On the Oregon Trail
We didn’t plan to come to Nebraska. We picked Nebraska simply so we could check it off our list. At the start of August, with reservations for a campground in South Dakota through the first…
Organizing On the Road
Organizing our sticks & bricks house in preparation for selling it inspired me to want to be Marie-Kondo-organized in the RV. Amongst my first purchases, were spice racks on which small matching jars would be…
Finding Fortune in South Dakota
I never imagined that I would find myself so enchanted by South Dakota. When Brian & I considered the route to Arizona for a family wedding in January, I thought, “Perfect. We will be able…
Walk through the Meadow
I was raised in the city. Add in the terrible seasonal allergies that I have and that went untreated until I was in junior high, I didn’t spend much time outside as a kid. Living…
It’s harder than I thought it would be…
We are three months in to full-time RVing. I admit my vision of how this full-time RVing thing would go was tainted by the idea of what life looked like for me while living in…
The #1 Most Asked Question
Hands down the #1 most asked question when we told people about our moving from a sticks & bricks house into our motorhome was, “What about your mail?” If you’re considering an alternative lifestyle like…
OJT: On the Job Training
As a kid, people expect you not to know everything. And yet, somehow as an adult, we imagine that we are supposed to know things. Perhaps it comes from adults telling kids things like, “parents…
New Tricks with Sticks
I’ve been driving for over 31 years. I would even argue that I’ve been a good driver for 23 years. One of my five brothers would love to insert the story of how at sixteen, I called him to ask if he…
The Universe Aligned
Have you ever felt like the universe has aligned all the planets just for you to have everything fall into place? That’s what these past few months have felt like for me. We decided to buy an RV…
Top 5 Professionals for Downsizing
I can hardly believe that today starts my third week of life after career. That’s not to say that I haven’t been working. In fact, it’s been a very intense couple of weeks or couple of…