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 18, 2007

The Wedding

August 14 - 18 – There is no big sky right now in Wyoming…wild fires dot the state and the smoke travels forever..clouds the view and burns the eyes. Driving through Coeur d’Alene, we drive through the RV park we were supposed to stay at…website looked beautiful, gorgeous lake and beach. Well, the gorgeous lake and beach were there, but they failed to shoot the corroded factory you were forced to look at if you looked at the water. I know there is a market for “high road” parks…if they are out there, we are not yet finding them.

The reservations we have at the Cheney, WA park also looked great on their website. It was situated on a beauwedding10tiful lake with gorgeous mountain cliffs. Also had a very cute restaurant on site. Only problem is they built permanent cabins right on the lake and RV spaces don’t get the view. Also it’s in the middle of nowhere, with no cell phone reception. With wedding activities beginning, we have to be reachable. We check out in the morning, take Tor into another spa and check into the Hilton. We stayed there for four nights as more and more problems are discovered with Tor…the tow guys bill keeps mounting.

We finally get to meet Matt’s fiancée, Rachelle. And then, her very large extended family. They graciously invite us to dinner…lost count at about 30! Wedding goes off as planned with very few hiccups.

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