The journey begins…

I now live in a van. My new home is a Roadtrek camper van built on a Dodge chassis. My plan (if you want to call it that… I don’t really have one) is to travel the country to discover new things, see new places, meet new people, and just seek out new adventures in whatever form that may take.

I’m at that age when many of my friends are retired or are about to be ( I’m still a couple of years away from collecting any social security). I don’t want to sit at home and watch tv all day …and night. That is what many of the people I know do. I have absolutely nothing against those who prefer to do just that. If that is what you want to do and it makes you happy, well, I’m all for it. It’s just not for me. I have never been a big tv watcher and just don’t want to spend the second half? of my life doing something I don’t enjoy.

I believe there has got to be something more to life. I don’t know what it is but I don’t believe there is anything wrong with searching, do you? Seeking out new places, meeting new people, just experiencing new experiences.

I realize what I am doing is not for everyone… or anyone else. I have never tried to talk anyone into doing what I am doing. And it’s not the purpose of this blog. I decided to start this blog just to have a record of my travels and experiences. And because I get requests from friends to send pictures and answers to the question, “Where are you now?” (truly, no offense my friends – I’m glad you’re interested enough to ask).

Another reason I began this journey is because I truly hate and am sick of Midwest winters. The bitter cold, letting the car warm up and scraping the ice off its windows, shoveling snow, staying inside and staring out the window cause it’s just too cold to go outside, and if you do go out, what are you going to do? – it’s friggin’ cold! I don’t ice fish, I don’t snowmobile, I don’t ski, I don’t like being cold! Yeah, one can dress for it …but why?

And you never know, tomorrow is promised to no one. So why not have some fun?

So, folks, that’s why I started this journey and this blog. Hopefully, you will find it somewhat interesting and will stick around at least long enough to hear about “where am I’m now” and what I’m up to. I don’t plan on writing about what I ate for breakfast that day or any of the other mundane, regular daily stuff. I plan to write a new post maybe once or twice a month – whenever I change locations, do something that I find interesting, or see something that I think you may enjoy.

So stick around (I’m glad to have you here) ….and signup to be notified whenever something new gets posted. Also, feel free to leave a comment after any post. I may not respond to all but they all get read.