2014

   The time is going so fast and I can't believe we are in the new year already. We have done the Rose Bowl Parade tour and are doing San Diego until the next rally in Indio.
   

 

 

 

 

And only a few from San Diego.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trying to combine 'vacation' with my new Roadtrek 'job' is proving to be an interesting challenge!

California arrival

We finally arrived in California and now have to deal with the time changes again. Our animals are still on eastern time so we seem to be getting up earlier and earlier each day (according to the clock).
    We have managed to stay sane with all the long desert driving and eating a good breakfast (out) each morning has sustained us well. It started with the Derailed Diner in Alabama.

 

Ending each day with Happy Hour has helped us as well.

 Mostly the drive has been desert with a few distant mountains for scenery.

 

Soon, the Rose Bowl Parade!

   I kept looking and when I finally got out the old camera and had to find some batteries for it (uses AA batteries), lo and behold the battery charger and other items I had been searching for were in the same location in their own secure little box! So, I am back in business with my little camera and happy. I am not waking up wondering where I didn't look and so have slept better now.
      

The three of us are back next to each other for the duration of our stay and we are happy.

A couple drove in with an older RT and we have spent time talking to them about their travels and plans. We have shared ideas about interior modifications which have made out lives easier and that is always a benefit when RTs are together.

 

 

Life is good.

Before the camera died

This is called Sunset Isle for a reason and I did get some photos before my camera died (lost the battery charger)

Staying here never disappoints.

First week at Sunset Isle

There are four Roadtreks here and a Leisure Van now too. We have had up and down weather (rain, sun, wind) and today it is cooler than it has been. We expect one of the guys tomorrow and then  few others on Tuesday while most will arrive on Wednesday.

We watch the tide go in and out and expose the mud flats where the water birds wade. When the tide comes back the water laps the shore behind us.


                                                                                   
These live beneath the docks and are seen when the tide is out.
     

And then there are these.

 

 

 

Cedar Key

  We are now living here on the water and when the weather straightens out it will be fantastic.
    

 Petey is 'normal' again and seems quite content.

                                My site and the dock behind

Post rally in Kissimmee

Another successful T & C rally.

 

We are about to leave for another place but in between for a few days at home. Petey seems to be back to 'normal' and that is a good thing.

Wilderness Rally

     Arrived back in Florida after a visit with Georgia friends on September 29th and Susan and I (co-hosting this rally) got busy putting things together to make it good although that night we spent time talking and drinking wine while planning and 'catching up' from the summers when we work camped in different states.
     There were more arrivals on Monday and then on Tuesday the remaining attendees got here and settled in to this campground. In the evening we did a potluck dinner which was, as always, enough food and conversation where we met 'old' friends and made some new ones.

On Wednesday a few of us went for lunch at the convenient restaurant here.

Some attendee rigs

Mindy Simmons

Florida Folk Music

 

The rally was a success and since the attendee list was small, it was cozy and compatible. We got to talk to everyone and we helped each other with RT stuff a lot.

One week after election

I am on the road and heading back to Florida but not in  direct route.

      I came west and then started south through Maine, New Hampshire and now New York State.



As you see, the colors of the season have started and I feel fortunate to be able to see them


I have had great sites with trees and have not felt like I’m in a parking lot.

Roadtrek International at PEI

Wow, this rally was fun and exciting and the outcome of the election floored me.

Green Gables House

                We spent some time at Avonlea where the Ann of Green Gables exhibit lives and includes the house, church, school and other buildings which have been moved and preserved.
  The group enjoyed the time although the weather was not the best. The first day that arrivals happened was Sunday and  it was windy and raining hard. No one came out of their RTs until start of ‘real’ rally stuff on Monday afternoon. We had wind all week and more ‘intermittent’ rain while getting to the big tent for events. We had good food and entertainment all week long interspersed with the required business meetings. At the chapter meeting our first ever ‘real’ election took place for the position of President (other positions were filled by acclimation with only a single candidate running). The election ended with a real (surprise to me, for sure) landslide and I am now the new President of Roadtrek International (chapter of Family Motor Coach Association).
   I am still somewhat on a cloud and trying to come down so I can start working on a plan of action (my term starts January 1, 2014 for two years) in hopes of returning our club to the original great social/fun group it was formed to be and not so much the political things that have changed it.

New skill for me

 

I am trying a new way to do my blog using Live Writer so that I can write and do stuff to my blog before I ever need to connect to the internet.

This is the wine glass we got for our manager since the job requires lots of substances to manage.

I found a beach that I never knew existed in LeMoine and had a lovely lunch there (store bought stuff).

I think that is Cadillac mountain which stands above all.

It was the day that I took Petey for his vet visit to get the Health Certificate we might need to cross into Canada and the sun was shining with cool temps and that made it a perfect day.

Our summer of 2013 will soon end here in Bass Harbor and we will go on to other adventures.

Lunch fare

Not just lobster this summer. Good Thai lunches too!
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Middle of August

  The summer is coming to a close very rapidly. I am unable to post photos due to the poor internet signal but our weather has become almost perfect with sunny days and cool temperatures. We have had more rain this year than last which means the mosquitoes have had a bumper crop and I'm using my 'personal' OFF device to keep them from eating too much of me.
   I will head to Prince Edward Island from here in a few weeks for the Roadtrek Chapter Rally and then it will be south towards Florida. I would imagine my long sleeved apparel will be necessary and I am glad I am prepared for weather possibilities.
   When my signal is better, I will post more photos.