and away we go!

WOW!  It's been over two years since I posted to my website!  A lot has happened since then.  My Jack pack reduced by two before finally increasing by one.  So now I have Three Happy Jacks and some very strong spirit guides directing them!  Losing Tobago and Martinique was almost more than I could handle emotionally.  Then to top it off, the Katy house sold!  Well, maybe I should say that we gave it away, but either way, the day-to-day maintenance is no longer my nightmare!  Keeping up with the maintenance at the lake house is more than enough.

I don't recommend getting a puppy, moving out of a house that you packed full for 14+ years into a much smaller house that was already full AND buying a new motorhome simultaneously!  I got the puppy immediately before the offer on the house and I dangled the motorhome as a proverbial carrot to reward myself for finally getting the dreaded "sale the Katy house" scratched off my to do list!  So, I've been in overload-mode for a couple of months now!

And, I've got to stop and get back to work on unpacking/organizing the lake house.  I am down to two days until departure and my departure date is fixed!  Time to buckle down!  I'll try and snap some photos tonight and really get my blog started!

Happy Trails!

A couple of Setbacks!

It always seems to be that I need reminders to slow down.  I had planned to start my summer adventure on Tuesday. My plans were blown when my wallet was stolen on Monday afternoon. I can only kick myself in that I left my wallet on the dash of Pegasus while I ran to open a garage door. In less than a minute, my brand new and adorable wristlet disappeared! I can be thankful that the thief was kind enough to slip my phone out of the pocket and leave it on the dash (my best guess is that he knew I would have been tracking him with the find my iPhone App). He then went on a shopping spree! The sheriff said that I was targeted because of my withdrawal at a neighborhood ATM. I rarely use ATMs! But since I wanted some cash for the trip, I let my guard down. The detective working the case has a good photo of the guy, but I didn't recognize him or his car.  So on Tuesday I drove to Columbus, Texas to get a replacement Driver's License.  It's only an hour away and takes about five minutes to get a replacement there.  In Houston it's always an all day event! As I was driving home from Columbus, the check DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) light came on. So, I drove over to the lake to take Pegasus to the Mercedes Sprinter facility in Boerne. There was a defective DEF thermostat causing the problem. It is a warranty item, but the required part was in Ft Worth.  The good news is that Pegasus, the replacement part and I are now all in the same place.  The bad news is that now I will have to start my adventure with the holiday masses.  I had hoped to be in Montana before the long weekend warriors hit the road.  But I was able to do some necessary pool maintenance and even got some items returned.  I also stopped at Camping World and bought LED lights to replace the bulbs in all of the ceiling fixtures in Pegasus.  Hopefully tomorrow will be the day that our adventure begins!

Because there is so much on my To Do List today, I'm going to set up a blog and learn how to post. It seems like a better plan than cleaning house!

Yes, only I would decide that today would be the perfect day to set up my RV blog.  We purchased our Fleetwood Jamboree Diesel in September of 2012 for the purpose of getting our four Jack Russell Terriers from our homes in Texas to a Rocky Mountain home once we settled on a location in the Rockies.  

 

In July of 2013 we purchased a small farm in Bozeman, Montana that actually had garage large enough for Pegasus.

And I should probably give you some history here.  We've always named all our vehicles.  Sometimes they're easy names... Urbie (because Subaru backward is Urabus) or NC (for new car) and sometimes we're more creative.  In true John Steinbeck fashion,  I wanted to name my new RV after a famous horse.  In Travels with Charlie, Steinbeck named his pickup cab-over unit Rocinante after Don Quixote's horse.  So the search was on!  I decided upon Poky!  My husband vetoed that selection saying that RV already have a sluggish reputation.  Then I selected Traveller (Robert E. Lee's horse who was known for his speed and courage).  Again, my husband vetoed this selection because I started planning my Fall of 2015 trip through the Northeast while driving Pegasus home from the dealership.  Since our Texas Hill Country home was nicknamed Rancho Canis Minor, Pegasus seemed like a perfect choice.