A Shout Out To All The Folks' Checking in From Hitch Itch!

We have to give a big Bag-It-Tour welcome to all of the readers' that have joined us from the Hitch Itch site. Our readership has gone from about 40 day to almost 70 per day!

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For those of you that have just joined us, you've caught us on the tail end of our adventure, but we still have a way to go. Hopefully, you'll follow along as we make the transition from the road back to a "normal" lifestyle.

Here is a quick synopsis of our adventure so far, but you'll have to go back and explore previous entries for all the crazy details ;)

In January 05, we made the decision to sell our house, leave our jobs(Well, Laura left, I tele-commuted part time) and seek out a new life out west. However, we had no idea where we wanted to be. We decided a full-time adventure on the road would be the best way to figure out where we wanted to live.

We spent most of the spring and summer of 05 packing, selling the house and planning the trip, we were finally ready to hit the road in October of 05. We ended up in Las Vegas just before Christmas. We stored the coach and flew home to be with family in Michigan over the Christmas/New Years holiday.

To start 2006, we headed to warmer climate! January through March we circled in and around Tucson, Phoenix, Quartzsite, Yuma and Palm Springs. As spring approached we started making our way up the California coast.

We spent most of the spring and summer circling around the Pacific northwest. We ended up in Denver in July for the Maverick Ranch annual brokers meeting(I was their Michigan representative). They had an offer for me I couldn't refuse. If we wanted to consider Denver, they a job for me in marketing and sales!

As we pondered where to live, Laura made a proposal to a drug treatment center in Tucson(we loved it down there last winter!). Sierra Tucson is in expansion mode and they were impressed with Laura's experience in the field. They look forward to having her fill-in in three different departments over the winter!

Now, you can see the quandary we faced. I had an opportunity in Denver and Laura created an opportunity for herself in Tucson, at least for the winter. To our relief, this was not a problem for the folks at Maverick! If we commit to moving there, the job will be available in spring of 07'. In fact, they are willing to have me start upon our arrival in Tucson, via tele-commuting and monthly visits up to Denver.

All of which leads us to today. We are in Denver, I'm working(mostly on coordinating my position and responsibilities while in Tucson) and we are searching for areas we like and looking for houses with our real estate agent. We start heading to Tucson on September 23rd. We will arrive in Tucson on September 30th. We'll be spending the in between time in Albuquerque, NM. I will be digging right into work the first week of October. I'll be heading out to a Natural Food show in Baltimore, MD. Laura starts work on October 9th, and Sierra Tucson says they'll have no trouble providing Laura with a full-time schedule :)

Now that you've been brought up to speed, we hope you'll continue to follow along!

Rich & Laura