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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.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Gettysburg Pennsylvania


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We spent 2 nights in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. In stead of signing on with one of their tour busses we found that we could rent a 2 CD set tour that you can use to take your own personal tour. This was great because we could just pop it into the CD player in the car and go at our own pace. We could stop it at anytime and get out to get a closer look at the sights. They also say there is more information on these CDs than the busses give you. It took us a little over 2 hours to complete. This place is LOADED with monuments. Every couple of yards along the tour is a statue, plaque or monument. If we stopped to look at each one it would take us 2 days to complete the tour. The photo above is the spot where the Battle of Gettysburg started. The gun on the lower left of the photo was the actual one that started the battle and is points in the actual direction it was on the morning of July 1, 1863 We stood on the battle fields where the Battles of Gettysburg took place those 3 days in 1863. We visited the site marked by the Solders Monument (photo below) where Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.


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The campground here is very nice. A little pricey but nice. I wish we could have spent a little more time here to just sit and relax but I made a few reservations ahead so we must be on our way. This is one reason I do not like making reservations but it is a must in popular areas and during holidays.

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