by Kristin Echols | Jan 5, 2019 | Travel
On December 16, we embarked on a 17-day journey from Northern Idaho to Central California and back in our fifth wheel. The first obstacle to overcome was getting out of our driveway. Shawn had to buy studded snow tires and chains for the truck. Our neighbors, Rich...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 12, 2018 | Moving
When you live in a house for years, there are just some things you start overlooking…the missing tile in the corner of the bathroom; the hole in the closet for the CAT 5 cable you installed pre-wifi; that overgrown corner of the yard that no one sees; the unpermitted...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 11, 2018 | Moving
I completely underestimated what a huge undertaking moving would be. We have lived in our current 4-bedroom, 3-bath home for 21 years. We’ve raised three children from school-aged through college. We’ve remodeled, repainted, redesigned and repurposed rooms many...
by Kristin Echols | Oct 13, 2017 | Travel
We woke up in Oregon, but we are going to sleep in California. The change from Oregon to California seemed drastic on I-5. The pine trees turned to oak trees and scrubby bushes, the ground from green to brown, the sky from gray to blue, the temperature from cold and...
by Kristin Echols | Oct 3, 2017 | Travel
This morning I had to show Shawn all my adventures of the previous evening. It wasn’t nearly as scary in the daylight with Shawn by my side (except for the old van with darkened windows tucked away in the bushes…still creepy). Steve the dinosaur found a slug. Just...
