Traveling Back and Forth

Remember the other day I mentioned that Terry had to hop on another airplane to head down to Phoenix for a dental appointment.  It was actually supposed to be the end of his dental work being done.  Two appointments were schedule.  One was on Wednesday and the other on Thursday.  This was easy …. right?

 

Portland airport

You might guess that nothing … and, I do mean, nothing … turns out as planned.  The dentist canceled the Thursday appointment and scheduled him for the following Tuesday and Wednesday!!  Now what would you do?  My guess is that it’s not what Terry did.  He hopped an airplane and returned to Portland with the intent of just hopping another one back to Phoenix on Monday!!  What ???!!!   I’ll certainly be glad when this going back and forth for appointments is over with.  If we’re going to fly someplace, let’s fly someplace fun!!

Speaking of which ….. we were hoping to have a chance to do just that and fly someplace fun once we arrived in Washington.  After all, we have a place to park the motorhome and even a dog sitter.  However, right now it looks like we have so many things going on that it’s going to take real planning to find a few empty days while we’re in the right location.  There are always places we want to visit while in this area (it’s that Memory Lane thing) and we’ve got to do that too.  We had originally figured we’d head out in August so that we could travel to Hannibal, Missouri (Terry’s hometown) but now may just extend our stay in order to do everything we hope to do.  

Since we’ve also thought we would spend next winter in Texas instead of Arizona, another idea was going to Albuquerque for the Balloon Festival.  We know several who have visited in the past and loved it.  However, the HOP really jumped in price from last year.  Didn’t it??    I’m not sure I’m interested in putting down $1100 for boondocking for four nights with a chance we might not make it but we’ll see.   You know how often we change our plans!!  

In the meantime, while Terry’s been spending most of his time flying back and forth, I’ve been busy unloading the motorhome.  You may think these little things on wheels can’t hold much.  Let me tell you …. they certainly can.  Our space under the bed, in the cabinets, in the basement and every other nook and cranny we have has been sorted, cleaned out and unnecessary items taken to the storage shed.  This was my project with Terry being gone.  Maybe I should be glad he’s returned but sometimes it’s easier for one person to sort and throw out than two.

Sorting through our odds and ends I was reminded of a post not long ago about only having 100 items.  I’m sure I disposed of way more than 100 items because we certainly lightened the coach by several hundred pounds.  I’m hoping our motorhome stays underweight at least for a while.  The problem is that this now opens up space to accumulate new junk.  One thing I tend to accumulate is travel books. They certainly aren’t light.  Terry accumulates food and …. just about everything else.  However, with the Hyders in Utah, he doesn’t have Jerry to shop with!  (That’s a joke, Jerry)  The good thing though is if either of us go shopping, we at least have a place to put the new-found stuff while we’re in Washington  …. our storage shed.