Where are the Hills' now? What were they doing most of the month of August?

After weeks of traveling and sightseeing none stop, we were ready for a rest in a cooler place.

We headed to Hendersonville, NC.  The weather was great!  In the low 80's with a nice breeze and cool at night.  Our intent was to stay a week or two, but we got the bug...  Not the kind that makes you ill. 

After traveling with friends who traveled in a motorhome and seeing how quickly and easily they setup and broke camp, and after driving separately for 3 1/2 years, we decided it was time for us to take the plunge.   We headed down to Tampa FL to visit the World's Largest RV dealer, Lazydays.  

After a few days of looking, we purchased a brand new 2016 Georgetown motorhome.  Thought we'd love it, but alas, it was a P.O.S.  There were so many things wrong with it...  We had it seven days and never left the dealer's lot.  Unfortunately we had signed all the papers and they had been processed, so..o...oo 

We traded it in for a 2013 Tiffin Allegro Open Road.  If you are an RVer, you have some idea.  The Allegro is quality in every way.  Being a used coach, Lazydays had their mechanics go over the coach with a fine tooth comb.  They warrant the coach for 30 days, which is very rare.  We spent 3 days transferring our belongings before moving over to the RV park, where we had full hookups and could test the rig completely.

Our New Home

As luck would have it, the transfer box, whatever that is, went out late in the day on Saturday.  Not being able to get the part until Monday, we had to wait to have the part replaced.  Once the part was replaced we felt it wise to wait another day before leaving, just in case.

Lazydays provides Motorhome driver's education.  T & I both took the class which consisted of classroom as well as actual driving.  Driving a 36 foot motorhome is not like anything you can imagine.  After the course we both felt confident in our ability to drive the monster.

We pulled out of Lazydays RV Park on Tuesday, September 2nd, two days after we were to be in Myrtle Beach to volunteer at the Myrtle Beach State Park.  Our maiden voyage was wonderful.  Though we were tense at driving this big thing we felt ready and we LOVED being together rather than driving separate vehicles.