"On the road again..."

Here is one thing I absolutely love about van life:  I can pick up and go without having to actually pick up.  I can just go.  It's a wonderful thing to be thinking about traveling to meet up with my mom and sister tonight before our road trip and not have to worry about what I'm going to pack or much extra time I need to allot for packing.  So I'm pretty excited about hitting the road for nearly a week with my mom and sister.

There are a couple of things I'm not excited about.  The one that actually relates to van life is the fact that I will not be living out of a van.  I think the plan is such that I'll only be in a hotel for 1 night out of the entire trip.  That's pretty sweet that there are people who are going to be letting me crash at their place and actually have offered without the need to ask.  Still, it feels like cheating a little bit to be 3 weeks into this whole journey and I'll have about a week straight where I'll be in comfy beds and homes.  In the past I would have fell into guilty feelings and to some extent I still am, but I also understand the need to enjoy and rejoice in what has been given to us.

My hope is that I will still be blogging while I'm on the road, perhaps a little series about the foundation behind this whole adventure.  Either way enjoy what is coming your way.  See it for the blessing it is, even if it doesn't seem like one right now.