In search of the continuous road trip
You’ve probably heard that we love craigslist. Love it. We’ve bought and sold a bunch of stuff on craigslist over the years. But sometimes what we’re selling has no value. And not only that, sometimes our stuff is such a liability that giving it away …
I love finding inspirational confirmation of what we’re trying to do. Today was on bootsnall.com: 11 Reasons to Stop Dreaming and Start Planning Your Round the World Trip. My favorites: #1 — You are only going to get older #5 — You can be free …
Things seem to be picking up in Chicago’s real estate market. There are a bunch of condos listed as ‘under contract’ on Baird & Warner’s website. That’s good news for us — we want a quick sale when we finally list. But there are still …
We’ve been brainstorming vehicles for a while. First, we thought we’d do a truck or SUV, then a minivan, now we’re thinking Dodge Sprinter. We have four criteria — MPG, space, handling, and cost. We don’t want a car that gets 11 MPG, we need …
Funny — I almost typed ‘Our New Kitchen’ as the headline. It ain’t ours. It’s the buyer’s kitchen, and it’s going to take 6-8 weeks to be ready. The cabinets are ordered. The remaining details are TBD, but the cabinets are the long pole in …
As we share our plans with more and more people, a few questions keep popping up. In no particular order, here they are (with answers): © Lisa McNamara Will you work / will you quit your jobs? We’ll leave our jobs. This is about detaching …
We have things figured out, more-or-less, financially. We know basically what we want to do, what we’ll pack, what we’ll drive, where we’ll go. We know how we’ll sleep, find bathrooms, crash with friends, and eat. We still don’t know IF we’ll be able to …
This week my buddy, Coulter, asked, “How is the life liquidation going?” Well … it’s … going. Yeah, we got rid of our kitchen table on craigslist, and Lisa sold her Leica, and I’m selling our Merit 25 sailboat, but there’s still stuff. There’s so …
Sad, sad day. Our Merit 25 sailboat is for sale. But it’s time for other things. The details: Waterloo is a 1981 Merit 25 sailboat. Merit modeled the boat after the popular and fast J/24, and ended up with what’s probably a faster boat (slightly …
If you travel a lot, you probably have a checking account with a large, national bank. And if you have a mortgage, chances are you have a checking account with the same bank – it is, after all, quite easy. These accounts sound like such …
As we sell all our worldly possessions on craigslist and embrace the boondocker lifestyle, I find myself thinking about one thing: electricity. A few weeks ago, we bought a 12V electric cooler. It can keep things cool for, well, forever — if you have the …
As we wind-down our possessions and continue to plan for our temporary retirement, we’re discovering a lot of interesting things. Most notably, the RV “boondockers” — RVers that camp off the grid. Seems like a great idea! If you’re new to the concept, start with …