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 […]
Life on the Road
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 […]
Serendipity Says: Light Speed Ahead (Imminent Homelessness)
Its no secret that we’ve been pondering “what’s next” for a while now, particularly since we’ve returned from the Virgin Islands. Sailboat? Not yet. International adventures? Yes, we want more extended jaunts to exotic places. But we want to keep some sort of (mobile) base in the US to return to, so that we can […]
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 […]
Fifth Nomadiversary
Today is my fifth Nomadiversary. I’ve now spent five years on the road without a fixed address, never even knowing particularly far in advance where I’ll be headed next. It has been a great ride. (This next section was part of our April Fool’s Joke – just thought we’d clarify now, as so many folks […]
Leave Wanting More
I remember before I went nomadic, that when I visited somewhere there was always internal pressure to ‘see it all’. I was there for a defined amount of time, and there was rarely a sense of someday returning. It was also special time set aside to experience a new environment and escape a normal day. […]
Why would you want to leave paradise?
In just about a week, we will be ending our glorious winter in St. John, US Virgin Islands and returning to our little Oliver Travel Trailer parked in Florida. As the day has grown nearer, we’ve had quite a few folks ask us : Why on earth would you want to leave St. John? You […]
SXSW ‘Day of the Nomad’ Totally Rocked!
Wow. SXSW was completely awesome, and we’ve been running full steam since returning the to Virgin Islands last Thursday. We’re just getting around to processing through all the photos to share our experience. This post will concentrate on the Day of the Nomad events, and I’ll follow-up soon with a general SXSW wrap-up. The Day […]
SXSW Interactive – The Day of the Nomad
This afternoon we will be on our way to Austin, where we’re presenting at SXSW this weekend! We’re so excited.. and also intimidated.. to be entering so much chaos after 4 months of glorious chill time on a remote tropical island in a town of population 500. What a way to come out of hiding […]
