Another day of driving in the wind and now at home. We pulled out of Amarillo around 9:00am this morning for our final day on the road. The local weather report there indicated that the storms that had generated all the wind had moved out and we should have a calm day. Unfortunately, that did not happen. About 30 miles out the north winds picked up and hit us broadside all the way home, although not as bad as what we experienced yesterday.
Other than the wind we had an uneventful trip and arrived at the house around 1:30pm. Everything appears to be fine here other than the house having that "all closed up" smell. That will go away as we get the air conditioner running and get everything aired out. We unloaded the essential stuff from the coach and then locked it up for the night. We'll take a couple of days getting it unloaded and definitely will give it a good bath. After nearly two months out in the desert with weather from everything from wind to rain to snow the coach really looks bad.
Always good to return home but we are already starting our planning for the next trip, which will be in about three week from now.
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Glad that you are safely home! Know that you are also anxious to begin your next trip! We'll be here in West Covina until Wed. or Thurs. and then down to Rancho California for a few days before we head home! See you soon!
3 Weeks! Are you sure you need to own a house? I'm so glad to see mine even after a couple of weeks away I can't bear the idea of leaving again very soon. Glad you made it home again through that wind - sounds like it pretty much rips your RV apart, or at least tries.
Vicki: Sent our application for the June Wan-na-go's rally this morning.
Shelly: I've been saying for over three years that we don't need two houses and the stick house is the one we should get rid of. The winds do push us around a bit but these rolling houses are built pretty tough. Fortunately the wind was hitting us on the driver's side, opposite our new awning. Awnings are the part of the coach that is most susceptible to heavy wind.
Then again, where would you keep all your stuff? And what happens when you get too old to drive in heavy winds? The way the housing market goes, it almost seems that once you're out, it gets pretty tough to get back into it.
Shelley: Most of our stuff could be gone and we would not miss it. The rest can go into storage until sometime later. As for down the road, a smart person will invest the proceeds from the sale of the stick house to use later when it is time to settle in one spot.
Glad you had a great time working the race. It was nice to see you and Jo.
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