So much has occurred since our last post. We are near the end of a
two-year timeline to transition from living in a bricks and sticks home to an
RV. Today, we closed on our house in Maryland and set off for adventure.
It was a good house that made a nice home for our family for about 15
years. There are many things we will miss about it and the Southern
Maryland community, but it is not where we want to retire and we want to take
our time seeing the country and finding our next spot to settle. How long
that will take, we do not know. For now, we say farewell to our old
friend and wish the new owners as much peace and happiness as we found there.
The last six months has been very busy packing, putting the house on the
market, moving items to long-term storage, sorting and giving away final bits
and cleaning the house for final inspection. We were blessed at every
step. Pattie did the bulk of packing and cleaning. I did sorting,
hauling to dump/charities and continued to work full-time. Some friends
from church helped us load the "U Pack" container truck and our sons'
college friends helped us unload on the other end. I don’t think we have
had a day without something planed for six months.
Now with the house sold and things in storage, we are at The Bus trying
to figure out where we will store all the last minute stuff we took with
us. I am sure it is too much, but we
have become pretty good at pairing down what is not needed. Tonight, we took time to sit outside and go
for a walk along the beach at the Navy Recreation Area in Solomons, MD. Tomorrow, we have nothing planned.
