Six-Week Sojourn

We're on the road again. Hallelujah!

We left Kansas City yesterday morning to start a six-week sojourn to South Carolina and back. And, for the first time in a long time our travels feel a bit like vacation!

Our "goodbyes" to family and friends were easy. After all, we'll be back in a month and a half or so. We haven't been here since last December. So, to be able to say "see you in October" made the idea of leaving a whole lot easier.

Our travel day was absolutely perfect! Less than 200 miles on great roads in comfortable temps with no wind and very little traffic. If only every travel day could be that great!

This six-week trip has many agendas. Chief among them is getting our moose in shape. Our farthest most destination on this leg is Gaffney, SC, where we'll get our annual chassis service and attend a couple of days of classes at "Camp Freightliner" to teach all we need to know about the guts of our rolling home. We'll also make a run back to Forest City, Iowa, to get the last of our one-year warranty service. We have a couple of new pesky items that have popped up, like a slide lock that has a mind of its own. So, we're eager to get all that worked out.

Also on the agenda is visiting a spot we intended to see last fall, but didn't get to because we opted to detour for a new motorhome purchase. Our planned week near Great Smokey Mountains National Park is something we're really looking forward to. We have high hopes that the weather and fall colors will be in our favor.

We're also planning to meet up for a week or so with some fellow RVers in Tennessee. This particular meetup has been a long time coming. We planned on hooking up with Lisa last fall, but a faulty pop-off valve on our air dryer sent us straight to Kansas City for repairs. When Lisa started coordinating a gathering of fellow RVers in her neighborhood, we promised we'd be there. After all, we owe her one. Plus, it looks like we'll be in good company. Many of our RVing friends will be there. We've met most, but there are several good folks who are virtual friends. We look forward to meeting everybody soon.

The last couple of weeks have been emotional, to say the least. There is something very soothing about being back on the road, after a perfect travel day, parked in a familiar park with family close by. We're back where we're supposed to be.

Something tells me the next six weeks are exactly what we need right now. We are definitely looking forward to the adventure.

Stay tuned!