Who knew, at that time, that full time travel was in our future.Today, Monday, we are in Alabama. I might mention that the temperatures here in northern Alabama are nicer than parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and southern California.
We have been visited by the service coordinator and been given two estimates of time to complete the work on our Tiffin Bus. We may be out of here in approximately two weeks if they can get their fabricator to make the wheel well right away. If not, then we will be here until after the first of 2014.
Wednesday brought good news. The wheel well will be ready by the end of the week. Repairs will start as soon as the insurance company give a thumbs up. Hopeful, we will be out of here in two weeks. I am ready to move on and we have not been here a week.
We have been into the Christmas decorating attitude. Hopefully, we will be finished today. Just trying to find a way to hang garland in the "living room." Last night, I tried to tuck it above the slide, almost finished and woosh, down it fell! It is hard when you don't want to deal nails, tacks etc in the wood.
The weather warmed to a pleasant, outdoor walking and sitting temperature. What was a ghost village now had clusters of people and talking and walking until today.
Today, it is still warm, but we have had a few showers. John has busied himself with more Christmas decorating.
Now he is watching the Army / Navy football game as I bake a pumpkin pie and roast the pumpkin seeds.
Since it is the weekend, the campground is quiet. Some of those awaiting service have left for the week end and a few had had their work completed, moving us up in the cue.
We are considering attending a living nativity in a small town in Mississippi tomorrow evening.
Monday, Tiffin will install our new television. It will be nice to have it off the dash board. In addition to the TV, they will install a sliding shelf, and construct a new cabinet where the bedroom TV was.
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Thanks to all of you for stopping in. Enjoy the weekend.
God bless
Now roasted pumpkin seeds is something I can enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThey are good! Wish you were close by, I'd share.
DeleteI would love a piece of pumpkin pie! Sounds like you are having a lot of neat things done! Hope the work is done soon!
ReplyDeleteLove the lights!
Come on over, I will share
DeleteWe also hope the work is completed quickly.
Sounds like you two are getting a bit of hitch itch. It happens to all of us.
ReplyDeleteWe love the Gulf. We spend a ton of time in Gulf Shores.
Yep, It is hard to have given up time with the Indianapolis kiddos to sit down here in line.
DeleteThe Gulf is so neat. Wish we had time to go there on our way west.
So glad to hear that maybe you'll be out of there before too long. time to come West.
ReplyDeleteIs it ever time to head west....to blue skies and warmer temperatures.
DeleteI spend July, August and September near there in Decatur. It is a lot cooler than Texas in the summer.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me that Texas is a toaster during the summer. Not our cuppa tea.
DeleteThanks for stopping by my blog, which led to me stopping by. A very nice bog. Judy and I spent a few days in Red Bay enjoying the local flavor as we researched which RV would best meet our needs and budget. Look forward to seeing ya down the road, as they say.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your blog and thanks for stopping by here. Thanks for the compliment.
DeleteYep, looking forward to meeting you out there - somewhere.
Great news on the wheel well! As good as Tiffin is, there are much nicer places to spend the Christmas season. Hope you're able to get on your way and get there! :c)
ReplyDeleteTiffin closes for a week over Christmas. THAT is looming too close and making me a bit anxious. We will see what God has in mind for us this year.
ReplyDeleteHope you get that work done soon and back on the road, it will be nice when done.
ReplyDeleteWe thought the Allegro Campground was the place to be for Christmas. That's our plan. We will pick a number to get ahead of the after Christmas snowbirds. THEN we'll be ready for Gulf Shores.
ReplyDeleteHurry and grab that number. If we could, we'd get one for you so you would really be ahead. Gulf Shores sure sounds good right now, it turned cooler today...and cloudy.
DeleteStaying in one place too long is tough for us, too. That ten days on the ship almost sent us swimming home.
ReplyDeleteIt's looking Christmasy at your place!!
We would be OK staying in one place for a while as long as we could get out and do things. Christmas decorating helped relieve the boredom of the day, but we can only do so much.
DeleteGlad you did not try the long distance swim.
Hope you get out of there before they go on their holiday. Sounds like you are getting a lot of great things done. I haven't even starte decorating yet although I did get almost all the presents wrapped today while it rained.
ReplyDeleteIf we can get out of here before they go on their Christmas break, it will be a miracle.
DeleteMerry Christmas to you. I will be very glad when we arrive in the southwest. Right now, just sitting here at Tiffin. Getting impatient, but it will be worth the wait from what I hear and read.
ReplyDeleteSon and family lives in Cullman,AL. We will be there early January.
ReplyDeleteDecorating an RV is so much simpler than a whole house, right?