Well, that fall trip didn't happen. And nor did the spring 2017 trip. The reason for this absence was that we sold our house in Toronto and moved to Nova Scotia. Now that we are settled into our new home it's time to get ready for the next trip.
If you have been following this blog you may recall that we traditionally went south from Toronto in the fall for 6 weeks, parked the Unit in Texas and drove the car back home. Then in the mid March we would drive the car back to Texas, do another 6 weeks ending up back at home.
That won't work from Nova Scotia. We are now about twice as far from Florida. The car drive to or from Texas used to take 3 days. Now we would be looking at 6 or 7. Hotels alone would cost a fortune, not to mention a week in a car with the dog ..... Just not going to work.
But we believe we have found a solution. Pretty much the same plan as before, but we leave out the "driving the car back home" part.
And in order to have a good chance of avoiding snow (and the accompanying salt, which is RV kryptonite) we decided we should leave by Dec. 1 and return by the end of April. Five months living in a tube? Count me in!
This plan brings up a whole new set of problems.
What about the cat? We don't have a pet sitter.
So the cat is coming along.
What about the house? We don't have a house sitter.
We drain the pipes, set the thermostat at 15 and get someone to check on it periodically.
Income tax remittances, travel medical insurance, pet vaccinations, prescriptions, RV park reservations (unlike before, this is peak season). These are some of the things we have had to plan for.
We have a list of RV destinations that we like. We used to stay at the favourite ones for several days, now it's going to be several weeks. Topping the list are St George Island in the Florida panhandle, Gulf Shores Alabama (the Redneck Riviera), New Orleans, Galveston, Corpus Christie and Lajitas near Big Bend Texas. Instead of having to race home in a week at the end of our 6 weeks, we will be taking a leisurely 2 months.
I always planned for this blog to be more pictures than text, but since we haven't left yet there isn't much to show. So here's a picture of the place we now call home. The Unit is waiting patiently in the driveway.
One thing to keep in mind if you are following this blog. The posts go from most recent to oldest, so if you want to start at the beginning, scroll down and start at the bottom.
Stay tuned, we're off in about 2 weeks.
