Today is a real bonus...One extra day of this year to enjoy in Arizona. We are leaping for joy!
Late afternoon at the pool--yes, we did swim in 89 degree water and did not freeze upon climbing out of the pool because the air temp was 80 or 81! I am a little pink despite a layer of sunblock.
We then went to a 'happy hour' next door hosted by a nice couple from Minnesota, and we chatting with 4 other couples. This life is so unique because we are sharing it with folks from all over the US and Canada. Plus our horizons are expanding in that our fellow travelers are from all walks of life.
I must confess that while we were teaching, it was 'natural' to hang out with like professionals--those in education. Now we are sharing time and visiting with and getting to know carpenters, doctors, pilots, small business owners, retired military, mechanics, and on and on and on...and each individual has a refreshingly new take on life from their varied experiences. This is quite an unexpected bonus to the fulltime life style.
today's thought: Art is a lot like morality...you have to draw the line somewhere.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Sunny Arizona
It is amazing to me how sunny it is here in Arizona. Every day it seems, sometime during daylight hours, the sun shows. The really nice thing is that many many days, the sun shines all day! Risky business for the easily sunburned.
We are enjoying a month at Val Vista Winter Village north of Casa Grande, and we have been treated to extremely friendly snowbirds here. Plenty of activities, which have been fun. This week had the first days warm enough for us to relax and swim at the pool. High 70s and 80 for highs.
We had a truly nice visit from friends that flew down here from a -17 Ames, Iowa. We ATV'd, went to the Biosphere and then spent time at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Had a great time. Ellen got her Golden Age Pass!!! Hence we all got in for free! And now for life, we can enter any National Park/Monument with the entry fee waived. Yet another reward for getting older!
Today's thought: If you don't get lost, you may never be found.
We are enjoying a month at Val Vista Winter Village north of Casa Grande, and we have been treated to extremely friendly snowbirds here. Plenty of activities, which have been fun. This week had the first days warm enough for us to relax and swim at the pool. High 70s and 80 for highs.
We had a truly nice visit from friends that flew down here from a -17 Ames, Iowa. We ATV'd, went to the Biosphere and then spent time at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Had a great time. Ellen got her Golden Age Pass!!! Hence we all got in for free! And now for life, we can enter any National Park/Monument with the entry fee waived. Yet another reward for getting older!
Today's thought: If you don't get lost, you may never be found.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
We should start at the beginning...
Our Excel-lent Adventure began in early August, 2007. That's when we closed on our 'stick' home in north central Iowa. We had purchased an "excel-lent" 2005 Excel 5th wheel to serve as our home on the road. To pull it a 2008 Ford F-150 was ordered from the factory.
We had decided to fulltime RV during a long trip during the winter of 2006-2007. That RV excursion was taken to check out possible locations to retire away from the nasty Iowa winters. Well, a long story short says that we loved RVing so much we figured we could buy a 'normal' retirement home when we couldn't or didn't want to RV anymore.
We sold 95% of our stuff at an auction and an estate sale the first week in August...that included the house, furniture, cars, tools, kitchen stuff, clothes, games, books, electronics, and yes, we said good-bye to our snowblower! Without a 'stick' home, we took residence in Emery, SD, with vehicle registration, drivers licenses and voting registration in the State of Great Faces.
We roamed the upper midwest for about a month and a half, visiting friends and relatives as we assumed we wouldn't see them again until they thawed out next spring. We also attended the fall Escapee Rally in Goshen Indiana. Since then we have worked our way through Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. After spending Christmas and New Year's Eve in Pahrump, NV, we have "settled in to areas in southern Arizona, and have been here from mid January to the present.
We had decided to fulltime RV during a long trip during the winter of 2006-2007. That RV excursion was taken to check out possible locations to retire away from the nasty Iowa winters. Well, a long story short says that we loved RVing so much we figured we could buy a 'normal' retirement home when we couldn't or didn't want to RV anymore.
We sold 95% of our stuff at an auction and an estate sale the first week in August...that included the house, furniture, cars, tools, kitchen stuff, clothes, games, books, electronics, and yes, we said good-bye to our snowblower! Without a 'stick' home, we took residence in Emery, SD, with vehicle registration, drivers licenses and voting registration in the State of Great Faces.
We roamed the upper midwest for about a month and a half, visiting friends and relatives as we assumed we wouldn't see them again until they thawed out next spring. We also attended the fall Escapee Rally in Goshen Indiana. Since then we have worked our way through Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. After spending Christmas and New Year's Eve in Pahrump, NV, we have "settled in to areas in southern Arizona, and have been here from mid January to the present.
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