J & I used to always say, “someday, we will live off the grid.” Not because we wanted to prep for doomsday or a zombie apocalypse, but simply because we more »
Nearly every person we meet in the North Maine Woods spews off something along these lines: “You don’t have a spare tire??” No, we don’t. First of all, we had more »
Hope you enjoyed our first batch of pictures, because I have a second batch! Our life is still full of peace and quiet, but we’ve had more guest activity lately, more »
It’s been 1 week since we’ve been up here and we are getting more and more acquainted. Rainy days have outnumbered sunny days, so we’ve been doing more indoor than more »
“The first time that you begin moving in an unconventional direction is the hardest beginning,” according to modern-day adventurer Alastair Humphreys. “After that, you can’t imagine moving in any other more »
Today is the last day RR is open. Let me start by saying we had a good time this summer. Overall. This week has been anti-climatic and deathly quiet compared more »
RR has been open for more than 2 months and it’s time for reflective thoughts. Of lately, I bombard you with pictures, but I don’t often say much. Sometimes I more »
Current mood: Tired. We had a long, busy weekend Currently thankful for: Google Translate. We have had several guests from foreign countries who don’t speak good English. How do you more »
I’ve been taking lots and lots of pictures of our time here, but few are shared. Until now. First, I thought I’d share the wild in our life: We have more »
Current mood: Slowly getting in a groove here Currently thankful for: J making it off Mount Hood safely, especially after the news that 6 climbers died on Rainier this week! more »
Well, this week has been going much better than last week in terms of breathing a lot easier and having things under control. I felt like I was at the more »
Well, RR opened for business this weekend! Let me tell you, we were putting finishing touches on everything up until the minute guests walked in on Friday at 3pm. more »
We open in 10 days and our to do list seems to be growing instead of shrinking! Our have projects varied, of course. Aside from the whole business of hiring more »
J & I went down into Joseph Canyon this past weekend and this time, we turned it into an overnighter. The last time we hiked down, we left right from more »
“You can’t get anywhere from here,” J and I lamented the other day. By here, I mean RR and this northeast corner of Oregon. For years, J & I have more »
J & I high-fived last Sunday as we entered Oregon, marking it as our 11th state we’ve lived in (collectively). Living in the Pacific Northwest as I always wanted, a more »
I have been dreading this post. You can probably tell I’ve been avoiding the blog, since I haven’t posted since the first day of the new year. Well, here goes. more »
We are busier than a one-armed juggler these days. Even J, who never stresses about anything, felt a little overwhelmed these past few weeks. Here’s a snapshot has been going more »
Steps 1-3: Dream big, live your passions and don’t ever stop believing. I am here to report that the wanderinglavignes will be wandering once again. We are leaving BD and more »
We’ve had a very busy week here with back-to-back-to-back personal visitors (3 sets to be exact), mixed in with some spring break hikers. These days, the one common theme with more »
