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Scottiemom's avatar
Scottiemom
Nomad
Oct 15, 2020

Teacher's Pet

Last Sunday my DH, known here as Teacher's Pet, passed away while we were in Virginia visiting our daughter and her family. Terry has recently been experiencing problems and had just spent a week in Methodist hospital in Indianapolis. They released him on Monday, October 5. As we drove from there to Virginia, he became increasingly weaker so when we arrived I took him to the ER at UVA on Thursday. He was diagnosed with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, a deadly disease to someone who has had a compromised heart for the last 22 years. They tried everything to get rid of the infection, and thought they were winning, but he developed septic shock and lost his battle.

Terry loved RVing and loved this forum where he shared ideas about MinnieMee, our RVision TRail-lite 213. I still have her at our place we had just bought in Florida. I am currently in Phaeton Place, our 40' Tiffin and will drive her back to Florida as well. My plans are to sell/trade both and get another B+ type, with a different floorplan.

If you wish to read his obit, I have it posted here:

https://obituaries.virginiacremate.com/obituaries/charlottesville-va/terry-pace-9730714

Dale
Class C
  • Scottiemom's avatar
    Scottiemom
    Nomad
    Nov 02, 2020
    I'm discovering there is more in a 40 foot motorhome than there is in my 28x60 home. I go out and bag and box stuff up and bring it in the house. Early morning or late evening, I start going through the stuff and sorting/putting it away. There is a lot of satellite stuff and I won't be using that. Terry was a master at anything electronic, including the Dish system, but I can't do any of that. I will be happy with cable for sure. And in a motorhome, I will get by with an antenna and DVD's.

    All the cupboards in the bedroom are emptied. . . now for under the bed. I will have to have the neighbor guy help me lift the bed. The new memory foam makes that difficult for me.

    Bathroom medicine cabinets are empty. A lot of "loose" stuff sitting around is out. Haven't started on the basement, but we had pared that down from our fulltiming days.

    Getting some feedback on prices and have someone who appears to be really interested and they are here in Florida.

    Today is another day.

    Dale
  • avan's avatar
    avan
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2020
    Dale. I’ll confirm that used motor coaches are hot items especially in FL and that’ll go double for one in as good condition as Phaeton Place. If you run into any issues, just PM or email me, don’t work too hard getting it emptied.
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    winnietrey
    Explorer
    Nov 01, 2020
    Scottiemom wrote:
    Stim wrote:
    Please pace yourself and don't be too hasty.
    It would be easy to get taken advantage of while dealing with your grief.
    Get advice from others that you trust, so often we hear stories of widows being swindled.
    I lost a girlfriend to cancer in 1992 and later realized I was in a fog for over a year after.
    Just something to think about, Wish you well.


    Thank you for the heads up. I have no intention of falling "victim" to anyone. My son is here in Florida as well and I can call on him if needed.
    Dale


    I don't think you will fall victim to anyone. But I will say I sold ours 6 months ago, after my wife died. I did let it go for a little cheaper, as I just wanted it gone. I am fine with that.

    Pain of selling it, far out weighed the few extra dollars I might have got, had I held out for my price and gone through the sales thing over and over with each prospective buyer. It was pretty tough sledding as it was
  • Scottiemom's avatar
    Scottiemom
    Nomad
    Oct 31, 2020
    Stim wrote:
    Please pace yourself and don't be too hasty.
    It would be easy to get taken advantage of while dealing with your grief.
    Get advice from others that you trust, so often we hear stories of widows being swindled.
    I lost a girlfriend to cancer in 1992 and later realized I was in a fog for over a year after.
    Just something to think about, Wish you well.


    Thank you for the heads up. I have no intention of falling "victim" to anyone. My son is here in Florida as well and I can call on him if needed.

    Dale
  • Stim's avatar
    Stim
    Explorer
    Oct 31, 2020
    Please pace yourself and don't be too hasty.
    It would be easy to get taken advantage of while dealing with your grief.
    Get advice from others that you trust, so often we hear stories of widows being swindled.
    I lost a girlfriend to cancer in 1992 and later realized I was in a fog for over a year after.
    Just something to think about, Wish you well.
  • ron_dittmer's avatar
    ron_dittmer
    Explorer II
    Oct 30, 2020
    Dale,

    I wish you great success with the sale of your big diesel pusher.

    I hope you are holding up well. I have been married to the love of my life. We married at a young age 43 years ago. For me, it would be extremely hard to carry on.
  • Scottiemom's avatar
    Scottiemom
    Nomad
    Oct 30, 2020
    Charles in GA

    On my way back to Florida a week or so ago, at my first stop, I neglected to pull my power cord. Drove almost out of the park when I realized it so I returned to my site. Box was fine, but as I put my cord away, I saw I had bent the prongs. I got out some tools, but was unable to bend them back.

    So I moved on and when I arrived at my site for the next night, I asked the site escort to wait just a minute. I told him I had had a mishap the night before and needed some help with my plug. I handed it to him along with the tools. He was extremely gracious and it took him no time to straighten the prongs and plug it in. Forever grateful to him.

    I taped a note to my door that night to make sure I pulled the plug. LOL

    Things are certainly different without the love of my life with me. We were married for 49 years. But I am doing okay, working at getting the motorhome emptied so I can put her up for sale. Everyone sales used DP's in good condition are hot items right now. I certainly hope so.

    Dale
  • CharlesinGA's avatar
    CharlesinGA
    Explorer
    Oct 30, 2020
    ron.dittmer wrote:
    One day after life has settled down and you are ready to buy that B+ for yourself, a popular rig for single senior woman are Phoenix Cruisers, especially the shorter models. They are easier to drive than most others because of their scaled-down dimensions along with their aerodynamics. They are one of the smallest B+ rigs available today, models vary in length alone. The quality is decent as well. As we did with our PC SEEN HERE, you can special order any PC without slide-outs to reduce complexity, maintenance, weight, and expense. In our case, it also provided enough room to get the dinette SEEN HERE which was very important to us.


    On my trip to the Black Hills and Nebraska to see the Eclipse in 2017 I spent the night at a casino in Council Bluffs Iowa and a older lady in a Roadtrek long wheel base high top Sprinter parked next to me. She was having trouble connecting the power cord as a pin on the vehicle had been bent. Straighten the pin and all was good. Turns out her husband had passed away and they had a huge diesel pusher and she wanted no part of it, so she sold it and bought the Roadtrek to travel in. She was on her way to visit relatives when I saw her.

    Life goes on and its good to see people carrying on with things they enjoy doing (traveling).

    Charles
  • Scottiemom's avatar
    Scottiemom
    Nomad
    Oct 17, 2020
    pawatt wrote:
    So Sorry for your loss. I believe we met you both at a rv.net get together in the Rio Grande Valley.


    Yes, several times, Pawatt. Always a pleasure.

    Dale

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