RETIRED ON WHEELS: THE RETIREMENT ADVENTURES BEGIN

Finally it feels like we are really on the road as we arrived in Sante Fe, New Mexico after nightly stops in Gainsville,Texas and Amarillo, Texas. The drive here yesterday was one of the most stressful drives I have made since being in a snow storm in Canada. The wind was blowing at 55 -59 mph for most of the trip and a couple of times I thought the camper and truck was going to roll. It is unbelievable how strong the wind can blow across the Texas Panhandle in the Spring. However we are here and will be for four days before moving on.

The trip was late getting started as it seemed the list things that had to be done prior to leaving just kept getting bigger or taking a lot longer that we expected. First some nim(Rod) clipped Kathy's car with the Truck Camper and we had to get that fixed. That along with her glasses being late delayed us a week, so during that time we had additional support struts put on that attach to both the truck and the camper. Then we had to get additional springs put on the truck as the weight of the camper ( 3700 lbs ) destroyed the airbags that we put on to support the 5th wheel. However the two additions have made the ride much smoother and more enjoyable.

Finally we were able to head to Granbury and put the 5th wheel in storage and head out. Let the retirement adventures begin.