Quick Recap

I don’t know what day it is but i know it’s been too long since our last post. So Here’s a Recap:

Sadness dripping from my face in my last Seattle coffeeshop.

We sold our beloved VW diesel Golf the night before we set out on the road. It was definitely one of those things that was meant to be.

Our first meal out of the Eurovan at Golden Gardens.

Eggs on toast with salt, pepper, and paprika. Delicious!

Our first morning out at Index. We read around the fire all morning.

Kristine lookin’ so good!

Kristine lovin’ on some rocks.

A candid shot part way up Mt. Persus.

Filtering much needed water on Mt. Persus.

*I’m still an HTML retard and spent a long time trying to format this better, but it is what it is.

the crow’s nest abandoned

danish candlesticks

Like a crow, I scavenge through piles of trash in search of treasure. No thrift store is left before I cruise through the tattered furniture and household sections to find some cheap treasure or trinket. I am distracted by the shiny bits that may be something beautiful. I slam the brakes for a broken chair with a good soul. Drawn to patterns, to shapes, to texture and color, I find myself with collections of Scandinavian wares, mid century pieces, ceramics, retro electronics, and Eames era accessories. From Catherineholm enamelware, to a motley assortment of walnut furniture, lamps, Dansk pieces, fondue pots, linens, wool blankets, and handmade pottery.

hand painted ceramic birds

My house has been full of these knick-knacks. Some are on display, some are used every day. Lovingly, I have surrounded myself with this assortment of beautiful & peculiar objects as a child would it’s toys.

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But, the seasons have changed and this bird has to fly. The trip will require us to travel light, only keeping what we need and will fit in the Eurovan. There will be a few boxes stored at my parents house for when we land again. So I posted my life on Craigslist, sold to the highest bidder.

Now I am down to just a few last items and feeling clean and fresh. I am ready to head south for the winter .

Here’s my BMW, Sir, I’ll take the Eurovan!

This is what our driveway looked like at the beginning of September:

Then we decided that the VW Golf was just too small to be our home on the road. Initially we hadn’t even thought twice about it because its mileage had completely blinded us. We averaged over 50 mpg on our road trip down to Northern California earlier this Spring. We have been spoiled rotten with very infrequent trips to the gas station.

We started looking for the perfect road hog to be our new home for the next few months. We didn’t want to sacrifice mileage but we clearly needed a lot more room. The solution: A 1993 Eurovan CL.

In 1993 Volkswagen came out with three different models of the Eurovan: CL, GL, and WV. Each model comes a little closer to a camper. A camper would make us feel retired, we’d fit in at the parking lot of all you can eat buffets, and it was undeniably not the vive we were going for. And that explains why we chose the simplest model(that and we were able to keep our pocket book a little fatter).

Then one day it all happened at once. We had our eye on the perfect, or nearly perfect, eurovan and prudently decided to buy it even though we’d then be proud owners three vehicles. While we were on our way to pick up the Eurovan I got a call about the BMW. We returned home just in time for the prospective buyers to take it out for a spin. They were dazzled by all it’s BMWness and bought it right then.

The day after we drove the Eurovan home I removed the middle bench seat. I laid down in my new living room and thought it was very similar to the studio apartment I lived in for a few months in Capital Hill. Spacious!