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Tie Dye Heaven: Eugene, OR
If you own anything tie-dyed, you’ll feel right at home in Eugene, Oregon. According to polls, this is the number one hippie city in the country. Judging by the astonishing array of tie-dyed t-shirts,...
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Gathering The Tribe: Rocky Point, OR
In mid-October, we got to do one of our favorite things. We went on a weekend camping trip. I know that sounds funny, given that we’ve been traveling full-time in our trailer for the past 16 months....
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Saying Goodbye To Our Kitty
It took us several years to take the leap into full-time travel. One of the biggest reasons we waited was because we couldn’t fathom traveling with our cat, Spot (named for the white spot on her...
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Kayaking The Wood River
If you enjoy kayaking and you’re anywhere near the Klamath Basin in southern Oregon, you must kayak the Wood River. Our kayak has traveled with us from the rugged bays of the San Juan Islands to the...
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A Colorful Autumn In Ashland
It has been a long and glorious autumn in our hometown of Ashland, Oregon. I love the fall colors, the crispness in the air, the coziness of a wood fire, a simmering pot of soup on the stove. More...
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Bandon-By-The-Sea
Someone at the Chamber of Commerce apparently had a fit of poetic inspiration when they embellished Bandon’s name. But I have to admit; Bandon-By-The-Sea does suit this little Oregon coastal town. Cozy...
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Holiday Lights On The Oregon Coast
We’ve always wanted to see the holiday light display at Shore Acres State Park near Coos Bay, on the Oregon coast. But prior to our full-time travels, by the time December arrived in southern Oregon...
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We Have A New Home!
This is a quick post to wish all of you a joyful New Year, with the blessings of good health, the abundance of all that is important to you, and the opportunity to follow your dreams. Our lives have...
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Winter On The Coast: Newport, OR
We wouldn’t deliberately choose to travel north in Oregon in the winter. But in our search for our new rig, we found ourselves journeying twice to Portland in the depths of December. We rarely go...
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The City Of Roses: Portland, Oregon
As long time Oregonians, we’ve been to Portland many times, sometimes for a long weekend, and more often for a night or two as we travel up and down the I-5 corridor in route to other destinations in...
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The Golden Hills Of Eastern Washington
Most people, when they think of Washington, envision lush green forests, laden with ferns and dripping with moss. That’s a pretty accurate image—if you’re talking about anything west of the Cascades....
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The Sisters Music Festival
We looked forward to this festival for months. Nine months, to be exact. In early January, we bought our tickets for the Sisters Folk Music Festival and reserved and paid for a prime RV site at the...
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A Gathering Of Friends: Rocky Point, OR
Our visits home to Ashland are always bittersweet—it’s wonderful to be in familiar surroundings and to spend time with dear friends. It’s also difficult to then pack up and leave, yet again. This time,...
View ArticleThree Years On The Road
As of mid-June, we’ve been on the road for three years full-time. Our blog is lagging behind, but before life gets too much more away from me, I want to share a few thoughts about how it’s going. I’m...
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Coming Full Circle: Joseph, Oregon
When people find out that we’ve been traveling fulltime for three years, they often remark that we must have been everywhere and seen everything by now. We naively assumed the same when we embarked on...
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Caught Between Two Worlds
Every so often, I’ve wondered how it will feel when we decide to stop traveling fulltime. I hope I’m not going to feel as lost as I’ve been feeling the past few weeks. Other than a two-week trip to...
View ArticleMatters Of The Heart
On the morning of December 5th, Eric underwent open-heart surgery and a triple bypass. As he told the surgeon, this experience was not on his bucket list. Nor mine. Needless to say, this has been the...
View ArticleSnow Days
We went for our daily walk today in the snow. It’s beautiful and treacherous. Eric needs to walk every day as part of his recovery (and I need to walk for my sanity), but we can’t risk him slipping and...
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The Long, Long Winter
It’s been a long time since we’ve spent winter in a wintery locale. For many years—even before taking to the road full time—we’ve spent a good part of winter in warmer, sunnier climes—southern...
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Good Times In Sisters, Oregon
The weekend after Labor Day, the little town of Sisters in Eastern Oregon flings open its doors to host the Sisters Folk Festival. It’s a three-day extravaganza of Americana roots music—folk, blues,...
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