Well, we recently sold furniture and household items that wouldn't fit into the smaller house we're building and packed up the remaining items for three month storage in a moving company's warehouse. Given all the work that moving brings, one distinct benefit of this effort is that we have pared down our belongings. Household items that were not needed in our final residence location or little used are now gone.
We're now in temporary housing in a nearby community for three months. The three months should go by quickly as during this time we have a month long trip to South America and a week stay in an acquaintance's mountain cabin.
Although we still have one more house move to complete, we're starting to plan for 2018 travel. We have a Spring transatlantic cruise that will take us from Fort Lauderdale to Iceland ports and then disembark in the UK. This will be a back-to-back trip and the adjoining cruise will take us to several northern Norwegian ports, including a return visit to Longyearbyen. At the conclusion of the second cruise, we'll take a week for a drive holiday through the UK.
While we're still considering sights to see on this long set of cruises, places on the top of our list include:
A little later in 2018, we just booked a trip that will permit us to visit Grand Tetons National Park and Yellowstone National Park. We haven't traveled previously to either of these parks and are looking forward to seeing the area. Other than an early career business trip to Helena, Montana, I haven't been back to Wyoming. I'm a reader of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett novels and will enjoy seeing the parks, mountains, ranch lands and animals that I've only read about. This might be our first viewing opportunity to see a Pronghorn Antelope.
We're still considering a winter ski trip, but not sure if this will conflict with our move into our final residence. Why do I say final? The new house is built for aging in place - including wide doorways and halls and a no-curb shower. While we don't need these features now, we envision a time when they might come in handy. I will acknowledge that this move has quenched any interest in purchasing another house in the future.
We're now in temporary housing in a nearby community for three months. The three months should go by quickly as during this time we have a month long trip to South America and a week stay in an acquaintance's mountain cabin.
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Although we still have one more house move to complete, we're starting to plan for 2018 travel. We have a Spring transatlantic cruise that will take us from Fort Lauderdale to Iceland ports and then disembark in the UK. This will be a back-to-back trip and the adjoining cruise will take us to several northern Norwegian ports, including a return visit to Longyearbyen. At the conclusion of the second cruise, we'll take a week for a drive holiday through the UK.
While we're still considering sights to see on this long set of cruises, places on the top of our list include:
- Tour of Lake Myvatn area of Ajureyei, Iceland
- Driving through the "Golden Triangle" geothermal area of Reykjavik, Iceland
- Tour of Castle of Mey in Scrabster, Scotland
- Mountain biking in Flaam, Norway
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We're still considering a winter ski trip, but not sure if this will conflict with our move into our final residence. Why do I say final? The new house is built for aging in place - including wide doorways and halls and a no-curb shower. While we don't need these features now, we envision a time when they might come in handy. I will acknowledge that this move has quenched any interest in purchasing another house in the future.
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