RV and other travels around the World
It seems like it has been a long time since my last blog update – and it has been! There have been many activities and achievements and there has also been some long periods of not much of anything. This update will try to summarize all the main events of the last month. At the top of the list is we now have a new (to us) home to use as our home base for continued RV travels. Plus some other stuff to include as well.
A Drive on the Parkway – We finally decided to take a day off from doing very little. It can be exhausting, let me tell you. Our activities have been either been related to finding a house to purchase or relaxing at the base camp in Southwest Virginia. Staying close to home has kept us safe from the Virus, but it does get extremely boring. So today, we drove the 30 minutes south to the very small town of Fancy Gap, Virginia and then drove a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
It has been a very fast two weeks since we arrived to the southwest Virginia area that was our home for over twenty years. We retired just over three years ago and have since been on the road traveling all over the US. Until the pandemic arrived and then we sat it out like most others until we got the green light and good to go note. Well, here is a quick update on our activities upon arriving in Virginia to start the house hunting process!
It was good to be back home in Virginia! Back to see family, friends and all the annual doctor and dental appointments. Our two weeks at Claytor Lake State Park went by in the blink of an eye. I feel we accomplished much and got to hang out with our kids after a long absence due to our travels. Here is a recap:
We have now relocated to Nashville Tennessee after having delayed our departure twice. Maybe we packed too much into our stop at our former home area. Each delay causes me to shorten the stay at our next two stops and forfeit some camp fees. That is the downside to all the advance planning that we do. Although it has been a great time with family and friends and that has been very special. Continue reading “Goodbye Virginia (for now)”
Featured photo credit: Adam Mason
We have a new daughter-in-law! Our son Bryan married Jennifer Durdall on this last Saturday, October 6th. It was a lovely wedding with great weather and located in their hometown of Washington D.C. That location allowed for some sightseeing, fine eating, and quality time with family. Continue reading “Bryan & Jen’s Wedding”
The featured image was taken at our DVPC church at sunset. We are staying at the Fort Chiswell RV Park, near our former home town of Christiansburg, VA for a month before getting back on the road. There are dentist appointments, RV work, a complete sort through all of our stuff, a new car to buy, family and friends to see, and a wedding to attend. We have accomplished much at about the halfway point, but still more to do! Continue reading “Fort Chiswell, Week #2”
One of the planned upgrades to our 5th wheel RV is to change out the old RV refrigerator and replace it with a residential model. We found a good RV shop near Radford Virginia, close to our old home town. So with a little advance planning, buying the new refrigerator and inverter, and some labor costs, we will have the upgrade completed. Continue reading “Refrigerator Upgrade”
We have been extremely fortunate so far from the Hurricane Florence weather impact. The rain was a constant warm mist type rain about all day on Saturday here at the Fort Chiswell RV Park. Then some on and off slightly harder rain overnight, but no flooding at our location. Today, (Sunday), it has been a little breezy with a very light mist. We keep waiting for the worst of it! Continue reading “Ft. Chiswell Virginia; Hurricane Hideout”
Yesterday was a sunny and mostly clear day. Although the winds have picked up a bit. This weather was due to a high pressure cell located in southwest Virginia. That will all change by later on today as the Hurricane Florence approaches. The calm before the storm… Continue reading “Hurricane Status – Friday 9/14”