Brett And Paul On the Road: Prepping for our BIG trip South

Wow...can't believe that our last post was in August. My apologies for neglecting this poor blog for those of you that are following us! It has been a bit of a rough 6 months...Paul's dad passed away right before Thanksgiving and some work turmoil has kept me preoccupied fall term and most of this term, along with agreeing to teach an extra class winter term...BUT....we are now back and getting back to our RVing roots!

This weekend we are over at Pacific Shores in Newport giving our rig a shakedown voyage before our trip South on Tuesday. We had some work down by our friends at Premier RV Services in Junction City, Oregon, this winter so wanted to make sure everything was in order for our long trek to the sun and warm desert climate. So far so good, other than a washer/dryer unit we had removed where the service tech forgot to cap the water lines...that gave us a nice drippy surprise Friday night, but after $.89 and some good towel drying we are back in business. So far everything else seems to be ready for travel....today's plan will be clearing our storage bins, checking vital fluids, and checking tire pressures so we are ready to head out.

I have added our travel calendar for the trip south on the blog and will be excited to give you updates along the way. I will probably be flying back to Oregon for at least one week of the trip to catch up on work meetings.

As always, we are LOVING our stay over here in Newport and enjoying some unseasonably gorgeous sunshine....making this pre-trip work MUCH easier!