BIG changes coming up for us. A whole new way of living.
If you're new to this blog, let me introduce us. We are Phil and Jan Conwell, currently living in the mountains of eastern Arizona, in a tiny town called Lakeside. We've been together for (almost) thirty years, have four grown kids and nine grandkids scattered across the US. Phil retired from the Air Force in 2007, then began a new career managing Air Force construction data. I was a civilian Air Force instructor for ten years, then spent the last twelve on a folk art business, making art dolls and such. We are getting ready to retire from all that.
Now--you're mostly caught up.
When we got to the point where it was financially viable for us to do so, we moved here and built a house. If you've read posts from 2018 to now, you know the story (aside from all the doll stuff). The house has been finished for quite some time. The chicken coop and run finished. Got chicks in April, and they were laying by late September. So Phil had his pine forest, and Jan had her chickens.
All was right with the world. Wasn't it?
But here we were, in our happy place, discovering it was NOT all happy forest dwelling. Why were we still
antsy to DO something? Go somewhere? So we bought an RV (ahem, he
corrects me: it's a Motor Home). It's huge--36 ft long. It has a bath
and a half! Two slides to make for more room. Why not just get a camper? You'll see in a minute.
Riggs is a 2016 Fleetwood Bounder 35K |
Life in a camper was fun, but we missed having a couch or recliner. |
I don't remember what our 2007 camper was. Why is that? Why don't I have pictures of it? |
We've been here in our newly built, custom-designed home for...well, it'll be two years this Christmas. And we're antsy again. Great little town, but this will be our third winter here and--guess what? We're not truly "mountain". That's a derogatory thing to say to someone up here, but we'll admit it right out loud. The whole John Denver-Rocky Mountain High thing? Over rated. We officially hate winter.
However, it's more than just a need to travel and escape the cold. We don't want to be "vacationing" all the time, coming back to a town we know. A town we're already bored with. But we're too old to keep moving! I have had my fill of packing and loading a U-haul. I've had my fill of all this STUFF.
Did I mention I'm through with winters here? |
I'll keep a couple bins of creative supplies--that will never change. But I'm over worrying about selling stuff. I'll be happy the day I can tell Etsy to get lost. My creative nature will thrive as it should.
From this point forward, this blog is about life on the road. I will post about our upcoming endeavor, the changes it will bring. Later, once we're on the road full time, I'll post things of interest to other Full Timers (there are more of us than you'd think!). So...big changes coming. Between now and late spring of '23, we will divest ourselves of everything. Except a new Jeep to tow behind Riggs. I will name our Jeep "Toad". It's not original, but it will make Phil twitchy, which is always fun.
Then maybe we'll see y'all on the road!
Sounds like a lot of fun full timing. We are thinking of it when my wife retires from nursing in a couple years
ReplyDeleteThen we'll see you and your wife on the road! We do plan to get up there--I've seen gorgeous pictures of all the Great Lake States.
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