A little R & R ...

Without electric and air conditioning

Time to fix the place up

Building the wall between the kid's room and the living room

Cabin-Office combo

Home Sweet Home

Let the un-packing begin

Finally we pull into the driveway

We arrive at sunset on 8 June ...

and head to Home Depot.

The drivers

On the road

We made it to Georgia

We made it to Alabama

The big move

First day of packing

The young ones giving me a hand

Emerson's done and it's only the first day

Judith, myself and Jenee minutes before hitting the road

Four days to pack the truck and trailer and on the last day we worked on finishing things up from 9 am to 11 pm and instead of catching some shut-eye we loaded the kids in the truck and Suburban and hit the road. Two hours later we pulled over at a rest stop and slept for 2 hours, which turned out to be the beginning of the longest road trip I’ve ever experienced.

We made it!

After a long painful three day journey,

Sinus infections for all,

Stomach virus for some,

Sleeping in the car and truck on the way,

Eating crappy food,

Arriving early morning to no electric, no running water and a dry as a bone spring, and the hottest summer in decades.

No air conditioning and no indoor plumbing, and most of all … no cell phone coverage or internet.

Ticks, daddy long legs the size of your fist, dive bombing wasps, scorpions, deer, and coyotes.

The death of our new dog Daisy

Run away horses.

Bathing in crooked creek.

And after 22 days of cultivating a killer beard and not punching a clock but working harder than ever we have electric, air conditioning, internet, cell phone coverage three miles away next to the only liquor store in the county, an outdoor shower, clothes line, compost toilet, refrigerator and most of all we eat outside every night in the fresh, cool evening breeze.

Our days are filled with fresh air, peace and quiet. Followed by night skies full of stars and a deep restful sleep.

We moved to a big park. Back in the city you have to purpose yourself to find a stand of trees and fields of green grass but we live smack dab in the middle of trees, mountains and field of green grass as far as the eyes can see.