March 6, 2015 Well, here we are back in TN. We arrived back here on Feb 1st and I guess we came back a month too soon. Haven't seen weather this cold in a long time. The first thing I thought while unhitching the trailer was "what were we thinking". For the first time in three years we got to see what winter could be like but, seeing the conditions around the rest of the country, we got off easy. It is great to be back home in TN back with family and in familiar surroundings. We love the travel aspect of this lifestyle and have made some good friends in TX, friends that live all over the country and even some from Canada. Home is always home though. OUR TEXAS ADVENTURE, We left TN on July 9, 2012 because it was 115 degrees and it was cooler in south Texas than it was in TN. We were planning on being there at the end of the summer anyway and were a bit anxious to get our new life started on the road. We had purchased a 26' K-Z Spree used and are pulling it with a 2004 GMC Yukon Denali and had no trouble with either during the trip down south. We already had reservations at the "Canyon Lake RV Park and Resort" in Mission, TX. We liked this park a lot. We made some wonderful, hopefully lifelong, friends there. There are plenty of activities to keep you busy day and night. I particularly liked the bi-weekly Texas hold em, tournaments. During the "season" we would have over 20 people participate in them and there were plenty of fun conversations and times had by all. We got involved in the activities of this park even more when Karen started working in the office. She later became the co-director of the activities dept. and so we became even more involved. We loved the bingo, she played and I called, the pot-luck dinners, and especially the Karaoke. There were live music events and jams that were always hopping. All were great ways to get to know your neighbors. A great place to stay if you want to winter in the south. In the summer of 2014 we were asked to be summer hosts of another park "Seven Oaks", which was owned by the same person. This was just one more experience that we would have. I really can't say much about activities at this park since we were there during the summer and the park was pretty much empty except for a few sites and park model homes. There were no regular activities scheduled. Our biggest adventure there was trying to keep the pool usable. I did manage to learn a lot about pool maintenance during our time there so, as I said, just another adventure in our life. When that adventure was over Karen was offered a job at Fig Tree RV Park to work in the office. The park had just recently been bought and new management and all new work campers were on the job. I volunteered to help out until I could find an LPN job and so I worked there, mainly painting, until Nov 1st when other work campers were supposed to come in. They never did and right after that I started having some health issues that kept me in bed for quite a while and still have some trouble walking any long distance. Some day they will figure out what it is. Went to Drs in Harlingen, TX starting with a GP and ending with the orthopedic surgeon. They started with bursitis and that led nowhere. After a couple of weeks of steroid treatment the pain was still the same. This pain totally incapacitated me. I was unable to even get out of bed, I couldn't walk at all. I would just hobble from bed to the table. Luckily, I guess, we live in a very small space and I didn't have to move very far. It didn't matter really because it hurt just as much sitting down or laying down. I finally got some relief through medication for the pain. Eventually I have gotten to a point where I am able to get around pretty good and take care of small things that need to be done, although I still do not feel that I can take on the responsibility of patient care. Finally they were able to do an MRI of my hip. The Dr said that there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the hip. Before we were able to get any further Karen lost her position with the park and we were forced to move on. This is when we decided to move back to TN. Now that we are here it starts again. We'll get through this adventure also. Before we were able to move on we had to get the Denali fixed, the transmission wasn't working properly. Thanks to the help of family members we were able to come up with the cost of that. After that was complete we were on the road again. The next problem was that after getting everything hooked up and ready to go the electric in the trailer blew out. All that was left to do was get the slide in. The electric slide (wasn't that a dance?). We ended up, again with the help of friends, being able to manually crank the slide in and finally we were on our way. BACK IN TENNESSEE

We got a work campers position at Texas T Campgound in Cornersville, TN( www.texastcampground.com ). As stated earlier it is good to be home, cold weather and all. Even coming out of a bad winter the views are incredible. First things first, the electrical problem. I didn't want to have to manually crank the slide back out, We were able to get the converter at Camping World and, unexpectedly, it was an exact fit, wire for wire, and we were back in business electrically. Actually it has never worked this well so I guess the converter has been having trouble all along.

. The couple that own this park are the nicest people you could meet. The park is well kept and maintained and for Tennessee incredibly flat. We are glad to be home for a while and get to know the kids and grandkids again. They grow up so fast. As with all our adventures so far this too has been a learning experience. Karen has known how to use Campground Manager, the computer program for registrations, sales, etc.. but it is new to me. I have also learned how to pump propane. They have kept us busy here when the weather will allow. It is finally starting to warm up even if we are getting a considerable amount of rain. See you down the road, Don & Karen