June 17th…

…is the day we leave Clearwater!  We’re getting really excited and have way too much to do! So, come June 17th, what will be doing, exactly? We will be following David’s gigs in our motorhome, as that’s our purpose for going on the road.  But I plan to make a list...

Planning: electricity

We want solar panels, but we want to leave even more.  No more waiting for things!  So it looks like this first trip will be sans solar power.  So what will we use for power? Occasionally we will pay to park at a campground with hookups, but mostly not.  Occasionally we...

Planning: overnights

Then there’s the question of camping/rent.  Leaving David’s job means living on a lot less. As such, we’ll be looking for free camping as often as we can.  Our preference is to find lovely forests to camp in, because that’s where we’d like to be anyway.  Sometimes public lands can be...

Planning: the Drive

We’ll drive 2 – 4 hours per day, but probably not in longer than a 2 hour block. I think this is realistic with the kids. We can drive for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple in the afternoon without anyone feeling like they’ve been in the...

It’s a . . . baby!

Sorry to have been silent for so long. You may have guessed, but I had a baby! That was more than two weeks ago, and it’s taken me this long to have any thought to spare for blogging! But while blogging was on hiatus, our free range dreams were not. We’re...

Handwashing Laundry

Yesterday I received birthday presents from my family, and they were kind enough to get me just what I asked for: new toys for the new RV life. Some material for our tiny reference library including The Next Exit (2011), Camping with the Corps of Engineers, and this large print atlas...

Progress!

Getting rid of stuff–or dekludging, as we call it–happened to an actual perceivable degree this weekend.  You see, Sunday was my birthday and what did I want?  LESS stuff!  My darling husband obliged by taking a day off from the giant mess of things we always have to get done, and...

The Things That Own You

The world has to learn that the actual pleasure derived from material things is of rather low quality on the whole and less even in quantity than it looks to those who have not tried it.  – Oliver Wendell Holmes Wow, I’ve had a rough week.  I feel positively weighed down...

Cloth Diapers On the Road

Question: are you crazy to move into a 22 foot motorhome with cloth diapers for two and no washer/dryer?! Answer: yes But here’s the plan: First, I am switching to flat diapers in preparation for our newborn-to-be. I love flat diapers for several reasons: they are super cheap they take up...