Settled In; New Wheels and A Golden Anniversary

The time has just flown by since we’ve been home.  Busy cleaning, unpacking, opening up the rig; and lots of shopping.  Throw in a few visits with family and friends; and just like that, 2 weeks have gone by.

To some, we live in a trailer; but to us, our rig is “home sweet home” and boy does it ever feel good to back amongst our “stuff”.  You don’t realize how comfy you got it; until you leave for 6 months and then come back to it all.

We had a few decisions to make this past winter; and one of the big ones is that we’ve decided to park our RV wheels… at least for a bit.  We’re not giving it up totally… but for now we’re going to call Trout Haven in Strathroy home; and we’ll head to a tropical destination for the winter months.

Our truck needed a lot of work and money to be brought up to snuff; and we felt with it being a 2002, it just didn’t seem worth it.  Also with the price of gas rising on a daily basis (it seems), the cost of pulling our rig will only sky rocket.

We’re pretty content with where we’ve been and what we’ve seen over the past 4 ½ years.  We’ve been from PEI to Key West and from Vancouver Island to just North San Diego; and lots of points in between. 

We always said that once Molly was gone, that we would be able to travel in a different way.  Her last gift to us was the freedom to travel; and although we still really miss her; we're filled with great memories of her.

We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Costa Rica this past winter; but the beauty of our lives is that we’re not committed to going back.  We’ll spend some time looking at maps over the summer and figure where we want to go. 

As a result of this big decision, we traded in our truck for a brand spanking new 2011 Ford Escape.  We absolutely love it!  One of the things that I’m going to look forward to the most is no more outrageous mechanic bills.  Other than an oil change every 5000 km’s or so, there won’t be much for us to do.  Going to love that!  It was a little bittersweet trading the truck in; as it had a big role in pulling us around the continent. 

And 50 years ago on May 27, 1961, my parents Jack and Joyce got married.  Congratulations to my parents on this milestone.  My brother, sister, grandkids, Mike and I, took them out for dinner a few weekends ago.  And this weekend their celebrating in Toronto.

Not many people celebrate 50 years of marriage; in fact my Dad is the first in his family; and my Mom is second only to her older brother.  I’m sure that it wasn’t always easy; but they persevered.  And in a world where divorce happens more and more all the time; I’m proud of my parents for sticking it through the rough patches.

Have a great time in Toronto Mom and Dad… we love you and look forward to celebrating many more years together.

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