What happened to May?
We took possession of our new RV, a used 2002 Winnebago Adventurer, the first weekend of May and moved into our new “summer home”- the Hickory Hills Campground in just north of Spencer, IN.
We are just starting to run the numbers on the cost of RV living (different from actually traveling in the RV) and will post about that soon.
We have an accepted offer on our home!! Knock on wood, we close on July 31st. The plan is to sell the house, live in the RV (and stay with friends/inlaws when the campground closes) and look for land. We want to buy land in Monroe County to build a house (totally green, probably more of a compound than a home). We envision a modest home, root cellar, wine cellar, giant garden, outbuilding for Bryan’s projects, chickens and of course, a place to park the RV.
Selling our house and getting rid of our mortgage will enable us to save, save, save for the land and the house.
There is a real, ‘green’ element to this post. I promise!
In mid May, we took a vacation out to wine country with our dear friends Jessica and Clint. We had a blast! We rented a house in Santa Rosa and used it as our home base for the trip. We were able to cook all of our meals at home, which saved us a tremendous amount of money (which we later spent on more wine!).
One of our favorite wineries that we “discovered” on this trip was Benziger Family Winery. They have been a sustainably producing winery for years and are leaders in the biodynamic movement. All of their grapes are at least sustainably, organically or biodynamically grown. Look for more posts about all of these topics and more in the weeks to come!
(Jessica, Clint, Paul from Benziger, Jessika and Bryan)