Hi - thought I'd give you all a little update on what I've been up to !
I left Des Moines Iowa on August 12 - went west on I-80 for awhile then cut south on some road to Salina KS - from there I went west on I-40 all the way to Flagstaff AZ. In Flagstaff I turned south to Cottonwood for a visit with relatives. Then it was back up the canyon and westward ho ! Eventually I turned north and now am just about ready to enter Oregon.
That makes it sound easy doesn't it ?! It wasn't !!!! Some of it has been fun, I've seen wonderful things and enjoyed most of the visit with family but man, this RV'ing is alot more work then I ever imagined it to be !!! I know I pushed myself pretty hard (for a newbie) and I got so tired that all I could do was cry. I've cried alot this last month ! Now that I'm almost to Oregon I'm trying to slow down. I just felt the need to hurry to Cottonwood AZ then after my visit all I wanted to do was get somewhere cool ! I haven't really done that yet but I'm getting closer. The desert was beautiful but I just do not enjoy the 100 degree temperatures. I'm getting better at the whole RV'ing thing - I feel alot more confident in the mountains (some would call them hills - I'm an Iowa girl, they're mountains !!) I'm felling better about setting up and hitching up when it's time to go.
I do know that if I didn't have my job on the coast lined up I would have given up - I also know I would have kicked myself forever if I had given up !
There are many days when I wish I'd gotten a small motorhome instead of a giant 5th wheel, but I do love living in "the Cottage" so there's a trade off I guess.
I'm moving forward and I'm doing my best - some days all I can do is sit here and cry, other days I just breeze through with a smile on my face. There are less of the crying days and more smile days so I'm making progress !
I'll see the ocean soon - that's all I've wanted and what's been pulling me forward.
That's my journey in a nutshell (heavy on the nut - HA)
Onward ever, backward never !!!