The time had come to gather phone numbers and
email addresses for the ‘family’ we had in Pecan Park RV Park. It had been a short 7 months there and we had
made quiet a few friends, especially the little one. Luckily the lil one had seen several of the
friends move on to new destinations, so the lil one new what to expect; all the
“see you later’s” and such. It wasn’t
easy to plan this move as we had all grown very comfortable in spot 521. There
were a few tears in my moments of alone time, there was apprehension too, many
questions; could we make it? Would the lil one be okay? Could we find work in
the new towns? But they all fell back to our new philosophy of ‘Living on Faith’.
It took
us a while to get everything arranged, it takes longer when your full timing
than when your just on vacation, we were getting better and quicker with every
move. Three days after I started putting things in their places we were ready
to hook the F350 up to the rig and pull out.
Tears followed of course but we had to keep looking to the future and
the reason we had decided to move to the ‘no sticks and bricks’ lifestyle.
Our
first stop was in Montgomery, AL to see a few friends and go to a French-Indian
war re-enactment, always something along the way to tie in with the home
schooling. It was a great reunion with
the friends we hadn’t seen in a few years, the lil one even remembered them;
something odd for the lil one but they had made an impression on the lil brain
in there. We spent time watching the
squirrels, gophers and birds just outside their window, something the lil one
truly enjoys. Soon it was time to go to the re-enactment.
We got
there a little late and had no idea which way to go in the park, but it didn’t
take long to figure it out. As we were
walking down the road we heard gunshots and cannons. The lil one started
running towards the loud bangs, of course, we had to jog to keep up. The re-enactment was interesting and very
entertaining, the lil one had daddy on one side and the friends on the other
feeding the brain about the history of the war that happened so many years ago.
Afterwards
we all walked to where the rivers met, across an Indian mound and through the
woods, picking up momentos along the way, learning and teaching was in every
step we took that day. We even got to see a hut set up like in the old days,
the lil one learned a lot about the ancestors. We had dinner at our friends,
this has come to be the routine while in Montgomery. After a great weekend with longtime friends it
was time to pack up and head to Rogersville, farther north in Bama.
This
was to be one of the shortest legs of this journey, and it actually went as
planned, amazingly. When we were making
the plans to stay at a family members house I was concerned about the tight
corners and turns to get into her yard, but of course the hubby and his gung-ho
attitude led us forward, no matter what.
Our first mistake was trying to make a 90˚ turn on tight city
streets. The hubby started with the
turn, and there just so happened to be a car coming on the small road too;
being as nice as he is, he didn’t make the car back up to make his turn. A few seconds
later I watched the fifth wheel bounce a couple times off a telephone pole
placed very close to the road. The rig looked okay and we only had a few more
blocks to go until we parked, it was going to be okay. After the few blocks
down a very skinny road, we were back on a wider two lane county road with only
one more turn to make, no problems right?
The hubby got lined up to make this last turn and started it, but
halfway thru it another truck came around the turn and made him stop. If you’ve
ever pulled anything, you know that once you’ve committed to a turn, you’ve got
to continue on the projected path.
I was
on the phone with my mother just griping away about bouncing off the telephone
pole at this point and the next thing I see is our rig bouncing off the
concrete culvert on the side of their driveway. I was livid as I drove over
pieces of plumbing that had gotten broke off as the hubby pulled in. I was
literally driving over pieces of our rig that had become our home; it was
almost a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach. I was so thankful that
this part of the journey was over and we had time to repair what had been
broken in the last mile. It was all smiles to see the family but it was also
time to set up a temporary home for the next few days.
Until next time……
Good judgment comes from experience, and often
experience comes from bad judgment. ~Rita Mae Brown
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