This post is brought to you by a rainy day in quarantine. I’ve mentioned earlier that Airstreams are beautiful inside and out, but when they’re new they’re like model homes: decorated blandly. (Well, all but the Tommy Bahama models, which I would go bezerkers living in full-time but would love for a weekend getaways. They […]
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An Exciting Day in the Campground, Truly
Yesterday was full of entertainment! We took a lunch of sesame noodles and stir fry out to that tiny island at the end of the lake and enjoyed the sun quite a lot. First, though, I had to dig through this to find a short-sleeved shirt! Found it. I disrupted only about a month’s worth […]
We Have Travel Plans!
A friend pointed out that one thing making this quarantine difficult is that she doesn’t have any plans for the near future. It’s disconcerting enough that time is out of whack, but having nothing concrete to look forward to makes this even stranger. Our spring travel plans had been based on our house sale—it’s under […]
Banjo’s Story
Chapter 1: My Puppy Days I grew up on a farm in southwest Virginia, about a day’s trot through the woods from where I am now. My sister and I used to roam the farm, and we’d have a hoot chasing all the livestock—which we got yelled at about a lot. I loved it though. […]
How RV Quarantining Is Different
Disadvantages of RV Life As I’ve said before, we got out of D.C. just in time and found this campground that we hope we can stay in for at least a month. We’re good. However, we do face different challenges than if we’d stayed at home. Insecure Home This is worth repeating: campgrounds across the […]
We’re Going to Be Here for a While
Well, Virginia State Parks have closed their campgrounds, and this is the trend for sure across the nation. It makes sense for people who are vacationing, but there are a lot of full-time RVers (like us now) who need a place to ride out this first big wave of the virus. Luckily this campground we’re […]
Staying in Place in a Tiny Space
Oh, look at that bit of sun shining on the Firefly in my photo! We had that glorious bit yesterday morning, and I squandered it by sitting in the truck while Tracy went in to Tractor Supply to top off our propane tank, and then he filled up the truck with diesel and we picked […]
Learning to Live in the Firefly during Downtime
Of course we’re not doing any of the things we’d planned on doing in Virginia for this stay: hanging out with friends and family, going to the kazillion breweries we like here, hearing local bands. We are, though, getting time to figure things out in the Airstream. Accomplishments Yesterday we: Opened the awning for the […]
Winter Hike and Indoor Yoga
I’m sitting here in the Airstream on this cold rainy day, writing because I have plenty of time, and I’m guessing some of you do, too. So maybe you’ll enjoy this now, whereas regularly you’d be like, “Shelly sure does post a lot!” I’m guessing I won’t post so often once we’re on the road […]
Settling in and Hunkering Down
We’ve now joined you all who are sheltering in place, and we’re relieved to have found a spot to do so! Since now I see what it’s like to have time on one’s hands, I’ll post here often even though I don’t have beautiful photos of adventures or thrilling updates. It’ll give me something to […]
