On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, Elizabeth and I pulled our 30-foot travel trailer RV out of a campground in Northern Virginia to begin an extended cross-country tour of the United States. Our plan, Lord willing, will take us across North Carolina and Tennessee, through Arkansas to Texas, then the desert Southwest, up the West Coast, and over to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado by summer. We’ll be visiting friends and family along the way, enjoying the culture, history, and natural beauty of America, and just chilling in agreeable places. Through the wonders of the Internet—including this blog —we plan to stay connected to our family and friends while we’re on the road.
A brief background on our trip: At the end of 2020, I retired from full-time work after more than 40 years in the media and public policy business. As Elizabeth and I thought about my pending retirement, we both latched on to the idea of living for a time in an RV as we roamed the country (inspired in part by our friends and full-time RVers Lyle and Melanie Brunson). One thing led to another, and in December we bought a Keystone Hideout 253RL travel trailer from Mountaineer RV in Weston, WV. (We’ve rented out our home in Vienna, VA, and plan to resume normal life there when we return.)
Since Feb. 9, we’ve traveled about 600 miles, visiting our son Paul in Sneads Ferry, NC, and now staying for a couple of days at a KOA campground in Fort Mill, SC, just across the state line from Charlotte, NC. In the days and months ahead, I’ll be blogging about the places we visit and the fun and challenges for a couple sharing a 230-square-foot efficiency apartment on wheels. I’ll also blog about books I’m reading and any useful insights I might have about our shared public life in America.
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