After Xmas with our new family, the McNicols, (after they adopted us thoroughly for the raucous pandemonium of their family Xmas), we started our trip towards California. We spent some time considering our route and our strategy. We even emailed ahead to tee up visits to friends in Houston. Along the way, the universe reminded
Month: December 2016
XMAS UPDATE from Jekyll Island, GA.
22 December finds us at a FANTASTIC RV PARK on Jekyll Island, Georgia. We are staying here until Tuesday 27 Dec. The island was a private club where the wealthy from the Northeast wintered in the late 18 and early 1900s. Today there are museums, shops and summer homes. We unfolded the bikes, aired and
The first four days of the rest of our life…
In a word: eventful. I am writing this in the parking lot of a Walmart about 40 miles east of Pensacola Florida. We have successfully escaped the frigid north, with the storm-of-the-century nipping at our heels the whole way. Here in Florida, “shitty weather” means rain and 50 degrees. We think HOOORAY, no ice…which has
Construction is Done(ish)!
As many of our friends know, our “plan” was to construct a new, smaller unit for Los Harris in the basement of our home in Chicago. This unit was to be one we could “abandon” for months at a time while we began our ongoing travel adventure. Well, as of 1 December, 2016, the apartment