It’s a week early but it really is almost the end of our 3 months here in Choke Canyon State Park. Michael and I have been together a bit over 2 years now and from the beginning we’ve always felt like we’ve known each other much longer than we really have (in the good way – it’s a connection we’ve had between us). We’ve very much felt like we’ve been here much longer yet felt like we just got here. So much has wrapped up here between selling the house, relationships, and really starting our full time adventures. This has truly been a great place to start RV living for us. There are some things we won’t miss here – spotty tv, radio or internet connection, the need to drive 40 miles in one of two directions to be able to get all of what we need – groceries, haircuts, gas that’s 40 cents a gallon cheaper than it is in Three Rivers, mail pick up. The quiet, the loop we get to walk the puppies on at least once a day where we see birds, bunnies, armadillos and deer, having our own private little camping area where we see hardly anyone – those are definitely things we will miss and remember for a long time to come.
Michael has enjoyed park hosting but his here has been unique compared to other parks. He as actually sent off an email to try to park host next January through March again in South Texas at a different park. It will be around more people but is right on the ocean. I’ve had big things on the job front and have an interview Monday for a full time permanent position at the company I’ve been contracting with for the last 6 months. I’m crossing my fingers – it would also be fully remote which is ideal for me. It will also take me very much out of my comfort zone – pushing me in ways I haven’t before. Thankfully my manager for the last 6 months is also on the interview panel and knows how hard I’ve worked. In a meeting with him earlier this week he praised my work highly – and was very appreciative of how hard I’ve worked and how much attention to detail I’ve paid on everything I’ve done.
We’ve started making plans for the next several months and are looking forward to the new journey we are starting to form. We leave here May 2 and travel to Austin (McKinney Falls) for 3 nights – we have a few things to do there I’m having lunch with the people I work with and a massage (hey I’ve worked hard I’ve earned it). Michael is using a zipline tour package I got him two years ago on Father’s day. It’s a 3 hour zipline tour in Austin he’d been wanting to do. From there we go to Cedar Hill for 10 days. Cedar Hill – one of our most favorite state park stays. We know we get a gazillion over the air channels, great internet reception and near every store and restaurant we love (it’s like 5 miles from the entrance to the state park). The spot we have we’ve stayed in before – it’s shady and kind of private and our favorite so far there. May 15 we head to Oklahoma for a couple months. We’ve got some legal things to do there and want to have some time with family before we leave. I’m actually flying out in June to New York for a weekend to see my family – most I haven’t seen in almost 7 years I’m very excited for this opportunity. When we leave Oklahoma we go to Branson, Missouri for a few days then travel up through Missouri, Nebraska and Wyoming to spend 8 days in Billings Montana where we will be over my 50th birthday. I’ve driven through MO, NE and WY – but I’ve never been to Montana or through Idaho where we’re going to drive through a corner to get to Spokane Washington. We have a few nights there before we head to south Washington for 2 weeks at an Army COE park. When we leave there we travel about 120 miles to a state park in Oregon where we spend another two weeks. From there we head to the coast – the Pacific Ocean – I’ve never been before and am so excited. We have reservations about 15 minutes from the ocean for a week over labor day in Oregon.
We haven’t booked past that though have general ideas where we want to go from there – we’re looking at the Redwoods and maybe by Sequoia National park. Hoping to hit a show in Vegas and possibly even the Grand Canyon. We may even get to a state park that looks amazing in Arizona – we were supposed to be there last year for my birthday until we had brakes almost catch fire coming down the mountains in New Mexico and had to rearrange our plans. Our goal is to be back in Oklahoma by the first of November for the holidays. Below is a map of our planned trip so far. You are only allowed to put so many destinations in so not all are in this but it’s the general route we are taking.
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