Things are happening over here. The BattleWagon Chronicles have been dormant for too long. The old Safari van has been dead for almost 15 years. The big gray van died in Alaska. BW3 had it's own tale in Alaska, where it was left to vanish. The original BattleWagon, the Blue Bomber, the Big Blue Van, is still kicking, and it's what we have. Between that and our '86 Tercel, we are doing okay.
The homestead is going away as of the end of this month, about a week from today. Our replacement for our home rental is going to be some iteration of a bunkhouse camper. It'll be me, the wife, and our three kids for the summer, with our dogs. We got a bomber parking spot with full hookups. It's a lot to take in, as we would prefer to buy a house. However, it's 2023, and it's Colorado, and houses are for rich people and corporations, so here we are.
The long-term goal this time around is to save enough money to either buy property to build on, or build on property that our family owns outright. Either way, it's beyond our reach at the moment, but we'll get there. One tiny step at a time, but we'll get there.
In the meantime, family fun and adventures will be the themes for the summer. Any chance we get to go fishing, hiking, climbing, driving, camping, whatever we want to do, we are going to do. I feel like tricky things are coming, and I worry that, without each other, we won't survive. But I'm optimistic that we'll all have each other, and that we'll be alright, no matter what.
