On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:23:50 -0500, Rick Morel
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 I wrote:

We don't want to, but we have to sell our floating home. Cathy
suffered a back injury and unsucessful surgery in the 90's. We were
told a day would come when she couldn't handle the movement and such.
We were hoping that day was years away, but it looks like it's now.
So, after almost 3 years of living aboard and not as much cruising as
we'd like, it's time before she gets worse.

Our plans are to get a motorhome and play "land yacht".

Well, we've been RV full-timers (live-aboards) for almost three months
now. We both agree it is second best and would prefer to be aboard and
cruising, but it is great, nonetheless.

A friend aboard a 41-ft trimaran is going to be in the Bahamas in
November. He's invited us for a visit to see how a multi-hull will
work for Cathy. If it does.......

Cathy can walk around, lie down, etc., when we're on the road. That's
a big help, but it still does get to her a bit. She had a problem with
a knee about a month ago, somehow nerve related to the back injury.
She had to use a brace and crutches for a couple weeks. That would
have been fun on a boat.

It took us a while to get used to the fact that a land yacht won't
wander off and doesn't have to be tied down. And that it would take
say 5 hours from A to B, and not 5 days.

Another surprise was "reverse sticker shock". Our first stop at a
camper store to get some stuff resulted in about a $200 cost. I went
in expecting it to be about $800 or so. One thing that we subsequently
bought for $12 was $90 at a marine store.

We picked up an inflatable and so far we've managed to stay at places
with water of some kind. Next month we'll be at Galveston, TX, then
work our way down to Port Isabel, TX, so we'll get our sal****er fix.

Just wanted to let everyone know what's happening. Has to be better
than Wilbur's nonsense.

We've changed the web page to reflect our land cruising.

http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie


Glad to hear that your land yacht is working out well for both of you.
Give us a shout if you ever get down to SWFL. You might find that a
stabilized trawler is just the thing you've been looking for. :-)

One of these days we'll post some pictures from our Caribbean
adventure.