Musings

The Plan as it Stands

One question we're frequently asked these days is when we plan to hit the road. The answer is we simply don't know.

The Things We Can Look Forward To

While visualizing myself dousing a pile of nylons with lighter fluid before striking a match certainly warms my heart, it's the things we're looking forward to seeing and doing once we hit the road...

The things we can leave behind

One day, I will write about the things I miss.  The things I long for.  The familiar rituals.  The mundane but reassuring routines. The simple comforts of home I never realized I depended on...

Jumping without a net

"Are we really gonna do this?  We're serious?  This is really happening?" "As far as I'm concerned, yeah." "Because at some point, there's no going back, so if there's any hesitation, now's the time." "No...I think we're...

The Tiffin Allegro 36LA

After months of looking, we finally settled on what we believe will be the perfect RV for us. Not too big, not too small, reasonably affordable and containing all the features that are important to...

It’s the floorplan, stupid.

If real estate is all about "location, location, location," RV buying is all about "floorplan, floorplan, floorplan."  For us, anyway. To some degree, the frequency with which we found floorplans that would not work for...

Choosing Our New Home Part 1

One of the most important questions we've tried to answer over this past year is what kind of RV we want to live in.  There are endless options and each one comes with its...

It’s About Time

I imagine when we walk away from our careers we'll be asked many questions by our friends, family and co-workers.  Some will ask where we plan to travel first.  Some will ask how long...

Chapter 3

Months before I even knew what a Wordpress "theme" was, I started coming up with potential names for this blog.  I played with all sorts of ideas and concepts trying to find just the...

Stuff

We spend a lot of time thinking about and talking over "the plan." Where will we go?  What will we do?  How will we afford this? How will it affect our relationship? Will the dog...