2018
May 23rd – Our Journey Begins
Not sure how people traveled prior to the internet. There are two apps that we are using to find and book RV Parks: RV Parky and Park Advisor. There are a plethora of other apps, but I settled on these Read more
2018
Ready, Set, Go – Maybe
All set and ready to go. May 23rd. Only one task left. Class B non-CDL driver licenses for both Katrina and I. We had to wait until Wednesday as the DMV was not open on Monday and we needed to Read more
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The In Between
I titled this section the “in between” because we weren’t still living in our house, but we weren’t really traveling yet. We parked the Busse Bus at Fish Beach Campground on April 26th and weren’t scheduled to depart until May Read more
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Farewell Sunday Brunch
Good friends of ours have been raving about a great little hole in the wall that serves a mean breakfast for the past couple of years. Since our days in Illinois were whittling down it was now or never to Read more
Before mile one
TV or Not TV?
That is the question. What else is there to do at night when you’re on the road? Campfire? S’mores, Dog walking? Meeting the fellow campers? Swatting mosquitoes? But, who wins American Idol? The Voice? Can I answer the final Jeopardy Read more
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Farewell Party
A good group of our friends decided to throw us a Farewell Party. Now these are people that we have known for decades. Travelled together, attended children’s graduations, attended each other’s parents funerals, etc. Good friends that you don’t Read more
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Lost 15 Pounds
I didn’t know it at the time, but I apparently put myself on a diet from mid January to the end of April. It was unintentional, but none the less I lost 15 pounds during the process of selling our Read more
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Closing Day
Closing on our house is all set for noon on April 27th. I expect a call from our attorney by 12:30 knowing that the buyers would try to negotiate concessions rendering a lower price. I was wrong, the call came Read more
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Storing Our Treasured Junk
Once we decided on which of our belongings to keep for the longer term we needed a storage unit with the right size and cost. Until you get everything together it is very hard to determine the exact size of Read more
Before mile one
Downsizing 8,000 > 700
It’s amazing the amount the treasured junk that you can accumulate in a 8,000 square foot house that you live in with two kids for 15 years. The Busse Bus is about 700 square feet, so obviously we needed to Read more