Even the Best of Plans Can Be Disrupted
The title says it all. We've waited for what seemed like an opportune time. We have the houses sold and most of our "stuff" sold off, donated or put into storage. What we take with us, we take as backpacks. Imagine that, our entire world of possessions in a backpack. Well, we don't really have to imagine it because two years ago we spent four months taking cruise ships as transportation to South America and to Spain and Africa. We found we had enough "stuff" to either enjoy a hot-tub on a cruise ship, or enough winter clothing to manage a trip into snowy areas, enough to hike a mountain or just the right accoutrements for a formal dinner invitation by the city president of a Spanish exclave (Melilla). So packing is not our problem. Getting our responsibilities reduced by divesting ourselves of houses (and lawn mowers, cars, hot water heaters, heating bills, etc.,) has not been part of the problem. Money to travel is not a problem....