Home Base Closing

Elkmont, Alabama

Weather: low 55 degrees, high 70 degrees, partly cloudy skies

The big news for us today was closing the purchase of a new home base. It is located about six miles north of Athens, Alabama, and about three miles south of the Tennessee state line.

Before the closing, I had several little chores to do away from the RV. I had to get a cashier's check from the bank, and make some phone calls to verify that our furniture deliveries scheduled for tomorrow are still being done. The four stores that we bought from said they will be there, so we will probably spend a good part of the day waiting on deliveries while we finish our clean up of the home base.

We met the Realtor at the base at 1330 hours to perform a last walk through to make sure everything that was supposed to be finished was. The closing was at 1500 hours, and took about 30 minutes. Then, we went back to the base and began our cleaning activities. The previous owner had done a cleaning, but it certainly wasn't up to Carolyn's standards. We didn't finish cleaning today, but we'll have most of it done before the furniture is delivered.

So, how do we feel about having a home base again? Carolyn is happily planning how she will decorate, and I'm trying to figure out what size of television to buy, plus the options for it. This is an exciting time for us, but we still plan to travel in the RV. In fact, we'll be leaving here this upcoming weekend for a trip to Texas to see our daughter Lori and her family, as well as take care of our physicals and dental checkups. We'll probably find doctors and dentists here for next year, but we don't have the time to research who we want to use here at this time. We expect to be gone about ten days, just in time to get ready for the holidays. It looks like both our daughters and their families will be here.

More later, be safe.

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