Folks,

	Well we finally got the fiver (fiver 3D5th wheel RV) 
registered.  We had planned to be in Louisiana a week ago 
but the delivery of the fiver the Saturday before Christmas 
left us with no one to install my hitch until the RV companies 
reopened last Monday.  So we are finally leaving Texas.   
Only detail left is to install tow mirrors on the truck 
Friday morning and pay the RV park.  Then we are off. 

	Bogart freaked the first time we left him alone in 
the trailer.  We forgot to leave him an open blind.  He is 
calm if he can see out a window and look for us to come home.  
He is really a well behaved, non-destructive dog, when we set 
him up with a way to "watch" for us.  We screwed up and he
chewed up a mini blind and then pawed through the bottom of 
the screen door screen the first time we left him.  Fortunately,  
two new blinds came with the trailer, and, with a roll of
screening material, we repaired the damage in about 20 minutes.  
He's been fine since then.    

	It's took some time to get used to not having to go 
to work . . .about 37 seconds!  So far, retirement is great!  
But it has it's problems too.  
For example: I just can't seem to get the hang of sleeping 
in much past 9 or 10 in the morning.  And I have days to 
polish and detail my truck and fiver, instead of having to 
do it all in one day.  And the stressful decisions  I'm
faced with daily like "should I grow a beard today"?, Those 
and several other challenges confront me daily.  Well, we 
all have our crosses to bear.
;-}

	We are temporarily without a phone or ISP so we 
will try to get this one out and retrieve mail one last 
time before I'm turned off here.  Be back online soon.
dg and lg