Changed My Mind Again

After all the craziness and expense of fixing my Casita (it took over two months for them to complete the repairs!), I have decided on a new direction. The physical stress of hooking up the trailer, and unhooking it from the 4Runner was a little much for me. It's not really that hard, but because of my RA, can be for me.

Also, I found that I was still nervous hauling the trailer since the accident, so... I'm selling it and have just purchased a 1988 Toyota Sunrader, with all the amenities. It's a small Class C RV, 18 1/2 feet long, and has a Toyota engine. It gets great gas mileage for an RV, 15-20 mpg. Amazingly, I can park it in a regular parking spot and have already parallel parked twice!

The Sunrader feels like home. My parents once owned a very similar rig and I used it quite a bit back in the 80's. I drove my "new" one up the coast on Hwy 1 from Southern California after buying it from a really nice guy in Claremont, CA. The drive up was really, really foggy, but beautiful none the less. The RV handles beautifully.

I was going to add more photos to this post, but I'm having a problem uploading them, so I'll continue on this track later.

'Til later, peace to you and yours...

Well, 10 Months Later...

As most of you know, my trip to Utah flamed out after an accident on the road the first evening. I do plan to Best Friends in the future, but don't know when yet.

My trailer sustained a lot of damage in the accident. I wavered for many months over whether to keep the trailer, as the accident was a very scary event, for me and for my two cats, Billy & Buddie Grace. I finally did decide to do the repairs and should get the trailer back in the next few days.

In the meantime, it's been a year of ups and downs. I've moved into Senior Housing in Berkeley, and it's been quite an experience making all of the adjustments. Suddenly there are people all around me when I've been used to coming and going rather anonymously. I meet new people every day. Maybe sometime I'll tell you about "the stalker" and "the cat hater". It gets to be a little much sometimes, and I use the "back door" instead of going through the always busy lobby.

B & BG can't wander freely here as they are used to. They are supposed to be on leashes whenever they are out of the apartment. They must be kidding (I wish). I don't know if you've ever tried to put cats on leashes, but it was both sad and hilarious. They don't mind the harnesses so much, but the leashes? No thanks.

Billy has figured out to get down to the garden once I open the door to the bridge that connects my building to the next one (shhhh...don't tell, he's not wearing anything!). When he wants to come back home, he waits by the door for someone (anyone) to open it, sprints down the hallway and pushes open our apartment door. Pretty smart guy. Buddie's too much of a scaredy-cat to try that, but she does take the occasional stroll (accompanied by me, as per the "rules") part way down the hallway.

Bye for now. I'll be back sooner next time.

Getting Ready to Go!

We're packing up and getting ready to go to Utah! Buddie and Billy have their harnesses & leashes, their own tent, and a big comfy carrier for the car.

I'll update this blog along the way...as I find internet access and upload photos.

See you online!