Tour of Homes

What's it take to follow a dream?

A premier motor coach with a satellite dish and ...........................

.........a tow vehicle with coordinated graphics?

A customized semi-truck cab pulling a huge 5th wheel and cute tow vehicle? I bet the camper has a built in garage!

A single unit toy hauler for your motorcycles, four wheelers, kayaks, workshop, or more?

A luxury home that you can take with you? If your haven't been inside one of these large units, check them out. They are gorgeous!

A home that seems to be popular?

A classic older home? Nice folks; Joe & June. Otis and June have struck-up a friendship.

....a vintage Winnebago? The name was top of the line in its day, and may still be.

.... a large camper with 2 bedrooms?

....a solar and veggie oil powered modified school bus called, The Rocket? Bettie and Jim, the Rocketeers and independent artists, invite you to take a tour of their home and sample their artistic works at: http://www.suburbanoidfatties.com/

......a 24' camper with two cute dogs? It's a good size for boondocking off the beaten path!

...just a bit smaller, please?

...a camper with lots of sleeping space? This camper has a pop-out on the side and one in the front and back.

...a camper from the 50s, 60s, or 70s?

.........or just the basics? If you haven't seen inside these tiny trailers, you'll be surprised at how well the space is utilized. I've read that single men prefer the smaller trailers.

Look! Here's a spot for you! The point is; whether it be RVing or somethingelse, follow your dreams, for where there is a will, there is a way!

Talking Southern

Hi Ya'll. I have to tell you a funny story based on our dog named Sugar and Sugar also being a southern term of endearment like Sweetie or Honey. I was out for a walk around the campground with Sugar, when at a distance a white haired man with two young grandchildren looked my way and said hi. I had no sooner completed my hi, when Sugar was pulling at the end of her long leash. Without having broken eye contact and in perfect timing to my completing my hi, out came "Come here Sugar". I didn't think anything of my command until I saw the man staring at me with a bewildered look and seeming to struggle with a reply. I can just hear it being told now how some hussy made a pass at him right in front of his young grandchildren! I slunk away with a slightly tarnished reputation, but chuckling all the way back to the camper! I won't make that mistake again! Marilyn :-)

Settling In Even More

We're feeling right at home in our new community. We've met several people and their pets. Although we haven't found a place for the dogs to run, they seem happy nosing around the campground. Otis enjoys hanging out by the office. He especially likes their Fall decoration made of hay bales, and the bushes in the landscaping. I think he is discovering hunting.

Roy started his new job with Amazon.com on the 15th. It sounds interesting, and part of me wishes I could do it, too. With 10 hour workdays and this being our first Workkamper experience, we're sure my staying home with Prin, Sugar, Charles, and Otis was the right decision. Roy leaves for work at 5:30 a.m. and is home around 5:00 p.m.. He is working Tuesday - Friday with the opportunity for overtime Mondays and Saturdays. My goal during this time is to organize our cabinets, read lots of books, watch lots of movies, research Workkamper opportunities, and get the animals out for walks.

Otis' Movie Debut

Here is Otis starring in a short feature film called, Otis and the Big Storm.



Did you notice he's walking? At 6 months old, he's only been walking independently for a few weeks. When he's outside tackling all types of terrain, he is supported by a band fastened to a leash. He recently advanced from having the band around his waist to having it around his chest. His muscles are strong enough now for him to support himself, and make coordination corrections. :-))

Bootleg Run

A guy gave us directions to a liquor store 6 mile out in the country. When we saw this building, we thought maybe it was a bootleg operation.

Luckily this was just rooftop advertising, and a modern liquor store was just across the county line. They had a drive through window, so I'd say they're used to people making turn-around runs from Campbellsville.

Settling In

We seem to be getting better at settling into our new surroundings, as this time it happened very quickly. We've taken three tours through the streets of Campbellsville, as well as, some outlying areas, and feel we have a general knowlege of where to find things. During our last tour, we started to notice an abscence of bars and liquor stores. Oh no! We're in a dry county! In checking the internet for the seriousness of this; we find we're in the middle of 12 dry counties!!! That's 2 counties deep to all sides of Taylor county except for the north. Thank goodness for liberal northerners! We haven't made the trip to the neighboring county, but it looks like the community of Lebanon is only about 20 miles away. I found a website showing the different degrees to which alcohol can be sold in Kentucky's counties. I put a link to it on our blog. There's too much information to go into here, but take a look at it. It's really interesting.

The other thing we noticed in our travels was the lack of road shoulders for bicycle riding. The tiny road edges we saw had rumble strips through them. Roy decided to stop by a gym. Wow! It was only $30 a month or $5 a visit. Roy is now bicycling indoors! That's probably a good thing with the colder weather coming on.

We don't have cable t.v. at our campground, so we decided to check out whether we could get videos from the Family Video Store. It was another cool find! With just a drivers license and a phone number, we were able to get a video rental membership. Being new members, we get all our rentals for half price the next 30 days, and also received some freebies through a sheet of coupons we were given. This is pretty sweet, as we are only going to be here 60 days. I suspect when we go to the next area, we'll get the same offer again!

The weather has turned windy, cold, and rainy the last half of this week. The weekend daytime temperatures have been in the 40s, and last night got down to 26 degrees! The camper is staying warm. This week the daytime temperatures are supposed to go back up into the 70s and drop only into the 40s at night. I'm glad to see that.

Roy goes to an inservice regarding his new job Monday, and then his work adventure will begin. More information on that later.

Exploring Campbellsville

We were surprised upon arriving in the Campbellsville area that it has the feel of being in the western states. The hills are steep and wooded giving the feel of being in the mountains, and the sky is a high blue dome with distant horizons. The air has a cool fresh quality similar to what Roy and I remember from our years in Idaho. The area has nice homes, and the schools look well-supported.

I would classify the community of Campbellsville, as being medium-sized. It is a mix of strip malls along the highway with all the stores you could want, and an old downtown with narrow streets from the horse and buggy days. We're located close to both.

Some downtown buildings are sitting vacant, but many have interesting shops. The business areas are concise, and then the area quickly goes rural.

We discovered this painting in a memorial park to the back of the Taylor County courthouse. Roy and I were surprised to see Union soldiers portrayed. We thought southern Kentucky would be part of the Cival War Confederacy. My brother, Jim, gave us a book we're enjoying called, Confederates in the Attic. It's by Tony Horwitz. It is full of historic information, as well as, interviews with people in present times regarding their feelings about the Cival War. I'm sure we'll learn a lot. We'll share what we learn in future postings.

Campbellsville, Kentucky

We arrived in Campbellsville, Kentucky November 1st, and were settled in by 6:30 p.m.. Our campground is called Heartland R.V. Park. This is the entrance to the campground. The owner began building it June 1st, so it is very pristine! At the end of the street is the Amazon.com distribution center where Roy will be working November 7th-December 23rd.

Here is a closer look at the Amazon.com facility. It's located in a rural area.

Our campsite is located at the far end of the road entering the campground. We have a roomy lot with a square gravel yard for the dogs. With the truck providing some privacy, it feels like a little courtyard.

Our camper isn't shown in the picture, but is located to the outside of this curve. It gives an open feel. You can see the cut into the hillside that would act as a sound barrier. Amazon can be seen between the two campers at the left side of the picture. It's a good distance away.

This is our view out the window behind the couch. It's kind of pretty, if you keep in mind we're in a work camp. It has an open, clean, orderliness. The other campers have been very welcoming. My impression is that the majority of campers are here for the seasonal work at Amazon.com. We've considered our other camping options and decided we'll stay here. This campground is close enough that Roy can walk to work leaving the truck available for me. Although we're here 6 days ahead of Roy's start date, the campground owner is going to bill Amazon for those days along with our months rent. Electricity is free!

Here are the girls looking content in their new yard. Otis and I checked out places to walk today. He's undaunted by his new environment. He met a couple of 8 year old girls that said they will be staying here through Christmas. They took his picture and promised to get him a present! We're off to a good start! More pictures to come, as we go out exploring!

Movin' On

Anticipation and anxiousness. A feeling of sadness of leaving family and friends. Wondering of the life that could develop, if we stayed; but always feeling the pull of an unknown adventure. I remind myself of all the “never would have beens”, if I hadn’t moved on. I never would have met Roy who lived in Maine, or enjoyed the seacoast lifestyle, nor met a very special friend that I have corresponded with since she was 8 years old. If we hadn’t left Maine to return to Indiana, we wouldn’t have been able to spend time with new family members. Movin’ on to Idaho we enjoyed the wide open spaces and super friends. Onward to Michigan to a northern lifestyle, more super friends, and family during holidays. I learned long ago that you really can’t have it all, at least not all together in the same place. The only place for all to come together is in the heart, and so to all those we know: you travel with us.