Rolling Along With The Reynolds

Jim and Cindy's Adventure Blog traveling all over the USA

Author: Rolling Along With The Reynolds

Please check back soon to get further refined details/updates on my April posts. Stunning scenery was captured with my iPhone camera, iPhone video, GoPro video, and Drone aerial footage.  Managing all these different media formats is a learning process! So hopefully sooner than later, I’ll have it mastered and will be including  more feasts for the eyes with posting pictures, and citing URL links for YouTube creations. 

So….  please stay tuned and be sure to revisit previous posts in the coming weeks.

First, thank you for your patience if you’ve been checking in and seeing no new posts.  I’m having too much fun swallowing up all hours of the day with so many fun things unrelated to sitting in front of a computer. If you’re a Facebook friend, then you’ve seen much more activity. I find maintaining/updating this site is daunting. I may move to another platform. Not sure yet, but I’ll press on.

Link to the Week 2 pic Album:    https://photos.app.goo.gl/cJp5Mjicu3Xdnz5a7

So the second week of being in North Myrtle Beach was just as enjoyable. Memorable with lots of highlights:

  • Sister Beth had a Birthday! David made a great Steak and Lobster dinner to celebrate.
  • Mom and GrandJim came up for a few days. We weren’t expecting to see them until November at the end of our first loop around the US. So it was great to see them once more. And such a good thing to have family together in one location. A rarity these days.
  • National Siblings Day!!!!!   I love you my brother David and sister-in-law Beth!
  • Bucket List check-off: a Helicopter ride over the beach. I did a GoPro video recording of the trip.
             Link to the YouTube vid: https://youtu.be/0ojtQFBZW4E.  
                                                  and…  https://youtu.be/brRsLbpV8ms
  • Aerial Drone flying is still ultra-rookie level, however we managed to get it up in the air for some pretty cool shots right over the sand and surf. 

23 second walk out to the sand:  https://youtu.be/B6BZ491B1VU

Part two drone link:  https://youtu.be/TT0pNzP4ypc

Part three drone:  https://youtu.be/TT0pNzP4ypc

Part four drone:   https://youtu.be/wZ8CMBh7IgE

Part five drone:   https://youtu.be/ZqiqZUY7eCU

 

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3oZSGDPwCEKuPdBM9

What was to be a 3-4 day visit with my Brother has turned into a week plus stay in South Carolina. The beach, the weather, the hospitality, the company, has been phenomenal, and we’re not done here yet! 

This extended stay has allowed us to finally decompress from all the busyness of takeoff preparations; we’ve been able now to address so many of the little things that piled up in recent weeks. We’ve been so appreciative of my brother and Sister-in-law’s graciousness for not just allowing us to extend our stay, but encouraging us to do so to unwind and catch our breath and acclimate into this wonderful new lifestyle.

Highlights thus far in SC:
* National Siblings Day 

* 65 degree nights, 75 degree days (perfect for open window beach breeze boondocking)

* Hot tubs, cold ocean, lazy rivers, tiki bar cocktails, amazing kites, stunning sunsets, e-bikes on sand, rookie drone flying, good eatin’, purple robe pomp, Atlantic wind! 
* 100 lbs shed, 1400 lbs o go! 

 

A change in itinerary, yes, already on Day 1.  Jokes on us for April Fools Day! Not unexpected though, as we’ve anticipated a detour to Camping World in Anniston Alabama for a few weeks just not knowing it’d be our first stop. Why? We’ll, many don’t know that we hit a snag (it was more accurately a fence) during our January visit to the Tampa RV Supershow. Poor traffic directors inside the Fairgrounds sent us down the wrong way for big rigs and things got too tight. Whoops, Clark got his first (and hopefully only!) road rash alongside the back fender. Insurance sent us to the Body Shop where it got repaired. Unfortunately, the new paint started to bubble so we had to arrange for a return trip for resolution. Which happened to be scheduled on our Maiden Day. So tonight (and for the next 7 or so more days), we will be camping out in a hotel. A blessing in disguise really, since it’s going to allow us to decompress, gather our breath, and transition into this adventure a bit slower. 
This will delay our planned itinerary by a week, but isn’t too off course and reminds us that it’s all about the journey and not necessarily the destination. We’ll certainly make the most of this time and sightsee around this beautiful region of northeast Alabama. Plus, a visit to the CAT scales revealed not surprisingly that we’re about 1500 pounds overweight!!!  Soon to shed will be our two very heavy desktop PCs and equipment that we simply ran out of time to get everything downloaded off of them onto our new lighter and powerful laptop.  Smarter weight distribution is in order by rearranging what gets stored where, etc.  Everyday is a learning experience and keeping the right attitude is the new norm challenge and mindset.   Welcome to our wild and crazy life!

PS. I haven’t yet figured out the best way to post pics/vids to this blog (it’s much easier to slap ‘em on Facebook).  Bear with me… I think for now I’ll create daily or weekly Google photo albums and post the link to navigate to them. Any suggestions/tips are welcome! 
link to Day 1 below 

 

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/boH3ZG2GjAGpDTWk6