Prolog: Travels with Homer

It has been a long time since I have written a blog about our travels.

Other blogs:

Down-the-Road-Around-the-Bend: 

 http://downtheroadaroundthebend.blogspot.com/

Travels with Homer (Personal Trip Journal):

 http://www.mytripjournal.com/travels_with_homer

 I will write this in the first person, since Sharon will seldom add any comments to the blog.  We are Al & Sharon a retired couple.  Well I got to retire, but since Sharon has been a home maker, she really didn’t get to retire. 

NOTE: We sold our Born Free in the spring of 2014 due to some medical conditions which made using the Born Free difficult. We currently have a 29' 2006 Winnebago Class A motorhome that we travel in.

We currently travel in a 26 foot, 2005 Born Free, Class C motorhome named Homer.  Homer has been converted to 4 wheel drive. This allows us to camp in more remote scenic areas.  Additionally if we happen to get caught in a snow storm the 4 wheel drive makes it much easier to travel if we have to.   I have also made improvements to Homer to make him more cold weather tolerant.  I built an insulated enclosure for the holding tanks and added a small blower to vent the warm air from the living area into the holding tank enclosure to keep them from freezing in very cold temps.   In the living area I added a propane quick disconnect for an Olympic 6000 BTU portable catalytic heater to keep us warm without running the forced air propane furnace.   So far we have been in a low of 12* and another time of several days with lows below freezing and highs right at freezing.  It has been little chilly inside but pretty comfortable overall. 

From 2006 to late 2010 we lived and traveled full time in, first a travel trailer, then a 5^th wheel and finally a 40 foot diesel pusher motorhome.   In late 2010 we bought a home to be close to our two grandsons in San Antonio.  In early 2011 we sold the big motorhome and bought the Born Free so we could continue traveling and be able to take the boys camping with us.  Being close to the two grandsons worked fine until the summer of 2012, then our son and DIL decided they have had enough of the Texas heat and packed up and moved to the Portland, Oregon area.     

Now we spend several months a year traveling to Oregon and the Pacific NW to visit with our grandsons, son & DIL. 

Pictures of Homer: