That last post, mostly written by ChatGPT was accurate and totally without any sense of my own voice. I promise not to do that again.
Way too much time has passed since I have written anything. In that time we have had a tragedy in the park – a murder/arson – that fortunately ended with “only” the loss of one life; another Carol who was known and beloved and who never stopped working when others were falling over and the one site. We have had birthdays, in 80’s and 90’s and even some 70’s. We have had a peaceful transfer of power and somehow, now that I am no longer on the Board, I find myself chairing the Finance Committee.
Carol tries to keep up with all her activities and spent 5 days in hospital for cardiac problems. She is home and working as we prepare to replace the coach with a trailer. Here is a link to pictures of the new trailer on the dealer’s lot as sent by the salesman: https://www.couchsrvnation.com/inventory/view/30800 There is much more interior storage space and almost no external storage. Since we won’t be traveling in it the external storage space which we have used for campground essentials will not be missed. And it has a dishwasher!
We are only now seeing how much stuff we have accumulated that will not be transferred to the trailer or to our shed. Its not the stuff we use everyday and is readily visible, but stuff we have squirreled away in hidden compartments under the bed and behind the sofas. Some is just our inability to part with perfectly good things we don’t need, others are things we “may” need again someday. I think we have a minor case of packrat here, mostly me. We are making weekly trips to the “Yard Sale Shed” all this stuff will be offered in a massive yard sale run by the social group in the park in early October. Each year the sale nets over $15,000 which is used for social events in the park and to provide some benefit to the community around us.
I’ll stop here (actually did that yesterday) and post what I have, maybe I’ll even get back to writing more now.
Oh in case you missed it, here is a link to the for sale page for GeeWhiz
I am so sorry that Carol was in the hospital with cardiac problems. Carol, I hope that you are feeling better and that the issues have resolved or at least are being treated with good results. It’s good to be older and able to appreciate life rather than gone, but getting older is as Betty Davis said not for sissies. Hugs to both of you.