We have a new View of life!

MamaCache helped out a lot with Bulli and Sharon when Joe was away getting the new View!

Sharon and "Moosiegirl" visit while Joe is getting the new View!

We have a new View of life as of today! I had aluded to the fact that getting Sharon into the old GeoVan was a near impossiblity for her now and that getting her to Nashville in any kind of comfort WAS going to be extremely difficult! Taking into consideration many different factors and thinking about MANY different options, we decided to move up our plans to get our Winnebago View 24H! We had wanted to make that move sometime next spring, anyway, to be able to make the trip to Sacramento next year for GeoWoodstock VI. For you non-geocachers, that's a world wide geocaching event, like a convention only a whole lot more fun!! By moving up our timetable, we will now have a nice easy ride for her trip back home and give us a lot of travel pleasure for many years to come. It isn't nearly a big as our old coach was that we lived in for 3 1/2 years, but that's kinda' the point! It will operate fairly inexpensively and we won't have to depend on the hotel/motel bag drag any more! A basic experiment after I brought it home late this evening assures that she will be able to "mount up and ride!" My short drive (less than 20 miles) bringing it home also verified that the ride quality is much more comfortable than the GeoVan. Click on the title line above this post to see the View. Or click here: http://www.winnebagoind.com/products/winnebago/view/

Sharon had company while I was gone most of the day! Two of our Texas GeoFriends, Moosiegirl and MamaCache, came over and spent most of the day with her. They have no idea how much we appreciate that great act of kindness! It allowed me to go take care of the business side of our new purchase without having to be concerned about her ability to get around and get meals, let Bulli out when necessary, etc. A tip of the TEAM NAB hat to those two wonderful friends!

NOW we're excited about travel and ready to get on the road! Darned house arrest! Guess I'll have to do the shake-down cruises by myself with Bulli! [:D} She'll probably hurt me for that !!!

Dave, our PT Guru, is going to concentrate his efforts next week in training her to get in and out of the View up the four stairs. We've discussed it with him and he's on top of it! We were just waiting for the "training aid" to show up!

We had aluded to this happening on the blog, but had not made a big deal out of it yet in case something fell through on the deal. I have keys in hand and it's sitting in the drive, so I suppose that we're safe to let the cat out of the bag!

Before I got home, I had placed Bulli's little "travel buddies" on his blanket on the couch. He jumped right in when he first saw the coach to check it out! He was so cute when he realized his little friends were there already! He just lay down on the blanket and started preening his little fellows! He KNEW he was home!!

Oh yes, Sharon is doing rather well. She didn't extend herself too much while I was away. As I type this, she's rocked back in her recliner sawing some serious logs! Guess I'll have to get her up for bed in a bit!

Cheers,