Kristi.............right now we have too many responsibilities here to take off for 3-4 months in the winter. And the SU has "decided" that we will do that after we start collecting SS. And he has also "decided" that *we* will not do that till we are 70..........I am not happy about that...........and I will leave it there. That is 2 1/2 more years. You get quite a bit more if you wait till 70. We are both in good health, taking no medications or no other issues. yes, I know things can change overnight, but both our mothers lived long........mine was 85 and her death was a VERY unexpected ruptured brain aneuryism. The SU's mother was 94 and lived alone in her house until the last 3 months of her life. The SU's dad died at 61.........self-induced, as he was a heavy smoker and developed emphysema. Mine also passed at 61 from cardiomyopathy. Mom's Dr. told us kids that we NEEDED to get an MRI to check for aneuryisms because Mom's Mom also died from that. So, I went and got my head examined and I DO have a brain and it is fine. My heart is fine. So, I guess we are going to gamble.
Anyway, probably TMI, but that's where we are in the spending the winter NOT HERE for a couple of years. I think, from what the SU has said, that maybe we will take a couple of weeks in January and go west to see some of the RV parks out there. Since we are quite large...........a 44 foot 5th wheel toy hauler............not every park can probably accomodate us. So we'd like to look at a bunch of them and see what "fits" us, both rig-wise and clientele-wise. I think in some parks the shuffleboard set would no doubt have a coronary to see 2 "almost-70's" flop the back door of that toy hauler down and take out 2 Harley Davidsons.
We're thinking of Texas, around the Brownsville area, or Arizona, the Phoenix area. I'm also pretty sure that when we do go somewhere, we'll try and hook up with that Workamper website and see about finding jobs. There is no way the 2 of us will be able to sit on our butts every day for 4 months. Wouldn't mind some farm work; we're both competent, not afraid to make decisions, experienced, and not afraid to try. I can feed calves.........I've relief-milked in a double-8 parlor, a stanchion barn, a tie stall barn. We'll see what happens. I said we might be better off posting OUR resume on that site telling of our experience. That way anyone interested could contact US.
Hubby got back about 9 pm from the neighbors..........they started the corn silage bag. He'll have to go back tomorrow; don't know if they will finish it or not. I'll have Equity at 1. The milking job might start tomorrow afternoon. I'm hoping not, but I'll go if I have to.
Here is the SU's silage bagger.........this was from a couple of years ago and not where he is bagging now; this is at our place. The only machinery that is ours are the bagger and tractor that is hooked to it. The guy doing the chopping has all the other stuff.
Ok, the pix were too big............I'm going to resize and make another post. Sorry.
