We’ve been talking for a long time about slowing down our travels. In a couple of months, we’ll have been on the road fulltime for three years. Since we pulled out of our hometown of Ashland, Oregon in June of 2013, we’ve put 52,000 miles on our truck. At least half of that has been […]
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We don’t like one-night stands. They’re too much trouble for too little return. But sometimes, we just have to do it. I’m talking about our travels, of course. (You knew that, right?) Everyone who travels finds his or her unique pace. We’ve met people who stay a month or longer everywhere they go. (The longer […]
Our friend Joe recently asked, “So, how will you know when you’re done?” It was a very good question. Eric and I had a heart-to-heart conversation that night. “How will we know when we’re done?” I asked him. “I don’t know. How do you think we’ll know when we’re done?” he asked in return. We looked […]
People often assume that traveling full-time is one big long vacation. There are absolutely wonderful aspects to this lifestyle, including the opportunity to travel at will, the luxury of time for in-depth exploration, and the excitement of discovering new places. There are moments of magic and serendipity that somehow seem easier to recognize when traveling, […]
It has been a long and glorious autumn in our hometown of Ashland, Oregon. I love the fall colors, the crispness in the air, the coziness of a wood fire, a simmering pot of soup on the stove. More difficult to appreciate is the gray chill and fog that cocoons Ashland, generally descending the first […]
It took us several years to take the leap into full-time travel. One of the biggest reasons we waited was because we couldn’t fathom traveling with our cat, Spot (named for the white spot on her belly). At the time, Spot (more affectionately known as Spotty-Kitty) was in her mid-teens and had never traveled anywhere […]
After one full year on the road, we didn’t anticipate just how unsettling it would feel to return to our hometown of Ashland, Oregon. We love Ashland. But as we entered the gravitational pull of the Rogue Valley, I felt a disquieting mix of excitement and anxiety. Returning Home It was odd to be returning […]
This is one of our favorite poems, and one that feels especially poignant right now. And comforting. We’re in Idaho, traveling toward Yellowstone. Hoping that we won’t get snowed out of spending a few days there. Thank you all for your continued love and support. How fortunate we are to have you in our lives. […]
As of mid-morning today, we left the Bellingham area to continue on our journey. We’ve been here for eight days, offering support and receiving at least as much in return from Kevin’s family and friends. There has been almost an equal measure of pain and joy as we have shared our memories of Kevin. The […]
Ihave a couple more blogs completed about our time on Lopez, but I don’t have the heart to post them right now. We lost our dear friend Kevin on Saturday, and we are grief stricken. There is no space for anything right now but thoughts and memories of Kevin, sharing stories and photos of him, […]
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