Thursday, July 21, 2016

JULY,2016? Where Have We Been?!


The stunning Oregon Coast
Smarty and Smartyn before Smarty got adopted
Wow! Guess you thought we'd given up the gypsy life and headed to Equador or somewhere! Well, nothing of the sort. In fact, other than a new "Smarty" (this one wants to be called "Smartyn"...pretty snooty little attitude for a Smart Car!), and another 20,000 or so miles, not much has changed since our last post. The truth is, we've just been too busy living the LIFE and not enough time to write about it. This will act as a crude attempt, at least, to catch things up. Some of the locales we've added to our been there, done that list are the upper California Coast and The Oregon Coast and Portland, more places in Central Florida, and The Big Bend of Texas. In fact, after we did that part of Texas, we came over to the cool little town of New Braunfels, at the most Eastern edge of The Hill Country, between Austin and San Antonio, and found the base we've been after for almost six years on the road. We're now full time motor homers (with an apartment). Now we can come back and spend a little time running to doctors, getting hair cuts (from someone familiar! Mary Ann can write an entire separate blog about HAIRCUTS ON THE ROAD!!), and just taking a little breather from the rolling lifestyle.
Watching movies in the apartment
The Portland Rose Garden
To catch up to the right now, we're spending the summer of 2016 in our western home away from home, Santa Fe. Good food, cooler weather (although, so far, it's been windy and warmer than normal), lots of hiking choices, and a chance to stay out of the way of the we've got two weeks to see four states crowd! Here are few more pics from the last couple years...
Mary Ann, the Tree Hugger, Redwood
National Park!




Hiking The Big Bend

7 comments:

Unknown said...

great update, you are living life with Gusto, for sure. We are awaiting your return to The Villages, whenever that may be.

Ted said...

Totally understand the "too busy to write about it" part. Good to get a glimpse now and then however.

harveyandsmartystravels said...

Hey ED! Thanks for the chime in here. We'd love to see you two in person. Stay in touch, and if we are in the vicinity, we'll look for a meet point.

harveyandsmartystravels said...

We know you guys get it!! Keep on Kayakin'

harveyandsmartystravels said...

Probably sooner than later!

Unknown said...

love seeing what you are up to and meeting my new cousin, Smartyn.

harveyandsmartystravels said...

Glad you're liking it!