The Adventure Begins

The Adventure Begins……

We started our adventure on Dec 1^st.

One thing I have learned, never pack for the summer when you are in Park City in the winter. Oh and also don’t pack when you are in a rush. These things become apparent further down the line. In an attempt to leave Park City before the next storm, all semblance of order went out of the window.

“Honey, where shall we put this? “, “in the trash! “.

“Honey, is this coming with us? “, “TRASH! “.

“Honey, what about? Yeah I know ,,,,trash “

My patience gland was running out of patience and I wanted to be on the road.

At this point if it didn’t make it into the Flying Pig ( known as The Pig from here on ) by now ,it never would. It is amazing how much stuff you simply can’t live without, can be gotten rid of when your existence breaks down to an 8’ x 34’ motorhome. We have our friend Kathy to thank for the coldness with which we got rid of all our possessions. She gave us a heads up on house clearing before we started. It is amazing how much shite one couple can squirrel away, on the understanding, “we might need it one day “.It is even easier to get rid of. Blink of an eye and it is gone. Either in the trash or away to a new home.

“We live in what we drive and we drive in what we live “

Getting rid of our possessions was the easy part, saying goodbye to our house was harder. This is the place we had laughed, cried, partied hard, made friends, worked on, partied harder and made our home, for the best part of eight years. And yet, in a flash, all the memories where boxed away, we locked the door and were gone. Then we got forgot the spare keys to the “ leetle,teeny,tiny “ car and had to go back. We were our renter’s first visitors. Oh the irony.

Then we were on the road. At some point, we had to join the car to the back of the bus for the purpose of towing. This is easier than it seems. In towing a car flat behind your motorhome it is always best to know what you are doing. The truck stop at the summit of Parleys Canyon is not a very good place to learn. Thank the stars for helpful customer service people, “Do you have an owner’s manual? It should tell you in that “, is the best advice we could get. Jumping in at the deep end we got it sorted and headed off down the Canyon. The stress level was very high at this point. But we were still alive and hadn’t harmed each other.

The reason for this all happening was a conversation Annette and I had had about what to do with the rest of our lives. We decided upon her retirement, after 23 years, to hit the road and see what it would throw at us. I wrapped up my plumbing business ( just as the construction started taking off again ) and here we are. No regrets and raring to go. Life on the road with all it has to offer.

To be honest, it has been a blast.  Just Her n me n Ginge making 3. Six weeks into the Adventure and we are still laughing. Being this close to each other, without the diversion of TV and the other trivia of life takes some getting used to. There is nowhere to hide, in the Pig.  When the air needs clearing it has to be done there and then. Bosh! And then it’s back to normal. Ginge has improved no end. I think that being in close environment with us has done her the world of good. She is a different dog to the one that lived in Park City. For those that don’t know, Ginge was abused as a pup and had a hard time after that, letting her guard down. Jumping at every sudden movement and shying away from contact was normal for her. Not anymore. It would appear, she loves the life on the road. This whole thing has been worth it just for that.

Fast forward to today. We find ourselves staying at a State Park in Arizona, just outside Havasu City because our generator decided it didn’t want to make electricity for us anymore. The parts will be here on Wednesday ( I am assured ) . Until then, we can go no further. When we dry camp, we rely on the generator to top up our batteries and provide power when we need it. This down time has brought about the start of this blog. I have Erik to thank for this. He went to the effort of getting all this started and all I have to do is the easy bit of “waffling”. We are going to try and do this blog once a week. Maybe throw some audio stuff in, as well.

So if you find yourself with nothing to do and time on your hands , check us out.

All names and places have been changed to protect the innocent.