I’m sitting in the middle of a nasty stretch of hot, humid summer here in the Missouri Ozarks wishing I were someplace cooler. This early summer heat spell, I confess, is turning my fantasies back to some plans I had years ago. Actually, I’m on a “dual track” fantasy here, neither of which is likely to come true, but both of which look good today.
Fantasy 1 — My wife and I decided about 15-20 years ago that we wanted to get a sailboat, become qualified and skilled at sailing it, then take a sailing trip around the world. Setting aside recent news stories about the California teen who’s world circumnavigation trip got cut short, the reality is we can’t afford a boat and would have no place near us to keep it. (There are, however, a couple of lakes about two hours travel time from us where we could take sailing lessons.) In addition, my wife doesn’t swim and has a lifetime phobia about getting into water any deeper and wider than a bathtub or home whirlpool/hot tub.
Fantasy 2 — Before we developed the sailing idea, we always said it would be great fun to own a travel trailer (rv?) and become sort of nomadic, traveling all over the U.S. and coming home only for a couple of months at a time. This idea may someday be feasible for us, if I can generate a bit more income and we can pay off a few more debts. The two biggest problems preventing this from being our sort of “permanent getaway plan” would be — the high cost of fuel (gas or diesel) and my cowardice about learning to drive a large motor home.
But, I remain very attracted to the motor home idea. It could work. So if you should just happen to have used rvs for sale somewhere in my neck of the woods, keep an eye out for me. It could happen!