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.


Sunday, February 24, 2008

Mr. Fix-it Goes to Town

And so it begins. The morning had started out with a pleasant walk, the morning political talk shows, a Sunday paper and a very tasty breakfast concoction. I took a small bit of smoked salmon and spinach leftover from a wonderful lunch in Hilton Head and folded them into scrambled eggs. Served the leftover grits on the side. Fab! But then the seemingly never-ending on-the-road-repairs associated with this land yacht start.

I had asked Rick to go below and get the vacuum so I could tidy up a bit before we play golf. He discovers a compartment full of water. Long story, short...he is now at Home Depot to find parts to repair a manufacturing defect that caused the gray water (that means water from the shower and sinks) to leak from under the shower. There are literally gallons of water in the stowed containers. Fortunately nothing seems permanently damaged.

He's back with a part that is better than the original and costs $1.88. He's now installing it in an almost unreachable location. Perhaps we will actually get to play today.


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