David: No, Otis is a Fishing Cat. They hunt fish exclusively. He’s standing in a kiddie pool where the keepers put goldfish so he can have fun catching them. They have several nice “habitats” for the fishing cats where the large ponds look a lot more natural than this pool.
Rita: We will experimenting for a while to see what works best for us. The idea of full-timing is to live in the RV and travel around at will. We’ve been aiming at that goal since we bought the RV in 2003, but don’t want to give up the permanent address until we are sure it will work out. We are members of a campground group that has over 100 sites all over the US, so we have plenty of places to go that will essentially be free. It works very much like a time-share. We pay an annual maintenance fee and can go to any one of the campgrounds for 2 weeks for free (or a small fee if we want to stay longer), then on to another. We can also make arrangements to work at one of the campgrounds (store clerk, gate keeper, activities coordinator, etc.) in exchange for a more extended stay. At the moment, the plan is to have Mike stay at the house while we are out gallivanting. He will pay rent to cover the mortgage and keep the place from falling apart. Right now, we are proceeding with plans, even though things may change drastically because of Michael’s cancer. (He goes for his second opinion tomorrow. Hopefully he will finally make a decision after that.)
David: No, Otis is a Fishing Cat. They hunt fish exclusively. He’s standing in a kiddie pool where the keepers put goldfish so he can have fun catching them. They have several nice “habitats” for the fishing cats where the large ponds look a lot more natural than this pool.
Rita: We will experimenting for a while to see what works best for us. The idea of full-timing is to live in the RV and travel around at will. We’ve been aiming at that goal since we bought the RV in 2003, but don’t want to give up the permanent address until we are sure it will work out. We are members of a campground group that has over 100 sites all over the US, so we have plenty of places to go that will essentially be free. It works very much like a time-share. We pay an annual maintenance fee and can go to any one of the campgrounds for 2 weeks for free (or a small fee if we want to stay longer), then on to another. We can also make arrangements to work at one of the campgrounds (store clerk, gate keeper, activities coordinator, etc.) in exchange for a more extended stay. At the moment, the plan is to have Mike stay at the house while we are out gallivanting. He will pay rent to cover the mortgage and keep the place from falling apart. Right now, we are proceeding with plans, even though things may change drastically because of Michael’s cancer. (He goes for his second opinion tomorrow. Hopefully he will finally make a decision after that.)