We haven't done much exciting as far as big trips since we got back from Key West. Most of the activities have revolved around the kids and their involvement in the Civil Air Patrol. We once went on a Bivouac Campout with their group, and as there was a RV park at the same place we took the motorhome for the three days we were there. I'll admit I felt a little guilty about having all of the comforts of home including air-conditioning while everyone else was sweating while trying to sleep, but I got over it pretty easy. Momma on the other hand wouldn't have even considerd a tent so seeing as this event was about 60 miles away, this made it easy for us to attend. The squadron took advantage of it too in that mom got put in charge of most of the cooking for our group and the RV made that easy. This was at Cheatham Annex near Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.
We've had to move a few other times as the military campgrounds we have been staying at have day limits as to how long we can stay at a time. We primarily like to stay at Dam Neck right next to the beach, but have also been to Oceana, and Little Creek Navy Bases. None of these places are filled with amenities, but are better than a parking lot with hook-ups, and the price is great especially for this area.
I retired from the Navy this week and we are set to be here at Dam Neck until we leave the area for good. We've got a few things to finish before we leave, like dental work for our son, a brake system to install on the Bronco, and a storage unit to pack and weigh, and an RV to clean out and reorganize.
When we leave here in mid October, we will be doing our last military move. If we do it ourselves we can get paid a percentage of what the military would have to pay for a professional mover to come and pack all of our stuff and ship it to wherever we are going. Doing this yourself usually requires renting a truck and lots of packing and carrying big furniture and appliances around. We did most of our purging when we were stationed in Jacksonville, and the last of our stuff that is in our storage unit is mostly packed already, but the military requires for the vehicles and or trailers be weighed empty as well as full, to determine the amount of stuff that you have and then to determine what to pay you. The storage unit will be easy as it just requires weighing the car and trailer empty, then loading it up and weighing it again, but the RV is a bit more complicated. We can use the motorhome to move our stuff and they will pay for the weight of our stuff that is in the RV but to get it weighed empty requires removing as much stuff out of the RV as possible to get an accurate empty weight. What a chore. And where do you put it all when you are out getting weighed. We don't have a house or garage to stuff it in, but we do have extra bins and boxes that we've kept as we continued to purge, even though we weren’t using them lately. Looks like the project of emptying out all of the clothes, dishes, cookware, toys, tools, and what nots will be a great time to reorganize and purge some more. What a pain, but will be a great way to get a look at the stuff in the RV and see what we put in there but haven't really been using.
