Rory and Suzie's Excellent Adventure

The adventures of two dry-land farm kids who sell their house, bought and moved onto a boat, get retired, get a dog and prepare to take on the world. What were we thinking?

27 August 2013 | Old Faithful
22 August 2013 | Custer State Park
15 August 2013
15 August 2013 | Leopould, Indiana
06 August 2013 | Necomerstown, Ohio
01 August 2013 | Western Kentucky
27 July 2013 | near Cunningham,KS
27 July 2013
27 July 2013 | Antonito,CO
19 July 2013 | Taos, NM
16 July 2013 | Red Mountain Pass
16 July 2013 | Pagosa Springs
13 July 2013 | Bluewater Lake, NM
13 July 2013 | Big Lake, AZ
13 July 2013 | Gallup, NM
10 July 2013
10 July 2013 | Mesa, AZ
01 July 2013 | Utah
01 July 2013 | Near Area

New air-conditioner and on the road

13 July 2013 | Big Lake, AZ
Well, we finally have a new air-conditioner on the roof. I can't say enough about "Dillon's RV City" in Apache Junction. They called on Thursday and said "the factory left a thermocouple off the heat pump, you have air and furnace, but need a part for heat pump". We needed to get going, stopped in to pick up our coach and they had worked $480 credit for me from the factory. I was blown away at the effort they put in. We still have to get a piece put in in Olympia, but it is all paid for. My brother had been going thru a lung cancer scare, but we found out while we were there, NO CANCER, just a prolonged case of "Valley Fever". He took us out Prickly Pear hunting and we made numerous jars of jam and syrup. It was a great visit, but us "vagabonds" were ready to hit the road. We headed north, up by Sunrise ski area. We arrived at our campsite to find 67 degree temps., quite a drop from 113. It took awhile to find socks and a fleece jacket to wear. Next day we headed east, thru Gallup, NM to Bluewater campgrounds. Nice place nothing real spectacular. We might be getting jaded with all these amazing vistas we are seeing. Today we are back in Gallup, heading north, to the Mesa Verde National Monument. They don't like dogs, but we are going to spend the night and look around. Next few days we are going to hits some spots without reservations, none of the parks have been full, we are going to roll the dice on accomodations. Been pretty easy, we use ReserveAmerica or recreation.gov to set up camping spots.
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Vessel Name: Legacy
Vessel Make/Model: Caliber 35 LRC
Hailing Port: somewhere between Olympia and Juneau
Crew: Rory and Suzie Cox
About: Rory was born and raised in Prineville, OR. Attended Willamette University, graduating in 1980. Has worked for the Les Schwab company for 31 years. Suzie was born in Kansas and raised in Ephrata, WA. She had been a personal trainer at Thorbeckes' Fitness, prior to retiring
Extra: We sold our house in 2009 and moved onto our boat. We have recently retired and have cruising aspirations. We hope for the San Juans' this year, Alaska next and Mexico the year after.