We Have Arrived!!!

We have arrived safe and sound at Adelaide Shores RV Resort in Avon Park Florida around 3pm today. It is a gorgeous Rv park. 

Jim and Dee from Tumbleweed are also here. They had us over for a lovely supper. Then they came to our rig for coffee. What a wonderful supper, thanks guys we truly appreciate it. 

It is so nice to arrive and not have to worry about getting supper, after getting setup (especially when you don't have all the groceries on board). Its so nice to be sitting parked with all the slides out and finally totally setup for at least the next month.

We took off for Walmart to pick up a few things upon arrival~plus we needed to find an ATM machine, as the park does not accept credit cards. Just cash or cheque. After shopping I noticed walmart had a cash machine~so I decided to use it versus trying to find a bank. Well suffice to say that was my first mistake. The machine jammed before giving me all the requested cash..and we had to wait beside the machine for over 30 minutes waiting for someone to come and open the machine and unjam it so we could finish our transaction. Thankfully once we found the 'right' person we got the rest of our cash and were on our way. We were only 5 minutes late for supper-but I hate being late for anything..especially supper!! :)

Supper was delicious - salad, home made spaghetti, garlic bread-and cake for desert. Wow did that all hit home with us considering we were travelling most of the day and pretty near starved to death.

Tomorrow will definitely be a rest day for us..and we will take a couple of strolls around the park and check the place out. After we clean the rig inside and out plus the car. We are on a nice end lot with no neighbours on the 'door' side of us...which is great for Lilly and Tucker boy.

Ok am off to check on our 'real' kids then hit the sack..knowing I don't have to get up in the morning and travel-which means I will sleep well tonight!!

Take care all...be safe out there...

Home is where you park it

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

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

“Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people, some leave early, some stay, some laugh with you, some at you, some didn't come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would stay and help clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the ones who didn't even make the mess: ) How true this is!!! “

We Are Almost There!

We just arrived and set up in a PA park in GA approx 7 miles from the Florida border. It was a great travel day, although the wind gave us some grief for sure. We left Myrtle Beach around 9:30am this morning..traffic was heavy to say the least.

We spent new years eve with dear friends in Myrtle Beach at their condo..thanks Cathy and Brent, and Cathy's dad 'skipper' from Newfoundland...you are the best hosts and hostess. We made new friends..Dave and Debbie, was so nice to have met you and we surly will meet again in the spring on our way back through. We all watched the ball drop on tv at times square, drank champagne, wore NY hats, enjoyed some excellent food, and watched fire works on the beach. 

Yesterday we were invited back to their condo again for dinner and an excellent dinner it was. I had brought salt cod with me from Canada so yesterday I got busy and made some homemade fish cakes for 'skipper'-what newfoundlander doesn't like fishcakes-hopefully he will share them with Cathy.

Tonight the low here is 29 degrees...might have to plug in that electric blanket. Any weather is good weather in my books as long as it doesn't involve snow.

Don't think I can upload any pictures, due to the slow wifi here so I will have to catch up on doing that later. 

Be safe out there everyone..and have a wonderful evening..hope 2012 has been off to a great start for you all!


We have park wifi tonight-a bit slow but hey its free-so I'll have time to catch up on reading all your blogs :)

Home is where you park it

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

“Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people, some leave early, some stay, some laugh with you, some at you, some didn't come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would stay and help clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the ones who didn't even make the mess: ) How true this is!!! “

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New year to all our friends and family back home...may you all have a wonderful celebration this New Years Eve!!! We wish all of our family and friends a happy, healthy and prosperous 2012!

Also happy New Year to our blogging family!! All the best for health and prosperity in 2012-from our home on wheels to yours!!

Elaine Rick Tucker and Lilly...

Home is where you park it

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

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

“Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people, some leave early, some stay, some laugh with you, some at you, some didn't come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would stay and help clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the ones who didn't even make the mess: ) How true this is!!! “

Safe and Sound in Myrtle Beach!!

Had a wonderful travel day today-excellent weather. Not much sleep last night tho..Miss Lilly would not settle down she had me up most of the night. I think its 3 full driving days and her sleeping on the sofa in travel. She and Tucker will get a good long walk tonight for sure.

We left Fredericksburg VA around 8am this morning and motored toward Myrtle Beach, arriving around 4pm. The sun was shining and the farther we drove the greener the pastures and grass was. We started peeling off the sweat shirts, and my feet were finally warm. It was 64 degrees upon our arrival. I might even get to sleep with the window open in the bedroom tonight!! Ossumer purred right along and worked like a charm. 


Upon arrival our jacks were making a grinding noise as we lowered them. They weren't doing that yesterday..we are wondering if maybe they are full of road grime-but we are not going to worry about that right now..they are down and will come up no problem Tuesday, so once we arrive in Fl we will look into having them checked out. Anyone ever experience this? Or does it sound familiar?

Our friends Cathy and Brent who live in NC are here for a month in their condo on the beach, and we will be meeting up with them tonight and spending NYs with them also. We will be here until Tuesday, then head for Fl.

Have a super evening and for those of you in travel---be safe out there.

Home is where you park it

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

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

“Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people, some leave early, some stay, some laugh with you, some at you, some didn't come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would stay and help clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the ones who didn't even make the mess: ) How true this is!!! “

Snow Day

We are currently in Fredericksburg VA...at a campground and I'm so excited we just dumped the winterizing and I'm doing the happy dance while I wait for the water heater to heat up...shower shower shower..yeah..


We left Fiskkill NY at 7:30 this morning..and arrived here at 4:30..from Carlisle PA clear through to the WV border we were in snow squalls. We were discussing hauling off..and the blessed skies opened up and the sun tried to peek through..so we outran that one for sure. Traffic was terribly heavy today for a middle of the week day.


No pictures today folks, I couldn't find the camera its here somewhere. Its nice to be sitting in the rig with all the slides out and the jacks down..feels like we moved into a bigger house. Staying at the walmart we tend not to put the jacks down and only put out the bedroom slide.


We hope to make it to Myrtle Beach tomorrow and will be there until Tuesday at which time we will head for Florida. 


Be safe out there...
Elaine Rick Tucker and Lilly

Home is where you park it

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

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

“Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people, some leave early, some stay, some laugh with you, some at you, some didn't come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would stay and help clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the ones who didn't even make the mess: ) How true this is!!! “

Are we at Sea???

It rained hard all night,(I was glad it washed some of the road grime off the car) and the wind was unreal..but we were comfy toasty warm in Ossumer, with electric hookup last night. 


Today been a blustery day today to say the least..we left Lewiston ME and motored on for 7 hours hoping to make it to PA today..but that was not to be...it was just too darned windy..we struggled with winds all day today and at 3pm we said enough of this...No rain today but strong winds on the right front ..it seemed to be a constant battle.

Border Crossing Yesterday Morning at Houlton ME

Parked @ Ramada in Lewiston ME last night

Where is he taking me???? (Hartford CT)

We are currently wallydocking in Fishkill NY. At least there is no snow but holy moly it is chilly, right now its approximately 31F. Its colder because of the wind. We are rocking and rolling here in the parking lot. But we are warm..we have the generator going had supper at Rotten Ronnies, (I was too tired to cook)..and my airstick is working so what more could we ask for. We did ask permission to park and we are away from the building-and only opened the bedroom slide.


Tomorrow we hope to get as far as Fredericksburg VA...will update you upon arrival..


Stay safe everyone....until the next time

Home is where you park it

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

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

“Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people, some leave early, some stay, some laugh with you, some at you, some didn't come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would stay and help clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the ones who didn't even make the mess: ) How true this is!!! “

I shoulda-woulda-coulda !!!

I "shoulda" because had I known how cold it was going to be I "woulda" brought my nice white furry lined snowshoe boots-and I "coulda" cause I thought about it while I stored them away in the Kitchen coat closet this morning at home. Then thought nawww we're heading for bright sunny skies and warm temps. Does the soul good to suffer a wee bit.

Its not so bad..but my feet were frozen for awhile..so I wrapped my self up in a nice homemade quilt to ward off the draughts and snuggled up in the passenger seat. As yall probably already figured out..I'm not a great 'sit still' for hours type of person. I tend to be somewhat fidigety..like those kids in church who can't sit still? They count people with hats on, people wearing blue coats, then red coats..you get my drift. Yup you guessed it I'm a counter..(between prayers that is)..today I counted road signs and mile markers..when I bored of that I read my kindle for a bit..then I fired up my laptop and creeped around facebook..didn't even try to read blogs due to all the pics that would try to load..might try that tomorrow...by then we were finally in Bangor and heading into Walmart to get a trac phone (which this computer illiterate chick activated online by herself) while Jeeves did the chauffeuring. And wouldn't you know it..its active and I have no-one to call..it will take 48 hours to activate the canadian calling and thats if you do it online yourself. Betcha all didn't know Canada was 'international' yup from the US its international calling..they musta sold a wack of those phones for Christmas if its taking 48 hours to get into their systems.

We arrived in Lewiston at 6:30 local time and did something we always said we'd never do..drove after dark..we do not like driving after dark..but we are trying to outrun weather so we motored along. Hopefully we will get off the road before dark tomorrow..in fact I'm almost positive we will. We had chicken (well turkey really ) a la king on toast for supper on paper plates. It was hot and we were hungry..every cupboard I open Rick has sweets stashed. All the christmas cooking from home, and some from the daughters..


I know some of you say why not de winterize before leaving home..even tho we have heated holding tanks we don't want to take the chance. Its not the fact of the 'overnight' stops its the travelling down the road with -10 degree temps outside-it tends to blow cold air into small tiny cracks that will freeze water pipes. We have brought water for flushing, and water for drinking and washing..so we will rough it for a couple of days, heck it might even be fun. 


Tucker and Lilly are not complaining as long as their furry butts are parked on the comfy sofa and the rig is rolling. Ok its 8:06 local time and I have to organize the duty free stuff, and hit the sack we are beat. Never ceases to amaze me how we can be so tired of sitting and rolling along for hours. We had approx a 9 hour day today, and only stopped long enough in Fredericton to drop our foster grand off to her next visiting relative-then rolled along till duty free and we sure weren't there long.


A big welcome aboard to Michael and Dee of gonerving.blogspot.com thanks for joining us..


Have a great night folks..be safe out there..where ever you may be!!

Home is where you park it

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

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"

“Life is like a party. You invite a lot of people, some leave early, some stay, some laugh with you, some at you, some didn't come. But in the end, after the fun, there would be a few who would stay and help clean up the mess with you. And most of the time, those were the ones who didn't even make the mess: ) How true this is!!! “

Ossumer is ready for a new adventure

A long day but finally Ossumer is loaded his 2 furnaces are running to maintain some inside heat. The block heater is plugged in to insure an easy start. All that is left is to hook up the toad place the brake buddy and we will be ready to start our 5 month adventure to a land of Sun and warmth.

The weather has been checked at least a dozen times today and it looks like a clear sunny day with temps of 5C as we start down the eastern seaboard. Actualy if all the weather predictions are correct we should have a nice clear run all the way to Myrtle Beach SC in time for New Years festivities.

Climb aboard get a good seat sit back and enjoy the ride hope to see you all down the road.

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.!! 

Home is where you park it

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

"May your day be filled with blessings like the sun that lights the sky~and may you always have the courage to spread your wings and fly"