That's the word for the day that describes, for me, our adventure that we will fully engage in on Friday, November 30, 2007.
For the first time ever we will celebrate our anniversary in an RV traveling in the US somewhere "On The Road". However we will be writing our own personal story and traveling to our own "beat". - Jack Kerouac - (read the original scroll if you can and if you haven't.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac
We will stop in Annapolis on the way down to be with our very most favorite Maryland family, then we're to be in Clemson, SC on the 5th. Then over to the North Carolina shore for a couple of weeks and probably Christmas before we head to Florida to be there on the 29th when all of our kids and their significant others will meet us for a week in Orlando and celebrate the beginning of 2008.
On Jan. 5th we will be heading to the Dominican Republic for one week and visiting with our friends in Puerto Rico while in transit to the DR. We will return to the Florida on the 12th and spend some time with family there before we head out to shores of Alabama. We will visit breifly with a new freind there, from Madision, Wisconsin, who I met online researching RV stuff. Then we are off to our 2nd home or is it 3rd at this point, Louisiana. Making longer stops in Lafayette and Lake Charles, we will join up with our two friends and executive directors of the local Rebuilding Together http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/ affiliates in both of those cities and lend our assistance in particular rebuilding projects there. (they are still in the rebuilding process of hurricane's Rita and Katrina) It is a blast to be with them and to be able to have immediate impact and make a difference there. If you have any interest let me know and I will be more than happy to assist in getting you connected to the right people.
Then we are going to Laredo and Brownsville, Texas for a while to help out there in some Mexican family communities. We are not sure exactly what we will be doing there but we will lend a hand and get to know some of the families and then head out for the rest of the winter season to New Mexico and Arizona.
Ahh! Warm!! I can hardly wait!!!
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Don't worry about feeling overwhelmed as you prepare to leave on your Oddesey ..... we felt the same way every year before we headed out for the winter. Once you are on the road, leave your worries behind you. The workings of the motorhome will become much less scary, and the day-to-day living will be much easier as you gather a bit of experience under your belts. Just remember that everyone starts out their traveling as scattered as you are .... nobody starts out knowing all they would like to. Its half the fun of motorhoming. In a month, you will be pros. As far as getting all the bookkeepping aspects under control, just keep in mind that you only have to do that organizing once .... its not an ongoing problem. Life will get better once you are driving out of the driveway and are on your way. At that point, take a deep breath, put a big smile on your face, and sing "On the road again ...." You guys are going to do just fine and you are all going to love it. Linda & Rich
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