Beauty and Grace

Yesterday we swam with manatees.

YESTERDAY. WE. SWAM. WITH. MANATEES!!

We have done some pretty spectacular things over the past 6 months.  Yesterday was right up there!  We used the tour company www.snorkelwithmanatees.com called River Adventures or something.  We went out with Captain Anna and she was fantastic.  Even kept P up in the boat and let us snorkel without him for a bit.  He helped her spot the manatees and guide us toward them!  You can't see them well while IN the water until they're right there, so this guidance helped!

It was really wonderful.  Ben pet one, I did not (nor did P).  We also saw 2 calfs (calves?) with their mamas.

There was a decent current, so it was a struggle sometimes.  At one point I was surrounded.  They are very curious creatures!  But, it panicked me a bit and once I was able to swim away, I took some time off in the boat.  I was glad we didn't opt to rent kayaks and snorkel in.  It was good to have  a place to take a breather from swimming against the current.  P also  needed a bit of time to become comfortable.  They are HUGE animals!

Living the dream.

Here we go again.

Big news from us. It's a strange news about some unexpected changes. However, it's actually leading us back to the purpose of our rv'ing life. We'd always planned to rv while searching for a place we'd like to settle.

But, we enjoyed the lifestyle from day 1 and sort of forgot to look. In fact, we had started talking about traveling for a few years (and that remains a distinct possibility).  We made plans to return to Arizona, handle a few things and trade our motorhome for a fifth wheel.

Then, completely out of the blue, an opportunity arose to rent land from another family who are fulltime rv'ers. It happens to be in an area that we've wanted to scope out (and have online). We will have the opportunity to live in the area and hopefully gain an idea about how we'd like living there. It will either become a serious contender or be crossed off our list.

Arkansas, here we come!