One of the biggest differences between the way some people move to Mexico and the way we are doing it is that we are only taking what will fit in our mini-van. That’s not a lot of stuff!

We have made decision after decision to winnow the articles we are taking to only the bare minimum. I feel fine about the decisions we’ve made, and excited about the sense of freedom that goes along with travelin’ light.

But somewhere along the way I forgot that our house closing isn’t until the end of the month and while it sounds kind of strong and sassy to “camp” in our house for a month….it can be a bit of an ordeal. I crave a comfortable chair. We are sleeping on a double bed mattress on the floor…wow, does that seem small! And the dogs can jump up without an invitation, too.

The garage sale last weekend cleaned us out. Thank goodness the new owners of our house have bought the washer & dryer from us or we’d be going to the laundromat like we did long, long ago!

The remaining chores will probably eat up the next two weeks, and then we plan on spending the week following that visiting friends and family with an estimated departure date from the Pacific Northwest of September 4.