Denise and Rick Cunningham

Like many boomers we're planning the "next chapter". We live a fairly chaotic life in Georgetown in Washington DC. I'm a former fashion executive and journalist. Rick's an engineer and computer scientist. We're about ready for a little change of pace. Travel... perhaps moving to warmer climes ...and definitely savoring more moments. We never set out to buy an RV...matter of fact, we had never even been in one and I definitely don't camp. But, now, with more time and a growing aversion to the insults of air travel, we bought a 40' motor coach. Our grandson, Ian, named it Gigantor. We call it Tor for short.

We're seeing things you just can't from the air and finding that we've so much to discover on this continent. In the past two years, we've taken three marvelous six-week trips. This time, we're "chasing the sun for as long as it fun". We left on October 5, 2009. We'll see how long we last!

We're searching for great places to stay, sights worth seeing, golf courses worth playing, great restaurants, shopping, farmer's markets. We're on the road in search of the high road.


Thursday, September 6, 2007

Checking out Jellystone

Jellystone Park is adorable. Ian will love it..can’t wait to bring him. Heading back to DC and the real world.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Almost Home

Driving the Pennsylvania turnpike is pure agony….and that’s for me!...poor Rick! Decide we’re better off staying outside of town and arrive at our new place on Thursday morning instead of tonight. Need to pick up our cars, get parking permit for Tor, go to storage and pick up some necessities. Far more easily done in the morning. Settle on a place that we want to check out for a trip with Ian. There’s a chain called Yogi Bear Jellystone Park that we think he might like.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Closing in on Home

We have two days and over 900 miles to go to DC. Haul out early in the morning, stop a couple hours out and have breakfast. Drive almost 500 miles. Make it to Milan…Ohio that is. Quiet evening…reheat BBQ chicken and vegetables on grill…read…consider whether to drive into DC or wait one more day.

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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Wisconsin Dells

Minnesota state roads are in unconscionable disrepair. I feel like I’m riding in a stage coach. Wisconsin’s not far ahead. Hope it’s better. Cross the Mississippi into LaCrosse..a little better roads and quite lovely! Who knew?

We find the resort and are grateful to see a very nice layout…golf courses, pools, hot tubs, hotel and cottages. As usual, the RV facility isn’t as nice, but we get a good site with only trees and grass in front of us as our view. However, the RV gods seem to need to throw in another whammy! In multiple attempts to level Tor, all of a sudden nothing works. The slides won’t come out and the levels won’t budge. Inside of playing golf, Rick spends the next 3 hours trying to figure out the problem. Remember he is a rocket scientist and engineer…he’s still scratching his head, has read all the owner literature, tried everything and it won’t work. He calls the crack roadside service people (the same ones who decided to send Tor over the mountain in Wyoming) and as it is yet another Saturday (and a Labor Day weekend at that), they can’t find anyone to help. So, after tearing Tor apart, Rick finds another circuit breaker (totally hidden and undisclosed in the literature)…lo and behold, that’s the answer. Day one of our three day fun and relaxation stop down.

The next two days, we play golf, watch golf, take a walk, read, catch up on the news and generally have a good time.

Posted by Denise and Rick Cunningham on Saturday, September 01, 2007 0 comments
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