Max wants to be a "camper dog"!

Max seems to enjoy the camper as well. So far he has only been in the camper while it was in our driveway. This Friday will be the true test if he is going to make it as a "camper dog".

We have a place for him to ride in the back seat of the pickup and we will take his bed in the camper so he should feel at home. We will keep you posted how he does.

In case you do not know about Max, he is half lab and half ridgeback. Too bad he was behing the corner of the sofa. We'll try to find a better picture of him while we are on this trip.

The kids tried out the camper last weekend.

Seems that the kids like to hang out in the camper. Grayson has spent the past two weekends camping out in the driveway. The neighbor girls; Meredith and Grace enjoy it as well. I guess anything new is always fun when you are a youngster.

Our dog Max has been enjoying it also. He hasn't taken a trip with us yet but that will change this Friday. We are to depart Friday for Myrtle Beach. The weather man is predicting 2-4 inches of snow and ice on Thursday. We will move the camper from our driveway to a level lot so that we don't have to contend with the steep driveway when it snows. With just a few inches we hope the highways and interstate will be clear. Winter weather is predicted for our part of Virginia and North Carolina. Wish us well.

Our Photo

Here is a photo of the two of us. It is two years old. It was taken at the January 2005 Presidential Inaugral for President Bush.

I included this as a test to post a photo to our new travel blog.

Getting Started with a Camper

This past week Sharon and I purchased a 27 foot fifth wheel camper trailer and pickup truck from Sharon's brother Robert Dean Higgins. This is our first attempt at camping travel. We will use the month of January to get the camper ready, run some trial runs and just get used to pulling and especially "backing up" the trailer.
Backing up the trailer was a new experience, expecially if you are familiar with our driveway at home. It is uphill all the way with a small parking area at the top. I made it the first time with Robert's help in giving me directions. I tried it two days later by myself with Sharon giving directions and that was a challange. We switched places and Sharon backed up the camper while I gave her directions. That worked better and Sharon did a great job of parking the camper just two feet from the low wall next to our parking area.