The Only Thing Certain in Life is Change

Thoughts on my current life direction...

10/17/20233 min read

I had every intention of being much more attentive to my blog post than I have been, but what can I say...LIFE.

Life in the form of family, friends, career, commitments to myself and others have kept me busy. But not so busy that there hasn't been plenty of time to nurture the "Wild Thing Within" To be honest, she has become a dominant feature of my personality this year, and I am enjoying her company very much! She is always full of surprises and constantly showing me things about me that I never knew existed!

One big change that developed earlier this Spring was I had the opportunity to become a "seasonal" camper with my favorite local campground where I have camped regularly for the past five years. When the campground owner called and offered me the opportunity, I was as giggly as a school girl! As a result, I made the decision to move out to camp and live there all season! (May 8th-Sept. 24th) It was glorious! Long, lazy days relaxing by the river, plenty of walks with and without the dogs, making new friends, and feeling so very FREE! The only downside (if you could call it that), was the fact that it spawned a deep desire for more of the same!

So what's a gal whose heart is filled with wanderlust to do? The only appropriate answer to my mind was MAKE IT HAPPEN!! At sixty six years young, still active and healthy, and with an ever more insatiable desire to be more independent, have more freedom and autonomy, and live every remaining moment I may have to the fullest, I bought an RV! It's a 2024 Forest River R-Pod, and I am shamelessly in love with it! You may be wondering, with so many different styles, shapes, sizes, manufacturers, and models to choose from, how did I ever decide what my perfect :home on wheels should be?

It was actually fairly easy, because I live by intuition and gut feelings. Of course, I jumped online and stated doing hours and hours of research. My brain was so exhausted...size? Floor plan? Weight? Interior features? Exterior features? Reviews!! I really began to question how I was ever going to make the right decision for me...and then it happened. I was driving down an interstate, and was passed by a vehicle towing a Forest River R-Pod. Instantly, I felt it! My entire inner being lit up like a Yule tree and my heart began to pound. That's it! There it is! That's the one!

When I got home, everything else on my radar simply fell off as I began researching the R-Pod. Found a dealer (a thousand miles away!), went back and forth for a bit via text and email, gave a deposit, and 4 weeks later I made her mine! And the 1,000 mile drive...not a problem. It made for a lovely road trip for me and the dogs! The added bonus was, I had all those miles heading home to become familiar with towing her and learning about all the systems in the RV.

So what do the months ahead hold for this vagabond spirit, this wild and wandering heart? I can't say for certain, but I know it will bring about huge changes, and offer a whole host of opportunities for greater self-realization, inner reflection, and personal growth.

I know for certain that I'll see, and experience some pretty amazing places in this country, and hopefully make some new friends along the way. There are so many people now choosing or experimenting with a nomadic lifestyle, it's astounding. Perhaps it's a deep genetically encoded "calling". We all, everyone of us descended from nomadic peoples, so maybe this exodus is a huge calling home for us. I'll have to think on that one.

Six months of the nomad lifestyle coming right up (I actually leave in just 5 days at the time of this writing!), and I am ready for this next phase of me! But I won't be alone. Two dogs, a bird, and a domestic rat will be coming along for the ride. The dogs are avid travelers and wonderful companions, the bird is just happy wherever I am, and Loki, the little rattie boy, well, we shall see how that works out!

If you'd like to come along for the adventure (and sometimes misadventures), you can subscribe to my YouTube channel here-

Or follow along in my Facebook Group "Wild at Heart" by clicking here- FACEBOOK