Yesterday I was informed that I had left you all hanging and I needed to wrap this up. Sorry about that; I'd say I was busy but you know better.
Getting home has been a little surreal. Frank took excellent care of the homestead in our absence, so cleaning was not an issue. The weird thing is now we are unpacking many of the boxes we taped up (and filled up the garage workspace) right before we left and moving back in. All I can think of while unpacking is I'll be reversing this process in just a few weeks. Hard to get motivated.
As much fun as the traveling and RVing has been, I feel a real need to get on with it and reestablish a new base. I guess if I could take it all with me and still have ready access to everything, I could be a true nomad. Because I don't care where it is but I need to have a place where I can lay my hands on that left handed screw shifter that I might need for the next repair job. All I would need for that would be a small fleet of tractor/trailer rigs. Sort of a traveling circus.
So, where does that leave us? Unpacking and getting the house ready for sale again. Maybe I'll know what I want by the time the summer is mostly over. Till then it will be baby steps till the job ceases to overwhelm.
On the bright side, Jake's soccer season has started so we are off to Homer tomorrow to catch a game and see the Teague's again. They spent the night yesterday on the way down to the Homer Shore Bird Festival. Good to get together and catch up. It has become the kickoff for the season. Sort of gets you in the mood to be outside again. In that vein, I got one of the bikes down and ready to go, just got to hope for some dry days to get out again.
So. I'll post a few more items as the summer progresses and get up to speed when plans start to firm up for the next snowbird flight.
Enjoy the summer.
Stay cool.
About Me
- Troy
- 1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!
