All About Cathy
About Myself
Name: Cathy Bass
Hometown: Douglasville, GA
Occupation: Pack Mule
Who is Cap?: Cap is a nickname my Daddy gave me when I was very young. It is still used by my immediate family. I know I’m home when people call me Cap!
my life focus
My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is my rock. I trust Him to continue to guide us through this crazy thing we call life.
MY FAVORITES
Books: To Kill a Mockingbird
Quote: “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”
John Muir
Quote: “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.”
My Goal: To live and/or work in every U.S. National Park.
My Hobbies: Hiking, kayaking, cooking, collecting National Park patches
How I Became a Fulltimer
When Bill proposed to me in 1991, we were camping with my parents in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I’ll never forget he said, “I promise it will never be boring.” That statement has proven to be the biggest understatement of my life!
First, he moves me 70 miles from my hometown, and then two years later he moves me 700 miles to the Florida Keys to run The Boat House, a marina in Marathon, FL. I was homesick for almost a year. But then I learned about fishing, snorkeling, bully-netting, and warm winters. (I also learned about hurricanes, but that’s another story.)
Fast forward to 1999. The marina is sold. We had decisions to make: do we stay in Marathon, do we go back to Atlanta, what do we want to do? Bill came up with the idea of taking a year off & doing some traveling. We had always been avid campers, so I was intrigued with this idea. But could we really do it?
We read lots of books and did lots of research. We were finally set: we had a new Ford F350 & Cardinal 5th wheel. We had our mailing & banking arranged. And on February 12, 2000, I became a fulltimer.
