11 Degrees

Elkmont, Alabama

Weather: low 11 degrees, high 42 degrees, clear skies

Back when we first started fulltime RVing about eight years ago, we spent a couple of weeks in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, visiting our daughter Terri and her family. Nothing earthshaking about that, right? Well, the weather at that time was about as cold as what we're experiencing here in Elkmont. At that time, it seemed like a big adventure as we survived in cold weather that was a challenge to us as newbies in that type of weather and an RV. Now, we know how to handle the cold weather, but guess what? It's not fun anymore when it is as cold as it was last night. Sure, we stayed warm, but it seems like it takes more out of us than it did eight years ago. Tonight will probably be our last night in the RV until after the holidays as we get moved into the new home base.

We moved just about everything out of the RV that wasn't needed for traveling and to the home base today. If someone had told me that we would have as much stuff to move as we did, it would have been hard to believe. We have always felt that we were about as light on everything as we could get, and still live full time in the RV. After today, both of us realized that we could have traveled even lighter. You can bet that when we go out again, we'll be much lighter.

I mentioned in an earlier post that we needed to get Carolyn into a more stable environment because of her vertigo, which shows no signs of getting better. She has fought it for almost seven years, insisting that she was okay. Well, she's still having the problem, and it jumped up again today as she was helping me get stuff ready to move to the base. As a result, she was out of action with dizziness, nausea, and a headache for about three hours. Even though she felt better later, she was washed out and weak. We're hoping that this move we're taking will help her in daily activities.

We'll finish our move to the home base tomorrow, and then I'll winterize the RV so it will be protected in the cold weather until we're ready to go somewhere. This will be the first time for winterizing the RV, so it will be a learning experience for me. I'll let you know how it goes.

More later, be safe.

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