{"id":50,"date":"2023-12-27T13:55:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T21:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/?p=50"},"modified":"2024-04-22T21:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T04:12:40","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Travel the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Three-Years-RV-Travel-1024x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Three-Years-RV-Travel-1024x467.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Three-Years-RV-Travel-600x274.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Three-Years-RV-Travel-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Three-Years-RV-Travel-768x350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mytravelwindow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Three-Years-RV-Travel.jpg 1225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Did We Do It?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In August of 2018, I retired.  Knowing the date was coming a year in advance, we made the decision to sell our house, our cars, and all our furniture.  We purchased a truck, fifth wheel trailer, and 3 wheeled motorcycle.  (Please note:  we have neither RV&#8217;ed nor driven motorcycles prior to this).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I purchased a large map of the USA and started putting Post-it notes everywhere we wanted to go:  people we hadn&#8217;t seen in decades, national parks, baseball venues, and whatever else struck our fancy.  Then I mapped out a route that would cover a year span of time, taking us south in the winter and north in the summer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We started out in early August, 2018, blogging as we went.  During that first year, we saw 119 family and long-time friends, and drove the entire center of the country (the blue dots in the map above).  Many adventures along the way, all documented <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureonthehorizon.net\/site-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two months at home for some medical care, we spent the second winter exploring the west coast (the red dots).  Then COVID hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We decided to transition back from full-time RV life to a house, and traded our fifth wheel for a smaller class A.  And yes, we took it cross-country to travel the east while the pandemic still raged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conscious of our own travel window, and desirous of seeing more of the world &#8220;while we can,&#8221; we have focused the last 3 years on more extended travel to Europe, Alaska and Canada.  And for that portion of the adventure we added our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1IcXgkQ_Gw_B3muXN75M7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to email us at<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>my.adventure.window@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Did We Do It? In August of 2018, I retired. Knowing the date was coming a year in advance, we made the decision to sell our house, our cars, and all our furniture. We purchased a truck, fifth wheel trailer, and 3 wheeled motorcycle. 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