We have been lucky to be able to take fairly long trips throughout our working careers. Since the late 90's we have been able to travel in our rv for 5 to 6 weeks on average and actually went for 7 weeks the last couple of years.
Additionally, we traveled by rv somewhere in Florida for a long weekend almost every month for the last 8+ years. This allowed us to average 90 days per year in our rv's. Not bad for working people!
Now we enter a new stage of rv travel. We can go for as long as we want. Our "want" this year is going to be close to 6 months. This is partially a test to see if we want to become full time rvers and live in our MH year around. We will see what we think by the time November rolls around.
So our planned trip this year includes the following.
We are starting out nice and slow and are leaving South Florida (did I mention it's already 90 degrees here in May?) and going north to Titusville (FL) to stay at the Great Outdoors RV Resort. We like it there and we like to get the fish and chips at the Irish Pub in town. Our last trip to Titusville found us attending an airshow at the airport- I'll have a post later about the awesome show the F-15 put on for the crowd.
From Titusville we will spend a couple of days going north thru GA, SC, NC, and landing in the Johnson City, TN area. We will hole up there for a week during the Memorial Day weekend. We will be about 3 miles from the Bristol Motor Speedway- a good thing for us NASCAR fans.
From TN we go to PA to visit my mother, then over to Michigan to see Linda's mother and brother in the Portage, MI area.
Next up to Suttons Bay on the Leelanau Peninsula for 3 weeks. We will be there for the Nation Cherry Festival. There's another airshow featuring the Blue Angles at the Festival. Did I mention that I love high-performance military aircraft?
After Michigan we will spend time in Custer, SD; Cody, WY; eastern Idaho; Ouray, CO for a month; then thru Uath for Bryce Canyon; Las Vegas to visit family; Arizona to visit our son who's in the Army; over to New Mexico in the Ruidoso area for a Newmar Kountry Club rally (for owners of Newmar MH's); a few days near Ft. Davis, TX; Fredericksbrug, TX for a week; a stop in Houston for the International Quilt Show; then we work our way back to Florida for the winter.
Wow, I got tired just writing that!
About Us
- Terry and Linda
- Coral Springs, Florida
- Both of us have retired from Law Enforcement careers and now devote much of our time to travel. We now plan on being on the road from June through October each year in our motorhome. Traveling with us are our two Burmese cats, LeMeiux and Hurakan. Our motorhome is a 2005 Newmar Dutch Star diesel powered 40 footer. We have satellite tv, seperate washer and dryer, a king size air adjustable bed, and some custom cabinets. We recently installed a custom work quilting/sewing center in place of the small sofa in the living room. Linda now has a place to pursue the making of her quilts. We tow a 2002 Jeep Wrangler Sahara behind our motorhome which we use while the rv is parked and for exploration of the mountains around Ouray, Colorado. Ouray is our favorite destination to date. We have been going there since 1993. Terry's interests include travel, photography, reading, off road exploration, and fine food. Linda enjoys quilting, reading, painting, drawing, jewelry making, photography, travel, and fine food. We are members of the Newmar Kountry Klub, FMCA and Good Sam. CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR A LARGER VIEW.
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