Loving the RV Life

"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?" Rose Kennedy

Yesterday was another great day in paradise. What more can we say about it? Well, the weather was gorgeous. It wasn't too hot, it wasn't too cool and it wasn't snowing or even raining. The evening presented us with the most gorgeous sunset. We had forgotten how beautiful Arizona sunsets could be. We're happy and we're loving it!

We did have a couple not so fun moments. One was at the airport (and I can't think of the second one). Terry is taking off for Portland ... hopefully. Since I'm retired airline, this meant we needed to order a ticket through my company in order to fly standby on another airline. Ticket ordered and off to get my "zed" ticket. My eyes about popped out when I saw what looked like at least a 2-hour wait in line. Flights had been delayed and the line wrapped around the terminal. Oh oh ..... However, after about a half an hour the agent working the line eyed my airline ID and issued the ticket so I was spared the rest of the wait. Whoppee! Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. This time it did.

Back to our motorhome to walk Duchess and we were off again but this time to the Mesa Swap Meet. That place is absolutely huge. It is the largest swap meet in Arizona and it was packed. The merchants were selling their items left and right. We made a couple purchases. One was a dual hitch that could snap into the one we currently use for towing our vehicle. Now we can haul the car and a bike rack.

Late in the afternoon we scuttled off to Joe's BBQ in Gilbert. We love this place. It's definitely nothing fancy but the brisket is sure delicious. Our companions were Jim and Sandie -- folks we had met at Mexico Beach, Fl. They also had a tag along (Paul) and he was someone they had met at a rally in the midwest this year. Amazing how many wonderful folks you meet along the way doing exactly what you're doing.

Why is it most of the good times are usually around the dinner table? This was definitely a good time. Our main topic of conversation was about more food and great restaurants to eat at. We're actually going to be traveling with Jim and Sandie when we leave this area and head to Quartzsite in January. Then, they're going to follow us on to the Salton Sea for about a week. We have a feeling that we will be sharing some future travels with these two folks ... unless we scare them off.

We are absolutely having the time of our life. We are loving what we're doing and don't see an end to it anytime soon. Isn't it wonderful to be able to travel like we are and not have to choose one place to stay all year round. We are so blessed. When we are forced to end this ... it will be so sad but hopefully health will hold out and that time is a long way off.