When we were traveling in our tent camper and VW camper we were on vacation. We had two or three weeks to go someplace and come back again. We did all our research and some of our cooking before leaving home so we were free to see the sights along the way.
When we retired then started fulltiming we acted as if we were still on vacation. Scurrying from one site to another trying to see it all as if we would run out of time. But we hadn’t done all our researching and none of the cooking. We got tired.
The Escapees had warned us about this. They said it takes most people one to two years to get out of vacation mode. Well, it’s been almost two years and we appear to be transitioning to living mode.
We’ve slowed down. We stayed in Flagstaff, Arizona, for a week and a half. Then we moved here to Page, Arizona, and registered for three nights.
I’m still not caught up on my research and our attempts to cook in the convection oven have not been very successful. But, we now have time to read for pleasure. And I’m not so stressed out when we do start driving. And we’re enjoying the sightseeing more.
Last summer I was afraid if we stayed in Minnesota very long I wouldn’t get Dave out of there again. This summer I’m looking forward to staying a month or so.
I think we are maturing in this lifestyle in more ways than one.
TTYL,
Linda
Good for you! And, there are some places we’re much more comfortable than others so we don’t feel we have to move along so fast. It’s not that we’re on a time clock.