You two sure have been thru a lot in 21 yrs. and share a strong bond. Thanks for sharing.
The first 10-12 yrs. were trouble free, and we traveled a lot right here in the U.S. The only states we didn't visit are the three on the west coast, guess we didn't have time.
Made at least six trips out west as far as Utah/Nevada and pretty much to the north/south borders. Covered the east coast equally as well, going to New England four years in a row to see the Fall foliage in October. And, during various holidays, InZanes, etc., we hit pretty much everywhere in the midwest. Some of the trips were on our '92 Wing pulling a trailer, some by air/rental car, some simply our own car. We made at least three trips up into Canada together, all fly 'n drive. One place that really astounded us was the Bay of Fundy where the tides raise just under 50' in very short order. In low tide we went down and walked on the ocean floor, boats in a harbor next to our motel room were sitting on the sand for about six hours. In Vermont, we stayed in some secluded B&B's next to lakes or small creeks. The only noise was the birds, or water rushing over the rocks. The only thing Rita had trouble with was flying, she's not only a white knuckle passenger but her whole family has an inner ear problem and suffers from motion sickness easily. I was only able to get her to go up with me three times in a small plane, and all three times she got sick in what she called "flying ceiling fans."
Around 2002-04 is when first the Parkinsons set in, followed a couple years later with a form of cancer in the blood similar to Leukemia and originates in the bone marrow. At present, she weighs about 95 lbs. fully dressed. For three years she was able to travel with me to her sister's place in Ohio and stay there while I went to InZane or go visit my family on the bike. It's been a great life and restored my faith in the opposite sex following a divorce in the mid-80's after 31 years. Memories? We have thousands....along with pictures to boot.
