Not so long ago I wrote a blog post about the top ten things I’m looking forward to in our new life on the road. Of course transitioning from one lifestyle to another means there will be some compromises. This …
When last we blogged, Scoopy was heading back to the shop for her final upgrades and, as it turned out, a couple more repairs. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with her, but as always, it was too short. We seem …
When we liberated Scoopy from the shop, our itemized bill was 7 pages long and jokingly referred to as “the nightmare”. Ours was certainly not the largest repair and reno job Auburn-Kent Valley RV Center has ever done, but our …
After two and a half months at the spa, we finally liberated Scoopy just in time for a 3-day getaway. Our plan was to arrive at 11:30 am and spend a leisurely couple of hours or so going over the …
There are few things we own that have strong emotional value to us, which makes downsizing pretty much a piece of cake. Of course, we get to keep a fair number of things at my parents’ place in Texas, so …
I’ve never really had a conventional life. My parents would play good cop/bad cop at the dinner table when talking to me about my future. “Do you really think that being in a rock band is a good career choice? …
At the end of a blog post I wrote on March 18, 2009 I said, “That’s how the idea of Steven and Linda as fulltimers came to be. We have five years and five months until we hit the road. …
In no particular order… 1. Forced downsizing.Not everyone gets the opportunity to declutter all the precious belongings accumulated in a life. As I get older, I find that I need less stuff. Most of us probably feel this way …
When last we blogged of our adventures with Scoopy, we were celebrating our first RV-style Thanksgiving holiday in a wonderful lakefront setting with our entire family of five in attendance. It seems like forever ago, and I guess it was, …
We’re always a little nervous heading out to liberate Scoopy from her storage. We’re never quite sure how she’s fared during our time away from her. We hadn’t seen her in six weeks, since our trip to Cape Disappointment, so …