Yep. We're
back. Again. Like bad pennies. After an almost two year hiatus we're
dragging the old Khronicles out of storage, dusting them off, and seeing
where they take us this time around.
As some of you already
know, a little over a year ago we tracked down and bought back our old
Toyota Escaper (a.k.a. "Timmy" or "Houdini") from the young couple we
sold him to. Unfortunately, he was in pretty rough shape and we spent
the better part of last year fixing stuff. Then, in June, we decided to
sell him again. Since then, we've been looking for a somewhat newer
replacement with a little more room.
We don't know if any of you
have been in the market for an RV in the last year or so, but it's an
absolute zoo out there. We found the available choices to be limited,
stupidly expensive, and anything under 25' and moderately priced sells
within hours of being posted - usually before we even get to see it
advertised. After a few months of this, we were beginning to get really
discouraged. Then, a couple of weeks ago, Julie's son Dan sent us an ad
for a 23' motorhome from his local Facebook Marketplace out in
California.
We talked to the owner, Dan went and checked it out
for us, the price was right, so we bought it and he drove it back to his
house. All in the course of about 24 hours.
It's a 1998
Fleetwood Tioga 23B - a "class C" motorhome, very much like Timmy's big
brother - but it's 11 years younger with half as many miles on it.
We fly out there on 31 August to finally see it in person, set it up, get new tires, etc., and drive it back East. We'll be taking our time (it's over 2,200 miles as the crow flies), getting back in late October or sometime in November.
Julie's been hard at work going through our logs and plotting our previous routes on an old road atlas. Once she's done, we'll be able to easily see where we have and haven't been, making our day-to-day and longer term planning a lot easier.
We are looking forward to getting back out on the road and seeing where we go this time.
It's good to be back! See you again soon,
Mark & Julie
