Since we dropped our borrowed Le’Sharo motorhome off in Georgia, we’ve been homeless. Intentionally so. We packed everything we thought we’d need for an indefinite time period into two backpacks and hopped on a train across country to continue our search for our next home on wheels. It’s been a mixture of freeing, intimidating, frustrating […]
Bus Dating
The past couple months of vintage bus shopping has felt much more like the delicate process of looking for an ideal life mate. Vintage buses, like people, each have a life story. A personality and unique style. They each have their quirks, their potentials, their benefits and their problem areas. Just as there is no […]
Next Adventure Departing the Station
I don’t know which of us actually voiced the idea first when some intriguing sounding vintage buses cropped up for us on the other coast of the country. Taking a cross country train trip has been something we’ve always wanted to do. So when we started looking at ways to get to the west coast […]
Virtually Revisiting St. John
We’re now in St. Louis with Chris’ family – handling logistics of offloading all of our stuff into their basement before we turn around to head back to Georgia to return the borrowed Le’Sharo motorhome. We’re also deep in research on our various bus options, and deciding which buses to head to next to see […]
And the bus hunt begins..
Since we left Melbourne, Florida to head north to Lynchburg, Virginia to deliver the Oliver – we’ve been moving at a whirlwind pace. Heading up, we started a search for a temporary home on wheels – which yielded little acceptable results. In the southeast, so many sticks & stables RVs have suffered considerable water damage. […]
Farewell, Orion!
On Saturday, May 7 – we watched our beloved 17′ Oliver Travel Trailer and Toyota Tundra drive off after spending an evening giving its new owner a full orientation. Photo by Karen Nace, 2010. It was a truly bittersweet moment, as it was almost exactly 3 years ago that we commissioned its build. Orion, as […]
Re-Calculating
The new-to-us GPS unit we recently purchased from my father instructs us to turn left. We ignore her, and turn right instead… our way seems more scenic. ‘Re-calculating‘ she proclaims. She comes back with instructions to get us back on her previously researched route. We’re obstinate. We ignore her and continue on the route that calls […]
The Homebodied Nomad
This article is the latest addition to our ever growing ‘Answers to the Common Excuses’ blog series, addressing the reasons folks think full time travel might be unrealistic. The series is also available in a convenient eBook format on a pay as you wish basis, and includes topics like Jobs, Affording Travel, Family, Pets, Community, […]
Re-Entry
We’ve now been back to the US Mainland for about a week, after our 5 months in the US Virgin Islands. There has been some element of culture shock for us, and definitely things we’re missing about island life. Namely the pace of life and crunchy grouper sandwiches! The biggest thing that stands out is […]
Our Last Days on St. John
We arrived back to the mainland Tuesday, ending our fabulous winter on St. John. We were full of mixed emotions of leaving, and made a decent attempt at finding a balance between handling our exodus logistics, getting work done and exploring the island more. Everything fell nicely into place. We easily found a buyer for […]
