Mary Lynn and I have really enjoyed our time back in Maryland visiting family and friends over the holidays, so don’t take this the wrong way: “We can’t wait to leave”.
Just before the holidays we had two feet of snow – beautiful to look at although not nearly as beautiful when you are shoveling the snow. A few days ago temperatures tumbled into the deep freeze zone. Along with strong winds we are seeing temperatures in the mid-teens with wind chill numbers well below zero – unseasonably cold for this region of Maryland.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and an even better Christmas. All of our children were together with us this year so we felt extremely blessed. Once your kids start getting married, many times they will alternate which set of parents they will spend Christmas with each year, especially if the parents live pretty far apart.
In any case, all of our family was together for a week and a half at Christmas. Christopher & Rachael flew back to Oklahoma on New Year’s Day. Scott and Diana became engaged to be married next fall so we (finally) met her parents – and her parents are terrific. Jenna is transferring to Towson University so we moved her into Kasey’s apartment as she completes her remaining two years of college. Kasey will graduate next December and Jenna the following December – yeah haw!
Since then we have been preparing the RV and toad for departure.
We had planned to get back on the road in the RV after the holidays and this cold weather has been a powerful incentive. We are pretty well prepared and should get underway later today, barring any surprises. And travelling by RV is full of surprises so you never know…
Once underway we will head south although we won’t soon see any warmer temperatures. They are calling for below freezing temperatures far into Florida.
As we head south we plan to visit our good friends Jack and Cathy in North Carolina before heading over to Red Bay, Alabama for some warranty work on the RV. Then a few days later we should pull into New Orleans to visit MLA’s sister Debbie and her husband Richard. By then the Arctic jet stream should have retreated back into it’s rightful place (Canada) and the weather/temperature will improve.
After visiting Debbie and Richard we’ll work our way across Texas and New Mexico before settling into our winter ‘home’ just outside of Phoenix in Casa Grande.
Where ever you are, stay safe and stay warm….
See Ya!
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