Sherry's Place
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sherry12 About Sherry
There it sits, wheels chocked, stabilizing jacks down, power cord plugged into the garage, and looking much much larger than it did on the lot at the Camping World RV dealership. As I gaze at our Starcraft AR-ONE travel trailer, I reflect on the long road that brought us to RV ownership.
Sherry and I have been talking about traveling and owning an RV for years. We always laughed about selling the house, buying one of those huge fancy motor homes and living full time “on the road”. As the years went by and our five kids began to graduate college and move on with their lives we realized we would eventually be empty nesters. I would say that when our last two kids were enrolled in college we got serious in our search for an RV.
We had talked about it for years. We did the pro and con list thing, researched online, observed other RV’s driving down the road, and went to several dealers. To make a long story short, we now are the owners of a new hybrid travel trailer.
We started out on Thursday afternoon and headed for the RV dealer to pick up a few things we did not get when we took delivery. Then we began our trek from the Indianapolis area towards Ohio. To not have a definite destination was rather exciting. We figured we would find a campground with space available.
One of our afternoons in Taiwan was spent at The Lavender Cottage. The literal translation of its Chinese name, Lavender Forest, is a good way to describe this beautiful place in the mountains. If we had been tourists visiting on our own we probably would never have even known of The Lavender Forest, let alone visit it. The Lavender Cottage started as a dream of 2 Taiwanese city girls who wanted to have a romantic hideaway, where those in love could enjoy their own private moments without disturbance. Today, they have a haven for busy Taiwanese who want to retreat to the mountains, and enjoy the health and beauty benefits of the aromatic Lavender herb.
