Exploring Tomorrows Blog
Well, life on the road has been a little less exciting since the stay in place order was put in place. While we have been social distancing, my wife thought we could social distance more quickly in a Mustang GT, so we bought one.
Read MoreAs we started traveling again, I thought I should write a post about our last few weeks in Zephyrhills, FL. I was beginning to wonder if we would ever be able to leave Florida, first and foremost due to Coronavirus keeping us sheltered for the last few months. The second concern was RV repairs and waiting for parts to come in. Does that sound familiar?
Read MoreHere we are still hanging out in Zephyrhills; so different from what we thought we would be doing in our first year of full time RV life. We started this journey to travel and see the country. Since our plan was to go slowly, we anticipated staying in each place for a period of time. 5 months in one place is more than we expected but overall it is still good and we are enjoying living in our small home on wheels. Since it is getting warmer and the sun can be brutal midday, we moved sites to get a little shade.
Read MoreTwiddling my thumbs! Yeah, you are right, too hard to do when you are short on thumbs! I told Deb I would write a blog. When your life is in a holding pattern, finding topics is not so easy. We have been spending a considerable amount of time together. Trying to “social distance” ourselves from others, to protect both ourselves and them.
Read MoreLike everyone else, Tim and I have been following the news closely and monitoring the Corona virus situation and recommendations. We have decided for now to stay put where we are in Zephyrhills, FL. We were already booked to be here through April and even though many others are leaving early, we felt it was better to stay. Since the RV is our home, we can easily stock up on enough food for the next month and implement social distancing here. If we decided to leave, we would be on the road with many others and probably have more close exposures while traveling back north.
Read MoreOver the past few weeks, Tim and I had the opportunity to visit with quite a few friends and family here in Florida. Between a little travel and joining many of the activities here at the RV Resort, we have been pretty busy. Time has just flown by and we are just about finished with our second month in Florida. So hard to believe It is almost March. I am glad that we decided to stay through April; we will need it to see and do everything we wanted to do here.
Read MoreWe have now been in Zephyrhills for a month and it has started to feel like home and less like we are tourists. To be honest, we haven’t been touring much at all the last 3 weeks. First I was down with a head cold, then when I was getting better, Tim came down with it. For him, it has now lingered for over 2 weeks and his cough was not getting better. We finally decided to contact his doctor and he is now on antibiotics. I am hoping that does the trick and he will be feeling better very soon.
Read MoreIt is hard to believe that we have already been here for over 2 weeks; time is just flying by. I thought I should write about what we have been up to so far in January 2020 while it is fresh in my mind. During the first week, we didn’t explore too much other than to a few stores and restaurants in the area.
Read MoreAs I sit here in our RV home watching the sunrise in sunny Florida, I found myself thinking about staying in one place for 3 months. Why did we decide to do this instead of continually moving to see new places? You know how much I like exploring and seeing new areas so would think that stopping for 3 months would not be in our plans. Believe it or not, I am looking forward to having roots and being one location for awhile.
Read MoreWe left Alabama on December 14, 2019 and headed to Florida, our winter destination for our first year in the RV. For the holidays, we decided to stay near my Aunt and Uncle who live in Inverness. It is nice to have family to visit for the holidays since we are far from home. We selected a campground closer to the coast in Homosassa, FL so we could be near the Springs for easy manatee viewing when we weren’t visiting family. Since it was over a 6 hour drive from Gulf Shores to Homosassa, we decided to stay a few nights in Tallahassee to break up the trip. We have discovered that we do not like driving more than 3-4 hours at a time on travel days so this was a perfect distance for us.
Read MoreBig news! Deb drove the truck, towing our 5th wheel trailer…and I have to say “She did a fine job”. I was surprised when she asked me if she could get some driving time in before we arrived for our three month stay in Zephyrhills.
Read MoreAfter 2 months on the road, we finally made it far enough south to get to a beach and what a beach it is, soft white sand, bright blue water and gentle waves flowing into miles of shoreline. It is definitely an unexpected paradise especially in December, off season and almost empty of people. I say unexpected because I never realized that Alabama had beach resorts and such a beautiful shoreline. We only booked 12 nights here and if I had known how wonderful it would be, I would have planned a longer stay.
Read MoreBy now, you probably realize that Tim and I are history buffs so we really enjoyed visiting Montgomery. There is so much history here and many museums and memorials to visit. Here are some of the highlights of our visit.
Read MoreOff to see the world…or the lower 48 States, sounds like a plan. A good one! Like Deb, I am interested in seeing the country and traveling to new places. I, however, am finding that the greatest most memorable part of our travels are the people we encounter.
Read MoreDebra turns 62 today. Retired 62 days ago, she is enjoying her new lifestyle. No more ten to twelve hour days going to meeting after meeting. Now the meetings she has are with the interesting people we are discovering in our travels.
Deb has been doing a great job with her blog, updating our travels, with very little help from me. Like her, I am enjoying our movements across the country. The part that makes it the best for me is having such a great partner to share it with.
Read MoreAre we in vacation mode too much? Tim says that I am and need to change what we are doing while traveling or we will spend our money too fast. I don’t really think that I am on vacation. For me, this is our new lifestyle and we now have the opportunity to see new things daily. We started this journey to be able to explore and see our wonderful country. Hence our name, Exploring Tomorrow’s.
Read MoreWe are so glad that we decided to spend 2 weeks in Pigeon Forge, TN. The extra time here has allowed us plenty of time to explore The Great Smoky Mountains National Park as well as the surrounding area. The best part is that we don’t have to rush to see everything in a few days as well as be able to stay indoors on the cooler rainy days. The temperatures have been very variable with frost on one morning and sunshine and warmth on another.
Read MoreOur next stop brought us to Pigeon Forge, TN to visit The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We are staying 2 weeks in this area with plans to drive through the park well as do some hiking. I am very glad that we decided to drive up the mountain to Clingman’s Dome on our first full day. It was a beautiful warm sunny day for driving through the mountain roads to see the views and the fall colors.
Read MoreCampgrounds in Pennsylvania typically close mid to late October and most are not busy after the middle of the month. So we thought traveling from mid October through November would be easy to find places to stay. Wrong! I had to call multiple campgrounds to find one with availability at our first stop in Kentucky. My assumption was that it was because it was early October and later in the month it would be easier to find places to stay. Wrong again!
Read MoreAfter our delay in PA for repairs, we were finally on the road for our adventure. We headed directly for Kentucky so we could have some time with our daughter, Kim, while she was on vacation. We got to Frankfurt, Kentucky on our second day around lunchtime, which gave us time to get set up and still meet Kim to start touring the area. Our goal was to spend a week touring the Bourbon Trail and Frankfort, Kentucky’s state capital.
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