Three Quarters

Greetings from the middle of nowhere! We’re in a dandy spot in a lovely overnight park in Fort Stockton, TX. With almost 300 miles behind us today, we are enjoying a mellow evening, looking forward to the sunset over the Texas mountains and becoming increasingly grateful that the high plains winds are quieting down nicely.

For being camped in the middle of nowhere, today is a rather noteworthy day. Today marks our ninth month as fulltimers. That’s right, we’ve successfully completed our first three quarters of fulltiming.

We talked about what to write about this noteworthy day. Here’s the bottom line: We love this life!!!

Now, if you want more detail, stay tuned.

A very interesting thing happened over the last three months. This traveling around the country in an RV thing has, at last, started feeling like our life! It still feels a little bit like a vacation. And, truthfully, we hope that feeling never goes away. But, what we have started to realize is the freedom and flexibility that comes with this lifestyle.

We need to get our Winnie fixed? No problem! We’ll make an unscheduled stop in Buda.

They need to order parts? No problem! We’ll spend a week in Kerrville.

Wait a minute! We have friends staying in a park on our way out of town. No problem! We’ll stop in Boerne for a couple of nights and say “Hi!”

(Now, when they tried to twist our arms to stay for a few more days to attend a rally, we just had to draw the line! It was tough, but we do have places to go and people to see!)

Our impromptu stop in Boerne was just one example of what makes this life, and not a vacation. We parked for a couple of days and caught up with Mac and Netters and Kathy and Chuck, and met Bob and Molly, whom we’d heard so much about. We also met Nora and Howie and Lynette and Greg and others. It was lots of fun! Such is this life!

And, today, after being caught in a unscheduled vortex in our new favorite place: Texas Hill Country, it was time to hit the road. We packed the moose and watched the weather, leaving between two Texas-sized thunderstorms. We really threaded a needle on that one!

After spending more than three months in the Bluebonnet State, it is time for us to get back on the road. After this single overnighter, we’ll spend a few nights in a new state to us: New Mexico.

And, this is our life.

These days it’s not so much about our RV or where we’re going when. It’s all about living.

And, after nine months on the road, that’s a very good thing!