Raton, New Mexico April 12, 2018 In November of 2016 we were waylaid in Albuqueque, NM waiting on a trailer part to arrive to repair a leaking tank. While we waited, we ended up having a fantastic 3+ weeks exploring the interesting city, and made ourselves at home at one of our favorite campgrounds, […]
Thoughts About Life
A Day Trip to Mono Lake
Hawthorne, Nevada & Mono Lake Tufa National Reserve, California November 18-20, 2017 Yesterday we drove over 500 miles from the cool, wet, dark forests of the California Coast redwood groves, over the snow covered Sierra Nevadas through Donner’s Pass, and into the rugged, stark, vastness of western Nevada. We paid $6 to sleep next to […]
A word from poet Martha Medeiros
Edited July 8, 2018: An earlier version of this post misattributed the piece to poet Pablo Neruda.
Sad Faces in Beautiful Places
All of the Places August 2016 – January 2018 For the most part I have tried to share the happy, positive parts of our adventures over the past year and a half. There are several reasons that I’m motivated to focus mainly on the good stuff. The good stuff is what I want to focus […]
It Started with a Little Leak, or Ode to Long Distance Landlording
This story is 100% true. I hadn’t planned to record or share this saga, but it’s just been too insane to forget. I decided to capture it as a poem to keep the story from rambling on and on forever, and to keep myself from turning into a weeping mess over my keyboard. It […]
5 Reasons Why Traveling with Small Kids is Awesome
Will they appreciate what a gift this experience is at such a young age? Will they understand the significance of the amazing places we visit? Will they have any perspective at historical sites? Will they remember this? These were some of my main concerns when we decided to move into an RV and take our […]
Bear City & The Big Apple
April 12 – 30, 2017 Dover & Tinton Falls, New Jersey NYC, New York We didn’t want to get anywhere near NYC traffic with our trailer in tow, so we planned to camp outside of the city somewhere in New Jersey. We figured that campgrounds would be few, far-between and expensive next to the biggest […]
And then we were in Albuquerque for like…forever, Part 2
November 12 – December 7, 2016 ABQ, New Mexico The third and final week in Albuquerque was a lot like the first two…visited another Mega Church just to experience it, more libraries, more trips to the Explora (for a final total of 4 visits!), the New Mexico Museum of Science & Natural History (twice), and […]
Why Am I Writing?
October 30, 2016 Kanab, Utah When I first got going on this blog, I wasn’t exactly sure what direction I wanted to take with it. I knew I wanted to make a log of our adventures, but I wanted it to be more than just that. There was so much going on in our lives […]
The Hoover Dam, Poverty Flats, and contemplating my worth as a human
October 18-19, 2016 Moapa Valley, Nevada After tearing ourselves away from our very comfortable little home in Pahrump, NV, we headed for a 1-night boondocking location called Poverty Flats, right outside the Valley of Fire State Park. This mid-way point between Pahrump, NV and Kanab, UT afforded us several opportunities – a route that allowed […]
Checking In
October 6, 2016 Three Rivers, California Do we really want to live life on the road in a trailer, or do we just want to escape? That’s a question we asked ourselves a lot last winter & spring as we wrestled with whether or not this adventure was a good idea for our family. Here […]
Foreboding Joy
August 27, 2016 Monitor, Washington So this is it – tomorrow is our big departure day. We’ve been living in our camper for a week now, but just 5 minutes outside of our hometown – we’ve been finishing up last minute errands, goodbyes, and Amazon orders. We will check out of this campground at noon […]
Downsizing
August 19, 2016 Wenatchee, Washington This week a nurse came to our house to do a health exam for our life insurance application, and she left with a box full of girls’ clothes, shoes, and books for her grand daughters. Encouraging both friends and strangers to take all my stuff is a new experience for […]
Nostalgia
July 29, 2016 Wenatchee, Washington On Monday, March 28, 2005 I started my first “real job” out of college at age 22 at Wenatchee Parks & Recreation. I had been married less than a year, had a Bachelor’s Degree with no dust on it, and had just moved across the country to start a life. […]
Practicing
July 20, 2016 Monitor, Washington About two weeks ago we took Stumbo out for the maiden voyage, to try out living in the space for a few days. We also needed to practice all of the technical parts of RV life that are new to us – all the hooking & unhooking, filling & dumping, […]
Changing Everything About Your Life, Part 2: The Not So Good Stuff
July 18, 2016 Wenatchee, Washington The less cheerful part of the story of this decision could mostly be boiled down to one word: STRESS. I don’t share this peek into our text thread to brag, and it was not a brag when I sent it. It was an attempt to encourage both of us on […]
Changing Everything About Your Life, Part 1: The Good Stuff
July 16, 2016 Wenatchee, Washington The idea of traveling full time has been a dream for Brad & me since around 2007 when Brad started his own graphic design business, Apt Design. The thought of not being tied down to any one certain place, but roaming around the country and exploring while still maintaining […]