[tcb] Re: Trip of the Lifetime
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:57:32 -0700 (PDT)
Denis, If the blessings are there from Jan ,Then Go
for it. As you and I well know (and I'm sure others on
the list) know just getting up in the morning(or mid
morning) Is a Trip of a Lifetime.
--- "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> You have someone to go home to so your situation is
> a bit different than
> mine. But...
>
> Do it. You have a phone. Call Jan at the end of
> every day and tell her
> about all the things you've seen and done. Find out
> how much you enjoy it
> and plan to do it again next year, or the next, WITH
> Jan. Have her start
> talking to the school near the end of the school
> year about taking a 6
> week sabbatical the following school year so she can
> be in on the "finding
> a qualified sub" process (a sub for a sick day
> doesn't have to know how to
> teach the subject, a sub for 6 weeks ...).
>
> Yesterday was the first time I was inside my house
> more than an hour (for a
> shower) since 9/12/2006. My 10/11 day trips mean
> 20/22 days away from the
> house because of the way I work. I'm in the general
> area but going home at
> midnight and back to work at 0700 isn't worth the
> hassle.
>
> But I like my trips. I like the drive as much as the
> shows. I set the
> cruise on the truck at 50mph coming home this time
> (18mpg from a 5.7L V-8
> towing a bus -- very cool). No interstate highways
> at all.
>
> Terry, from the Buskatiers, does a 3 week trip every
> summer. It usually
> includes only only one VW show though. A different
> Buskatier (or three)
> usually goes with him each year depending on who can
> get vacation time.
>
> Gerald
>
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 22:24:31 -0500 Denis Dodson
> <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The problem is, this will take away from home for
> 35 days, and I'm not
> > sure that I can do 35 days away from home. The
> Chinese say that when
> > digging a well there comes a time when you have to
> decide whether it's a
> > well or a hole. So, am I going to dig a hole or
> have THT TRIP OF A
> > LIFETIME?
>
>
>
>
Paul Smith
www.23window.com/thezone
T.C.B.
H.B.B.
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