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~ Welcome to Robin's Travel Blog! ~
~ I'm Totally Enjoying My Experience of
Living as a Nature Loving RV'er
& Inspired Jewelry Artist! ~
You have two choices
in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream, or you can be distinct. To be distinct is to be different. To be different,
you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.
Alan Ashley-Pitt
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William Morris
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The single greatest moment on any RV trip is the instant you turn the key on the ignition of your motorhome or tow
vehicle and hear the engine roar to life. You are about to untether yourself from your fixed-based life, and you feel a surge of
energy from deep within your soul. Adventure, excitement and discovery await, and that's a feeling that nearly all RVers experience
at each moment of departure.
(Now, This is What I'm Talking About!!)
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Monday, February 20, 2006
Paradise---On a Budget?...
I've recently noticed a theme of financial anxiety running
through a few of the Solo Women RVer Blogs I enjoy & have grown accustomed to reading. One of the RVers has
completely thrown the towel in & has her rig up for sale, deciding "RVing isn't one of my hobbies".
She's done with RVing, so I removed that Blog's link, another one is completely
sick of Blogging - I keep checking back, but no updates now for awhile, too bad cause she was a really interesting
blogger & another one is very candid & honest in her portrayal of her struggles, which I can & truly do
appreciate her sharing.
I've been living vicariously through these other Solo Women RVers, gaining insight &
strength from following their travels & travails, trying to put myself in their place, but that's hard to do. Everybody
is different & has their own style, needing different things to be present in order to consider their lives a success.
As of now I can only imagine how I'll deal with the challenges that come my way once I get
on the road & I hope to be able to meet each challenge with courage, humor & according to them I'm going
to need--more $$$...(or to not worry so much about it)!! The way I figure it is that--$$$ concerns are an unavoidable reality of life--no matter where or how
I live, so I may as well give this way of living a try.
I'm really glad that my Rig is small, completely paid for & affordable to operate,
that's a must for me & my budget (20 MPG is extremely generous mileage by RVing standards). Living beyond my
means, as American as that is, is not something I strive for...
Friday, February 17, 2006
Ice Princess...
I've really been enjoying watching the Winter Olympics & to think my daughter--Amanda,
didn't even see-touch-feel snow (that she remembers--afterall, we did live in Maine when she was a baby & she
was born in New Hampshire) until 3 Winters ago when we briefly moved to South Lake Tahoe, California from Oregon (which
she also hated). We lived within walking distance of the World Class Ski Resort-Heavenly, where some of the Olympic Athletes
train.
By that time at the age of 18 I'm afraid it was just too damn late, she'd been holed up in
the Heat of the Deep South way too long to be even remotely interested in learning to Ski, Snowboard or spend time
outdoors in the Winter--she wasn't even interested in hanging out & being a "Ski Bunny"--Oh well, at least I tried to
show her a different lifestyle!
I wouldn't trade my fond childhood Winter memories for anything, I had so much fun tobaggoning,
sledding, ice-skating, snowball fights, making snow forts, even shoveling snow. What I didn't enjoy was driving in the
Winter, that truly did suck.
Several years ago I did take Amanda ice-skating here in Florida at the Tampa Bay Ice-Skating
Academy, but as soon as she fell down hard once, she had no intention whatsoever of getting back on the ice again, even though
I tried to bribe her with hot chocolate & I'd paid quite a bit of $$$ & drove 45 min. to get there, until a fellow
who worked there showed her his bruises & encouraged her to give it another try, she did--but that was the 1 &
only time ice-skating for my "Ice Princess" !!...
Now, it's my turn & I won't be returning anymore from my travels out West, or wherever
I choose to go, unless I want to--no more ping, ponging across the Country for others. Been there done that, too many
times.
P.S. As I sit here at the computer & write this it's 7:45 p.m., 75 degrees with 80% humidity,
I have the sliding glass doors open & the ceiling fan on, so maybe it's the absence--of Winter, that makes my Heart
grow fonder...?
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
A Helping Hand...
The weather here in Tampa Bay has been pretty wild lately, in 1 day (Fri. 2/3) we actually
registered 4 mos. worth of Rain (12 in.) The room where the computer is located flooded rapidly, near the sliding
glass doors as the gutters overflowed & the rainwater poured in, it's still drying out. So, I haven't been spending
too much time on the computer, which is a nice change.
Today, I begin a different aspect of a part-time job I've held over the past 6 mos.
which involved driving "Jack" to his regular 3x's/wk. appts. Now, I'll be assisting with additional daily
care my friend renders him, she needs a break from it & asked me to lend
a hand--for $$$. I thought about it & decided I'd be willing to give her a break for at least several weeks.
Yes, this does postpone my departure from Florida--yet again, but if feels right & the
$$$ is welcome as I haven't been actively selling or designing any new Jewelry pieces, since consolidating,
organizing & packing up (which was no easy feat!) my current Inventory, all of my Jewelry Making Tools, Beads, Books
& other Supplies--it's all loaded up & ready to go.
I stay in my RV as much as possible & just over the past couple of days successfully
packed more essential large items. I had pictured where I wanted them to go & it worked out space-wise, just
right. This is important, because I have to be able to set things up/break things down, on my own for real--not
just theoretically--so, now there's a place for everything & everything in its place. It's a rather challenging
task, since I have no "Basement Storage" with my older Class C, Mini-Motor Home.
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Remember--All Who
Wander Are Not Lost...
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