Tag: Continuous Travelers
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Continuous Travelers – To Be Discontinued
For all our loyal followers, be assured that carryoncouple will continue to post, sharing our adventures as we have done for thirteen years. However, we have finally signed our names on the dotted lines and received the keys to our new (older) home, signaling the end of the “continuous” phase of our travel life. Nine…
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Continuous Travelers – Arrivals And Departures
As June slowly departed, we found ourselves anxiously awaiting the arrival of July. Although we’ve kept busy exploring all that the Shenandoah Valley has to offer, June has been a long month for us. The last three months we have been parked at Walnut Hills Campground & RV Park. While it was comfortable and convenient,…
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Continuous Travelers – The Domino Effect
It’s been nearly eight months since we locked the door to our Ashland townhome for the last time and hitched up the trailer. We felt as footloose and fancy-free as possible with 41 years of accumulated marriage and family “stuff” whittled down and stored in a 5’x10’ storage unit. It was a pretty good feeling…still…
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Continuous Travelers – Gimme A Break
It was time to plan a short escape from our 26’ home on wheels. Before officially entering into our eighth month of trailer living, we needed a break. After searching the internet, Reg got out his pad of lined paper and began one of the famous lists he creates when he wants to convince me…
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Continuous Travelers – Back Home Again
It didn’t last long, our plan to stay in hotels while searching Virginia for a new place to live. The problem is, we pack more than just clothes and toiletries. We bring everything needed for a good cup of pour-over coffee (or two) in the morning, healthy breakfast cereal, milk, paper bowls and plastic utensils.…
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Continuous Travelers – Oh Shenandoah
Our first stop in Virginia was the college town of Blacksburg, home to the Hokies of Virginia Tech. Not quite in the Shenandoah Valley, but close to mountains, hiking and all the excitement of a big-time football college with 39,000 +/- students. We really thought this might be the place for us as we drove…
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Continuous Travelers – A Series of One-Night Stands
Although we told each other we were going to take our time and enjoy the cross-country trip after leaving Tucson (we tried), we found ourselves simply putting in the miles. The three nights we spent in Amarillo, Texas waiting out the high, gusty winds and freezing cold left us anxious to speed ahead and begin…
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Continuous Travelers – The Biggest Surprise
We’re coming up on five months of trailer living, easily topping our former 3-month record that took us from Oregon to Canada’s Newfoundland and back two years ago.Because our current trip finds us with no home to return to, you might wonder how are we adjusting? Or are we? Have the walls been closing in…
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Continuous Travelers – This Is Not What We Expected
It was a free campsite, just off California’s Interstate 10…a quick stop on our way to Tucson, Arizona. There are no amenities offered at Chiriaco Summit Campground, just a place to park…no charge. Reg and I expected a free-for-all with trailers and RVs scattered every which-way around the desert landscape. However, the Chiriaco Summit rest…
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