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Fifteen Hundred Miles

Fifteen hundred miles and we made it! We had a few hiccups along the way, but Neeley and I have just spent the past week decompressing and we are slowly acclimating to a different lifestyle.

While we finished prepping for our departure, we crashed at the home of our gracious friends, Frances and Jonathan, who live in Berkeley. The truck needed a bit of work – oil change, fluid flush, etc. We bought a spare five-gallon gas can and water can just in case of emergencies. Then we had to prep our laptops, put together first aid and medical supplies, and most importantly, catch up on sleep. The two weeks prior to moving out were non-stop and we were exhausted.

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Farewell and New Beginnings

We said farewell to our house today.  This marks the beginning of our adventure, something that both excites us, and makes us nervous about the unknowns.

We’ve decided to embrace the unknown head-on, and accept the challenges as they come.

Today we are nomads.

What are you doing on a Saturday night?

We spent the evening stuffing the last bits of things that aren’t going on our trip into a storage unit.

Neeley started rhyming, “we won’t have to come back, because we’ll have to unpack.”  She’s over-tired from all the moving we’ve been doing.

We both wonder if we’ll be able to figure out why we stored half the stuff we did, instead of just throwing it away.