It has been a few days since Karen last posted (and her last post at that) on the day we sold Livvy. The days have been filled with reflection. We still do not regret the decision. However, that doesn’t mean there haven’t been strong feelings.
Yesterday, we spent a lovely morning at the Cleveland Zoo. It is a place both of us adore, and one we haven’t had a lot of time to visit this year. Seeing the one month-old Black Rhino was definitely a highlight as was actually seeing the Koala moving around! Boy have we missed it there.
But we began thinking how we will likely never be in a new campground again. We will miss seeing the open road from the windows of an RV, things in the house rattling in time with the bumps in the pavement. It’s not a quiet ride. The slight smell of diesel during a long day’s drive. Daisy sitting copilot in the chair behind us. Lunches in Love’s gas station parking lots eaten while standing above the kitchen counter. Checking and re-checking that we’ve locked the refrigerator before pulling out. The sound of the step below the house door extending itself at a new stop. Packing up everything, every morning, so we could drive and see the country, then unpacking again each afternoon. Losing track of day and date, living in the moment, wherever that moment found us. Quiet nights sharing a drink outside Livvy, taking in everything around us.
More than all the National Parks, more than the unbelievable scenery, more than the great destinations, I will miss the time shared with Karen. Yes, we spend nearly every day together. But there was something different about RV life for us. Something we don’t get at home, and we haven’t gotten with any other travels. It’s the allure we didn’t know we craved.
It felt like it was us against the world.
We found a freedom to explore what we wanted, how we wanted. And everywhere we went, our home was there with us. Our pets were there. Our life was there. Yes there were challenges, but we faced them together and continued on. We kicked ass!
And we really lived.
P.S. – I have given a lot of thought to the future of this blog and have decided that it’s not something I want to continue. I want to write (as Karen mentioned), but this is not the forum that will fit what I will do. I really appreciate all of you who have followed our journeys in Livvy. I will keep this blog online in some fashion so we can read it in the future. I never read anything I wrote after it was posted and only read Karen’s before she posted (as she did for me). I have a feeling it will make some great reading down the road, wherever that road finds us.
Take care.
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