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Our New House

It was brought to my attention that we haven’t updated our Blog since 2013. Since we have become stagnant and haven’t really traveled for a while I didn’t have much of interest to post. Not that our life isn’t interesting, there just isn’t much RV Travel going on.

Well recently we have turned another page in our lives. We decided since we like our lifestyle so much that buying a house wasn’t in our plans. However we have pretty much outgrown the RV so…

We bought a Park Model home in the same resort where we have lived for the last 11 years in the motor home. If you are not familiar with a Park Model, it is a small 400 square foot manufactured home. Ours however is a bit more than a simple park model. First off ours is set in the ground so it is ground level, then a 200 square foot addition was added making it 600 square foot overall and the whole thing is stuccoed and the roof is tiled. There is also a 117 square foot building on the property, which serves as a laundry room and a shop. This building is attached to the house by a covered patio with outdoor kitchen. Along with the real residential appliances they topped it off with an air conditioner that can turn the house into a meat locker in the 120-degree Arizona summers. You can see more photos by clicking on the link in the left column.

I have added a link to the photos of our house HERE.

So, although we are keeping the motor home, it looks like we are not Fulltimers anymore.

Best wishes to all our readers and I hope your travels are as enjoyable as ours.

I will leave the Blog up because I know others enjoy reading about our travels.

Thursday, January 20, 2005

Good Bye California





Today is a monumental day for us. We left California today and will not see it for another 9 months. But what really makes it monumental is that when we do arrive back in California we will no longer be California residents. You see, when we arrive in South Dakota we will be changing our residents for a number of reasons such as taxes, vehicle registration, and insurance.



We are in Quartzsite Arizona for a few days. There are way more RVs here than at the Indio rally. The difference is, they are not crowded in because there are hundreds of thousands of acres to park in. There are only 3 other RVs around us but I figure there will be a bit more when the weekend gets here. We are situated where we can see the Highway off ramp and there has been a steady stream of RVs all day. We have seen anything from Million Dollar Prevost Motorcoaches to Old converted school busses and everything in between.



Who says living in an RV is challenging? Here we are in the middle of the desert with no hoses, pipes, wires, or cords, yet I have over 200 channels on my TV, Telephone, Electricity, Running water, and internet. I love modern technology.



There is so much going on here that it could take days to see it all. The whole town has turned into one big giant swap meet. There are bands playing, Antique car and tractor shows, Vender booths all over the place and this weekend will be one of the biggest RV shows around. We plan to stay until Monday but who knows…



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