Repeat

Monett, MO was noteworthy.

Really!

Truth is, unless you have family or business in this tiny southwest Missouri town located between Joplin and Springfield, Monett wouldn't ever be on your radar screen. But, for us it's noteworthy.

Why?

Well, for starters, we have family there. They are absolutely delightful people we love being with.

Second, as we joke with our peeps, Monett is "the crossroads to everywhere"! So, why wouldn't it be noteworthy?

But, actually, this little town is noteworthy because it's our first real repeat.

Let me explain.

Monett was our 20th stop as fulltimers. (Yes, I do keep count!) And, this week, it was number 75.

(Wait just a minute! 75 stops? How did THAT happen? But, I digress.)

With 55 stops between our visits, Monett was our first real repeat visit, if you don't count Kansas City. And, we're not going to count Kansas City because that's as close to a home base as we can get. So, it doesn't count. But, Monett does.

This was the first time we stopped in the same park for a second time, outside Kansas City. In fact, we parked in exactly the same site, but this time we were in a new, improved rig.

Yep. It was pretty trippy.

We were thrilled to pull into a town and know exactly where we were headed. To be familiar with the park, where to go and what to do was soothing, to say the least. We were welcomed as repeat customers to the park. It was all fun!

For the first 14 months of this fulltiming gig, everything has been new. (Except the two places in the country where we once lived.) Every town, every campground, every site has been unchartered territory. Even in towns we ventured to where we'd visited on previous vacations or business trips, it was different in the moose. Way different.

These days, we're starting to repeat ourselves. First, Monett. Now, Paducah. We drove through this town nearly a year ago. Tonight we're stopped here. We came at the city from a completely different direction, and we've never been in this campground, so it all feels new. But, it also has that feeling that we've been here before. Because, we have!

Tomorrow we're off to Crossville, TN. We're eager to spend a few days there in one of our favorite parks we enjoyed just under a year ago. It will all be familiar. Yep. We know exactly how to get there. And, once we're settled, we have a good idea how to get around town.

So, what's my point?

Suddenly, this beautiful country of ours is starting to feel very familiar. More comfortable. More like a great big neighborhood. It feels like a new chapter opening up in our lives as fulltimers.

And, you know what?

We like it!