MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Have a great weekend everyone....... Be safe, and please remember what Monday is all about!

Pre-Trip woes.....

In the process of getting ready to hit the road, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of things to do, and, in our case, to fix, since our fifth wheel trailer (henceforth called our 5er, and/or Big Daddy) has been, if not exactly neglected, at least forgotten, for the better part of six years, since we've been unable to travel in that time........ Mainly due to wife's work, but now that she's joining the rank of us retiries, it's time to get a move on........

I retired in '96, and we bought our 3030 Jayco Designer in '97 so I would have a place to call home while building our real house, which we moved into in 1998..... In 2000 we headed out for a trip to explore the Southern States, ending up spending four months on the road from sea to shining gulf to shinging sea. We loved it so much that we spent another couple of winters in the Southwest, but then "wifey" (is that a correct word?) landed a job which, to my dismay, has kept us "stranded" for the next six years.....

Sorry, I regress, but I thought you'd like to know the reason our trailer's been sitting for so long.....

Anyway, after extensive scrutiny of all our options (to buy new, or fix up the old), we decided to go the fixing route....... We hauled Big Daddy down to Camping World, in Burlington, WA. on April 7, and we just got it back today, May 21, 2009....... That's a heap long time, Tonto........ But what a difference 45 days makes!

Big Daddy sparkles........ He shines........ He begs to be noticed......

And what's not to brag about?

New roof job.....

Four coats of high polish wax.....

Every mechanical and electrical system checked and rechecked.....

All anomolies analyzed and fixed.....

Not to mention:

Brand new tires and brakes....

Satellite TV.....

New 2500 watt inverter, and a Honda 2000i generator.....

Hey......... We're ready to rough it!

We're shooting for a launch date of July 1, but, looking at the tide charts (which we have to, since we're dependent on a ferry), we might head out a day earlier???

We'll let you know through this Blog, so keep checking in on our progress....

Fair weather and tail winds to all fellow travellers.

Hey, everyone.........

I'm pretty sure you all know by now that Luanne and I are finally taking off on our dream trip to criss-cross America in our fifth-wheel trailer.

As you also know, this is a big country, and there are so much to see and do, so we decided to leave at the beginning of July, and probably won't be back until May next year........ Who knows? Maybe we'll like travelling so much that it'll take us longer???

Anyway, in order to keep everyone up to date about our travels, we have joined "The Blogger" and have set up our own Web Blog, which allows us to show pictures, movies, and tell you in writing what we're doing from day to day......

I'm not promissing to write every day, but I will try to keep you posted as often as I can...... How's that????

If you'd like to follow our adventure, please write down (or copy and paste) the following address:

http://onthewaywithklandjay.blogspot.com

So, that's "On The Way With K, L, and Jay" (without the spaces and comas)....... Sorry........ That's the only thing I could come up with that rhymed........ And the Jay, by the way, is short for Jayco - our fifth wheel trailer, or, as they say: our fiver.

That's it............ If you're interested, keep an eye out for our Blog come July, and between now and then, send me an email to let me know if you have any kind of trouble logging on to it......

Take care, and have a great week!

Best always,

Kjell and Luanne