Merry Christmas Blogging Family!! Snow Snow and More Snow

I awoke to a clatter, and sprang from the bed, thinking Santa's here early, or is it my head!! Threw open the blinds and what did I see???? 

A MUNICIPAL SNOWPLOW- DESCENDING ON ME !!!

I ran to the back, thinking it was my eyes,  threw open the door to a great big surprise!

Yes it was snow!! Snow makes for a magical Christmas-but the magic we need right now is blue skies and clear roads. We are loading and lugging the MH for our trip, amongst the decorations and pretty wrapped presents- is baskets of  'stuff' still to be loaded. There are lists hanging everywhere, and it sure doesn't seem like we are getting much accomplished-but that is because I am pulling together the inside (the -to go out there stuff) and Rick is doing most of the loading from the front door to the MH. How will I ever find everything upon arrival, but I'm sure I will have lots of time to take inventory and arrange it all to my satisfaction. There will be a repetitive question I'm sure-something to the effect of "Honey where is this and where is that"...

I'm hoping this snow disappears before Tuesday morning bright and early. And am glad that this is not "get outta dodge day". Christmas is all about hope and love-so I hope and would love for all this snow to disappear. I'm sure there are children all tucked in their beds while visions of 'sleds' dance in their heads.  

We definitely have a couple of busy, hectic days ahead of us. Shovel the snow, load the motorhome, go to church this evening with our family, visitation with the excited grands, then back home load some more (all the non  perishables), play santa for our foster grand who has been with us since Wednesday, then try and get a couple of hours of shut eye before the excited phone call from across town  to "hurry up and come to our house the grands are up and want to open their presents"..

Then its brunch with the family at our daughter after the kids open everything, and back home for maybe a quick 'nap' (doubtful) and organize more items for the MH. Then back over to our daughters house to enjoy Christmas dinner with our family and her extended family. 

We have to un decorate here at the house and get all those decorations back into storage, because we have a friend who wants to stay here while we are gone south. If not for that I would have left it all in place until our return. I've arranged for our adult kids to pop over on Monday and shop in our cupboards and freezer as our house sitter is a mostly 'eat out' kind of guy and I know he won't cook roasts, chickens etc. so what I can't get into the MH fridge our kids will do us the favor of taking it off our hands. I'm sure that won't be too big a chore for our two 'bachelor' sons.

Rick has stocked up on jugs of water, and windshield washer antifreeze for the toilet issues during travel. I plan to make lunches and a couple of casseroles for our travel days. We hope to be in South Carolina - Myrtle Beach area on our 4th day of travel. This will be our first winterized- travel in the cold trip -so I hope we are up to the challenge. I'm sure we will forget something, but hopefully it is something minor and we can pick it up along the way.

Merry Christmas to you all-our blogging family!!! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!! Maybe we will be lucky enough to meet some of you down the road. Our goal is to leave here early Tuesday morning take our foster grand with us in the Motorhome (she is excited about that) and drop her at her next visitation home a couple of hours from here. Hopefully Tucker and Lilly will be kind enough to share their 'sofa' with her.


Our proposed route will have us crossing the Canada US border at Houlton Maine then straight south on 95 to Lewiston ME for our first night approx 400 miles. There is a Ramada Inn in Lewiston that caters to snowbirds with electrical hookups in the back of their parking lot for $10.00 a night. From Lewiston we will continue on 95 to MA then a short haul on 90 to 84 down through Hartford CT into PA and stopping just south of Scranton at Pitston PA for a night of Walmart fun about 430 miles . Thursday is the big push to get below the frost/snowline down 81 to 66 across to Fredericksburg VA to 95 and south on 95 to someplace south of Richmond to another Wallyworld. Friday will see us running down 95 and swinging off on 501 to Myrtle Beach for the New Years festivities. From Myrtle we will leave on Jan 2 and motor to Jacksonville FL for a Walmart overnight and then the final day Jan 3 push for Avon Park FL for at least a month of sunshine and relaxation. From there who knows!!


Take care all and be safe out there!! If the snow is not gone by Tuesday we will sadly hold up until it is!! Oh and Ricks BP has finally starting holding at an acceptable level.!! 

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“Sometimes you have to forget whats gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to whats coming next”.

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