One of the most important things we need to do as we become full-time RVers is to establish a home address, which will be our “domicile” for the foreseeable future, and get registered to vote (in the apparently faint hope we’ll have an honest election someday soon). To get all that done, we needed to get to Livingston, Texas, and that’s where we are now. We’ve had our mailing address here for almost a year, and now have Texas plates on our Truck and RV. Next, we need to get our Texas driver licenses, but have to wait until our birth certificates and marriage certificates arrive. (I mistakenly assumed our Washington State enhanced licenses were sufficient to prove our ID, but was mistaken. Oh well.) They should arrive in time for us to get all the ... read more

We’ve now been in Yuma, Arizona for 3 months, and it’s been an amazing time, enjoying Christmas when the weather is far from cold and white. After the new year is well under way, it’s interesting to consider our changes in 2022: A little over year ago, I was still an employee, even though it was two weeks of annual leave with one work day left to check out of a federal government job, and believe me, checking out of a federal job is hard labor. Just a year later, life is very different: I’m not waking up at zero dark thirty to go to work, even if the commute was just down the hall. Our home is now 37 feet long, and happens to be wherever we happen to be. At the moment, that’s Yuma, ... read more

This is Tom's and my 53rd Christmas together. As Tom and I had lunch today, it occurred to me we have come “full circle”. In no particular order let us see just how… In 1969 we left Seattle in early September for our life together as Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, from our parents’ homes. In 2022 we left the Seattle area in late September for our life together as Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, retired. “Homeless from our 30-year residence”. It was just the two of us. Far from home to Pensacola FL. Career ahead This year, it is just the two of us, in Yuma, far from home. Retirement ahead Our first home was a rented mobile home in a mobile home park in Florida. Our new home is our own Arctic Fox 37-foot 5th wheel, ... read more

Here it is, the 27th, we’ve been here in Quartzsite since the 10th, and we need an update, at long last. It has been a very interesting couple weeks in a very different kind of place. When we checked in 2 weeks ago, the hostess invited us to sign up for the Thanksgiving Day potluck at this park. And we weren’t even checked in yet. Natalie signed up to bring her favorite potato casserole, even though she had not yet even tried either oven in this RV. We came to Quartzsite, AZ to attend a rally of Campers for Christ, which took place the week of the 14th. We met some fantastic people and had an absolutely outstanding experience. The rally itself was held at a BLM campground just a mile north of town because the ... read more

After St George, we drove through some an area called “the Gorge” in the northwest corner of Arizona. The Gorge has even more interesting hills and rock formations. They were as dramatic, but not as nearly as colorful as the hills around St George and Zion National Park. And the highway follows a much more winding path through the hills making it an exciting drive with our luxurious 37-foot home attached. Before leaving St George, the weather guessers and friends who knew where we were going suggested the winds could be a problem, so they urged us to be careful and take it slow. We did take it slower than normal, but the winds weren’t very noticeable we emerged from the Gorge into mostly flat. When our drive was over for the day and we were ... read more