Modern Nomads: Scratching the hitch it!!!!!

It’s a ghost town around here! The park is quickly emptying, actually, people have been departing steadily all month. When we go to hear the peacocks at dusk there are no campers below, just us and the birds. There is another family here, the Denins, that we adore. They split their time between their property in Scottsdale and their place in Bend. All the kids run wile through the empty sites between the families. It’s great to see them playing with glowsticks and flashlights well after the street lights have come on. We’ve even had to give our kids a curfew as they would stay out all night with the others if we let them. They are in kid heaven here. Both families do school in the morning, then around one the kids each pick a big bag of weeds that they take up to the office to trade out for a frozen treat. We all head to the pool where they play Water Volleyball with whatever is left of the winter crowd. And then home again to refuel before the wild rompus begins.

I am itching to be back on the road, exploring new places and learning new things. Alan is less excited as he ends up fixing something each time we stop, or dealing with a blow out. He would benefit most of all from upgrading the rig as it is taking it’s toll on him. All three of them would like to get a bigger rig and stay out but I am not sure that’s possible right now. While I would LOVE to have a newer, more reliable rig and stay out, I think we need to pay this one down a bit more before we do anything with it. We are spending the next few months looking at possible locations to stop for a year or so. We have added Austin, Walla Walla, Boise, and Bend to the already large list of potential spots. Many of those are driven by Alan’s job prospects and his total refusal to live anywhere that may even remotely reek of snow. And, as I am clearly a total nightmare in anything above 87 degrees, it limits our discussions! If Alan has his way there is pretty good chance that we’ll eventually end up raising the boys as snowbirds if they choose to remain and thrive in a virtual or homeschool setting. As long as they are thriving, I’m happy as a clam to do whatever!

I have been tutoring online and amassing information about working with homeschool parents. I am also doing some writing of travel articles.

Jacob’s dog walking business is thriving, and he is even asking his clients for letters of recommendation to put in his portfolio. He has done some clever marketing with business cards and treats and his clients treat him well.

Aiden continues to look for something he can do as a business but honestly would rather a nice commercial or tv series drops into his lap. Sounds familiar.

The boys have had an amazing winter with their Nanna and Pappa Bob. They have had lots of sleepovers and rootbeer floats and plenty of game nights. Jacob is regularly beating the adults in games of strategy. But Nanna and Pappa Bob get the upperhand more often than not. They got game!!!!