At the end of November, we were trying to find a routine for our life in San Diego. It was only our second week (we planned to stay a few months), and we were questioning if we should go to another RV park. The noise level from the freeway was hard to adjust to.
Read MoreWe started off December with a wild idea that we could buy property in BC while we were in California. We were homesick, and things were not peaceful and relaxing in San Diego. Why NOT think about real estate back in Canada?
Read MoreAnother week, another vlog. Every time we were sure we knew what the plan was, we documented our thoughts on video. Now we were talking about a lake property.
Read MoreWhile we weighed the pros and cons of lake life, we went for lots of walks and found that if we continued down to the end of Santa Fe Street (where our RV park was situated), walked through the construction zone, and down the bike path along the Interstate, we could walk to a quieter neighbourhood in La Jolla Colony.
Read MoreWe often combined walks with shopping for groceries. It was about an hour to get to Vons on Garnet Avenue. We only needed two items.
Read MoreThe end of 2018; a year of major change. We questioned how we were going to get through three more months of living on the road. We finished off the turkey on Boxing Day (December 26th). How were we going to make 2019 better?
Read MoreA new year, 2019. At the start of January, I was living in sweatpants. No longer black; sweatpants that were faded and stretched and worn.
Read MoreBefore we even left Vancouver Island, we were looking at one particular property in Coutts, AB. The town is right on the border between Alberta and Montana. Actually, it’s not a town, it’s a village of fewer than 300 residents
Read MoreRolling Hills, a farmhouse in Pictou County, Nova Scotia was our next property of interest. The photos online showed rolling hills off in the distance from the acreage. It was everything I dreamed a farmhouse could be.
Read MoreAt the time, it seemed like the perfect solution. We found a home that was constructed of cinder block. You could huff, and you could puff, but a tornado was not going to knock this down.
Read MoreWe weren’t ready to extend our wings fully for the east coast. With all of Canada to choose from, we were looking for the easiest home to get into. At the end of January 2019, we were ready to leave San Diego and drive north to cross the border, but it was still too cold for comfort.
Read MoreBefore we decided to go east, we revisited areas in BC that were of interest to us as a home base. Immediately, anything with a water view was removed from our list. These west coast properties would not fit the budget we had.
Read MoreSo here we are at another turning point. This is the end of Season 3, which means it’s time to wrap up our days in San Diego.
Read MoreBy the middle of July, we were living full-time in The Coffee House. No longer conveniently parked in the driveway of our home, our trailer was in an RV park by a speedway. Zoom, zoom.
Read MoreFor the first time in months, at the end of July, we had time to enjoy reading. We set up our lounge chairs and put our feet up. There was still too much stuff in the trailer and truck, but we enjoyed that first taste of freedom reading as long as we could.
Read MoreIt was now the last week of July 2018. The time had come to leave everything we called home for the last 6 ½ years. We planned to leave Vancouver Island and not look back.
Read MoreIt’s nice to unplug for a few days, to not be trying to make connections online. We learned quickly we had to manage our device usage or we’d run out of data. We have a mobile WiFi hotspot, a shared phone data plan, and free WiFi where we can get it.
Read MoreIt was almost like we were returning home. Driving to Williams Lake felt like the final stretch. We thought the country around Savona, between Kamloops and Cache Creek, was beautiful.
Read MoreBy mid-August, we had a better idea of what our monthly spending would be. To be looking back today, every month has been different. It was a false sense of comfort, an unrealistic view of what we could spend each month with a budget based on what we had spent while we had a house and a static lifestyle.
Read MoreDecisions about finances, about where we wanted to live, where we could travel, what work we wanted to do, these were all made before we left our home in Sooke and moved into the Coffee House. That didn't mean we were stuck with those decisions, or that situations wouldn't change and we would wonder what to do next. We were choosing less to live more.
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