Home Again

It has been over a week since our last posting.  During that time we’ve been traveling: by airplane, van shuttles, car, and RV.

Last Thursday we left Orlando very early for an uneventful flight to Minneapolis, followed by a dangerous shuttle van ride to Duluth to get Paige’s mother, Joyce, and to drive back to the Twin Cities for the Christmas festivities.  The week went by in a blur visiting family and friends. We spent time baking lefse and shopping with the granddaughters. We had a Riewe family dinner and gift exchange at Brett’s home.

 

Christmas Eve was spent at a nephew’s place in suburban Wayzata. All six of Joyce’s Great Granddaughters were there.

 

 

Christmas Day we enjoyed going to the first showing of Les Miserables with Dave, Valentina, and Grandma Joyce followed by dinner at a deli.  What a great movie!  On Wednesday Aunt Lu/Uncle Clark had everyone to their house for lunch so we were able to see cousins also.  We also were able to get a dinner out with the Gunderman's - we hadn't been able to connect with them last summer so it was so good to see them!

Friday was another travel day: getting Joyce and her car back to Duluth, followed by another (safer) shuttle ride back to the Minneapolis airport, followed by a late return to Orlando (touching down after midnight) and finally arriving back at our RV about 2AM.  Now that we are back in the land of shorts and sandals, we can confirm the weather here is much nicer (but we won’t irritate our readers with details) and we can confirm that airplanes are a horrible way to travel.  Their only advantage is when traveling great distances in a short time.  We much prefer traveling shorter distances over much longer times.

While it was wonderful to be in Minnesota visiting friends and family, it is great to be back home in the motorhome resting and relaxing.  We’ve moved to a new location, a very nice commercial RV park outside of Mims, FL.  We plan to do more exploring prior to the start of our next project on Jan. 7^th.