May 18th marked our first year as full-time RVers. It was this date, one year ago, that we left our sticks and bricks home for the last time. I remember being totally overwhelmed by what we had done and.......well, tired. Thank the Lord for friends (Larry and Beverly Quinn with Sam and Brenda Soules) who surrounded us with love and caring as we spent several days at Lake O the Pines recuperating.
After recovering, we made plans and set out on our adventure. 1) Take care of final business concerning sale of house (check). 2) Extended stay in Oklahoma visiting family (check). 3) Back to Longview for holidays (check). 4) Phoenix for RV Rally and other western points of interest (ah....no, that didn't happen). Our plans are not always God's plans and He threw up a roadblock. After taking a step back, with time for healing from a health issue, we were ready to go again. Thankfully our friends were again at the ready with alternate plans to replace those cancelled. 4) Find bluebonnets (check and double check).
We're back in Longview right now, taking care of appointments and other stuff. One thing we decided to do was upgrade our tow vehicle. We loved our Jeep Wrangler (Betty Boop as the previous owner had named her) but felt we needed 4 doors and wanted a hard top. Two days later we had a Jeep Wrangler, 4 door, hardtop. We bought it one gray, overcast day, as most have been, and to everyone that saw it, it was burgundy. Recently, when the sun peeked out for a few minutes, we discovered it was red, Deep Cherry Red Crystal Pearl to be exact (that's red with red metal flake). We were very pleasantly surprised. No name yet. We'll let you know.
This has been a year filled with adventure. Even with a bump in the road, it was still ours to experience. Many times we questioned whether this was really our life or if we would wake up and it would all have been a dream. I'm here to tell you that it is real and we are living it. Whatever tomorrow holds, we want to live life to the fullest, seeing this world that God has made for us to enjoy, one adventure after another.
See you on down the road.
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