Important News: In case you knew of the saga that our renter fell through, we got a new renter, so we are good. I’ll tell you about it later, since I’m behind on my posts, but for those of you who wanted a “real time” update on that important matter – there it is (PS […]
So much has happened and I can’t even tell you a fraction of it. I’ll hit the perks, and I’ll divide this in a few blog posts. We left 10 days ago and I’m just now sitting down to write it. During the last 10 days, we had to clean our RV (a lot it […]
Ok, I have no time to write this, but so many people have asked, I figured I had 15 minutes to spare. First, I still don’t have a renter, let’s hope that works itself out, since we are leaving on MONDAY 7/17 (so technically a week) Second, here is a map of my tentative first […]
One year of blessings. One year ago today, my husband got his ticket to the VIP room in heaven, and I got my skin ripped off. Well, metaphorically, at least. I was completely dedicated and loyal to him, he was literally part of me. We were having struggles in our family and we were off […]
So you’ll have to read to end of this for the humiliation. No peeking! I mean, everyone loves to hear someone humiliate themselves, right? So we drove for a few days, and it was good. It was calm, mostly. It was nice to drive with my thoughts and make decisions on the future. […]
Is it illegal to leave Disneyland early? I mean to leave and never come back, like half-way through the day? What it you don’t have a lot of money? I’m sure you’ve heard “You’d better eat that food. There are starving children in China”. However, not everyone subscribes to that way of thinking. This is […]
Today we went to Saddleback Church (main campus). It was Church. Thought it would be better, but I guess Church is Church and that’s ok! Glad we experienced it. BTW if you ever go, don’t and I repeat don’t show up an hour early. Saw an old friend who runs a Horse Rescue. She showed […]
Something I hadn’t thought of while planning all my trips is that we don’t just need a day of rest each week, but a day(s) of maintenance. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m the world’s worst housekeeper and have taught my children my skills. The RV was a wreck when we finally woke up […]
So I was sooo tired on Wednesday and we still had 2 days to go. I woke up and was run down. We headed off first thing in the morning to go to Universal, long story short, we only gave ourselves about twice as long as the GPS said it should take, so since it’s […]
Making up and Being Flexible – Days 5 & 6 I’m super exhausted as I write this, and trying to remember what happened on these days… so much has happened. So on Monday we were driving to Anaheim. Our last day of driving. We were getting along better than the entire trip (including since […]
Day 4 – Resurrection Day! I was looking forward to this for a few months because I knew we’d be celebrating Easter Sunrise Service at the Grand Canyon. We’d have to wake up early, but it would be worth it. I had to get up at 4:15 – that’s a big deal for me, I […]
Reminder: Leg 0 is our practice trip of 2 1/2 weeks to the Los Angeles area before we leave for 3 months at a time for a total of 9-10 months starting in July. I’d love to post each day separately, but I was way too busy, exhausted, and short on internet connections to do […]
So as I’m preparing for our “pre-trip” (2 1/2 weeks on the road), it’s occurring to me how amazing I’m not. People are always telling me I’m amazing and such, which I am, of course. Anyone who has gone through anything traumatic and lived to tell about it is amazing. I’m pretty sure most people […]
Yes, we finally took our maiden voyage! We will leaving for our pre-trip, “Leg 0”, in a few weeks (this will be to California and will only be for 2 1/2 weeks) so I figured we should know how to use the RV, and possibly learn how to drive it. My friends Chris & Suzie […]
When I was in high school, I was fairly independent (or so I thought). I did depend on my friends and the kindness of strangers, and looking back, I depended on my parents quite a bit. At the time, however, I was sure I would be a fiercely independent woman who could do anything. So […]
My daughter has been wanting a horseback ride for a long time. We don’t have a ton of money laying around, so she doesn’t get much in terms of an allowance, but at one point, was saving for a horseback ride. She ended up only saving $10, which was enough for a ride at the […]
So apparently my big announcement came with one big question…. “When are you leaving”? Well, this journey has been great because I’m doing everything to not be frantic and pressured. We’ve already changed our plans once. Harmony will be doing softball again this year and the season ends in July. Therefore, we are leaving in July. […]
Holiday Greetings from the Jones Family I am sooo sad that I’m not sending you my typical Video Christmas Card this year, but we’ve had everything in our house break down this year, including our Computer, and Caleb installed new Video Editing Software onto it, and I don’t have time to learn to use it […]
My son and I had dreamed for years of traveling around in an RV and how fun that would be. Sometimes we would even go online and window shop. After my parents passed away and I had a little bit of inheritance left (after we sunk a bunch into our mortgage to lower our payments), […]