Néné La Beet

My second cousin Bruce and his wife Nancy picked us up in Austin in their SUV. If you think that everybody in Denmark drives one, think again. But here it seems somewhat more called for. My uncles house is way out in the sticks at the end of a long driveway and they have really steep hills where they live. It’s not called the Hill Country for nothing.

We went directly to the RV-center where an incredibly patient man with a serious twang went through the operation of the RV with us. There are lots of things to remember! Already one day later we’d already forgotten how to put up the awning... However, Texans are incredibly nice and helpful, and people go way out of their way to help us. We don’t mind being the entertainment...

The RV was EMPTY when we got it (we knew that) and yesterday we went to Target to stock up on everything. Dear me, a lot of little Chinese must be working real hard to offer us rich westerners prices like that! And the choice. Well, everybody who’s been to the US knows about this, but it never ceases to astound me never the less. We bought everything from electric kettle to washing up liquid, sheets and pillows, knives and cutting board. Then off to a supermarket to stock up on food.

When we first picked up the vehicle and drove to the camp site Rio Raft where we are now, it was so late that we didn’t have time to buy anything. So when we woke up – ridiculously early because we still suffer from jetlag (we’re old you know), we had nothing (but the sheets and assorted tableware we’d borrowed from Nancy and Bruce). No water, no coffee, nothing but Dane’s weetabix and a little bit of milk Nancy had given us. So he was happy enough! And of course he doesn’t suffer from jetlag anymore. He’s just anxious to get in the pool and staying there all day, whereas we want to get out and do something.

We’re so fortunate that Bruce has lent us his gorgeous Cadillac Convertible, so we don’t have to drive around the area and do shopping in the RV. It’s real scary to park this thing! Driving these hilly roads in this heat is just fantastic in a red Cadillac!

Austin seem from State Capitol (picture by Dane) 

På torsdag tømmes huset, og alle vores ejendele køres på "fjernlager". Fredag formiddag flyver vi til England. Onsdag den 5. september flyver vi Heathrow - Dallas/Dallas - Austin. Fredag den 7. september henter vi RV'en ...

Vi - min mand, mindste søn og jeg - har snart længe haft en plan. En plan om at rejse rundt og se lidt af verden. Nu er der kun få uger, til vi tager af sted.

 Vores hus lejes ud og vi er i gang med sortering, pakning, udsmidning (1-3 kørsler til lossepladsen dagligt...) og ordning. Der er godt nok meget, der skal styr på, når man forlader landet i længere tid!

 Vi rejser først et smut til England, hvor vi skal besøge Davids familie. Og så går turen over Atlanten til San Antonio, Texas, hvor vi skal besøge min familie. Her lejer vi en såkaldt RV, som skal være vores hjem i ca. 3 mdr., hvor vi vil turnere den amerikanske deep south og østkysten. I december planlægger vi at være i Californien i lånt hus og med lejet bil. Derefter må vi se...

Hvis nogle af jer har prøvet DEN STORE FLYTNING og har dyrekøbte erfaringer, I har lyst til at dele, så er jeg taknemmelig modtager. Og hvis nogle af jer har erfaringer fra rundrejse i USA, vil jeg også mægtig gerne tage del i dem.

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