Deciding to test our marriage vows, John and I have decided to hit the road dragging our house ( 28 foot fifth wheel with 300 square feet of living space)
behind us for 7 and 1/2 months. Our plan? To travel as far as Toronto, drive down the east coast of the US, swing west through the southern states, then hug the west coast back to Comox Valley, Vancouver Island. We are ready to “Let the Adventure Continue.”
Day 1-3, Aug. 30th – Sept. 2nd
Visiting family in Victoria, BC
Day 4, Sept. 3rd.
Loud sounds of:
Opening of cupboards. Rummaging through cupboards. Shutting of cupboards. Opening of bags. Rummaging through bags. Closing of bags. Opening of RV door. Closing of RV door. Opening of truck door. Rummaging through truck. Closing of truck door. Opening of RV door. Closing of RV door.
Shelley: Huh? John? John! What the Hell?
John: Yes?
Shelley: What are you doing?
John: I’m looking for the second set of keys.
Shelley: In the middle of the night?
John: It’s hardly the middle of the night. It’s 5:00 in the morning.
Shelley: Whatever. It’s still dark. Come back to bed and go to sleep.
John: There’s no point. I’ll just lie there thinking about where I last saw the keys.
Shelley: Oh Jesus Christ.
John: Thanks for your support.
Shelley: I am supportive. I am the most supportive wife out there. Name one other wife who would still be having this conversation?
John: If you were so supportive, you would get out of bed and help me look for the keys.
Shelley: Not going to happen. Guaranteed as soon as I get up, you’ll find them. Just like every other time I help you look for stuff you’ve lost.
John: Not this time. This time I’ve really lost them. I’m going to phone Andrew and ask him to look.
Shelley: John! No! It’s too early. Come back to bed and go to sleep. When you wake up at a decent hour, I’ll help you look, and then, and only then, if we can’t find them, you can phone Andrew. OK?
John: Hello Andrew.
Shelley: Unbelievable.
John: It’s dad. Sorry to wake you. I can’t find my keys. Can you look in the TV room?… Not there?… Thanks. Go back to sleep, buddy. Love you. Shelley, here’s what we can do. We can copy the set we have…
Shelley: Oh my God. Tell me in the morning. Come back to bed and go to sleep.
John: Fine. Ouch!
Shelley: What?
Shelley and John
I wanna go on a trip that angers my whole family…Hey you never told me where I was featured on WordPress…I am insanely curious now…Please tell me…
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I would love to read about that trip. But from your family’s pov. Don’t think you were featured so much as a “shout out.” But if it were me, I would be insanely happy. It’s somewhere on this link. http://en.blog.wordpress.com/
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Shouldn’t you be in charge of the second set of keys?
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He had decided that Andrew should be. Why? Who knows because it’s best that we never change patterns at our age. 🙂
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Wow!! Good for you guys! I’ve always wanted to do that. Can’t wait to hear ALL about it!
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Thanks. Stay tuned. I’m sure nothing will go as planned. 🙂
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Have fun
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Thanks for dropping by. Fun is our main goal otherwise our retirement is wasted. 🙂
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Holy Mackerel, are you actually doing this? I see that I’m along this route, in the northeast to be more precise. I hope you make it before the snow flies. It comes in off the lakes sooner than you think!
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Oh Oh. We plan to be in Toronto September 20th. Now I’m worried.
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September. Well, you should be fine then. Actually, the foliage should be quite beautiful on the Niagara Peninsula and Erie Canal (across the boarder). 😉
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If and when you make it to western NY let me know. Maybe I’ll buy you guys a beer.
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That sounds awesome. We will bring you Canadian Maple syrup! 🙂
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That looks and sounds like fun!!!. We have been thinking about getting another trailer or maybe a motor home. Yall have a great and blessed trip. Jim
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Thanks Jim. I highly recommend it. When you’ve had enough, you attach your house and move. 🙂
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Do you just return home when the grass needs cutting ?
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Don’t be silly. Our condo fees cover that! :0
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Wow! I would LOVE to take a trip like that someday! Maybe someday I will! I know you will have a wonderful time and many adventures to share!
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Thanks Nita. Hopefully we will still be happily married at the end of this. 🙂
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Looks like a great trip, enjoy.
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Thanks for believing our marriage can with stand this! 🙂
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And the memories begin! I can relate though.. A few years ago I tore a hotel room apart in the FL Keys looking for my room key, all while accusing my friend, also named John, of hiding it from me when all along it was at the foot of the bed… Although, I still believe hid put it there while I wasn’t looking!
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Ha! Ha! Really at the foot of the bed. Too funny. Swear to God I didn’t hide them. 🙂
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Yep, the entire time, allegedly!😜 And I was completely obsessed with finding it. So much so that we missed the shuttle into town and didn’t eat dinner until after 9pm!
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Too funny! Am thinking you pushed it for a meal after 9pm.
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Let’s just say, I gave a new meaning to OCD! I’ll let my friend John tell you the story from his perspective, I’m sure he has a much different spin to that episode!
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Ha! Ha! Will definitely be asking.
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Nice crib on wheels!!! How very exciting and adventurous and brave of you both! It will be hilarious following your journey! Where in the East Coast of US will you go?
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We are not sure exactly the exact route, but following the coast line all the way to Florida.
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sounds like awesome fun day 🙂 thanks for sharing
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We sure hope so other wise we’re in trouble. 🙂
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love the way you have narrated the events as well 🙂
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Ha! Ha! Thanks! With John some of these blogs write themselves.
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That is a great looking route map! Good luck, happy adventuring, and travel well.
-Kyle-
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Well thanks. Too bad we can’t hit your State. By the time we get to the west you’ll have too much snow! Maybe we should have packed our snowboards. 🙂
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Oh there is still time. You can borrow gear. Drop us a line if your plans change. Looking forward to keeping up with y’all.
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You never know. Am flattered that you guy would hang out with 50 somethings on the slopes! 🙂
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Now John, you obviously only had a man look. I thought I’d explained this problem to you before, love you both to bits, have a great trip.xxxx
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Yeah John. 🙂 Every time Babs, every time!
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You are BRAVE to take that on! “Name one other wife who would still be having this conversation?” make me laugh out loud.
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Travelling for this long is not for the faint of heart. Ha! Ha! Glad you enjoyed the read.
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Yey!! Super psyched that you guys are … wait for it…. “on the road again”. Okay, now try and get that song out of your head! I am so looking forward to reading about your adventures!! Safe travels to ya!! 🙂
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Thanks Wendy! It’s good to be back in the saddle again, because… Now there’s another song that gets stuck! 🙂
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What a fun adventure. I love your dialogues, whether they’re real or using a bit of poetic license.
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Scarily enough, this one was pretty dead on. 🙂
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7 and 1/2 MONTHS?! Woman, did you lose your mind, or just misplace it?! Uwe and I did a 7 week trip once and my biggest worry wasn’t getting malaria (Laos), eaten by sharks (western Australia), ditto by cannibals (Fiji) or dying from food poisoning somewhere along the way heading around the globe… My worry was that at some point I I was going to have to kill him. I just knew that 7 weeks would test our (pretty solid) marriage to the point where I’d go “Oops! Not as solid as we thought….”
Wow. My hat is so off to you. As the Germans would say, “Respekt! Respekt!” —Jadi
PS: We survived that trip and Uwe immedately began asking when we’re going to take the next one!
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So glad that you didn’t have to kill off Uwe. 🙂 Hopefully, having a bigger RV will save our marriage. That and whenever we stop to camp, John stays outside talking the RV talk with fellow men. You know, sewage, hoses, electricity. Man talk. :0
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