MudJack - my parents are on the road 9 months of the year (approx) at the ages of ...uhmmmmm.....79 and 82. They are currently on their way across the continent to Washington from Massachusetts -- will wander down the left coast and "do" Christmas as part of a "fantasy caravan" in Mexico. (that two weeks bracketing Christmas will be the only time they are part of a caravan)- we expect to see them home sometime in Feb or March, and they will probably take off againfor SOMEWHERE a couple weeks after arriving home. last year they got back from their "summer trip" late July, were gone again to Norway and the fjords for september, were home for two weeks and took off on their current trip.