Blogging hiatus and Eva the Airstream

With the rise of social media and the 144 character sound bite, the blogosphere has taken a hit, but we still need to blog...

When I started this blog it was a way to stay in touch with my friends and family back in England as I moved to the USA, once I got my life up and running the need for the blog slowly slipped away.

However, everything has changed and I am ready to breathe new life into this blog :)

It has been a lifelong dream of mine to own an Airstream and spend the winters up near the snow and the summers on the coast.  Well, last week the first step of that dream was realized, we closed on Eva!

Who or what is Eva you may ask... Allow me...

Eva is our 2015 Airstream Flying Cloud, 25ft rear bedroom, we picked her up on Friday afternoon and literally dragged her home.

Fitting Eva through the driveway gates was tricky, it turns out that while Airstream say she is 8ft 5.5inches wide, this does not seem to take into account the lights not he side that protrude over an inch each side.  With the help of some friends we squeezed her in and she is resting up before her first trip.

The plan is to spend long weekends, initially at least once a month, away from the house at various campsites and RV parks around Oregon and eventually the rest of the country.  While we are getting used to the concept of towing our part time home behind us we will stay in full service RV parks, but eventually we will graduate to staying at sites with no electrical or water hook ups and fully independent!

I have already spent a couple of days working from the new mobile office, Luka the wife and I approve of the new digs!

The first trip will be just after my birthday, we will not venture far, just up to Mt Hood and start this journey :)

We look forward to updating you on our progress and plans.