Robin: It's Actually Happening!

 It's actually happening!

I have had a dream for over a decade to travel full time.  Initially that dream was to sell our house and travel internationally after our kids were off to college.  But, COVID prevented that from being realistic to start in fall 2021, so we pivoted and decided to spend our first full-time travel year exploring the US.  After all, there are many wonderful places here to explore before we head off on world travels.

I won't go into all the stressful downsizing and trials and tribulation of selling the house.  That has consumed us for for months.  I want to start with today, the day we started our journey in the rig we ordered in March and picked up in June in Salt Lake. This included flying to St Louis in late March, after vaccination, to pick up the specific F-450 with options we needed to haul this incredible truck camper.


This evening, we are sitting in Pinedale WY in the shadow of the incredible Wind River Range. We left Steamboat/Hayden this morning after spending time with my mom, dad, brother, and sister in law,

 

I spent my grade school and middle school years in WY and remember it fondly (except for the wind!) and I am am excited to share this with Jennifer.   Tomorrow we will head to Jackson and then Yellowstone for a week or so.   Then we are off to visit relatives in Idaho, then to Montana (including Glacier-Waterton),  a jaunt into Canada to see Banff before we head down though WA and ORE hoping to be into CA before freezing temps arrive.  Stay tuned to this blog if you are interested in our journey/experiences!!  We will post when we have good access to the internet and fun/interesting things to share.

--Robin




Comments

  1. John T. from ColoradoSeptember 12, 2021 at 12:29 PM

    Have a great trip!

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  2. BabaSeptember 13, 2021 at 9:48 PM

    There are SO many stunning, take your breath away places in the West (as well as the rest of America). How exciting to share it with each other and with us on this blog.

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