When we started our blog at Technomadia, Chris used the tagline ‘Adventures in Nomadic Serendipity’. While I’ve lived a pretty adventurous life even before him, I was an overplanner. I left little room for chance. And when plans didn’t go as intended, I was stressed. To set off on this new adventure, I had to […]
St. John Island Life (Winter 2010/2011)
Retrospective: 2010 – Don’t Get Trapped by Labels
Life is about change. That is how we explore who we are. It’s how we grow. It’s how we adapt to the world that is evolving around us. And we as humans tend to like to assign labels to describe who we are. You might take on labels that describe your career, your relationships, your […]
Our 2011 Travel Route
Every year since we hit the road together, I’ve hand created a year end routing map – it’s such a fun way to reflect on the year’s adventures. Our past maps : 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 2011 was a year of a lot of changes for us, and trying to illustrate that on a map was quite […]
Virtually Revisiting St. John
We’re now in St. Louis with Chris’ family – handling logistics of offloading all of our stuff into their basement before we turn around to head back to Georgia to return the borrowed Le’Sharo motorhome. We’re also deep in research on our various bus options, and deciding which buses to head to next to see […]
Re-Entry
We’ve now been back to the US Mainland for about a week, after our 5 months in the US Virgin Islands. There has been some element of culture shock for us, and definitely things we’re missing about island life. Namely the pace of life and crunchy grouper sandwiches! The biggest thing that stands out is […]
Our Last Days on St. John
We arrived back to the mainland Tuesday, ending our fabulous winter on St. John. We were full of mixed emotions of leaving, and made a decent attempt at finding a balance between handling our exodus logistics, getting work done and exploring the island more. Everything fell nicely into place. We easily found a buyer for […]
Leave Wanting More
I remember before I went nomadic, that when I visited somewhere there was always internal pressure to ‘see it all’. I was there for a defined amount of time, and there was rarely a sense of someday returning. It was also special time set aside to experience a new environment and escape a normal day. […]
Why would you want to leave paradise?
In just about a week, we will be ending our glorious winter in St. John, US Virgin Islands and returning to our little Oliver Travel Trailer parked in Florida. As the day has grown nearer, we’ve had quite a few folks ask us : Why on earth would you want to leave St. John? You […]
Pondering: What’s Next?
Our tickets are booked – we head back to where our RV is parked in Florida on April 5, ending our wonderful winter season in the US Virgin Islands. We’ve been trying to shift focus to considering what life might look like for us upon returning stateside. We’ve been considering the range of desires we […]
Washed Up on Drunk Bay
Just an easy 10 minute hike west of the Salt Pond Bay beach on the Coral Bay side of St. John, is Drunk Bay. Despite its name, this bay is not named for being the spot where St. Johnians come to party. But rather, the name ‘Drunk’ is taken from the Dutch Creole word for […]
