We can't wait to get on the road - every day we grow more excited, and anxious to put our itchy feet and gypsy souls into motion :-)
The buyers are making us jump through hoops … and I'm trying to keep my temper under control. When Bob and I bought our houses, we bought with cash; these buyers are getting a bank loan, and the {necessary} nonsense never seems to stop. I hope it ends soon, so we can get the hell out of Longview and start enjoying our life.
I love to travel - I'm not big on leaving the USA, but I do like to get out of familiar surroundings and enjoy life on the road.
I like the spontaneity of waking up and engaging in an impromptu journey.
I love the adventure of new places.
I meet new people - this can get dicey at times as I am both an introvert, and an extrovert.
I experience new things.
I enjoy tasting new foods, in new food places.
I relish pushing myself out of my comfort zone.
I reflect on the personal growth that happens through everything happened as the day unfolded.
Holland is beginning to understand that the gypsy life is part of who I am ;-)
Adventure is my {normal} :-)
I'm glad that Elohim gave me a man who is willing to live the gypsy life with me: Holland has lived a gypsy life most of his life, and he can't wait to show me the places he has been, the people he has met over the years, the cultures he has experienced, and the foods he misses.
I have already warned Holland that I prefer to stay on the rural backroads when possible, to avoid the freeway mania. I travel to be observant; I travel to enjoy nature and the easy, lazy ways of rural country life.
I am grateful Elohim is blessing me with this lifelong dream of mine :-)
As we start to move from place to place and meet new people, we will change in some ways … that can be a good thing. We will become more aware; of ourselves, of our surroundings, of life in a broader sense :-)
As we travel from State to State, we will be continuously pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones: culturally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We will create travel plans while traveling down roadways, byways, highways, and freeways. We will talk to random strangers. We will set down in random camp sites. We will encounter challenges that will stretch us in ways that will teach and hone us; challenges that will bring us closer together and strength our relationship as our personality strengths and weakness are revealed.
Both Holland and I are independent people - while we are prepared to interact with others, the bottom line is that in reality "it is just us and the big wide world" along the road routes: we alone are responsible for every step, every mile we drive, and every action we make with those moves.
That said, we are very much looking forward to traveling to new States with new environments (weather-wise as well as cultural), new experiences (learning new dietary changes, new languages, new Laws), and new people (constant change and the need to constantly adapt).
Along with those changes … there are also political changes taking place in RV Parks and Campgrounds.
As I mentioned in yesterday's Blog Post: (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2023/04/end-stretch.html); political changes are also taking place for Boondocking sites :-(
