On Saturday, May 7 – we watched our beloved 17′ Oliver Travel Trailer and Toyota Tundra drive off after spending an evening giving its new owner a full orientation. Photo by Karen Nace, 2010. It was a truly bittersweet moment, as it was almost exactly 3 years ago that we commissioned its build. Orion, as […]
Oliver Travel Trailer (July 2008 - May 2011)
Re-Calculating
The new-to-us GPS unit we recently purchased from my father instructs us to turn left. We ignore her, and turn right instead… our way seems more scenic. ‘Re-calculating‘ she proclaims. She comes back with instructions to get us back on her previously researched route. We’re obstinate. We ignore her and continue on the route that calls […]
Serendipity Says: Light Speed Ahead (Imminent Homelessness)
Its no secret that we’ve been pondering “what’s next” for a while now, particularly since we’ve returned from the Virgin Islands. Sailboat? Not yet. International adventures? Yes, we want more extended jaunts to exotic places. But we want to keep some sort of (mobile) base in the US to return to, so that we can […]
Things we’re not missing about RV’ing…
As some may have noticed by reading between the lines, this past year some aspects of our RV-based nomadic lifestyle began to wear a bit thin for us. After four years (five for Chris!) on the road together, our ping-pong route between Florida, St. Louis, Burning Man, and San Francisco had begun to develop ruts, […]
Technomadia – The People of 2010
The thing that stands out the most for us about 2010 was the amazing number of people we had the pleasure of meeting up with. Friends, old and new, and family. The best way to summarize it is with photos. We’re so very blessed to have you along for the adventure. Thank you for helping […]
Travelogue: San Francisco to St. John
Time period: Oct 7, 2010 – March 30, 2011 Miles traveled by RV: 3140 Miles traveled in total: 4405 While parked in San Francisco hanging out with friends post Burning Man, we were trying to figure out what was next for us. After a very hectic summer of a lot of physical and emotional movement […]
Not Letting Labels Hold You Back
I’ve often told folks that: Labels are best when they are descriptions, not prescriptions. Whenever I’m exploring a new hobby, lifestyle or professional pursuit, I tend to take on the labels associated with it to relate the experience to others. Terms like nomad, technomad, RVer, geek, location independent, fire dancer, traveler, blogger are labels that […]
Travelogue: Black Rock City to San Francisco
Time Frame: August 29 — October 6, 2010 Miles Driven: 344 Our daily pictorials from Burning Man 2010 should wrap up our time there: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 After a summer of travel with essential stopping points, plans, emergencies, lots of social time […]
Island Logistical Preparations
In the past week since we signed our lease to winter on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, we’ve been busily making preparations for this new challenge. That’s a big part of the appeal for us about this adventure – a change of pace, and a new set of travel-while-working challenges to figure out. […]
Serendipity Beckons us to the Islands, mon
72 Hours ago, we had never heard of the island of St. John. And now.. it’ll be our home for 5 months this winter. We’ve both been craving some major change. Our full time RVing around the US has become a bit.. routine. Hard to imagine that constant mobility can start to seem stationary, but […]
