Driving around the country in a camper has been a dream since I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. Here at 57 years old, I am finally making my dream come true.
This isn’t going to be some sort of money-making blog for strangers, but just a way for me to stay in touch with family and friends as I learn how to drive and manage Nori, how to plan trips and how to camp as a solo retired woman traveler.
And I’m not a writer. Nor will I ever be. I like math, and spreadsheets and databases. Don’t judge my storytelling, LOL.
Come along, if you’d like!
NOTE: The blog posts below start with the earliest at the bottom. I don’t know how to make the navigation easier yet. I assume I’ll learn and then I’ll adjust things. Thanks for your patience.
Okay, so let me start by saying that I now understand that my plans were ridiculous. I should never have tried to turnaround this brand-new-to-me van in just a couple days in order to make a trip to visit Joan and Jim in Ticonderoga. Sometimes, my need for everything to work out like a fairy…
Ignore the post dates on these blog entries… I got Nori in July 2023 and I want to write about all the things that happened that summer even though I wasn’t traveling much. Soon, I’ll be caught up and writing real-time as I travel. Late July 2023: Once Liz and I got through the buying/selling…
I started looking for a van back in 2018, when I was still working full time and we were all still very naïve about what was to come in the next couple years. Once lockdown occurred, the potential for a van was the last thing on my mind. By the time we got through 2020,…
Adventures of Nori & Me 