This Post Has Been A Long Time Coming
Life has been a whirlwind. Here's why. This past fall we pretty much had decided we'd buy a cargo trailer, and build our own RV. Everyone is doing it, it seemed, and it was intriguing to us as the cost would be low (or COULD be low depending on how you went about it), as the builders we could ensure great quality, and we would have the personal satisfaction of creating something pretty monumental, our home on wheels. We rolled out our plans. Our apartment lease in Kerrville TX was up end of December so we would drive out to Arizona to free camp in a big family tent on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and spend time visiting with my sister Harriet in Tucson. As well, we'd be with our friends Alan and Charlene who were on a tiny "island" of gravelly BLM land in Tucson. They, too, are full-timers, and travel/live in a beautiful motorhome we affectionately call The Mansion! Our goal: tent camp in AZ (Tucson and Quartzite) until April 1 when we'd be ready to