Author Archives: Tom

The photo makes this glorious pre-dawn look almost foreboding.  It wasn’t. Yesterday (January 18 – Friday) after our morning coffee groups, we took a drive.  We ended up in Burnet (for those not from these parts, it is not pronounced Bur-net.  It is Burn-it and pronounced very quickly).  We stopped and refilled our empty 3Continue reading “2013 January 19 Saturday”

Granite hills of the Texas Hill Country. Near Inks Lake

Friday, December 9     I had written earlier about the unpleasant surprise we had when we went to move our Road Ranger fifth wheel and how that was causing us to rethink our plans.  Since that time we have been looking (mostly online) at fifth wheels and travel trailers.  A couple days ago, while online,Continue reading “The Beginning Part Five”

We purchased the second RV, a 2001 Hitch Hiker.  We intentionally purchased a smaller fifth-wheel (30’) because it would be easier and less expensive to tow to Texas.  Since we would be living in the Hitchhiker (from now on referred to as HH) for only about four months of the year, it would not have toContinue reading “The Beginning Part Four”

I’m not an expert – just experienced Imagine downsizing from our Big Old (built in 1890) Victorian home to a 35′ RV Cutty’s Resort remains open it winter so it was possible to go ‘full time’ in the RV.  That same year we sold our 1890 Victorian home and became full-timers. Our dream had been to retireContinue reading “The Beginning Part Three”

If you haven’t read “The Beginning Part One” you should read it first for a fuller understanding. For about three years prior to the cancer incident, we had begun looking at travel trailers, motor-homes, and fifth-wheels.  We had pretty good ideas about what we wanted for when we retired.  It had to be a fullContinue reading “The Beginning Part Two”

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Originally published November 2011 The genesis of this story goes back a long time.  I’m not sure of the exact year when it happened but I know that it was at least a decade ago, maybe closer to two.  The company, for which I was then working, added a new benefit to our package.  TheContinue reading “The Beginning Part One”