
Activities on the Road
Friends ask me what we’ll do once we’ve set up camp and are staying for a bit. Here’s what I expect—in photo essay form. Outdoors-ing Competing... Read more.

Small-space Planning
We’ve got a to-do list as long as my arm (really, both arms) of crucial stuff we need to take care of before we can leave, but I keep getting distracted by... Read more.

Preliminary Travel Plans
Our plan is to head west: on the fabled open roads, to the sweeping vistas, and, importantly, to free camping off the grid on BLM land and other RV-insider boondocking... Read more.

Are We Going to Work from the Road?
Hell, no. Retirement means spending all morning sitting under the awning of your Airstream in jammies, drinking tea and listening to the birds. It means going on... Read more.

Keeping a Connection to the Matrix
These interim posts are turning out to be a way to answer Frequently Asked Questions (better than my Not-yet asked Questions section). Here’s one: A friend... Read more.

What about Your House?
We are asked this a lot. Our answer: We’re selling it! No, we don’t want to keep it as a rental or an investment or a place to come back to in... Read more.

The Mindset of Major Change
You guys know that significant change and I are frequent dance partners. When we’re together there’s quite a lot of spinning; change gets me dizzy then... Read more.

Fixin to Sell the Frolic
Something big we need to do before we hit the road in the Airstream is to sell the Frolic. I’ve a friend who’s interested in her, but a whole series... Read more.

Paring Down and Gearing Up
Inside our house is beginning to feel spare, which makes it perversely inviting. Why did we have all that stuff in the first place? Paring Down First we gave away... Read more.

What about Banjo?
Unwittingly, we made a couple of smart moves before we knew we’d be hitting the road this spring. One was adopting Banjo. We’d both agreed we wanted... Read more.

Where Is the Airstream?
The Airstream is at the dealership because we haven’t chosen a place to store her, nor have we bought and installed a proper hitch to get her where ever that... Read more.