Hitting The Road Full Time

Hitting The Road Full Time

Good Bye To Good Friends

Good Bye To Good Friends

It’s amazing what one year can hold. The possibilities. The apprehensiveness. The hopes and dreams. The trepidation. The memories. The tears.

The good as well as bad.

It was one year ago, to this very day, that we drove away from our house one last time. Starting our full time adventure.

Saying “See Ya Later” to friends.

We’ve had our ups and our downs. That’s putting it mildly.

Winnebago Tour And Our Tour Master

Winnebago Tour And Our Tour Master

Like not taking possession of the 2013 Winnebago Tour that we had custom ordered. I’ll spare you all the details in this post. You can read all about that fiasco here.

And the loss of our dear sweet Angel in August. She is still missed to this day. Always in our hearts.

We Lost Our Dear Sweet Angel

We Lost Our Dear Sweet Angel

Being stuck in Wisconsin for over a month was not fun. We were only passing through for a couple days. Then David had a kidney stone attack and ended up having to have 2 kidney stone surgeries. Looking on the positive side, the hospital, Meriter Hospital in Madison, WI was lovely. Not that we want to go back and visit any time soon.

That’s life on the road. You never know where you’ll end up. There’s generally no time line. You just go with the flow. It still doesn’t make it any easier when you are stuck somewhere though.

Becoming Florida Residents

Becoming Florida Residents

We quickly became Florida residents. Getting fully out of New York with their high taxes was an easy decision for us.

We’ve made new friends on the road that we know we will go and visit. Ronnie, Ginger and Annette at the RV Ranch of Keene, inviting us to their family Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.

And Geri and Art, camp hosts extraordinaire, at Camp Red Bay, aka The Tiffin Service Center.

David And Ronnie

David And Ronnie

Brenda And Ginger

Brenda And Ginger

David, Annette And Brenda

David, Annette And Brenda

Geri And Art

Geri And Art

Segs4Vets.org At The Alamo, San Antonio, TX

Segs4Vets.org At The Alamo, San Antonio, TX

Flying With Friends In Denver, CO

Flying With Friends In Denver, CO

We met up with Segs4Vets to help them out with their induction ceremony.

And while in Denver, CO we met up with some online friends that also fly quadcopters and got some flying in around the park.

We’ve stayed in some interesting campgrounds. Some nice and some, let’s just say, we won’t be back anytime soon. Whitey’s Fish Camp was one of them. However, it was the only campground around the area in Florida where we had to be to change our residency. So one night was all we needed. Thank goodness.

Big Pine Campground In Custer, SD

Big Pine Campground In Custer, SD

Whitey's Fish Camp In Orange Park, FL

Whitey’s Fish Camp In Orange Park, FL

The Badlands National Park, SD

The Badlands National Park, SD

Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Scotts Bluff, NE

Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Scotts Bluff, NE

Caney Creek RV Park, Harriman, TN

Caney Creek RV Park, Harriman, TN

Country Roads RV Park, Wisconsin Dells, WI

Country Roads RV Park, Wisconsin Dells, WI

We met up with some rv friends, Tricia and Keith of Geeky Explorers, and in turn met new friends, Don, Christine, Oliver and Kerry.

Our New 2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45LP

Our New 2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45LP

We finally had a new coach built and are now enjoying every minute of it! Thanks to Tiffin for that.

Good-Bye To The 2008 Tour Master

Good-Bye To The 2008 Tour Master

Hello To The New 2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45LP

Hello To The New 2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45LP

So in March we said Good-Bye to our old 2008 Tour Master T40B and Hello to our new 2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45LP.

Who knew we’d be calling Camp Red Bay, aka The Tiffin service center campground, our home for a few months time. We did unfortunately have to go back there once we picked up the new coach. We were having fan clutch issues and Tiffin was working on the fix.

Side note: We have a new proto-type fan clutch now and it’s working wonderfully. The new buses will be getting the new fan clutch in July we were told.

Camp Red Bay (Tiffin Service Center) In Red Bay, AL

Camp Red Bay (Tiffin Service Center) In Red Bay, AL

The Gang At Camp Red Bay

The Gang At Camp Red Bay

If you are interested, and haven’t already perused the entries of our build process, here’s a link to the entire build of our new 45LP Allegro Bus. From start to finish with time lapse video.

You do get to know your neighbors well at Camp Red Bay and it’s easy to make life long friends, as we did for sure. Jim and Beverly, Tom and Sue, Marc and Josee and Marty and Diane just to name a few.

Not to mention it’s nice to be able to compare notes with someone that has the same coach as you.

We have seen some spectacular sites this year. Some National treasures and some awesome driving roads.

Mount Rushmore, SD

Mount Rushmore, SD

Crazy Horse Monument, SD

Crazy Horse Monument, SD

Custer State Park, Custer, SD

Custer State Park, Custer, SD

The Black Hills And Needles Highway, SD

The Black Hills And Needles Highway, SD

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM

The Badlands, SD

The Badlands, SD

Just breath taking!

We’ve seen our share of gorgeous sunsets too.

Amana Colonies, Iowa

Amana Colonies, Iowa

Moon Rise At The Amana Colonies, Iowa

Moon Rise At The Amana Colonies, Iowa

Sunset Over A Walmart In Aurora, CO

Sunset Over A Walmart In Aurora, CO

Sunset Over Indiana

Sunset Over Indiana

Looking back at all these photos and memories makes us want to keep on driving. We’re currently in our home town of Rochester, NY at Southwoods RV Resort. Visiting with family and friends. Getting the very important doctors appointments all caught up. And looking forward to getting back out there. Making new memories.

Our Coach

Our Coach

Where ever the road may lead you, we wish you safe travels and happy memories.