Declining Excitement?

Here is what I know: _______ OK, just joking.

Now that I have my "home base" or "base camp" that I have been praying to receive, I have two of my three storage units emptied and sitting in 1200 sq ft. Now I am thankful and grateful to have my "saved" material objects back into sight, however, I saved more than I have room to display.

For example, five boxes of dining room decor. Not only do I not have a dining room for the first time in nearly 20 years, but I don't have that furniture that displayed all this cool stuff. Yes, every time I touch it "it brings me joy" (sarcastic reference to the chick making millions telling people how to downsize). For now, I will just keep moving it around because the fixer-upper portion of the base camp still needs flooring in the family room. Once painted and new flooring installed, then I will decide what to keep and how to display.

Sold the Mesa park model trailer in less than a week of listing it! "Should have asked more!" is a mantra I have heard from friends. However, it was probably going to need a rubber roof, a new AC unit and other things that I wasn't willing to fix. I would much rather fix a home with increasing resale value than a 40 yr old trailer which depreciates faster than a car. Even the lot rent in Mesa is more than the mortgage in Mountain Home, AR!

Where is the next adventure? Yes, I still have Trippy! She and I will be heading to Hill City, SD, in a few weeks where I will revert back to my bartending years. Only this time, I will be pouring wine for berry wine-tasters. And on days off, I will be hiking and seeing all the tourist stops in western South Dakota. Close to Mount Rushmore and Custer State Park, I am looking forward to the green hills, clean waters and occasional roaring of motorcycles (yes, I miss mine and the magnificent rides) heading to Sturgis.

Stay tuned for pictures of the Central States! So much to see, so little time...