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Adapting a small TV stand to bedding storage. I had this small TV stand/cart and have been using behind my recliner in the living room area of our Hitch Hiker 5th wheel.  I realized that nearly everything stored on it was extra bedding, the thought s-l-o-w-l-y sunk in that maybe it should be in the bedroom! Duh! Huh?Continue reading “2013 January 24 Adapting a small TV stand to bedding storage”

2013 January 24 Thursday My day started with coffee with the guys as usual.  I returned home about 8:45 and went in an updated yesterday’s blog entry.  I also moved a few more of the 2012 files to the archive page. Yesterday while we were in Cedar Park, the animal shelter called to say thatContinue reading “2013 January 24 Thursday”

2013 January 23 my 66th Birthday              How is this for the way to start my birthday?  Getting blood drawn at the VA Clinic in Cedar Park this morning.  The trip into Cedar Park was ‘fun’.  We drove most of the way in a very dense fog.  I shot someContinue reading “2013 January 23 my 66th Birthday”

2013 January 22 This is Tuesday.  However, it has felt like Saturday to me all day.  I had coffee with the guys here at Shady Oaks Riverside RV Retreat this morning.  And then came home to find that Ella was eating a bowl of cereal for breakfast.  This is a break from routine.  Generally I fix breakfastContinue reading “2013 January 22”

  This is a panorama shot of the special missionary presentation during Sunday school time at Highland Lakes UMC (I wasn’t as steady as I needed to be and ended up with the gal in the purple top, twice in the same shot. This giant pink rabbit was my pew buddy for today in church.Continue reading “2013 January 20 Sunday”

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”