LEAVING: The stocking of foods/liquids/propane/air (tires), emptying/disconnecting various items (TV, water, gas, electricity, sewer), planning the camp ground exit and travel, mapping of the trip to the next stop. Note: reservations were always made much in advance even 12 months in some cases.
ARRIVING: Moving things back into place, reconnecting TV, hoses, leveling, etc etc etc
But now we have replaced those activities with miscellaneous repairs, new flooring, interior painting, getting estimates/scheduling skirting replacement and deck surface/railings, exterior painting and finally attacking weeds & ugly overgrown vegetation left by the previous owners. So, still lots to do either way (RVing or settled) but maybe there will be an end or slow down as a home owner. LMAO!!!!
We brought our bed (Sleep Number) from the RV and they left us 2 living room chairs (very ugly but functional) and 2 stools (ditto) for furniture. So, we can make the interior improvements slowly. Kitchen and bathrooms will need to wait but are definitely on the list for major improvements/replacements.
We are in the process of getting our new driver's licenses. And, if you haven't had to experience DMV in a while; it was/is as much fun here in California as it was in Illinois, New Jersey, and Alaska. Not sure about other states but Alaska did not have the option of setting up appointments like California does. That helped considerably. Another helpful factor was the online manual and various phone apps with practice tests. We both passed on our first try. I'm trying to get other endorsements (motorcycle, 5th wheel, and trailer licenses) but haven't passed all of the hoops for those.
Unlike Alaska, my mono-vision contacts (right does distance and left does near vision) didn't get pass the agent. So, I needed to go to my ophthalmologist for sign-off. In Alaska, the agent understood the concept and passed me on both eyes seeing 20/40. My doc said that if I had said I only had 1 eye I would have passed without a problem. So, now we just need to return all the paper work and get our licenses in hand.
Our health insurance with Medicare has been adjusted and we are registered to vote in next Tuesday's primary. With the option to vote via mail (great improvement IMHO), we have already researched all the candidates/issues and submitted our ballots. Now, we just need to await the results.
Here are some pictures of the "old" . . .
Later when we have made progress on our improvements we'll post "new" photos.
