Yes, I am still alive. I probably shouldn’t be with all the strain I’ve been putting on my broken ass liver lately. No, not by drinking (God, I wish!), but by all the work we’ve been doing to get ready to transition to our new life on the road. I had no idea it was going to be this labor intensive. With doing our regular jobs and getting ready we’ve been putting in like 14 hour days and falling exhausted into bed at night, only to get up early and do it again. Michelle just asked me the other day when we actually get to relax and enjoy our new found freedom. That’s a good question. I am hoping the answer is THIS SATURDAY! Because that’s when we no longer have a stick and brick house and we’ll be mobile. I’m not naive enough to think there still won’t be a lot of hard work ahead but there will also be maxi relaxy time to go along with it. I can’t wait!

On Saturday we are heading out on about a four hour drive to a lake in North Carolina to camp for a few days. We figured we would take it easy to start off in case of unforeseen complications, and let’s face it, when Ari is involved, complications, are usually not far behind. Hell, that’s what’s made up most of the content of this blog! After that we are trucking it down to Georgia to Springer Mountain campground. This one has special significance for me. That is the southern terminus of my beloved Appalachian Trail. We are going to camp there for four days and I (health willing) plan on spending a night out on the trail with my favorite hiking partner, Sawyer, the trail wonder dog. He’s getting up there in age and I want to take him on at least one more grand adventure before his brother Finn gets to move to the head of the overnight backpacking trip line. After that we are headed to my home state of Texas to hang out with some relatives and go camping for two weeks at a lake where I grew up. My father is also getting up there in age and I want to spend some quality time with him while I can. Hell, he’ll probably outlive me anyway! After that? Who knows? We’ll go where the wind blows.

I also need to apologize for my complete absence on all my blogging buddies sites. I have been so overwhelmed getting ready to go I know you must think I have abandoned you. I promise that once I’m sitting out under my awning on the lake shore drinking a pina colada (virgin of course), I’ll be checking in with you all, if you’ll have me back. You know you can’t quit me!

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