Saturday, November 30, 2013

Tour of our new home - a 2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45LP

This post will be mostly pictures, and are of the place we are staying and the inside of the new coach.
Taken from the rear of the coach

The rear of our coach. You can see a little of the water from here, if you look really hard.

From our Tiki Hut
Front of coach (see Tiki Hut
reflection)




Kathy on the dock



Office area with Dakota

Dakota on the 'L' shaped couch






Dakota relaxing at the fireplace on his bed and his snakey

Kitchen from living area

Kitchen

my office area




Dining room

Master bedroom



Master bathroom





View to the ocean

Full-timing in the new coach

Hi everyone.  It's been a while since we have posted, so let's see if I can catch you up. We had a fantastic time exploring out west, but had to start heading east because there were a number of things going on that way that demanded our presence.  Starting with a wedding in Pittsburgh in September.  We visited with friends and relatives that we haven't seen in a while.  It was nice to see, Dick and Lorri, Clark and Sandy, and what a blast to see the boys and the whole Eygabroad clan. The wedding of Beatrix and Dave was beautiful. It was held at the conservatory downtown, and we had a wonderful time.

During our travels our house sold.  Our wonderful tenants decided not to renew their lease for another year, so we took a chance and placed it on the market.  The market is still soft in that part of New Jersey, but we had some good timing, and it sold. We had to take care of some last minute details, but luckily we have good friends at home that helped with house items, and real estate issues and we gave our lawyer power of attorney to take care of settlement on our behalf.  We did come back to the area to go through our storage bin and ended up collecting important papers, or stuff we needed to shred, and gave the rest to charity.  Our position was if we hadn't needed anything there for two years, we don't need it.

Since we have been full-timing now for two years, and the house was now gone, we decided to trade-in our old coach and get one that was more designed for the needs of full-timers.  We got a 2014 Tiffin Allegro Bus 45-LP and it has a bath and a half, dishwasher, washer/dryer, walk-in closet, and lots more.  It is also considered an all electric, so no more propane to worry about.  The heat and instant hot water is Aqua-Hot and powered by electric or diesel. We spent time in Red Bay, Alabama to watch the coach being built, and it was a blast.


We are spending the early part of our winter down in the Keys.  We are staying at a place called Bluewater Keys RV Resort, near Key West, Florida. The temperature here is a comfortable high 70s during the day, and high 60s, low 70s at night. Very relaxing.  Too bad I have to work while we are down here. We have been eating well.  The seafood is fresh and delicious. We had Thanksgiving dinner on the Bus, and of course, it was wonderful.  All my favorites.
Kathy made her oyster stuffing, and we had Turkey, mashed potatoes, brussel sproats with panchetta, fresh made rolls, and cranberry sauce. Dakota loves his bed next to the fireplace, plus he is near me in my office setup when I am working.