Re: [VAC] greetings/fulltiming

[RSmith6368@xxxxxxx]

Thank you Sunshine, could not have said it better myself. 
To show there is a variety of personalities on this list, 
witness this. (I am sure most of you would never have 
considered doing as we did and that's just grand...we are 
NOT doomsayers,survivalists,militia or anything 
else...we're just trying to find a way to wrest our life 
back from the 21st century and we feel as though we were 
born about 175 years after we should have been. If you 
folks wanted to see a comedy, you should have seen the 
two of us new years eve weekend...loaded for bear, 
everything we needed for the post Y2K stress busting 
meltdown. We had all the essentials loaded into a TINY 
little 15 foot Scotty travel trailer and the covered back 
of a pickup truck. We were praying to the heavens and the 
four corners of the globe for Y2K to strike US personally 
so we could go ahead a take that (forced) retirement. 
Alas, it was not to be. We were then relegated to 
spending the (4 day)weekend living like we wish we could 
live everyday. If we can just hold on another 5 years we 
can fulltime in a boondocked Overlander and very 
seriously boondock in a vintage Landcruiser/Globetrotter 
combination. I think our first major "try to get lost" 
trip will be into the "wilds" of Utah where it can get 
pretty outback indeed ( for those of you that haven't 
been to the "lost" parts of Utah, take it from 
me...please; if you see a fuel stop, TAKE IT!  ask me how 
I know this).

live, from the "dream capsule" 
Ralph

Oh, and by the way: I am a died in the wool packrat, and 
folks, let me tell you...getting rid of or not having 
readily available access to my stuff for my 
electrical/electronic projects/gadgets/supplies and my 
books was tough at first...but I learned to...well 
nevermind, I STILL MISS IT. OH well, for life aboard the 
Airstream with my likeminded soulmate it's ALL worth it.