Togetherness

Having grown up in Japan is really helping me deal with such close quarters. We have about 400 square feet from front to back of the RV (with the slides out it goes from 8' wide to almost 14'). But you can hear everything the other person is doing. More detail would be TMI, but you know what I mean. In traditional Japanese homes, the walls are mostly sliding framework panels with paper inserts. Again, you can hear everything. So you learn not to listen and pretend you don't know what you shouldn't.

When Marv wants quiet time, he sits in the driver's seat with his earphones on. When I want to be alone, I usually go in the bedroom and close the door (often napping as long as I'm there). We've managed not to get into each other's hair too often. When we do, it's pretty obvious! Someone gets grumpy. Or two someones.

We spent a few days in Tupelo, MS, where we walked along the Natchez Trace Parkway. The National Park is over 400 miles long and 800 feet wide on average. The little bit that was open for walking was just beautiful.

Oops, that one just slipped in there by accident.

We don't have forests like this in Colorado - such variety and so tall! We enjoyed the cooler air in the forest, too. Tupelo is pretty humid. 

So we went further north, to Little Rock, AR, where we spent a couple of weeks being entertained by my college roommate, Peggy and her husband, Tom. They took us to several nice restaurants (with pie, of course), to church, and sightseeing in Little Rock and Hot Springs.

Peggy and I hadn't seen each other in about 30 years. She even took me to quilt stores! We had a great time! Thanks, Peggy and Tom.