This may not be the nicest RV park we have have been in or the biggest lot we have ever had but it feels great to be back near home turf. For the last couple of days we were able to find a small spot on Sicard’s over flowing lot with just enough room for our coach. As you can see, this lot is full!

We had three reasons to be be home by the end of March. Number one of course was the birth of  our kids first child (Marilyns first grandchild), ETA April 6. The other two were my Drivers license and Health Care card both expire tomorrow, not good things to be without when you are thousands of miles from home.

The license and the health care card are now looked after, yesterday afternoon we visited with the kids. We have done all WE can do except wait for that list to be complete.

We are both pretty excited this morning, this afternoon we move back to our site at 50 Point where we will be until we head out in the fall.

We have other long lists of things we need to do over the next few weeks and months including selling our townhouse.

You may recall when we moved into our coach and rented our townhouse out in July of 2008 it was on a “two year trial”. While we were in Mexico we had a big chat about our future and Marilyn was able to convince me that it was time to sell the “stick house” and commit to the full time lifestyle ( I’m joking, I’m joking). Conicedentally, our tenants are  moving on later this month. As soon as they leave there will be a “For Sale” sign in the front lawn.

I am even easing into “back to work”. It looks like I am going to have another busy year.

This afternoon when we get settled back in site 11 it may be time to pull out the lawnchairs, and lean back and relax for  bit.

It’s been a busy last 5 months!

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We are all excited as we roll up to the Canadian border and receive a huge welcome from a Canadian customs officer and suddenly there, off in the distance, almost a mireage, we see it.

What could be more Canadian then Tim Hortons! We truly are Home! We carried on to London, Ontario and Flying J where we crashed for the night. We are now about 3 hours from home.

I gotta tell you that I couldn’t have completed this long drive without the help of Buster. Bumping across the highways of  Texas and Oklahoma there were some great opportunities for him to practise his driving skills. He still has a bit of a problem with the fuel and the brake pedals but we’re working on that.

The only thing Buster likes to do better than driving is to mark his territory and he’s done a lot of that over the past 5 months. He has left his mark in 4 Canadian provinces, at least 15 American and a half dozen Mexican states. He has spattered his yellow gold over more than 9,000 miles and remarkably, he is not a bit dehydrated. Now I understand why he thinks he is a Superdog.

He, like the rest of us are resting up to do it again in another 7 months. In the interim we will enjoy our family and friends and believe it or not, I am really looking forward to getting back to work for the season.

Stick around, there’s lots of stories left in this old keyboard.

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We are in Branson Missouri, the absolute ultimate in “if you build it they will come”.

It’s really quite amazing how they built this area on the top , side and bottom of the Ozark Mountains and by the unfinished development you see around it’s obvious that building here has only just begun. There  are miles and miles of empty land with finished streets winding up and down all the local hills.

We were first attracted by the billboards 100 miles away on I-44. We had some extra time and have heard about Branson, so why not? The closer you get, the more billboards you see. When you finally reach your destination the entire town is “total billboard pollution”. It’s like they visited Vegas and other US tourist centers and asked themselves “what can we do worse?” They’ve done a fine job.

I need to point out that I don’t like tourist traps, that I look for small unique towns with character. Obviously I am in the minority, this place  is busy.

The positive in the whole visit would be our stay at America’s Best Campground. It’s a large, clean, well laid out park close to town.

It is not quite spring in this area. I bet when when spring actually appears the few small natural areas they missed will be gorgeous.

Branson: Been there, done that, didn’t buy the T-shirt.

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