My accommodations at the destination of my first solo road
trip:
A 40’ Kountry Star by Newmar. It brings back a lot of
memoires of my own Newmar DutchStar. Wow I forgot how big these rigs are. Maybe
not too big for daily living but I’m thinking about driving down the highway. I
am amazed that David and I traveled, how many miles in our “Dutchy”, a lot. Our
Dutchy was only a single living room slide this is a double slide so a little
more room. If you aren’t an RVer, this may not be of any interest. But it’s
fascinating to me! It’s funny there are so many things unique to full time
RVing. It’s fun remembering all the advantages and disadvantages, all the
travel excitement and occasional crisis. Being able to share my memories with
someone who totally gets it and has similar memories is a real healing
experience. How blessed am I that I’m able to do this.
And guess what, you all better watch out. All this RV talk
and reminiscing is making me think about getting my own small van outfitted and
doing some solo traveling. It’s fun to think about even if I don’t do it. I
know I said I didn’t want to travel on my own and didn’t want to keep “Mercy”
and travel in that van but a slightly smaller shorter, less RV fixtured van
might be more manageable and would have the added feature of being totally
mine. My memories are not gone or faded but sometimes I don’t want them right
in my face. (7 years and over 60,000 miles together in Mercy).
OK, I’m back! My first solo adventure was a total success. I
was surprised how easily I did the daily miles. Admittedly the final day,
driving back to El Cajon got too long. I didn’t stop enough and next time,
maybe I should plan for that to be a short drive. I was trying to be heading
south before it got into “rush hour” traffic. That and two traffic issues (a
round robin to remove bales of hay from the road way and a small fire at
another spot) didn’t help.
I’m proud of myself and really glad I made this stretch out
of my comfort zone. I now have an even bigger comfort zone! And special thanks
to my friend, thanks for the invitation and the sharing of laughter and tears
and memories of our loved ones. Such a beautiful and peaceful place; starlit night
skies including the Neowise comet.
Had planned to share more of the experiences and sights but
not feeling it right now. For those of you on FB; you got a couple pictures.
Maybe next time, I’ll post more. Yes! There will be a next time!
Til next time…
