Friday, December 18, 2009

New home; a work in progress



We got to Sherman RV about 10:00 this morning, did our paperwork and started moving into the new coach. I took this picture as it was getting dark (about 4 p.m.) We moved everything over and then from about 5 - 6:30 put stuff away! We had a lot of stuff in that small RV!

I can't wait to get Christmas decorations up, then I'll take pictures again so you can see the finished product.

We are staying in Sherman tonight and will start our journey back to
Phoenix tomorrow. Hopefully the return trip will go as well as the trip here.

Hope everyone is having a really good weekend and getting all your Christmas shopping done. This has been a different holiday year, but it's always like that when you move around Christmas time.




This is the kitchen (please notice the full-size refrigerator) I love it!!!!!!!!!




Thursday, December 17, 2009

Waiting in Tupelo

What do you do while waiting for your coach in Tupelo, MS? Visit the house Elvis was born in (already did that); drive the Natchez Trace (already did that, too); go to the Tupelo Battlefield with marker, maps, and cannon (very interesting and actually 3 battles fought here); visit the Oren Dunn City Museum and Veterans Museum (we always enjoy area museums and this one was interesting); visit the Tupelo Automobile Museum with over a 100 cars dating from 1899 to 1994 (that was really fun too!)


I only got a few pictures of the Tupelo Battlefield, but it was interesting to
stop there to see the area, especially the map that showed all the skirmishes that were in the area.


The museum told not only the history of Tupelo, but the area. Tupelo was a capital of the Chickasaw Nation and wasn't settled until just before the Civil War. Union soldiers blew up tressels and bridges on either side of the settlement and set up some sort of headquarters here. Interesting history.

The Automobile Museum had several cars from the 1800s and quite a few from 1900 through about 1920. They were sure different! The '60s cars we liked were the Vet and the Tbird right next to each other. There was one car that had 14 made 0 sold and of course there was an Edsel.

I took a picture of the hard top convertible because I remember the television commercials. There was also the car from "The Great Race" and LOTS of other neat cars.

We also made a trip to Sherman RV yesterday ... and ... WE SAW OUR NEW COACH!!!!!! They have to go through it to make sure everything is good to go today, but they said we should be there tomorrow morning so we can do the paperwork and move in! YEAH!!! Then we get to drive 1700 miles to Phoenix again.

I promise to take pictures as soon as I can and get them on the blog. The coach was in a garage when we saw it with all the slides closed so I wouldn't have been able to get a good shot.



Sunday, December 13, 2009

Hi, from Tupelo


I only took two picture all during our trip. This is the bridge over the Mississippi at Vicksburg, MS. The next picture is of the Mississippi River.


We left Phoenix Thursday at 1 p.m. We arrived at Tupelo tonight at 5 p.m. THAT'S A FAST TRIP!!!!! We don't like traveling this way. We will now crash for a few days.



Our coach should be ready this week. As soon as it is ready, we will head back to Phoenix. We're hoping to get back before Christmas and if all goes as scheduled, there should be no problem.


Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a less hectic one than our 1700 mile drive -- TWICE!