No Place to Go

On Apr. 3, 2013 I picked up my Casita trailer and set out on a nomadic journey. When I set out I had no particular destination in mind. Oh, I knew that I was heading for Indiana to sell my kayak. But no overall plan.

I have heard that it is good to have a plan and I meet people on the road who want to see the US or visit all the National Parks. All I really wanted to do was live outside.

And so for almost two years I have wandered. Sometimes, guided by an RV rally I want to attend, a Buddhist session I want to sit, a house I will look after for a friend. But mostly I am guided by the weather. I follow the warmth south and the cool air north.

I have friends and family across the US that I enjoy seeing again when I am traveling by. And I have made many friends on the road. Some I continue to meet-up with to travel together a bit along the way. And I get recommendations from others who are traveling about what might be fun to go see.

Somethings I am asked by those who live in houses are: Don't you get lonely? Where have you been that you liked best? And some folks upon seeing my Casita are incredulous that I actually live in it.

My ans are: 1) No, though I think that site seeing, is more fun with others. I have the opportunity to take time with sales clerks and people in camp grounds, and laundromats and wherever I go. Cause I’ve got no place to go, and nothing to do. And so I am as social as I want to be.

2) I can’t say I have a favorite place. I love being outside - so I am pretty happy everywhere. Where have I been New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Oregon, Northern California, Arizona, Kansas. Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and a mad dash through North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana(because they connected me to someplace else. I’d have to write a book to tell you all I have seen in the last two years.

3) And as for my casita being too small - I have everything I want that comes in a big trailer and I have windows all around so my space expands to include the views all around me.