Ha! Welcome to the Nomad world! Very pleased to see you are doing ok. I did send you a couple notes after you went silent but when I didn’t hear back I paused (not cancelled) my subscription (a couple months ago) thinking maybe you had gone off the grid, but would eventually return. It’s now unpaused!
Turns out I was pretty much on the mark with that. And it’s even better than I imagined!
What a wonderful story. I’d be pretty content on the road if I wasn’t on the boat. The best part, other than the characters you meet, is that you are “home” no matter where you go. And as you say, in relative terms, its pretty cheap living.
So we are in Bay City MI now. On the boat from 01 April through late October. Then we have a rented condo in Myrtle Beach from November-March. It’s not what we want. But as long as Gail’s parents (now 98 and 96) continue to defy the actuarial tables and family histories of death at an early age we are stuck. They are in an assisted living facility, 120 miles away, and her mother expects a visit once a week. So we can’t even take off for a month and enjoy the Great Lakes. Both her parents are jabbed and double boosted and since they got their 2nd booster last November their brains have literally melted down. It’s very sad. Her dad was already struggling but her mom had most of her cognitive function. But after the 2nd booster she deteriorated within weeks.
Gail’s brother lives 5 minutes away from them and has visited 3 times in the past year. Her sister lives in PA and has a million excuses why she can’t come to visit. So the “problem middle child” who always got the short end of the stick as a kid ends up being the one they count on and the only one whose name they remember. And I now have favored son-in-law status, which was definitely not the case for 40+ years. So there is that.
So I’m restless as hell and lacking motivation because without something to plan for out on the horizon I’m crabby. But I can’t change the picture and I’m sure once they are gone we will both recognize we did the right thing.
I took a road trip to NC last week to visit a couple of my good friends from when we lived there. It was good to get away for a few days and Gail enjoyed her alone time.
Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures and the other stuff too.
Ha! Welcome to the Nomad world! Very pleased to see you are doing ok. I did send you a couple notes after you went silent but when I didn’t hear back I paused (not cancelled) my subscription (a couple months ago) thinking maybe you had gone off the grid, but would eventually return. It’s now unpaused!
Turns out I was pretty much on the mark with that. And it’s even better than I imagined!
What a wonderful story. I’d be pretty content on the road if I wasn’t on the boat. The best part, other than the characters you meet, is that you are “home” no matter where you go. And as you say, in relative terms, its pretty cheap living.
So we are in Bay City MI now. On the boat from 01 April through late October. Then we have a rented condo in Myrtle Beach from November-March. It’s not what we want. But as long as Gail’s parents (now 98 and 96) continue to defy the actuarial tables and family histories of death at an early age we are stuck. They are in an assisted living facility, 120 miles away, and her mother expects a visit once a week. So we can’t even take off for a month and enjoy the Great Lakes. Both her parents are jabbed and double boosted and since they got their 2nd booster last November their brains have literally melted down. It’s very sad. Her dad was already struggling but her mom had most of her cognitive function. But after the 2nd booster she deteriorated within weeks.
Gail’s brother lives 5 minutes away from them and has visited 3 times in the past year. Her sister lives in PA and has a million excuses why she can’t come to visit. So the “problem middle child” who always got the short end of the stick as a kid ends up being the one they count on and the only one whose name they remember. And I now have favored son-in-law status, which was definitely not the case for 40+ years. So there is that.
So I’m restless as hell and lacking motivation because without something to plan for out on the horizon I’m crabby. But I can’t change the picture and I’m sure once they are gone we will both recognize we did the right thing.
I took a road trip to NC last week to visit a couple of my good friends from when we lived there. It was good to get away for a few days and Gail enjoyed her alone time.
Looking forward to hearing more about your adventures and the other stuff too.
Sending Blessings from S/V Blessings. Eric.