1 Year Anniversary

The end of May, 2017, marks the one year anniversary of my beginning the RV lifestyle, and what a year it has been!  It has all been fairly well detailed in the chronology that precedes this post. I've traveled a bit in both Canada (4 provinces) and the United States (19 states plus Washington D.C. I stayed in and 6 others I passed through). I've put a bit over 33,000 km on the truck (Ann). I've stayed in some interesting places, seen sites, met lots of people, played many different golf courses and eaten a few great meals, all those things I was expecting to enjoy, as I traveled with my new home on wheels (Shelly), able to sleep in the same bed every night, and have my things neatly put away. I've been on a land cruise.

I've learned quite a bit along the journey, both about myself, both countries and my new equipment. Thankfully, I have not had anything more than a few minor hiccups along the way. (I've seen too many Facebook posts about tire blow outs and RV fires.) I've also never felt unsafe or threatened, another concern documented on Facebook by other women looking to set out on a similar journey.

My travel planning has been assisted by my memberships in: Harvest Hosts, Boondockers Welcome, KOA, Good Sam, a few Facebook Closed groups for RV'ers, Google Maps (though it sometimes leads one astray), Roadtrippers, I-exit and Gas Buddy. 

I want to thank my brother Peter for all his support in this endeavor. I'm looking forward to having my new friend John along on some more parts of the journey ahead.

I'm ready for year two. I'm not entirely sure at this point where I will be going (Tucson, Arizona is a good bet), but there is plenty of North America yet to see, and I will endeavor to keep the blog going to document what lies ahead.

Thanks for reading.