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.


Monday, July 30, 2007

Down Memory Lane

July 29th and 30th – We head out for Columbia, MO for a trip down memory lane to my college campus. We pull into a relatively pleasant RV park near the fair grounds. Having a drink outside when we see a truck dragging a beat-up wreck of a car….then another…and another…and another….It turns out there’s a demolition derby that night….grill steaks, close up Tor, pull out in a DVD and settle in for a good night’s rest….wrong!

It’s not the crashing cars that keeps us awake all night. It’s a mockingbird with a full repertoire perched on the telephone pole. We locate the ear plugs. Next morning, that bird is still at it and has added an accompanying gymnastic routine which we actually caught on film. As far as we can tell this bird did not stop for 48 hours!

DSC03909 Had a car delivered from Enterprise and headed to the University of Missouri campus. It was stunningly beautiful. The Journalism school was under renovation, so couldn’t go in. But went to the newspaper office where I worked..new and gorgeous…the Commons book store and stocked up some new t-shirts…wandered all over campus, then visited my sorority house…glad to say it looked fabulous. Then went to the TV station where I worked. Beautiful new lobby and fancy production facilities we didn’t have, but my studio had barely changed! New anchor desk but that’s about all. Went to dinner at the restaurant where visiting parents always took their kids. Still quite nice, but food did'nt hold up to my memory of it.

The mockingbird continues its antics. Find the earplugs.

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