A Long Drive Ahead

We are organizing our lives so that we can go and visit our daughter and family in Vancouver. However, there are always last minute things to do when you get involved in community life!! A few meetings and of course a lot of laundry in prep for some time away! On the upside of it all is the recognition that we will be seeing the grandkids! It has been a few months since Christmas and we are needing our 'fix'!!

The weather is pretty dull and cold. Thankfully it is not raining but likely we will experience it in the mountains or even snow might happen. We are taking our tent trailer out to the coast so the kids can be off the ground the next time they holiday! I'm sure they will enjoy it. We on the other hand purchased a very nice trailer for our retirement years. Looking forward to the May long weekend already!



Cleaning it up shiny & new for the kids!



Our new baby!

We can hardly wait until we are able to 'take her out' and 'show her off'. Hopefully, she will be all that we are looking for and more!  There are so many things I will miss about the tent trailer though. I loved the 'openness' of it when she was opened up at both ends. I also liked it when it was warm out and the canvas makes it 'toasty' inside for a nice afternoon nap with the window open! I don't think the trailer will be able to replicate that or the wonderful smells of canvas and outdoors mingled!  Certainly the TT is more lightweight and easier to pull and see over and around but the trailer is lightweight as well (at least compared to other trailers). Likely, our 'favorite' spots will not be availble anymore in our favourite campgrounds but we will start NEW adventures and memories in new locations (with hookups)! I know I will be a little more conscious of 'cleaning' with this trailer (for the first year anyway)! We will still cook outside and enjoy the outdoors but it will be nice to have a bathroom and cleanup there without having to wander around in the dark at night (at least for me)! I won't miss that part of camping!

Anyway, I am sure there will be lots of camping stories over the next few months. Looking forward to this new adventure.