One Year on the Road

As I had hoped for, the final leg of our journey home was smooth and uneventful. Exiting Seattle on a quiet Sunday morning was a breeze compared to our bumbling entrance. I-5 traffic stayed relatively light all day, and the…

It’s early morning dark, and I’m propped up in bed after our first night’s sleep in the RV.  We’re in Tobi’s driveway in Seattle, and the driveway wasn’t level enough to get the automatic leveling system to work, so Kate…

Now that we’ve purchased our RV, there’s no turning back. This dream is truly becoming a reality. We’ve been working on getting the house ready to rent all fall, but these last few weeks we’ve kicked it into high gear. Here’s…

We did it! We finally chose the RV we will live in for our year on the road. This is such a huge milestone for us. For months we’ve spent evenings side by side on the couch, engrossed in dueling…

For months now, we’ve been gearing up to list our 3,100 sq. ft. home for rent. Thinning out the collectables, making repairs and updates, packing up the extras. Our first choice is to rent the place furnished. After weighing the…

When Kate first moved into my two-room cabin in the Santa Cruz mountains 32 years ago, she came with a rocking chair, a framed print, and a lamp. The rental included dusty, worn furniture from the 50s, so my own…

Now that we’ve decided that this is what we want to do, we’re looking at everything it will take to get from here to the road. We’ve lived in this house for nearly a quarter of a century. We’ve raised…