South Dakota Trip

Well we made a trip to South Dakota to establish our home base (Domicile)...which was a nightmare we had everything ready we thought,but to our surprise they had made some changes.  Heads up to those going....make sure you have a marriage certificate from the state if you are married and don't have a passport. Also found out you need a weight ticket for your camper.  Anyhoo we think we have it figured out after jumping through a few hoops. Now on to better news, we are gonna have our first visitor today. Judy my best est friend is coming up to visit.  The weather is suppose to be really nice so that's good.  The last two days its been raining and blowing so we are looking forward to drying things up. So bring on the sun I'm ready to have some fun.....

Our first site as fulltimers.....

We rolled out of our driveway in Keokuk Ia around 11am on Wed. Oct. 10th heading north which sounds like the wrong thing to do with the temps dropping.  We have very important reasons for that  decision 2 sons and grand kids.  So we are in Cedar Rapids, Ia getting our fill of hugs and kisses to last us for the winter. Its very nice at Morgan Creek Campground. We got the spot we were hoping for and had no problems getting set up.  We will stay here til they kick us out. We have to make a trip to South Dakota before our trip south for the winter. We are very excited about whats ahead, but still have a few details to work out.  We are hoping the weather holds while we get everything wrapped up.

Countdown to fulltime!

Well its countdown time. We are to close on our house on or before Oct.15th. Most of our stuff has been sold at garage sales and on the internet.We have done some small modifications to the Cameo and its pretty well ready to go. We will try to update the blog on a weekly basis once we cast off. We will start off with a trip to Cedar Rapids for a couple of weeks. We plan on wrapping up a few loose ends and then its time to head south for the winter. Wish us luck as we start this adventure of a lifetime!

Our first weekend in our new camper. We had a braking compatibility problem with the truck so we couldnt haul it ourselves. Thompsons hauled it to the West Lake Campground which is right up the road from them so we could try it out. Think we got the braking issue resolved and should bring it home this week.

Fifth Wheel is in at Thompsons!

Our new 2011 Carriage Cameo 37CKSLS that we ordered in November is in at Thompsons Family RV. We will be picking it up on April 16th. We plan on camping in it a couple of nights at one of the Scott County Parks to try out systems. Our 2011 Chevy 3500 Duelly has been equiped with a new 25000# AirSafe hitch. Pictures to follow.