Well, here we are again! Just when you thought Mikee had abandoned the Maineiacs in Motion blog site - it arises from the ashes!
As I sit here contemplating my next sentence - the sky is grey, it’s the week before Christmas 2021, and our first shovelable snow is forecast for this afternoon/evening. Peggy and I are doing fine … except for our daily “issues” that come with maturity. We are looking forward to a joyful Christmas celebration with our Maine family and then a post New Year celebration with our NJ family. Along with the rest of the world, we continue to follow the ever changing Covid saga through its various variants and case surges. In spite of all that craziness we are planning to head south for a few months starting around the 6th of January … armed with our common sense and our triple vaccinations … hopefully that will suffice!
So the process begins! I woke up Winne yesterday, drove her over to get topped off with propane and diesel fuel, and then got her parked in the driveway to start the prep and loading. We have 18 days and a wake-up before our planned leave date so we should have plenty of time to get done what needs to be done - in between cleaning up from the inevitable snow storms.
Our travel plan is to spend our first night dry camping at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut and then head to NJ for a few days visit with the NJ Evringhams. Since it still won’t be warm enough in NJ - we will continue south along I-81 through Virginia, North Carolina, and then to Gaffney, SC where we have scheduled a day of motorhome service at the Freightliner Custom Coach Factory Service Center.
With that chore complete we plan on heading east and a bit more south to settle in Savannah, GA for a few weeks and then an even smaller bit south to Brunswick, GA for a few more weeks. After wearing out our welcome in Georgia we plan on scooting east to one of our favorite haunts near Fairhope, Alabama for some visits with friends, some yummy gulf shrimp, and perhaps a walk or two on the sugar sand beaches near Gulf Shores. After a few weeks in ‘Bama we plan on backtracking east and even further south into central Florida for several more weeks.
Sometime about then I suspect we will be ready to wander home - so we will!
As you can probably tell … I’m ready to get these Maineiacs Back in Motion!
But between now and then we have preps to make, Christmas to celebrate, and a few more motorcycle restoration projects to finish.
The Yamaha RD350 engine is ready to go, some assorted parts have been cleaned and ready for reinstallation in the spring, now the gas tank needs to be cleaned and sealed before we leave.
Time to get busy … Let’s Roll!
