We're leaving Saturday morning for Branson. I got snagged into listening to a timeshare pitch there. I know---"How many ways can you say, NO?" I have a story all ready to scare them from wanting to sell us something. I'll mention the AWWWWFUL economy in Michigan and how it has negatively affected the construction work and how Pete was layed off half the winter already. Then I'll mention how he will be retiring in January and wonder how we'll live on social security. Then if that doesn't work, I'll say, "Do you know how to spell NO?" "Can you hear my mouth moving?"
Anyway, we have an 1986 Ford conversion van that has been used mostly just for trips. It has about 100,000 miles on it and has been stored in our storage building the rest of the time. It is in beautiful shape. Pete built a queen size bed for it with storage drawers under the front of the bed. There is storage under the back too but not drawers. Then he made cooking/food facilities that go between the bed and the driver's seat. We camped in it for 6 weeks when we went to Alaska and it worked out fine. This time we're sleeping in it for 4 nights but just taking sandwichy and already prepared foods for quick meals. I have a small microwave to heat stuff and taking an old Coleman cooler. Here is a picture of the van when we went to Alaska.
We had planned on staying in KOA parks the other nights when we weren't in the hotel, given for listening to the timeshare spiel but my step niece has some premium time share membership and she got us 5 nights in a two bedroom condo with cooking facilities for $90. PHEW, that is even less that what KOA would have been. We'll be gone a week.
