A bittersweet move

I enjoyed Amarillo. really i did. it was pretty there, there was much fun stuff to do and look at in the area. i loved the atmosphere. even the hot weather didn't bother me that much. I didn't like the treatment... long story very short, the management style of our bosses in Amarillo really didn't agree with us. We started workamping to have fun and see the USA, not be berated and maltreated. if we wanted to take that kind of abuse, we never would have left our good-paying-but-stressful jobs in New Jersey.

we left

my skill with computers and hubby's skill with everything else got us snapped up from the job market very quickly and after the past 3 1/2 days on the road and 1700 miles we are in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. it's beautiful here. i look forward to my first day tomorrow.

the aftermath...part deux

man that poor skylight is beat up!

From Drop Box

the edges almost all the way around are broken off, and you can see the broken corner much more clearly. the backside had bad cracks all through it also.


we don't really have the $200 to spare that it would take to replace this with Airstream correct parts, so... husband creative fix-it powers - ACTIVATE! viola, a $9 roll of flashing fills the gap till we can fix it right.

From Drop Box

and the really awesome thing, we just finished about 15 minutes ago, and it just started to rain as i type this. it hadn't rained a drop since the skylight first broke 4 nights ago... and trust me, the weather has looked plenty threatening. it all bypassed. Thank you God.

picture

i ran outside in the wind and grabbed it... it flew several car-lengths before it landed. most of the edges, and one corner, were all broken off (you can see the broken corner in the pic), but it was intact enough to tie back in to place to provide at least *some* protection if it decided to rain.
well.. this means Eric will be on the roof next time we have the time. :-/

The wind ripped our skylight off tonight, about a half hour ago. I have a picture, but i can't post it right now because i have no internet. Hopefully pictures tomorrow (or later today, i guess) the wind is still whistling outside. I don't think i'll be sleeping well tonight. :-(

poor Eric

he had a tooth pulled today. so he's kinda miserable :( it had a HUGE hole in the side of it, hidden between the teeth! no more pain from that puppy at least!
yay?

WHOA

altho i have occasionally been posting minor updates, i have been woefully lax in providing photos to go with my posts. i am going to fix that.

FIRST... we were in Titusville FL because the state finally came thru after just over a year, and now Eric has a lovely set of brand new hearing aids that work GREAT. BUT, while we were there, we stayed for most of the time in a surprisingly cheap (for the location) hotel, right on the river, and they sent a shuttle up while we were there, so I got photos of that, too. sorry they mostly turned out blurry. most of those can be seen here.

home is home, no matter where you roam:

From Titusville, FL. 2010

when we hit Texas there's all kind of cool things to look at...
the Big Texan

From Amarillo, TX

Cadillac Ranch

From Amarillo, TX

the American Quarter Horse Association Museum and Hall of Fame

From Amarillo, TX

(which had some really beautiful saddles on display. check 'em out in the gallery.)

and the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum

From Amarillo, TX

and we havn't even been to the Palo Duro Canyon yet.
lots and lots more pictures here.

also, i changed the look and layout of my blog. like it?