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, October 5, 2009

We're Launched!



We've bitten the bullet, taken the leap and decided to pack it all up and chase the sun for as long as it's fun. We've been out a week, getting used to the limited space again and the unease of thinking Gigantor will be our home for quite awhile.

We've done has much as we can to make Tor more comfortable, efficient and better looking.
We've had the banquette and window treatments reupholstered, new lighting installed, changed the bed coverings, installed granite and a new sink and faucet in the bath and granite "end tables" in the bedroom.

Rick did a magnificent job over the summer of installing granite tile in the kitchen with a new sink and faucet, building wonderful pull-out shelving in the kitchen that must double their capacity and ease of use and built ingenious pull-out storage shelves under the banquette.

He built a gorgeous new dining table and a matching coffee table that folds up like a breakfast tray. Along with a few fluffy decorator things, these improvements really help make this whole adventure more comfortable and feasible.

Most of our friends in Georgetown couldn't fathom us doing such a thing and had never seen anything like Gigantor. We had a Grand Tour Launch Party.... Sunday in the Park with Gigantor... as a send-off.

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