There have been so many serendipitous things that have led us here. A couple of summers ago, my oldest, Sienna, and I got the idea to live in a camper. We loved the idea of getting up early to see the sun rise and staying up to see the sunsets, running along beautiful trails, swimming…
Here We Go! Almost…
Now, we are about to embark on a trip to remember. We are packing all 5 of us into a 34 foot trailer and our Tahoe and heading off on a real adventure. While I write this, we are 7 days from leaving. I have 5 days left of work and we still have a…
Quitting My Job
When we finally closed on our house in early April, I had to quit my job. This part was weird. I LOVE my school! It has the best staff, students and families. Sure there are a few things that don’t always make it fun, but about 95% of it was great. I had been there…
Making it Happen
I remember hearing a few other people say things like they were taking a year off and traveling and thinking, “Well, that must be nice…some of us have to work!”. Nothing really changed there for us, as we will still have to work, but a few things lined up just right. With the housing market…
What have we done?
The decision was never made in the classic sense. We didn’t look each other square in the eye and say, definitively and confidently, ‘yes, let’s do this, let’s make it happen no matter what’. Instead, we seemed to dance around it and entertain it in our mind’s eye. We were too scared by the implications…
Coming Around to the Idea – Part 2
Dog Bite Our dog bit our 7-year old neighbor. It was shocking, nauseating (think blood on the snow), and saddening for all involved. Knowing you have caused that type of injury to anyone, let alone a young girl, is very hard to swallow. She ended up recovering fully, after five stitches to her lower eyelid…
Coming Around to the Idea – Part 1
My first thought after I had been bomb-shelled by the idea of selling most of our worldly possessions and moving into an RV was, well…what about me and the things I want to do with my life? They were shameful thoughts, and selfish. I wish I had been more open minded when confronted with this…
How It All Began
We sat on our new, expansive deck in the warm, unfiltered sunshine so characteristic of early summers in Bailey and had lunch. It was June 2022. The girls had just returned from Texas and I had just returned from one of my best bikepacking trips of all time: the Stone House Lands loop in the…