Today we celebrate three years on the road! July 5, 2003 we set out from Anaheim, CA after selling our house in Irvine where we’d lived for 27 years. I wish now that I’d been blogging then so that I’d have more detail about how we made it all happen. But we did. I think, subconsciously and informally we’d been planning for years but it was in a “what if” mode. And suddenly we made it real.
Within two months we told our family what we were doing, sold the house, sold and gave away “stuff” and hit the road. Regrets? None. I just wish we’d done it sooner. We do a reality check periodically and don’t have any thoughts of wanting to settle down somewhere. We just hope that our health stays good so that we can continue this lazy travel life.
Why? Because of the feeling of freedom. We are not tied to places, schedules, and stuff. We can follow the good weather, see new places, find weird and crazy sights, explore historical sites, take beautiful pictures and watch the IMax movie as we cruise down the road. We can stop and stay when we find a great spot or move on quickly when it’s not. We can see our scattered family and friends more frequently.
It’s a great life! This fourth year will take us from California to Montana to Illinois for my 50th High School reunion (how can that be?). Then we will head a little farther east, fill in a few more states on the map and maybe see some of Canada as we head back to CA for the winter holidays. Who knows what adventures await us?
