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I found your book about a year ago...
I've always wanted to take a trip around the USA, one of my retirement
dreams... However at 47, I had a baby (yes, 47) and figured, that was it,
tied to home for another 20 years... Will I be too old to travel? Will they
still give us a driving license? Then I thought... maybe when she is in 2nd
or 3rd grade(want to make sure SOMEBODY taught her how to read!) before she
gets into all her friends, sports etc... But I could never get Jeff and
Alisa to say yes at the same time, and I knew that unless they were "both in"
there would be no trip... I was smart enough not to "make" anyone go. There
would (will) be some rough times and damn it, it's not going to be ALL my
Thanks, Terry
fault :)
The other problem was the money thing, how could this possibly work on a
fixed income and a husband not working for a year? That's when I found your
book... It re-opened up the desire and the reality that this could actually
work!
Your book is the only one that gives the hard, cold information that one
needs... Not just the highlights of where to go, what to see, we can all
figure that out. This book talks about insurance, getting a sabbatical from
clubs, getting someone to take your mail, renting your house with sample
ads... This info gave me the guts to bring it up to the family one more
time... And you know what, they both said YES!
I moved into gear, Craig's List got us the "perfect renter", someone looking
for a house for the EXACT time that we wanted to be gone. After that, things
just seemed to fall into place. I've got the house pared down to the bare
minimum (almost like moving, what a GREAT feeling, so much lighter), all the
accounts on-line, oh yes, bought a great motor home (BIGFOOT 2004, 29 feet),
took some "shake down trips", got the older "kids" to get on board and be
supportive. AMAZING!!
We are about a month out from leaving... We live in Portland also, couldn't
think of a good reason to leave Portland in the summer, so we are leaving
end of August and returning mid-June 2011.
I've been thinking of writing you both a not, so here it is. Wish us luck,
we will need it. I might need to go to Powell's, I saw on your website you
have written a second edition including info on "road-schooling", we are set
for that, but I could use a few tips!
Thanks, Terry Folen
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t.folen, July 25, 2010
I found your book about a year ago...I've always wanted to take a trip around the USA, one of my retirement
dreams... However at 47, I had a baby (yes, 47) and figured, that was it,
tied to home for another 20 years... Will I be too old to travel? Will they
still give us a driving license? Then I thought... maybe when she is in 2nd
or 3rd grade(want to make sure SOMEBODY taught her how to read!) before she
gets into all her friends, sports etc... But I could never get Jeff and
Alisa to say yes at the same time, and I knew that unless they were "both in"
there would be no trip... I was smart enough not to "make" anyone go. There
would (will) be some rough times and damn it, it's not going to be ALL my
Thanks, Terry
fault :)
The other problem was the money thing, how could this possibly work on a
fixed income and a husband not working for a year? That's when I found your
book... It re-opened up the desire and the reality that this could actually
work!
Your book is the only one that gives the hard, cold information that one
needs... Not just the highlights of where to go, what to see, we can all
figure that out. This book talks about insurance, getting a sabbatical from
clubs, getting someone to take your mail, renting your house with sample
ads... This info gave me the guts to bring it up to the family one more
time... And you know what, they both said YES!
I moved into gear, Craig's List got us the "perfect renter", someone looking
for a house for the EXACT time that we wanted to be gone. After that, things
just seemed to fall into place. I've got the house pared down to the bare
minimum (almost like moving, what a GREAT feeling, so much lighter), all the
accounts on-line, oh yes, bought a great motor home (BIGFOOT 2004, 29 feet),
took some "shake down trips", got the older "kids" to get on board and be
supportive. AMAZING!!
We are about a month out from leaving... We live in Portland also, couldn't
think of a good reason to leave Portland in the summer, so we are leaving
end of August and returning mid-June 2011.
I've been thinking of writing you both a not, so here it is. Wish us luck,
we will need it. I might need to go to Powell's, I saw on your website you
have written a second edition including info on "road-schooling", we are set
for that, but I could use a few tips!
Thanks, Terry Folen
(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)