Natasha Fondren

“How are you doing this?” is the number one question I’m asked. Since I can think of nothing else to write about, I’ll write about that.

First, living on the road can be cheap or expensive. There are those who do it on 6K a year, and there are those who insist it can’t be done on less than 100K a year. (They eat out every night, have parties, drive 500K motorhomes, and stick to the luxury campgrounds.) And then there’s everything in between.

We are using my meager writing income and Glenn’s income from Alaska. After we save enough to upgrade our “home,” Glenn will retire, and we’ll use his retirement.

The decision was made easy by the fact that I didn’t want most of the stuff we had. And the piano studio was just paying to live in this community I didn’t like, with overpriced rental homes that was just holding stuff I didn’t want. Although, in the last two weeks, I’ve been BOMBARDED with phone calls for piano lessons. The economy must be improving, because while this used to be the norm, the last two years have been pretty slow. I don’t regret my decision, though. I’m just so happy, I wouldn’t trade this for the world.

I almost forgot to tell you: CAESAR’S BACK!!! Didn’t I say he’d come back? He was waiting by the camper when I got home last night, sitting there like, “I found mommy, and now I’m not moving until she comes home.” He snuggled with me ALL night! I’m SO happy!!!!!

Um, yeah. Like I said, not much to talk about. So I’m going to steal a page from Melanie’s book: ask me anything, any question, and I will (probably) answer it. It can be about camping, my new life, my old life, reading, movies, or anything. Not that I’m that interesting, LOL.

Here’s a question for you: What do you dream of doing when you retire?