T-minus one day on our road trip. We’ll be gone for a full three weeks, record setting for both of us in terms of length of stays away from home. The previous was two weeks on Singer Island. Tally will once again be at Schnauzerville, enjoying a vacation from us. In two more months, we’ll be gone a full month, proving that we truly are retired. This year will be the peak of our lifelong travels since the future will be limited to Marriott Vacation Clubs. We do plan to work in another three week long drive in 2023 to the Northeast and 2024 to Yellowstone.

The lanai has been fully cleared in case tropical storms pop up while we’re gone. A few potted plants remain that will be cared for by neighbors. The neighborhood will get busy again in October when we take a break from traveling and the snowbirds return. My son and his family will stay here on and off while we’re gone, as a measure of security. The Neighborhood Watch and security cameras will monitor our property in addition to the security guards in our gated community. 

The grandgirls will be over for dinner tonight. We’ll switch cars with my son so we have plenty of room during our adventure but they will be cramped in my convertible. My grandson, the oldest, is vacationing with his mother. It will be our last get together of the summer before school starts. The youngest starts Pre-K while the oldest will be a Sophomore in high school. The years go by quickly. When we get back from our drive, I will resume my grandfather duties.