Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for July 05, 2023

Don’t leave a forwarding address…..

Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch us, we’re the Airstream clan.

Seems to be a recurring dilemma what with Bidenomics in full swing.

dispose of all cellphones and computers or they will be able to find you and just to be sure don’t use credit cards. Cash ony.

Aw, that’s so sweet – leaving your own children motorhomeless.

I got to Army basic training the day I turned 18 and never went home again except to visit.

I have siblings in the UK, Ireland and Australia but they don´t know my address – heaven!

That’s a valid point.

When my folks retired the first time they bought a camper and did the lap of America. Took them slightly over a year. Turns out that a year in a camper shell on the back of a pick up is Waaaay too much togetherness. They went back to work. When my dad passed a number of years ago they had been married 67 years.

After my dad passed and before my mom did as well, I asked her one time, “Do you still love dad? (He could be a difficult person)” She said “Yes.” Why? “Because he was worth it.” This is a goal I now aspire to, to be “Worth it” to someone.

We sold the house and travel in our motorhome. The kids know where we are but they do NOT want to sleep on our fold out couch. So it is still a win

Just move faster than they can find you. I’ve spent hours trying to find someone in a mall.

Brilliant!…

When my brother got divorced, my parents were living in a Winnebago while their house was being built. Nevertheless, they took in my brother’s two children for six months until he completed a military transfer to a new location. Temporary emergencies are acceptable.

One of my other brothers moved back home for a while, but he started lending out my Dad’s truck to his biker friends without asking, among other things. On his deathbed, Dad made Mom promise to help that brother but to never let him move in again.

I guess they want to make sure they stay empty nesters.

Free as a bird ?

Had a friend in college whose parents played a joke on him by moving to another house and not notifying him. Needless to say, he was quite surprised when he went home for Thanksgiving break.

Airstreams are expensive and don’t have slide-outs. I prefer something less expensive and roomier.

That explains the snowbirds.

Reminds me of a Rodney Dangerfield quote: “When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.”