Travel Time Capsule Sealed

On July 14th we stood at the starting line with thoughts, visions, dreams and goals for this truck camper adventure. We set out to hunt for cleaner air. Phoenix is a geographic basin, not a valley of sun, that swaddles lungs in a fuzzy brown cloud. We intend to be closer to family, friends and places that move our needle. We hold the spirit of adventure while we’re still durable. Our financial compass is set toward a tax friendlier state, to stretch our retirement dollars.
We’ll do this truck camper adventure for at least a year, maybe more. We think we’ll find a new home base, build some kind of fixed shelter, and travel during the worst weather to someplace more pleasant. We hope to find our forever place, a place that feels warm, soft and comfortable, like a well-worn flannel shirt on a winter day. We are committed to being present with the adventure, not to worry about where cash flows.
We adopted a travel mindset to flex our plan as needed, not to have a fixed destination or calendar event. We’ll get to you when we get to you! An early itinerary had us touring Utah National Parks in July. But the western states were baking in blast furnace heat, so we flexed Utah.
Every big life challenge alters a person’s fabric. Some changes are transparent, others lurk in the subconscious mind. We won’t be the same individuals or married couple as when we set out on this grand adventure. How will our financial, emotional, physical and spiritual condition change on the road ahead? We packed these questions, hopes and dreams into a figurative time capsule. We’ll open it in twelve months to see what actually happened.