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.


Saturday, August 2, 2008

A Very Long Day



We’re towing Jessie for the first time. (In case you don’t know I tend to anthropomorphize many things. Jessie is my jeep and is near and dear to my heart.) So Gigantor (the RV… aka Tor) is dragging Jessie the Jeep.

We’ve always rented cars on these excursions. But it is a hassle and we feel it’s not going to be quite so easy in Nova Scotia and PEI. So Rick has a tow bar installed. It's only our second day and Rick still thinks someone is really tailgaiting!


We are supposed to have dinner tonight in York, Maine with dear friends who lived next door to me many years ago in Westfield, NJ. I don't think we're going to make it...pouring rain and excruciating traffic. We call and rearrange for a visit in the morning. We finally arrive in York
about 8.


We discover a whole new category to add to our reviews of RV resorts. I'm calling it..."Be afraid, be very afraid". The first entry in that category is called York Beach Camper Haven....you've been warned!


We are only interested in locking ourselves in and dashing for a glass of wine and a beer for Rick. Uninterested in cooking, we are grateful for some leftover pizza we brought from home. A Do Wop PBS begathon was on TV...so the living room became a dance floor and the day ended okay!
Posted by Denise and Rick Cunningham on Saturday, August 02, 2008
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