May 26, 2017
Getting Closer!: 5 weeks to go until I'm officially retired - yikes!
As we inch closer to our date to begin this tour, time seems to be moving faster with each new day. I am still teaching, but trying to clear out my classroom at the same time and writing my last set of report cards ever - hurray for that!
In addition, we are busy at home giving away or selling most of our belongings. As we plan to cycle for 6 months of the year for as long as we can stand it, it doesn't make sense to keep a bunch of furniture in storage. I can't see us coming home and taking it all out only to repack it in another 6 months and we don't want to pay for somewhere we won't be living in while we are away. Hence the purging of all unnecessary items from our lives. It's been very freeing, I've got to say, but also unnerving to know we won't officially "live" anywhere for a while! However, having read many journals over the past year, of people who have done just that, we are confident in our decision and excited to get this show on the road!
At the end of April, we enjoyed a lovely weekend on Lopez Island in Washington. They put on the Tour de Lopez every year and we have participated with a group of friends for several years. This year my brother, Mike, joined us for the ride and his wife Leslie came up to spend the weekend with us all - a wonderful time, even if the ride was so cold we had to forgo the beer garden at the end.
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Jim created a little video of our trip
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