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It’s Never Easy, Is It?

Posted on September 13, 2012 | 14 comments

Oh crap! Crappity crap crap crap!

Cancer, or, the threat thereof, has reared its ugly head again. Tomorrow, I get a biopsy of my left clavicle to see if there’s a lesion. I had a skiing accident on January 20 of this year and my orthopedic oncologist isn’t completely happy with how it’s healing and wants to be absolutely sure that the clavicle doesn’t have a metastasis. We’re leaving as soon as we can whether or not the result is in. If the news is bad, we’ll come right back home to get treatment. If the news is good, well, we haven’t wasted any time.

A short background: 2 days before Christmas in 2009, we found out that I had breast cancer. 2010 was a blur of chemo, radiation and surgery. Late 2011 and early 2012 brought more surgery for reconstruction. In the middle of the reconstruction process, I got slammed into on the ski slope and broke my collarbone. (One broken bone in 30+ years of skiing is not so bad!)

I thought my doctor visit this week was going to be a quick sign-off that all was well. Not so. Rats!

Here’s one thing I know: No matter how afraid I am, no matter how stressed out I become over this, it will not change the outcome. So, I haven’t lost any sleep. I’m still preparing for the trip but squeezing in some pre-op tests.

It’s crappy that we have to go through this, but our plan remains unchanged. Tomorrow I go in for the biopsy and then, in a few days, we’ll be off on our adventure and, god willing, we won’t be coming back until the money runs out!

– Jane

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The map of where we may go…

Posted on September 10, 2012 | 13 comments

(I’m trying something new. Well, everything we are doing with the blog is new, so newness is relative here.)  We created a map to show some of the places we may visit on our Tramper Voyage. We have a nice paper map, with many little push pins.

It works well at home but this is a blog, so I used Google Maps to help create this lovely USA & Canada map. It might even be somewhat interactive. You know, with the little thingies that let you zoom and move the map.

It’s really not likely that we’ll be able to go to even half of these wonderful places in 6-12 months at our planned slow pace. The map is a good prompter for what we want to do and see. Structure, too, is good.  The “What by when?” question is easier to answer. Although we do already have the answers: What – have fun, be very active, meet nice people, see beautiful things, appreciate life while not on the clock. When – from the day we leave until the money runs out!

Jane

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A few pics of The Tramper

Posted on September 6, 2012 | 5 comments

The seating area turns into our bed – a bit smaller than a double. A neighbor said “I hope you two really like each other!”, since, I suppose, she could see that we’ll be in an itty-bitty living space for a while. Fortunately, we like each other very much! That light fixture is vintage, restored by David.

Here are a few pics of the (mostly) finished Tramper, before we load it with all our stuff. Many more details about the renovation and more photos of The Tramper can be found at www.goodoldrvs.com. Type in “David Grant” in the search box in the upper right corner. It really tells the story of just how much work David has put into this renovation!

Since I’m still in the steep upward slope of the learning curve on using this blog site and we have a million things to do to get on the road, there probably won’t be too many more posts before we go! But, you never know, I could get inspired…

Jane

Fridge Interior. We love food so we needed lots of room!
Vintage refrigerator. Restored by David. Powered by propane

Kitchen Detail with cute sink & faucet in background

Kitchen Counter Extension w/ LED light fixture. All created by David
Seating area detail

Sound System. Plays our iPod

Seating area

Shower!

Vintage oven – refurbished by David

for more pics and more details of the renovation, go to www.goodoldrvs.com and type “David Grant” in the search box in the upper right.

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