on the road

After leaving our winter oasis we turned north and east. We landed at Beverly Beach Camptown RV Resort. This is an outrageously priced campground for what you get…. but our tiny piece of gravel and concrete, shoehorned between two other rigs, was smack, dab on the sea wall of the beach with an unobstructed view of the Atlantic. Sleeping with the roar of waves practically beneath our feet was the best. Oh, and speaking of things beneath our feet, we have the dogs! They always manage to lie down where we want to walk. But they are getting more comfortable with having us step over them, something Tucker, especially, doesn’t care for.

Our first days on the road tested my memory skills, and I failed! Miserably! Where did I put the dog food? Where is the wine bottle opener? What cabinet holds our stash of sodas? For the moment life in the Silver Bubble is as if we are living in a number slide puzzle. We have a few extra bags of stuff that we haven’t found a place for… so, when it is time to take a shower we move things out of there and next to the bed. When it is time to go to bed we move the bags to the couch (because the shower is too wet since I can’t find the microfiber cloth we use to wipe down the shower), when we want to relax in the “living room” we have to move the bags again. Me and the Mister get to do the number puzzle dance as well. Last night we settled on eating two frozen dinners we have been holding onto for a while. This may be our choice of cuisine as we chug along westward. Opening two boxes and nuking two entrees sure beats trying to find space for preparing and cooking more than one thing, given less than three square feet of counter space. However, I did decide that bacon and eggs sounded doable this morning. New discovery, having a smoke alarm on the ceiling four feet from the cook top is not a good thing! My new dance: turn the bacon, turn around, fan the smoke alarm, turn around and repeat, all on eight counts!

It’s time to move bags and get ready to head on down the road. More later. Pictures, too.

Thinking About Writing a Book

Have you ever thought about writing a book? Is this a universal thing... or is it just me?
What is it about authors that sustain them through the process? Is it wanting to share an idea that is inside them, that keeps going through their brain like an annoying tune? Is it the challenge? Is it a form of bragging?

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Well, for years I have been saying I am going to write a novel. But, I just don't get past thinking of the first few pages. I have the idea. It came to me in a dream! I thought, at the time that it would make a great book. Maybe the idea isn't so hot, but I'd still like to play with it.
So, along comes blogland. I began a blog almost two years ago. Then I thought about the novel again. And thought about blogging. And thought about combining the two. What if I wrote the novel, bit by bit, and let readers suggest ideas? Hmmm....what a novel idea! Almost like a reverse "Choose your own adventure" book. Yeah, OK, so the idea isn't that novel, but it sounds like it could be fun.
So...stay tuned - at some point I will begin this novel. I'll let my readers in on the kernels of the story. We can bounce ideas back and forth. We can write it together. If you're interested in playing along, leave me a comment or follow the blog. This may not happen quickly, but it will happen!
More later....