jiggity-jig

home again. home again. after three months, 30 state lines and 14,000 miles... photos and tales to come shortly i hope. still in the unpack-recap-adjusts... settling in now for about five weeks. working to save. saving to go again... what can i say? we like the wheels in motion.

layers

photos finally

florida - the boys wishing they were on a 'real' bike...
ferry ride from NY to VT - those smiles were literally frozen in place - and i stayed in the car to grab the pic...
addicted to the motion...

feet

when we left home two months ago i had two pairs of shoes. when we left home the second time we downsized. from a van to an suv. i took the winter boots. only. the arizona winter boots. headed north. i wore three pairs of socks. and my toes were still cold. each time we saw new boots i talked myself out of the expence. knowing we'd be south soon...
i wore my boots for a week in florida. sweating and sticky. thinking i could endure another month and having a good story to tell... but a thrift shop is a sneaky thing. it's hard to beat a three doller pair of sandels when your feet are hot and your mood is not. but a thrift shop is a tricky thing and those sandels backfire. being a tad too big and blister causing. you end up having to wear them with socks after you throw the boots away.
but a thrift shop is the place to be. when you are technically homeless and some days you look it. when after a few days you ask if you can swap the sandels out on a pair that do fit. that cost even less. they give you the new shoes with a wink and a warning not to tell anyone about it. then they take two dollars off your other purchases. and give your daughter a free toy...

look-a-likes

while we slept snuggly. in a tent. in florida... our hometown threw a bash. a pat gahn look a like contest. raised us funds. funds that provided us a new van. t-shirts were made. bandanas sold. pbr, guiness, and jim beam consumed. tourists once again confused... thank you friends. you are family. the resemblance is striking if not binding.