Do We Miss It?

That's the most common question we've heard about our fulltime RVing adventures lately. 

The answer is simple. 

Of course we do! 

Our nearly four years on the road were filled with great places, terrific people and memories that will last a couple of lifetimes. Why wouldn't we miss it?  In fact, we are counting the days (just three more) until our first adventure as Anytimers. We can't wait!

As much as we miss all that, we are really appreciating what we have now. Despite my occasional rant about how much time, energy and money it's taking us to make it our home, we love the new house. It's really great. We're enjoying cooking more than ever now that we have a proper kitchen. We hosted our first dinner guests this week and look forward to many more. I almost forgot how much fun it can be to entertain. 

We appreciate being near family right now, especially our parents. Being here, we're on top of what's up with them more than we ever could be from hundreds of miles away. We'll always worry about them, of course. But, somehow the worrying is less stressful when we're all close by. We're also enjoying reconnecting with friends in the area. Our social calendar is filling up. And, we love it! We've met many of our neighbors, and they are a friendly bunch, too.

We're in better shape than were on the road. We hiked and biked when we could, but these days I'm walking and Paul's running nearly every day. I love it. And, Paul ran his first road race in a zillion years on the 4th. I don't know why, but we're eating better, too. Check that. It could be because we're no longer exploring new restaurants at every destination! 

Paul has been busy getting his business off the ground. Having a real office provides him with the tools he needs to do the work he loves. And, it's obvious he's enjoying it. He's designing the business to work with our extended travels. But, for now, he's logging some serious hours to get things going. 

One of my concerns about coming off the road was a fear of being bored. Not so! I am amazed at how busy we are. We keep wondering how we managed to squeeze in all this stuff when we were both working. (We didn't!) I suppose things will slow down once we're finally settled, but maybe not. If we do get bored, we'll just fire up the moose for a little road trip. 

So, do we miss traveling fulltime? Yes. 

But, are we sorry we stopped? Absolutely not!

It has been a little tough reading about our friends who are in some of our favorite Summertime destinations this holiday weekend. We're happy for them, but we're the first to admit it would be so nice to be among them. But, we have a house to settle into, a business to launch and a family wedding next week. As tempting as it is to run to the mountains, there's really no place we'd rather be right now. 

Now, next Summer is sure to be different. We'll be on the road!