Author: MacKenzies

When you tell people you are going to quit your job, pack up all your stuff, and live on the road for a while in a vehicle the size of a shoe box, you normally get 2 reactions:

1. Oh my God! That is awesome! You guys are going to have an amazing time!

2. Are you nuts!

The reality is both and a lot of shades of gray in between. And all of those emotions come and go at such a rapid rate most of the time you don`t quite know what to feel. For us the bottom line is Why Not?  We could stay home, keep working, buy some new toys or redo a room in the house, or we can meet new people, see new places and accumulate life instead of stuff.  The reality is, we want to live and for us that means quitting the job, and living on a shoe string in a shoe box.  Perhaps in the words of the brilliant Robert Frost;  we are “Taking the Road Less Traveled”.

Today we are working on the small details. How are we going to pack spices? How are we going to carry a bar of soap without it turning into a gooey mess? Who knew thinking about such small details would be so exciting!

After months and months and months, ok maybe years, of large details like deciding if the old rover needed a new transmissoon and what to do about house insurance it is very exciting to be down to small bits.

Should we pack a small chess set? What about backgammon?
What about battery operated toothbrushes?

How exciting!

Afternoon one and all. I just spent an hour swearing at the blog while trying to set up a way for friends to sign-up via email to follow the blog. What a frustrating experience. But, I think it is now working. Give it a try and shoot me, I mean shoot me an email to let me know if it works, all of you 3 followers:)

While I’m on the topic of swearing. Have you ever tried to sign up for insurance to rent your house? Don’t do it.

I know, just breath. It will all work out. Arghhh!

My long absence from writing is no indication that the trip has been stagnant. Oh no, no, no, no……

The trip has been in constant motion, some times in the direction we wanted and sometimes taking us to places we didn’t plan to go. But! We are still moving forward. Neither snow, nor sleet nor pouring rain has kept Darrin from plugging away at the rover renovations.  We now have a new transmission, a screen room addition almost done, a “use the travel wood stove” addition done, to keep me warm, and the rover is currently getting a new suspension, and lots of other stuff I can’t think of right now. Darrin has braved the cold and the sewing machine, with his tongue sticking out of course, to continue on.

I on the other hand have been going to work every day to bring home some bacon, literally, we love bacon:)  But! That is all about to change! I have given my notice at work! Holy shit what have I done! I have worked since I was 15, and that was quite a few years ago. I think it might take a few weeks to transition, or perhaps a few months. Ahhhhhhhhhhh…