So..did you watch?

You know you did..

Now, us lucky people on the

east coast only had to get

up at 4 am..

NO, I did not get that crazy.

But..

I did sneak peeks at the TV

while I was getting ready for work 

this morning.

It was sweet.

You know..

the Royal wedding.

On another note..

with all the rain we've had,

the river rose up again.

It's up past where we put the swing.

It crested around 2 pm though, 

and didn't cause any issues..

except for the robins.

They will be happy when 

the river recedes and the worms

pop up!

Trees are budding with 

nice flowers..

This little guy was looking 

for some bugs to eat.

This little guy was

working on his baby :-)

Happy Spring!

I think spring is here!

The last couple of days..

it has warmed up!

George is out tending 

to the yard..

The Johnny Jump-ups are

popping up all over the grass..

and with all the storms we've had..

the river is rising again.

This time, no danger of flooding

the yard at all.

With the windows open at night,

you can actually hear it flowing.

or..

is it the wind in the trees..

maybe I'm hearing things :-)

I love this time of year..

flowers are blooming slowly,

trees are getting oh-so green.

The warmth of the sun on your skin,

makes everyone smile..

:-)

He is risen!

Happy Easter!

I'm sure everyone had a blessed Easter..

Our weekend started by taking

another trip down to my house.

There was one more truck load

of stuff in the house to get out.

We took the chip truck..

it was full!

I forgot to take my camera :(

So no pics this post..

We are all through with the house now...

nothing but the closing now!

Today we went to my church for

a nice Easter service.

It was nice to see everyone.

We decided to find an Easter brunch,

but everything was booked up!

We ended up at the hibachi restaurant, 

for Japanese.

Haha..

George worked on putting new

shades on the back porch,

and we hung patio lights 

to brighten up the spot.

I wasn't in a picture taking mood this weekend :(

Hoping the weather gets better..

we want to start getting the outside

spiffed up..

we want to get George's house

ready for the market!

I can't quite do the Flowbee yet!

Well, the rally is over..

and it's back to reality..

Jobs, housework, all that stuff.

It's also time for haircuts.

Now, I know it's boring

to talk about haircuts...

but it was time for a change..

Of course it was color night too...

so George went wandering

in the mall..

When he came back..

oh my!

It's SHORT!

It's so much easier!

Especially when it's going

to get hot soon..

Why don't men like short hair??

We went to Olive Garden afterwards

to relax, have some good Italian, 

and a few glasses of wine.

Hey, George should talk 

about short hair!!

I cut his hair today..

with clippers, 

not a Flowbee!

Rally day 5 - Saturday night dance

Last night of the rally..

we're all tired, 

but we made more friends,

renewed old friendships, 

and learned more about the full-time lifestyle.

We had a good day during the day.

There were a few more seminars,

a walk through of members rigs,

then a catered dinner & dance.

We had such a great time!

The theme was the 70's..

so..

there was some tie-dye happening!

Howard & Linda looked terrific!

Nancy & Bill

Harry got in the spirit!

We had a great time dancing!

Even George got into it..

Gotta have a conga line!

Sunday morning we had our last

breakfast with everyone.

There were a few tears shed as we 

gave hugs to everyone before we left.

We got home Sunday night,

but although it's good to

be in our own bed..

we're not looking forward to work!

Free day!

Ahh, a nice day to do something fun!

Jessica & Harry and George & I

ate a nice pancake breakfast..

then headed off to go RV window shopping.

We first went to Tennessee RV.

While there we looked at Open Range fifth wheels.

I really love the pantry!

We then moseyed on to RVs for Less

in Knoxville.

I wish we could have done some looking around

in Knoxville, it's a beautiful city from the car :-)

At RVs for Less we went in to

every Heartland product they had..

Landmarks mostly.

They are very nice too!

Body language :-)

Butch from RVs for Less

was telling me we need to buy used

first and then trade up later.

Yeah, ok, thanks for the advice :-)

We were pretty tired from all 

the shopping, so we came back

and relaxed a bit, 

then went out to dinner.

I was craving BBQ, good southern BBQ..

so we found Happy Jacks

Oh boy the food was great!

We took a walk when we got back to 

the park..it started to rain a bit,

so we high-tailed it back.

It was a great day!

Rally day 3 - and some GREAT news!

Last night after coming back to the cabin..

I got online and checked e-mail before blogging.

I had an e-mail in my inbox..

from..

my REALTOR!

Turns out she was writing up an offer..

and knowing I was on vacation,

wanted to make sure I was standing by..

Of course it took another hour to get

the e-mail..so I couldn't sleep..

but..

I got a solid offer!!

So this morning was spent 

finding a printer, scanner..

(thanks to Linda Payne!!!)

and then getting the signed acceptance

back to the Realtor.

(Thanks to RV Plantation office staff).

Now we wait for the closing..

which should be May 25th or so.

The buyers are pre-qualified, yay!

Rally...

This morning was spent at a couple 

seminars on workamping,

home base, how to buy an RV.

After eating some lunch at the cabin..

we took a walk around the park,

looking at more of our friends' RVs.

Lee & Martha

 ..then returned to the conference hall for 

potluck dinner.

There was lots of food!

 

Lots of laughter..

and lots of fun..

We played Family Feud..

Harry's team won!

We had a great time!

Tomorrow it's off to look at RV's

at several dealerships in the area.

Nite :-)

Rally day 2 - seminars, and chili night!

This morning started our seminars on the full time RV life.

Since we had gone to the Myrtle Beach rally

last year, a lot of this was repeat for us.

However...

last year we *knew* we wanted a motorhome.

This year we *know* we want a fifth wheel & truck.

So we are listening to the seminars with

5vrs on our mind.

After the morning seminars,  and lunch

at the cabin, then another afternoon seminar..

we took a walk around the RV park 

to talk to more of our RV friends.

We also took a look at Paul & Jill's Montana..

.. we like that floor plan.

So nice of them to let us go through it!

The evening's meal was the chili cook off.

George volunteered to judge again ;-)

He really liked #8, we're not sure whose that 

turned out to be, but they were all very good.

Some people brought some wine 

to have with their chili ;-)

We also got a good picture of some

of our other favorite RVrs..

Marti & Paul

RV friends are the best friends!

Rally day 1 - and a little fun with tea bags...

Well, day 1 started with a great breakfast..

Harry cooked bacon, eggs, and bagels..yum!

Since it was a dreary day, 

lots of rain, and chilly..

we hung out and read,

and blogged :)

Finally it was time to head over 

to the conference center to 

register, get our name tags, 

and goody bags.

We sat and talked to some of our 

favorite RVrs..

Martha & Lee

Bunnie & Bob

Nancy

Bill

Dinner was great..

all American fare..

hot dogs, burgers, pork bbq,

potato salad..etc.

Too much!

After sorting out newbies from full timers, 

from researchers, all by show of hand..

we played an ice breaker game,

such as 'minute to win it'.

Tea bags were attached to an RV-dreamers hat..

and the person had to don the hat, 

and try to flip the tea bag up on the bill..

in less than 60 seconds.

 

Of course, George won this round!

He won a hat! Now we have two..one for him 

and one for me :)

Was a fun night, and we can't wait until

tomorrow..

Cades Cove

This morning we woke to freezing temps..

IN THE CABIN :)

The air conditioning that we left on

last night left icicles hanging on the

light fixtures.

Brrrr..:)

We fixed some bagels and coffee, 

then took off for Cades Cove.

It is at the beginning of the Smoky Mountain National Park.

There's an 11 mile loop trail,

with pull offs and hiking trails.

We were amazed at the dogwoods..

It's so green here!

There were a couple things of

interest on the loop..

a couple of old church buildings..

We really enjoyed the scenery up

there, and would like to

do some hiking up on the trails someday.

We came back down into town, 

and had lunch at a great little diner...

Once we were back at the RV park,

we took a walk around to see

who was around. We sat and chatted with Bob & Bunnie,

about their RV and lifestyle. 

Soon it was time for Harry & Jessica to

come, we're sharing the cabin with them. 

We chatted for a bit, then went down to

Howard & Linda's for happy hour.

 

There was a good group of people

there tonight.

Tomorrow is day one of the rally!