LITTLES

C and his mama went to the OC Fair yesterday.   He had a full day, went to school in the morning, took the bus to the fair, then drove up to Fontana to meet his favorites - Aunty Mo, Uncle Bri and his Austy - I don't know if Cheater was there or not!  Little C is spending the weekend up there in the high desert.   Have fun little man.

Mimi and Pops got to keep the little miss for the day.  She is such a sweetie.   I just love her giggles and when she hears music she just can't NOT dance.   It's adorable beyond words and does my heart good to see it. 

This little guy is usually always this joyful!

 

What can I say? She melts my heart.

Being a little monkey

She loves watching videos of herself

 

Planning and Sewing

Hi there,
Have had some awesome feedback on the blog.  Thank you so much.   Your feedback helps me make things better hopefully.   First off - larger font!   Second I will try to use less abbreviations/acronyms.  I forget I don't just have seasoned RV'ers following along. 

Any-hoo here goes.  Yesterday we made a trip to AAA to get some tour books and maps.  But I have to say the maps are just not for me.  Can't read them without the magnifying glass and I just got new glasses.   We ordered a large laminated map from Amazon and it's hard to see unless I get up close. Jeez - getting old much?

So planning has begun for the trek east.  I'm very excited to get started, my other half, not so much.  It takes a bit of prodding to get him interested in starting the research.   He doesn't really like that part much.  The get in and go part he likes a lot.  

Our lil miss goes in for surgery tomorrow on her ears - tubes.  She's had a lot of ear infections in her first year.   So send good thoughts and prayers her way. 

I've gotten back to the sewing room and am committed to getting our lil miss her first year quilt done.  I don't particularly enjoy this first part, which is all the cutting.  I want to sit and sew - that's the part I love.      I have fabric left from our lil boy's first year and I understand he's outgrown his first quilt, so that is next up on my to do list.

NOTE:  

FHU - Full hook ups - these are the umbilical cords for the MoHo - electricity, water and sewer. 

Adios

Adjusting to being home!

Well we spent some time and cleaned up the MoHo and then returned her to the storage yard where before she's bedded down for a month or so she'll get a nice bath. 

We've spent some time with the grands.  We had the lil miss here today for a few hours.  She has developed quite a personality and is very good communicating with just a few words so far.  My sweet boy told me he missed me a lot and I believe him! Had lunch with my middle sis and nephew Austy.

I had the hubs put together a  spreadsheet so we can track our expenses while on these wonderful adventures of ours.  I read a lot of other blogs and am amazed at how cheaply some people live full time in their RV's.   What I realize is a lot of them take advantage of boondocking opportunities (no fee camping and no hook ups)  and they spend time at Elks and Moose parking lots.   Prolly not something we are likely to do.  The bottom line for us is probably not going to be about the finances but more that we want to travel and see this country and don't want to stay in a different hotel/motel bed every night and I like having my own potty!  There I said it. 

Overall we would rate our first big trip a huge success.  We really enjoyed ourselves and are anxious to hit the road again.  We learned some things and had some things affirmed for us.   We know we need to do more research on the areas we are visiting before we visit, and decide what we want to see and do. 

This guy did a fantastic job driving!   It can be stressful but he took it all in stride and pushed through.

Aren't these two the cutest?