Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
October 2020 We are selling Arvi. We spent a day detailing the rig. It looks great. We have turned it in to a camper megastore in Fort Myers, Florida, to sell on consignment. The dealership has offered us a price and they have 90 days to sell Arvi at whatever amount they choose, then pay... Continue Reading →
Day 320: Wertz Christmas Tree Farm, Franklin, OH Cloudy and cool, looks like rain. Ohio is green and looks like spring. It looks like home. The redbuds are in bloom. Roads noticeably worsen Raining cats and dogs Less leaves on the trees the further north we drive Not much traffic We are wearing long pants... Continue Reading →
Day 307: Bokeelia, FL Sunny and pleasant. We are running out of time on our trip, and I have been spending a lot of time in review during our seclusion in Bokeelia. A "Best/Worst Of" discussion follows. Today, we are focusing on the food that we have had on our road trip. Best Of the... Continue Reading →
Day 306: Bokeelia, FL Rainy. I don’t have closets to clean, but I have plenty of digital photos to go through, delete duplicates, and label them. I started going through the photos of our trip to Finland in June 2019. I was reminded how sweet a trip it was, and how it nearly got overshadowed... Continue Reading →
Crunchmaster Multi-Grain, Baked Crackers Cream Cheese Mild Banana Pepper Rings This is a quick to make delicious dish to use as an appetizer or late evening snack. Yum
Day 291: Bokeelia, FL Mostly sunny and humid. Maybe I needed a project. Maybe I just got too grouchy for Tom. But the hair sticking to my sweaty, sticky face had to go. It was a team effort. Tom buzzed the back with his hair buzzers and we cut the front with household scissors. It’s... Continue Reading →
Day 290 : Bokeelia, FL Mostly sunny, hot and humid. We slept in the house last night, since Arvi is all covered up and doesn’t get very good airflow. We only saw the woodpecker once yesterday, early in the morning. Maybe he’s giving up his love affair with the rig.
Day 289: Bokeelia, FL Windy and hot. Since the woodpecker won’t give up its romantic attraction to Arvi, we tried something more drastic. Tom sat near Arvi all day. Woody approached Arvi several times, but did not land on it. The neighbor biked by in the morning and asked Tom if this was woodpecker prophylactic.
Day 288: Bokeelia, FL Cloudy and hot. Resurrection SundayWe attended church at St Luke in Ann Arbor. It was a pretty nice service, they figured out how to get ten musicians and singers to perform together using Zoom. I’m wondering what happened to all those Easter lilies that nobody got to enjoy. Most of the... Continue Reading →
Day 287: Bokeelia, FL Cloudy and cool in the morning, giving way to hot and humid. The cute little pileated woodpecker has become a problem. It will not leave the van alone. We tried covering the windows and leaving a ladder next to the van, but that woodpecker is still fascinated with the van. Early... Continue Reading →
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