Tennessee to Santa Fe
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:56:51 GMT
I got rid of many years of accumulated stuff before leaving Vermont. I had a whole second bedroom full of stuff on two big racks of shelves. Everything had to go. I gave away most of it, the only requirement being that they would use the stuff they got. I sold guns, to get down to what would fit in the Truck Vault in the back of my F-150. That meant five long guns, and three handguns. I also gave away my reloading equipment, though I did charge for the primers; they were in short supply at the time.
When I left Vermont, my stuff just barely fit inside the trailer, with no room for living.
When I got to my son's place in Tennessee, the first order of business was to trim the remaining stuff such that there was room to live in the trailer. They I practiced living there, emptying the black tank once a week, and refilling the water supply as necessary. Gray water I dumped into my son's septic tank.
I moved out of my son's house for my last week there, and lived full-time in the trailer. Worked good, so I headed out in April of 2021. First stop, northern Arkansas, to visit a friend. I camped some single nights in free places provided by distilleries and museums. The other times, I paid for hookups. It wasn't yet hot enough to need the AC, which was good, since it was very noisy.
Next stop, south Texas. For the first few days, I bought a hookup at an RV park near the gulf. Went out on the e-bike to the beach, and over the big bridge over the inland waterway.
Then to my brother's house, a little ways north, where I parked the trailer for five days, and stayed upstairs, in the place he had prepared for one of his three daughters to stay. I had everything I needed, except a kitchen, which I shared with my brother and his wife.
Next, I paid for three days of parking at an RV park north of Dallas. I saw the big statue of Jesus there, and called my mother's sister, who did not answer. She would die not long after, nearly 100 years old.
Then it was on to Santa Fe, stopping in Amarillo on the way. More about Santa Fe in my next post.
