Kevin Tumlinson

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All Roads Lead Somewhere...

#3PiecesOfWisdom 09 October 2020:

  • All roads go somewhere, if you’re just driving. Destinations can be defaults or choices.

  • Drive slow enough to enjoy the journey.

  • Choose a destination, plot your path, then enjoy the trip as you go.

#Travel #VanLife

It’s our last morning in Hot Springs, South Dakota. We’ve been here two weeks (seems like more, in a good way) and explored and admired and felt awe a dozen times. If you’ve never been, head for the Black Hills and thank me later.

This journey that Kara and I are on is a healing journey. It’s a change for us to experience the world in a way we’ve only dreamed about. The trip isn’t entirely the way we envisioned it, but that’s been more of a positive than I would have assumed.

Kara and I are definitely road trip people. That, we’ve solidly discovered. But also, because of this, we’re thinking we’re home base people as well. We like having some place to return to, cozy and comfortable. Even if we get the itch to get back on the road a week later.

We still have some miles ahead of us on this full time #vanlife thing. Still plenty of opportunities to have our minds and perceptions expanded. Still lots of time to shift our thinking. Full time could still hold its appeal a year from now, maybe two, maybe more.

But I suspect we’ll be house hunting through all of this. Home hunting. Home base hunting. Not as “we have to get off the road,” but more of “it’s time to stake out our spot.”

Until then, there are the miles. And the vistas. And the people. And the inspiration. We’re going places, and enjoying every mile of it.