Well on Thursday, December 3, we closed out our month in Gulf Shores, AL (see previous post.) Carol and Brian took the Jeep and headed north. Brian has his final Eagle Scout Board of Review next Wednesday, and Carol wants to see Jake and Dann, and visit with other family. As all RV Parks in…
Thursday, 12-3-2015, we rolled out of Gulf Shores, Alabama. We’d stayed here for an entire month, which is the longest we’ve sat still since we moved into the bus in July. We had mail and other stuff shipped to us there. We made friends. We established favorite restaurants. It was almost like a home! We…
I’ve read a bunch of posts about setting up a “domicile” in a new state. Today, we are going to try to be as specific as we can about exactly how and why we chose to set up our domicile in Florida. Disclaimer: This is what we did on or before December 1, 2015. What…
We’re from Chicago. We’ve both lived there all of our lives – still not sure why!! Between the housing prices, taxes, politicians, and the HORRIBLE weather in winter, I seriously think we were nuts for staying there all these years. Last week they got a foot of snow back home in Chicago, while we were…
So the last month has been pretty boring as we have been stuck back in Illinois. The good news is that Brian’s Eagle Scout project is turned in to his troop. And now we just have to wait for the Council to contact us for the final meeting. This could take several weeks, so as…
Lots of RVers like to post or show a map of their “States Visited”. There are, of course, no rules, but we have always only put a state on the map if we slept there in the motorhome. Just driving through is not quite good enough, but stopping for a few days or more to…
I rolled out of bed at 6 AM this morning to catch this beautiful morning here in Navarre Beach, Florida. Its pretty cold here today! I actually had to put on my winter coat to go get these shots! But its still a lot better than Illinois, where I believe its currently 12 degrees. I’m…