On The High Road: The Parties Keep on Coming!

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, May 15, 2010

The Parties Keep on Coming!

May 2 ~ May 9

The Cunningham family just doesn't wear out! The party continues the next morning. Linda is a most accommodating hostess!

Janet then decides she will lead a yoga session.

Jim keeps the party going in the garden.

Big Jim, Rick's Dad, hosts the others inside.

Janet and Tony head back to New York on Tuesday; Athena and Josh, back to Savannah on Thursday. We move out of the driveway and into the guest room and Rick takes Tor in for a "spa day"....to get the transmission fluid changed, check out a clunking noise and a general overall check-up. We assume we will get Tor back in a day or two......not so fast!

We are told there has been a recall of some sort of engine pump....think this might be the reason that Tor is having a hard time up the mountains. We tell them to order the replacement part and our departure has been pushed back until Monday...10 days after we arrived....poor Linda and Jim....but we are so grateful, that once again, when something bad or unexpected happens we've been in places where we have a great roof over our heads....not stuck out in the middle of nowhere!

We occupy our time in varying ways....Rick is fixing everything he can in the house.

Linda and I are playing refrigerator/freezer diving every night to pare down on what's on hand. We came up with some great things....grilled salmon with citrus salsa.....chicken satay.....teriyaki steak.....panini's...good stuff.

Mother's Day dawns with a wonderful sight.

Niece Erin and beau Todd have invited all of us to a Mother's Day brunch. She's a bit nervous...says she's not a cook. She's wrong! What a lovely day and a lovely meal.