December 10th – 21st 2018: Carrizozo, & Albuquerque, NM Well, the wheel had literally fallen off… and there we were, having been rescued from the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.  “Lucky”, the tow truck driver, was also a mechanic and owner of a local junk yard, which was apparently the only show in town.  We had actually passed his place several times in our travels around Carrizozo – thinking it was really, quite the spectacle.  Who knew we’d wind up needing his services?!  He was willing to work on our truck, but he also had to run his towing business, and mechanic shop too, so it was obviously going to take some time to get everything put back together.  Lucky's Auto Service Lucky dropped us off at the campground that night, and then went back out with his crew, first thing the next morning to see if they could find our wheel for us.  They searched high and low, but it was nowhere to be found.  It turns out that our wheel flew off somewhere near the edge of a ravine.  The uphill side of the highway was steep, craggy, and full of big rocks and dense shrubbery.  The side…

Nov 1st – 15th 2018: CT, MA, NY, OH, MI, & Shipshewana, IN Our whirlwind journey began after we sold our house, and picked up our new trailer on Nov 1st. First, we headed for CT to say goodbye to family, spending about a week there. It was quite the story all in all…. considering we had lots of work to do to set the new rig up properly. As mentioned in the “Backstory”, we’d been forced to literally dump everything from the old trailer to the new - in utter chaos and dishevelment.  Chaos in CT - Beginning to Find Order In an effort to evade early winter storms, we felt pressured to leave CT as soon as possible, despite not being fully unpacked and organized yet. Our journey began in earnest when we wound our way back north to the Mass Pike, and then hit the NY Thruway, headed west. (The cats had a few things to say about this new lifestyle… their songs from the back seat told us that they weren’t exactly happy about time on the road.) Thankfully, our departure coincided with a beautiful sunny day - it felt absolutely grand to finally hit the road “for real”, putting the past behind us…