Changing plans

Yesterday as Kerri and I were driving down the highway we started discussing the possibility of drastically changing our route (planned more than 18 months out). One of the great things about this lifestyle (living on the road) is that you can change your plans on a whim. After a night’s sleeping on it, we both agreed that it would be more enjoyable to make the proposed change; to include Baja Mexico instead of heading to New Orleans.

We both had our minds set on New Orleans, but with my son graduating this upcoming year we had a pretty tight schedule plotted out. We would have been driving every week for the first 5 months of the year, barely able to relax, to make the deadline. We had already discussed slowing our pace so we could more easily explore each area we live before moving on to another.

Our original plan through September 2016

The new plan would include me flying out to Colorado in December to grab my van and bring it to California so we can take it into Mexico – not the Airstream. Yes, it is much smaller – it is half the size and with twice as many people and dogs as it is intended – but the van gives us greater freedom of movement and more places we can camp in Mexico. It would also blend in with the locals (and police) a bit more than a shiny, expensive, Airstream. We can camp when we want and when we need more room we can always rent a room – or cottage – for less than a week’s stay in an RV park in America.

The revised plan through September 2016

This would reduce the number of miles in our route by roughly 2000, give us two full months to explore Baja, and more time to get to Colorado for Timmy’s birthday and graduation. It will be a nice send-off for the van too, as I foresee it as the last trip the van and I will take together.