Are we happy?.... Yeah!

<- Jekyll Island When we talk with people who are not part of the RV community and tell them about our being full time RVers, they invariably ask if we're enjoying the experience. And we invariably answer, "Yes, we are!"

We're currently staying at Jekyll Island, Georgia, again. I think it's become one of our favorite places. There's enough to do here (great biking, the beach, fishing, golf, history, jazz festival, RV show, plus lots of friendly campers) that I haven't been writing this blog lately. Last night we had a great dinner prepared by the Hickey's from New Hampshire, of corn beef and cabbage. Even our dog is having fun walking and playing with other puppies.

I recently heard on a CNN news report that the happiest segment of the population is men between the ages of 60 and 70. I'm just at the leading edge of that. It seems that generally we have adequate health to enjoy life, and typically more free time to do it in. I'm in the middle of that. How could I not be happy? Consuelo remarks that she knows that she's happy because she smiles a lot, we kiss a lot, we sleep well. she feels good.

We still have upsets and frustrations, but they tend to pale compared to the problems that some folks have. Yesterday we had a small kitchen flood from broken kitchen sink parts, and I drove 40 miles to get parts at a Home Depot who didn't have them (Wal-mart to the rescue!). But there's news every day about folks who have huge problems, in far away places like Iraq, and right here in Brunswick, GA (missing child found dead).

We still have important and possibly worrisome decisions to make. We're considering replacing our motorhome, which will involve spending a bunch of money. We need to make decisions on our travels plans. We'd like to find a replacement property in Maine to replace our cabin. And we re-evaluate our position in real estate investment to select a good property to spend time in when we stop traveling. In the process, we may argue and scrap, Consuelo being aggressive, me being conservative, but they are decisions we are happy to make.

We're still enjoying the traveling, there's lots of place we have not been yet, and we do have fun discovering them. We enjoy mixing the "vacation" experience of exploring new places with the re visitation of familiar places, like Naples and Jekyll, Massachusetts and Minnesota. And while we don't get to enjoy the day to day fun of watching our family grow and become the next us, we see them more than we did while we were working.

Yeah, we're happy. Life is good.