My bed sold on Wednesday, the dresser left yesterday, and today my friend walked out with the tv and armfuls of kitchen supplies and foods that I won’t be able to use in the camper. We talk about ideas of ‘things’ owning us, about how experiences are what matter, but until you are sitting in a small cottage after two years of being embedded looking at blank walls and empty floors, you really don’t understand what that means. Moving is…
One of the problems with having no particular direction, is trying to decide where to go. For some ridiculous reason I decided to start this adventure right before winter holidays. I like to think that being alone on holidays doesn’t bother me. I’m pretty much agnostic. For the past few years, I’ve volunteered to work on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years because I’m the only one on my team without family here. With only me and a room full of…
I’ve got two weeks before my job ends, and then it’s a few days of taking piles of stuff to donate and cleaning the cottage rental. My latest questions to myself have been “what is the best laundry detergent to take with me?” and “how many rolls of toilet paper should I bring? When I figure out the answers to those intense questions, I’ll let you know! I did finally (I hope) figure out my potty situation. The camper came…
Happy 1st Birthday, Fleet! What a great first year of campering it’s been! Looking forward to year two!
It’s official. I will be on the road come early December. Holy cow. No job, no ‘home base’, no real plans. As a friend reminded me, You can always make more money but you can’t make more time. “If you don’t do it this year you’ll be another year older when you do” ~ Warren Miller It’s time to leave the caustic workplace, and the lonely rental. Me ‘n the dogs are going on the road. Since it’s winter, a…
I learned so much about being on the road camping this past month. I got less paranoid about things that go bump in the night. A windstorm made for difficult sleep, but not because of fear but because it was noisy. The dogs will alert me if something does go bump in the night. Trust them. I learned that finding water fill-ups isn’t too difficult … neither are showers (nor are hot springs!) I don’t need to worry about where…