Eighteen thousand miles. Nineteen states. Hundreds of gallons of fuel. The year 2020 in our rearview. Were there hiccups, oopsies, mishaps, problems as we began our U.S. tour? YES! But all were minor and manageable, with a few maybe even laughable. Here’s a recap…

One of our followers (thanks, Mom!) recently shared her experience with viewing the photos in our blogs. It was more cumbersome than I intended it to be. With a little bit of research, an add-on to a plug-in, and the aid of technical support with some settings, I have been able to convert all of the picture galleries into slideshows. Now, when you see a grouping of three or more photos in our blogs, you should be able to click on any one of them, it will enlarge, and then it will either automatically slide through the rest of the photos or you can click on the arrows to manually slide through them.

If you notice anything with our website or blogs that would make your experience more user friendly, please feel free to contact me (rivetingjourney@gmail.com)! Just remember that I’m not a professional website developer, but I enjoy the challenge of trying to solve problems. Sometimes I succeed; sometimes I don’t (it might be above my pay grade!).

Thank you for following along on our full-time RV travels. New posts are coming soon ~ hopefully, Yellowstone in a few days with Olympic National Park in a week or two!

Installing the two 6v Trojan Golf Cart batteries, which are heavy as heck, is a chore at best. I had to put the battery box on the tongue, grab the strap and hook up a battery, hoist it up and over the weight bars adjustment towers and maneuver into the box.  After that, do it again.

After hooking up all the loose wires from the solar set up, I flipped the switch and watched as the meter came to life and shortly started showing amps and volts going into my batteries. SUCCESS for sure.

Now that we’ve passed the hat of our company to the new owners (as of 3/27/2020), this is our first full week of “retirement.” I write this with quotations because, technically, Carl is retired but I don’t feel quite old enough to officially retire. I’ll call this the beginning of my extended sabbatical from working life.

I’m not counting this past Saturday and Sunday, so today—Wednesday—is day 3 of retirement life. How are we faring so far?

We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. In just 90 days, with our Airstream and pick-up truck fully loaded, our business sold, and our house watched over, we will be hitting the road as official full-time RVers. Our first month of travel is already planned out and reserved, and details for the second and third months are being discussed and modified. We have a general idea where we will be next Fall, and have set our sights on Alaska for the Summer of 2021.