We have our name on a long list. Here at the SKP (Escapees) park in Benson, Arizona there are 400 people on a list to lease a lot. http://skpsaguaro.org/
That puts us about 5 to 7 years before our name may come up. We put down a deposit and if we change our minds at any time, we can get our money back.
We are not even sure we would want to lease a lot here, but it is a pleasant, well organized and convenient park. If our number comes up, we don't have to accept the offer. There are many benefits, activites and the people here are very friendly. There are 2 military bases within 45 minutes of Benson, which is important to us. Once your name comes up, you pay for your lease and any improvenments on the lot. You get all of this money back if you decide to leave at any time. To make a long story short, you end paying very little to stay here. Somewhere between $80 and $150 per month.
Since we don't know what our state of mind will be in 5 to 7 years, we decided to put our name on the list and if our name comes up, and we are ready to settle down for 3 to 12 months a year, we can stay here or we can deny the offer if we aren't ready. We then would keep our number on the list or ask for our money back. If you only stay part time on your lease, you can put your lot in the rental pool when you aren't using it. All money from the rental pool is shared by the rental pool owners. You can use this money to pay for your yearly maintenance fee, which is very reasonable.
We don't lose anything and the deposit is very small. So, our name is on a list.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Slovenia!!!!
On Blogger you can check your stats to see where the people who read your blog are from. We have someone from Slovenia reading it. Just want to shout out to Slovenia.
Hello Slovenia!!!!
Hello Slovenia!!!!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Real life of a Fulltime RVer
It's not all fun and games. Today for instance, Chris cleaned the 200 sq. ft. of carpeting. She had been putting this off for about 6 months. Why?, we don't know. Maybe she thought it wouldn't do any good or that it would be too hard on her old knees.
Anyway, she used some Resolve carpet cleaner. It was very easy and only took about 30 minutes. Now she is waiting for it to dry, hence a blog entry about the mundane side of RVing.
Many days, Chris and Alex do nothing or as little as possible. On days that we do nothing, we are reading, watching TV, playing games on the computer, knitting or beading, walking the dog, cooking, and one of our favorites, sitting in the captain chairs up front watching the world go by, usually with a beer and/or a glass of wine.
There are many days that we have to do things like cleaning the inside or outside of the motorhome. When you are living in 400 sq. ft. it can get very dirty, very quickly. The biggest problem in our lifestyle has to be clutter. Chris is most guilty of this offense. She picks up paper everywhere. Paper about towns, counties, States, parks, campgrounds, hikes and what to do, where to go and what to eat there.
One of our least favorite things to do is paperwork stuff and having to make phone calls to get things done. Paying bills, dealing with insurances, taxes, various accounts, getting things fixed and things that you have to wait on hold on the phone forever. This kind of stuff always seems to put us in a bad mood. We have to do something about that. The good news on this front is, that since we no longer live in a house and we got rid of our boat and other things that create this kind of frustration, we don't spend as much time doing these kinds of things as we use to and we certainly have fewer bills.
We know RVers who are out hiking and sight seeing every day. We can't even keep up with their blogs, much less their lifestyle. We just don't know how they find the time to do all the everyday things.
Maybe as time goes by we will get better at organizing our "stuff to do". OK, that probably won't happen.
But one thing we are sure of, we love this lifestyle and wouldn't trade it for anything.
Back to doing nothing.
Anyway, she used some Resolve carpet cleaner. It was very easy and only took about 30 minutes. Now she is waiting for it to dry, hence a blog entry about the mundane side of RVing.
Many days, Chris and Alex do nothing or as little as possible. On days that we do nothing, we are reading, watching TV, playing games on the computer, knitting or beading, walking the dog, cooking, and one of our favorites, sitting in the captain chairs up front watching the world go by, usually with a beer and/or a glass of wine.
There are many days that we have to do things like cleaning the inside or outside of the motorhome. When you are living in 400 sq. ft. it can get very dirty, very quickly. The biggest problem in our lifestyle has to be clutter. Chris is most guilty of this offense. She picks up paper everywhere. Paper about towns, counties, States, parks, campgrounds, hikes and what to do, where to go and what to eat there.
One of our least favorite things to do is paperwork stuff and having to make phone calls to get things done. Paying bills, dealing with insurances, taxes, various accounts, getting things fixed and things that you have to wait on hold on the phone forever. This kind of stuff always seems to put us in a bad mood. We have to do something about that. The good news on this front is, that since we no longer live in a house and we got rid of our boat and other things that create this kind of frustration, we don't spend as much time doing these kinds of things as we use to and we certainly have fewer bills.
We know RVers who are out hiking and sight seeing every day. We can't even keep up with their blogs, much less their lifestyle. We just don't know how they find the time to do all the everyday things.
Maybe as time goes by we will get better at organizing our "stuff to do". OK, that probably won't happen.
But one thing we are sure of, we love this lifestyle and wouldn't trade it for anything.
Back to doing nothing.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Cubi Point Bar at NAS Pensacola Naval Air Museum
When Cubi Point Naval Air Station (Phillipines) was closed quite a few years ago, "they" dismantled the Cubi Point Officers Club bar and moved it to NAS Pensacola Naval Air Museum. We stopped by the museum on our way to Arizona with a mission to get some photos of it. We've been there a few other times, but never had the camera. You see, Alex is part of the museum. That's how old he is, he's part of a museum. When they moved the bar, they also took the plaques off the walls from all the squadrons who went there. This includes plaques from VMAQ -2, the Playboys, which Alex was a pilot with. Each time they went to the Philippines, a plaque was designed and the Filipino artists were hired to make it happen. Look close at the bunny ones and you may see Alex's name.
Click the link, select slide show and then hit F-11 to enlarge.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ChrisTorrance/PcolaMuseum?authkey=Gv1sRgCMWUvaf2o5Defg#
http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/
Cowgirl in Texas
On our warp speed trip across the country to Arizona, we stopped in Texas for a quick visit with our friend, Sharie.
Sharie is a real cowgirl with a ranch called "Red Rockin' Ranch". She has horses and a nice little business selling cows. She has a heart of gold and has been a great friend to us. We loved seeing her and Alex enjoyed making one of her favorites, Tri Tip Steak. Burnt. She likes it very well done. We love you Sharie. See you on the trail some day again soon.
Sister!!!
Chris' sister, Poco, and her husband Rob drove up from Fort Lauderdale for a last visit. Rob is also very familiar with Lake Okeechobee as he has a hunt lease very close by. We all jumped in the car and drove up to Okeechobee City for a great lunch at a restaurant.
It had been too long since we spent any time with Rob and Poco, and we very much enjoyed this time with them. Thanks to them for a wonderful Thanksgiving and get togethers while we were in Fort Lauderdale. We'll be back soon.
It had been too long since we spent any time with Rob and Poco, and we very much enjoyed this time with them. Thanks to them for a wonderful Thanksgiving and get togethers while we were in Fort Lauderdale. We'll be back soon.
Rusty and Sandy
Our friends Rusty and Sandy came by South Bay RV Park to visit us on their way to their vacation home on a lake just an hour north of us. Rusty went to high school with Alex, and Sandy went to high school with Chris. Sandy and Chris married them even though they went to Nova High School. We Stranahan girls took pity on them.
It was a fun afternoon. Alex made us some great hamburgers. Sandy and Rusty have a beautiful little girl, named Lady Bug. Here's a picture of the 3 of them. Thanks for coming by guys, we had a great afternoon.
It was a fun afternoon. Alex made us some great hamburgers. Sandy and Rusty have a beautiful little girl, named Lady Bug. Here's a picture of the 3 of them. Thanks for coming by guys, we had a great afternoon.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Back in time to Florida
Big GatorSuper Walmarts are very important to RVers also.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ChrisTorrance/SouthBayRVPark?authkey=Gv1sRgCIucq4HijvKgJg#
Since we were at Lake Okeechobee, John and Paty came over and took us out in their boat. John has spent most of his life fishing and hunting around the lake and knows so much of the history, wildlife and has some interesting stories of the area. It was a beautiful day to go out. Lots of gators and birds. Thanks John and Paty.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ChrisTorrance/BoatWithPatty?authkey=Gv1sRgCP7By9PNtpTw5AE#5563208018128677858
Arizona, but looks like Florida
After the holidays we needed to get this rig moving. So we took off and went full out towards Arizona. It was a blurr but we made it to Bensen, Arizona a few days ago. We are now taking it easy and catching up on a number of things we've put off for far too long. This blog is one of them.
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| John, Paty and Alex |
After the holidays we needed to get this rig moving. So we took off and went full out towards Arizona. It was a blurr but we made it to Bensen, Arizona a few days ago. We are now taking it easy and catching up on a number of things we've put off for far too long. This blog is one of them.
Before we get into talking about Arizona, we need to go all the way back to Florida. Alex and I went to visit Paty and John Barr at their beautiful ranch. We had a blast. Here's a few pics which I tried to link on a blog entry below, but it didn't take, so I'm putting them up again.
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| Exercising Polo ponies next ranch over |
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| How many dogs can we fit on this thing? |
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| Son Jeb, John, Paty and Chris |
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