so ….we chatted for awhile, about an almost incident from the night before. You have heard the saying that it is a small world. Well the world is small, even on the world’s largest cruise ship.
Read MoreBack to the Real World......
Our Last Cruise Day Nine..The Last Full Day
We would be easing ourselves back into the real world, a place that I did not want to return to and in some ways, as I am writing this, I am still not there. I am still on the Voyager......
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Our Last Cruise Day Ten..We have to get off the ship.
Diane and I woke at false dawn. Voyager was already docked. In just a few minutes the sunrise could be seen in the glass of the buildings outside our balcony.
Read MoreMy Name is Theodore (but call me Teddy Bear!)
My official name is Theodore. I have had a lot of names in my short life; Beasley, Bailey...I don't mind the name Theodore, but I like the name that Mom and Dad use the best ... Teddy Bear.
Read MoreGold Watch and Chain
Just after we placed our orders, I reached inside my camera bag, which I carry just about everywhere, and removed a square, aluminum foil wrapped package. It had a thick greenish cloth ribbon tied around it. I slid it across the table to Dad. He looked at it for a second or two.
“What is this? A block of chocolate?” He asked with a smile.
Read MoreDiane and Teddy Bear on Grooming Day
LIVING SMALL (Updated)
The SS Galileo behind a much smaller ship.
The Tango
Before Diane and I became Motorhome owners, and before my son entered college, we were avid cruisers. This is the story of our first one, which took place a bunch of years ago.
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Our small but really good living space.....Less House more Life!
Fulltimers
Diane and I are living full time in our Motor Home. It did not happen the way we planned it or hoped it would...the transition from part time to full time has happened but it was rough.
Read MoreDepreciation?
This subject pops up every now and then in the Internet forums where I hang about on a regular basis. It may be a post titled "Is your Class A a Money pit?" or "A motor home costs a whole lot more than you think it does!"
Read MoreCamping at Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway, quite a few years ago.
How Did It Start? part 2
A bit of background and a few observations about the motohoming-rving lifestyle before I continue with my story, you don't mind do you?
Diane and I camped in a tent for 30 years before making the huge jump to a motorhome. There was no step in between.
Read MoreHow Did It Start? part 1
All of us have our own story about how we ended up owning a motorhome company or, like most of us, just owning a motorhome.
This is my story.
Read MoreSIGNS!
I believe that there are signs that we should pay attention to that will help us in our day to day lives, on and off the road, from getting into trouble.
Evo......There is a God.
If I put an apple on my driveway, if left alone it will decay. Other factors can and most likely will accelerate the process of the apple turning into something less than an apple........
Read MoreThe Bravest Person I Know
Sometimes unfortunate things, can lead to other things, that have a fortunate outcome.
Read MoreThe Candle
In late November of 1990 I received my December issue of Reader's Digest. I read all the humorous parts of the magazine, and one cover story and then promptly stuck it on a shelf with all the other issues that I still had in my possession.
Family
I believe that I am a pretty good coach pilot. I still believe that even though I hit my mailbox while making a sharp turn into our driveway. Obviously I didn’t pull up the street far enough and turn sharp enough but no long term damage done, except to my pride.
These kind of things happen so why have I kept Rving the last twelve years?
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More Coach Tips and Hints
Just a few more hints to help improve your motorhoming experience.
Read MoreIt's A Wonderful Life!
I have watched the movie hundreds of times. I own both he black and white and colorized versions of the movie. I know each and every line by heart. I can watch the whole film in my head. It still chokes me up.
Old Christmas Ornaments (Prologue To Eighteen Months) →
Christmas has always been the day that my life's memories pivots on........
Read MoreI Had a Strange Dream...
I was over the ocean. I moved out from the blackness I was in, to a stadium of stars, a carpet of luminous blue below me. Off in the distance I could see the horizon and perched on it a moving light.
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