When we first told people about the RV trip, we got a mixture of reactions. Many enthusiastically stated that it was an “awesome idea”, the “opportunity of a lifetime.” But for others, I could sense the reservation in their reaction, as if to say “you must be crazy.” Both schools of thought were right. The…

Well, here we are in the Sunshine state, sitting in a serene RV park at the foot of the Eastern Sierras. It’s been a long journey. Unlike the other 36 states we have visited, my license plate no longer makes me a target. And, I don’t have to answer the question “Are you running away…

It’s funny, I don’t really remember when Nikki and I committed to this RV adventure. I initially joked about a year long surf trip after I retired (ala “Endless Summer”) but realized that was pretty selfish. So naturally I offered to take my family on a year long surf trip, but once again realized that,…

We made it! After being on the road since July, we finally hit the East Coast and settled into a great campground in the outskirts of Boston late October. Reaching the East Coast is milestone worthy in that we have gone as far east as we can go on this crazy journey. While trying not…

Greetings from Amish Country in Ohio… The fall colors have been doing their thing these last several days since leaving the Dakotas.  The past two weeks we have spent time in Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and now in Ohio.  It is a race to the east to beat out the cold weather.  Temperatures dipped below freezing…

Oh the places you’ll go! One year ago, Nikki and I did a drill at a remarkable couples event in Bozeman, MT (www.thestationfoundation.org) in which we depicted three ‘stories’ for our lives over the next 5 years. The point was to create possible scenarios for our future and help us determine the next steps in…