Getting Ready

You have reached Michael and Billie Brunk adventure blog. This month is packing and preparation to be full-time RVers. We bought a 34 foot motorhome and are hitting the road in the first of March 2009. The original plan was to leave March 1st to head to St. Johns, Arizona and check on the property and house there. The St. Johns property was bought by Mike's dad and his step mom. The plan as my father explained it, was to build an A frame cabin that people could see from the road. The property was at the T where the road from the petrified forest ended and the road from Show Low came by. His plan was to build A frame cabins for people in the White Mountains region. They lived in Phoenix and came to St Johns on weekends and holidays. He built the A frame cabin, then added on a laundry room and car port. Then added a living room and finally two bedrooms. He dug a well for water, built a pump house, a store room, a garage, a work room and a barn. The only things still standing are the house and pump house. A cousin of one of Mike's dad's friend has been living in the house for the last 10 years. He is moving out and Mike's cousin from Oklahoma is moving in to take care of the place.

So Mike and Billie's first stop will be to make sure the transition takes place smoothly. And of course we will do the touristy stuff and stop at the petrified forest, painted desert and other sites in the local area before moving on.