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.


Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Roughing it in St Augustine

We take a short drive down the coast, passing up a stop in Savannah, to an RV park on the sand in St. Augustine. Since my back's still not in super shape, we decide to see the World Golf Hall of Fame as well as a couple of sunrises. The park's nothing to rave about - mostly concrete pads with a picnic table under a lean-to shed roof, as well as the usual collection of permanent residents with the obligatory pink flamingos and tiki lanterns. But there are four wooden walkways that arch up and over the dunes, and when we crest the peak of the dune just at sunset, we're met with such a glorious sight.
Having stopped at a grocery store on the way in, we've got a great piece of tuna to sear on the grill. Add some grilled asparagus and rice with pesto and sundried tomatoes and we're in heaven. We really need to remember to turn off the Washington, DC weather alert text messages - they are clogging up our cell phone inboxes with dismal news. Hang in there, DC!

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