6 Months Later...

I'm not sure how I have managed to pack SO MUCH into a mere six months, but I cannot find a way to deny it's ONLY been that long since Towanda was put together and on the road to Oregon. Stunning to consider the magnitude of what has transpired in my life since then...

First a synopsis of my journey from then to now:

1) Ron and I drove Towanda to Oregon, where we took over the reigns of RV-Bus Conversions, Inc..

2) Ron and I returned to Texas via a series of roads, mostly bumpy, that took us over high mountain peaks and across endless desert spans.

3) I sold my house and packed the WORLD into a semi-trailer, a 30-foot Penske truck (with Volvo on a trailer behind), and Towanda - with a 14-foot U-Haul trailer behind HER!

4) With four cats, an ancient weiner dog, four businesses and two adult humans now living in Towanda, our cumbersome caravan drove northwest again, returning to the land of my youth, but with no real destination in sight.

5) Making an executive decision, we rented two large storage spaces in Gorst, Washington, and unloaded the various trucks and trailers.

6) After some time searching for The Perfect Town, we decided that Port Townsend, where a few years ago I spent a wonderful week with my father, was the place we most happily thrive.

7) We lived in various Washington State Parks for a little over a month in Towanda, with a goal of finding a house in time for Thanksgiving. We both agree that our crazy month and a half of Life in a Converted Schoolbus will be a time we fondly remember the rest of our lives.

8) We joyously rented a lovely house in the North Beach Neighborhood of Port Townsend, Washington just in time for Thanksgiving and a tremendous early snowstorm.

And there you have it. I did it. I have returned to my beloved green forests and rain-chilled air and wild ocean beaches of the Pacific Northwest. There’ve been amazing adventures along the way, and the promise of even more ahead, but all that can wait for another day.

Life is good.