We are off on a month-long trip through 6 states and over 3700 miles. Our destination is Santa Fe, New Mexico. But the journey began last June when Howard’s 91 year old dad passed away after a long, happy life and a very short illness. That gave us the freedom to consider big changes in our lives. Howard’s love of photography gives us the urge to travel to beautiful destinations but we hate to leave our sweet doggies at home. So “Diana” came into our lives last July. Diana is a 2008 Roadtrek (210 Popular model) Class B recreation vehicle. She is our “rig”–our “Diana Rig”(you old people, like us, who watched “The Avengers” on TV way back when know Diana Rigg). She is just big enough for 2 adults and 3 small dogs and has all we need for travel. There is a full bathroom; a nice “living area” with bench seating, storable table and places to put your feet up at the end of a long day; a comfy king-size bed made from the bench seat; a refrigerator and freezer large enough for at least 5 days of gourmet food; a more-than-adequate kitchen that also has a “cocktail table” that doubles as food prep space; and enough storage that we can carry at least a case and a half of wine (very important). She is so easy to drive! And only 21 feet long so we can take her to just about any campground. We are now retired and off on our first month-long trip after “practicing” on several 5 day-long trips.