We're in retirement Week 2 now so time for a quick update of what we've been doing since leaving Houston. The last day in the office was Thursday, May 31, basically a quiet day, finishing handover notes and saying goodbye to the wonderful people I've been working with for the last 3-1/2 years. Thursday night was dinner with good friends at one of our favorite Houston restaurants, Spaghetti Western. We had moved out of the temporary apartment we were staying in on Wednesday night and were staying at a hotel in the Galleria area. Friday morning we were unpleasantly surprised when we got out to the parking lot. Our truck had been broken into and they took a duffle bag full of summer clothes plus our GPS. The good news is they saved us another trip to GoodWill. The bad news is the quilt that was hand made for me as a going away present was in the bag. If anyone sees it at GoodWill or Salvation Army, please pick it up for me.
We left Houston Saturday morning and drove to Biloxi where our luck changed. We walked away from the casinos on Monday morning with more money than we donated so things were looking up. We drove to the farm, near Gantt, AL, and spent the next week finishing the cabin electrical, hanging the porch swing and getting things ready for the insulation guy.
Here are some photos of the cabin at dusk and after dark with the lights glowing. Finishing the cabin electrical was a big milestone and clears the way for us to get a lot of other things in... insulation, walls, flooring, etc.
We're traveling with our two cats, Doofus and Puddy. Here is a picture of Puddy sitting on the front porch of the cabin looking at the cotton field. Both are familiar with the farm and our fifth wheel trailer and came out for fresh air every afternoon. We think they'll do well when we get to the boat after a day or two of adjustment.
Monday we drove from the farm to Asheville, NC and we spent today touring the Biltmore estate and enjoying the cooler weather. Tomorrow we're back on the road again with plans to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway up to Virginia.
We left Houston Saturday morning and drove to Biloxi where our luck changed. We walked away from the casinos on Monday morning with more money than we donated so things were looking up. We drove to the farm, near Gantt, AL, and spent the next week finishing the cabin electrical, hanging the porch swing and getting things ready for the insulation guy.
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| Cabin Front Porch at Dusk (Porch swing on left side) |
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| Cabin Master and Guest Bedroom Lights |
We're traveling with our two cats, Doofus and Puddy. Here is a picture of Puddy sitting on the front porch of the cabin looking at the cotton field. Both are familiar with the farm and our fifth wheel trailer and came out for fresh air every afternoon. We think they'll do well when we get to the boat after a day or two of adjustment.
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| Puddy on Cabin Front Porch |
awesome, running lines in the attic wasn't fun, but worth it
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