The kids are free

Well, we finally did it. We are homeschoolers. Got the kids in a great program funded by State of California, they supply a better lesson plan then our local school and reimburse up to $55 a month of extra activities per student. Since I have become the primary "teacher" I feel good with the direction we are taking our kids. I love teaching them everything, they can sit for hours asking questions and getting straight forward answers. I am overjoyed and blessed to do this for my boys. The last day of official school was tough, leaving their friends and the comforts, but time will heal their wounds and as I told Zane there is nothing that a slurpee can't fix.

Greg

Moving up departure date are we insane

After working 60 to 70 hours a weeks for about six weeks getting a remodel done, I finally have some spare time to get back to working on the RV.

Some of the items working on put in laminate wood flooring , upholster dining area, and wallpapered the majority of camper.

It is weird how things work, the other day Danielle and I were talking how in the world are we going to be able to sell all of our stuff. We live in a homeowners association and of course do not allow garage sales. The alternative would be criagslist but listing everything with pictures would take forever. We were getting frustated and decided not to worry about it, so we just put it off to later date. Two days after we got a letter from the association management company. It was a notice about the semi -annual garage community garage sale and it will be on November 13,2010. Just two and half weeks way. It is weird and wonderful how He works in our life. With added vigor we dug into all the closets and downsized. It was wonderful to not worry about should we keep this or keep that. We just can't keep them, we intend to sell everything and not have storage except for keepsakes.

We have a couple reasons to move the departure date. The first is we got the notice about garage sale. The second is we got our new mortgage rate payment, it will continue to be under $1200 which will allow us to rent out our home for a profit. I think renting out the house has comforted the boys a bit, knowing that we can always come back. Even if we don't. So the sooner we go the better. We plan on renting the house out beginning of January. We will of course stay in the southern california area for the first month, because you can't beat the weather. It will also enable us to work out the bugs running Danielle's business on the road.

Other than that we are hopeful for the future and continue to work on the home and rv.

Peace to all

Greg

Still going strong

Well, after 60 to 70 hour weeks for the past month and a half I finally have some time to get back to work on the beast. Looks like our scheduled date will be moving up by a month or two. We hope to rent the house out by January 1st. Then stick around southern Ca for a month of so and then start heading east. We decided to rent out the house instead of sell, just in case, and I think it will help the boys during the transition. Danielle and I were talking the other day of how we were going to sell everything that has filled up our home and our lives. We talked and talked and the following day we got a notice from the homeowners association telling everyone there will be a community garage sale Nov 13, 2010. He does answer prayer in weird ways. Here is some progress shots

Most of it is done except for front area where Danielle and I will sleep but it is coming together

Still plugging away

We are still plugging away toward our goal of leaving for our big adventure. Several things have changed since our last post. We are no longer going through Mexico and Central America. There have been too much in the news about all the violence going on with the drug lords. We are not willing to risk being in the crossfire.

Plan B? We are going to explore the good ole USA and hope to go up through Canada and maybe Alaska. We will leave mid to late March and head east to Arizona to start our adventure. More on that to come.....

As for the camper, we are working hard. Well, when I say we, I really mean Greg! He has been working diligently and it shows. He has installed solar panels, welded a rack for the canoe and a latter to reach the roof, the flooring is done, most of the painting and upholstered cushions in the dinette area. I sewed curtains for the boys bunks and will soon be putting up wall paper. It is really starting to look like a home.