The journey begins

I'm a little late getting this blog started, so for the first post, I'll back track.

We left GA the end of February and headed to Tampa to claim our "new" RV. Arriving at the owner's home, we panicked. We had seen pictures online of the location, it appeared to be located in a "regular" neighborhood. But it was on a farm with dirt roads, and even a one-lane (barely) wooden bridge to cross. We weren't sure we could get the 5th wheel out of there!

The deal went smoothly and soon we were on the road. We had made reservations in Tampa with Lazy Days RV Park, by staying there we could take their one day driving course for free. The four days we were there, we were able to get acquainted with our new home, and find out all the things wrong with it. Thankfully, the RV had come with a 3-yr warranty, or we would have probably taken it back to the seller before the day was through.

The driving course was fun. Jim was our teacher, and by the time we were done for the day, we were confident we could park the thing "easily." Ha!

We then headed for Selma where we visited with David's family for a couple of weeks. While there, we took the RV to a repair center and had all of the warranty work done on it. That took a bit longer than expected, but God's timing is always perfect and things worked out beautifully.

Then the campground called and asked if we could come early; we were eager to get our adventure started so we agreed.

I didn't realize that homesickness would overwhelm me for a day or two! We had our "home" with us, but we didn't bring Jonathan, Zach, Daddy Frank or Rebecca!