Finally we are on the road!
To our surprise, neither of us felt that we are going crossing the country for a few days. We tried to get beyond densely populated areas, which means 3 long day drive:
- 1st night: Jamestown, NY
- 2nd night: MacKinaw City, MI
- 1st Work Weed: Red Cliff, WI (near Bayfield)
The campground at Red Cliff (near the northern most of WI) is a beautiful location, densely packed, but plenty other “office” spaces with nice view, overall quiet. Internet connection is excellent.
Highlights on the road:
- 1st working-week: smooth experiences overall
- “Sewer Capacity”: we were not sure if it will be able to hold 6 day waste in the “black tank”. It did. This is one of the potential constrains on how long we can boondocking.
- “Smoked Fish” signs all over the UP (Upper Peninsular in MI & WI) . We finally got some at Bayfield, WI: smoked trout, salmon & whitefish. Smoked trout is the best!
- JJ’s crashing: somehow I became unconscious on a after dinner bike ride, and cracked helmet, whew… Joerg took me to the Emergency Room in Ashland, WI. They did cardiogram, blood test and CT scan of my head. Nothing is noticeably wrong. Thanks to my niece, Frances, a neurologist; she thinks it’s TGA (Transient Global Amnesia), mostly benign, and recommended a baseline MRI. Other than a few bruises, I feel fine.
- Joerg’s Birthday: a big one — yes, he turned 60! Now aging backwards becomes more acute. Haha… He got messages from friends, conversations with family. It’s a low key day. He says: “looking back to his 60 years, that day is uneventful, which is what he wanted. We went to Bayfield, Ashland, WI, had our first restaurant meal on the road, first smoked fish, two deserts (!!!), a not-up-to-par cappuccino . He really misses his espresso machine!
- Love: got chance reflecting on our a year long experiences of falling in love (extremely quickly), merging households, and venture into this nomadic life — we are grateful for finding each other, easy in making sense out of daily life together, feeling the precious sweetness, and thoroughly embracing silliness. Yay!
