Casting Off

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.