Six months before our journey began my son and I traveled to Red Bay Alabama to watch the building of our new motorhome.  It was an amazing experience.  Tiffin is the only manufacturer that allows you to stand on the factory floor with your RV as it is assembled.  Its unbelievable how fast the coach comes together.

After much preparation including; taking delivery of our motorhome; retiring from our jobs; getting our motorhome ready; packing our belongings; and saying good-bye to family and friends, it was finally time to begin the second chapter of our lives.

We left New York on Sunday, March 15, 2015.  It was a cold day with over 2 feet of snow lingering on the lawn.  We intended to leave early, around 5:00 AM, but by the time we said good-bye to our three sons and got on the road it was almost 7:00 AM.  We wanted to get a good jump on leaving the cold weather behind so we planned our first overnight stop in Ashland, VA.  The trip was uneventful with the exception of some strong winds blowing the coach around and a minor malfunction of one of our slide-outs.  We stayed one night at Americamps RV Resort.  The next morning we moved further south towards our first real destination, the Allegro Club Rally in Orlando, FL.

We made five stops on the trip to Orlando staying in Ashland VA one night; Four Oaks, NC one night; Myrtle Beach, SC two nights; Charleston, SC two nights and St. Augustine, FL two nights.

It was a beautiful first trip concluding with our arrival in Orlando on Monday, March 23.  We were in Orlando to attend the Tiffin Allegro Club Rally.  This was our first rally and we didn’t know what to expect.  We met many new people, made some new friends and had a great time.  From Orlando we headed further south to the Keys.

During the trip south we especially liked Charleston and St. Augustine.  They are both beautiful cities.