To Build a Home

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. ~Maya Angelou   Let's play catch up.  We bought our land in the Appalachian Mountains in 2015 while on our cross country trip from my previous duty station in California, to my …

Year Gone By

Time abides long enough for those who make use of it. ~Leonardo da Vinci   A year and a half...  It's hard to believe that is all it has been since we were in Florida.  How time flies. In the next couple weeks we will be updating the blog with our "adventures" from the past …

Michael Update

While I'm working, my mind is full of ideas.  Full of things I should write on this blog to describe what is happening around us, what work is going on, what inspiration we get.  I think often of Abraham Lincoln quotes, nearly all work related, all wise.  "People are about as happy as they make …

Road Trip Cancelled

“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.” ― Sam Levenson We can be stubborn.  I can be stubborn.  Some may see it as a negative, I …

Key West Blues

"Man it's hot.  It's like Africa hot.  Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot." ~Matthew Broderick, Biloxi Blues I read somewhere, sometime that when things went wrong the adventure begins.  Now I wouldn't say things have gone wrong exactly, we are just slowly learning some of the ins and outs of full time van life. …

Injuring Eternity

  "As if you could kill time without injuring eternity" - Henry David Thoreau   We have been killing time, and injuring eternity!  It has been a few months since our last update but the adventures have continued.  From island camping in Ocracoke, tubing down the James river, to hiking the Cumberland Gap.  Life has …

The Vessel is Seaworthy

I will take any liberty I want with facts as long as I don't trespass on the truth...We confuse facts with truth.  -Farley Mowat As we move forward with this blog I feel I should advise you, certain liberties will be taken with the truth.  It's less of a lie and more of an... exaggeration. …

A Man With No Nation

A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land.  Mankind has legs so it can wander.  ~Roman Payne Approximately a month ago we were seeking adventure for a weekend and had no idea what to do.  We, as usual, decided to …

The Journey Begins

This is day one of blogging, and day 2,000 something for our adventure together.  A brief history lesson is in order! All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.  ~J.R.R. Tolkien I met this beautiful bride …