Nomad exploring life wherever I am
Over the last six years, I’ve swapped out a lot of things, from dishes to pillows and cushion covers. But some things have stuck because each of them reminds me of how rich my vagabond life really is, despite living in a little trailer and not having a lot of stuff. Here’s a look at the possessions I treasure the most after six years on the road.
This is a follow-on post to Six Years in An Alto: Part 1 Wow, six years! I’m kind of surprised by that, to be honest. When I started out full-timing, I didn’t think about how long I might do it. But then again, I’m the kind of person who *never* had a five-year plan. A decade ago, I moved from California to Seattle, not thinking I’d leave there after four years to move into a 17-foot travel trailer. Now that I’m starting my seventh year living with that choice, I wanted to look at how I’m doing with the whole…
My mom would have been 90 years old today. When my dad turned 90, we threw a big party. But my mom died in 2007, so instead, I’ll honor her my own way, with photos and words.
A few months ago, I started looking at the ideas I had for traveling around in 2022. And that’s when I realized my ideas weren’t going to work, it was just too much driving and too many miles, and so I started thinking how to change things to do less of both.
I’ve just published my 2021 retrospective (wow, I’m so on point so far in 2022!). And to make it easier to find all my yearly reports (both on vagabond life and Alto trailer ownership), I’ve created a new Yearly Reports page. Quick links: 2021 retrospective and Yearly Reports You might wonder why you didn’t get an email directly from the 2021 Retrospective report. That’s because it’s a page, and not a blog post. And I can’t figure out how to send emails for pages in WordPress. So this little blurb of a blog post will do the same thing! The…