This story began on January 4 when we became "homeless" except for our then RV, a 2006 Allegro Bus with 2 slides, a 400 Cummins and a toad, a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and Dude, our loyal and loving Labradoodle. The travels began and the last post here was at the beginning of May. Since it's been awhile, here's an update with more to come. We traded the Allegro Bus for the Newell, # 729, in February in Miami at the factory and set off toward warmer weather in the Southeast. At the beginning of May we were back "home" in Santa Fe where we plunked down at Trailer Ranch for the following six weeks. Since we had lived in Santa Fe and Abiquiu for almost 20 years we still considered it our home base and so it is. It's where we get our mail and where our legal residence is and will remain.
We departed Santa Fe on June 16 and headed for Oklahoma City where we have kids and grandkids and have been "camped" at Twin Fountains this week. Michael Day was here earlier but we missed connecting although will find him next week at Table Rock Lake along with some other Newell gurus. Met Jody Reese from Lawton this morning and saw his gorgeous '95 red and white Newell with Oklahoma Select on the rear. It's a group of 7th grade girls who play basketball at a fairly high level and travel widely to do so. His daughter is on that team and they travel to games in their Newell and are here for a couple of days of games in OKC at Douglas High School.
Looking forward to the Newell guru rally next week and from there we will launch farther east and north and northeast until we can't go any farther and end up in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Seems like a good place to spend a number of weeks this summer lollygagging around, seeing the sights and taking it all in. May go through northern Michigan on the way, parts of Canada and will then stop in Maine and Vermont before heading back to Santa Fe at the end of summer.
If anyone has a don't miss this on your list of travels in those directions, let us know. In the meantime, happy and safe travels to all and to all you happy campers out there, we may see you down the road along the way. Stay tuned for the next update a few weeks from now.
