Our motorhome has been unpacked, sorted, cleaned and returned to her storage garage.


Instead of the gorgeous view in Indio - along the canal to Joshua Tree National Park - I wake to a vista of blooming Rhododendrons and a forest.
Our forest.
Every winter, while in Indio, we discuss selling this monster of a house. Every summer, when we return to Oregon, we swear we will never sell this house. It is a dilemma. A dilemma I am sure many of My Readers are facing as well. To complicate matters, our long-time housesitter (liviing in the nanny/mother-in-law apartment over our garage), had found himself a bride, has purchased a home and is leaving us in August. How rude!
Kids these days.
The "stay or sell" decision does not concern our 20+ year old furnaces and water heaters. They need to be replaced, either way. These two upgrades are my number 2 & 3 tasks for the summer. Number one is a new tow car.
Tasks four-through-four-hundred will be tackled on a day-to-day basis.
After saying goodbye to our beautiful RV and getting fresh provisions from our localNew Seasons Market, we enjoyed a home-cooked meal.


Without a 54,000 pound motorhome parked in our driveway, our life will return to "normal" slowly over the next few days.
Oh, wait. Did I say "normal"? Just kidding.
Until my next update, I remain, your light-weight correspondent.