Goodbye old house

It's been a crazy couple of weeks for Phil and I. My mother got an offer to buy the house where we live in Gainesville, MO, and we had to find some new digs quickly. Additionally we had our 2+month camping trip planned and we didn't want to lose all our National Park reservations.

Less than a month ago we were still in Spain. Now we have moved our stuff to a storage unit, I've cleared out 60+ years of family memories from the house, and we close on our 1 BR condo in Branson, MO, tomorrow. Thankfully the buyer wanted all the furniture and decorative contents so we only had to move our limited things (a mattress and one IKEA chair and a few boxes of dishes, clothes, etc.)

I cried as we left this morning as I have many happy memories in the house as a child and as an adult. Its another chapter for us.

We are at Table Rock State Park tonight and tomorrow we'll sign papers for the condo. Our campsite is shady and right by the lake and marina. Wednesday, we begin our long camping trip through the American Northwest.Read more