Our journey started in November 2004 with the goal of exploring this great country for three years and then settling down again. In the fall of 2006 Scenic Route magazine wrote a story about our CoolJourney. You can read the magazine article here.
In November 2007 we reached the end of our initial three year journey. Anticipating this approaching milestone, in March 2007 we began to review our lifestyle again. At that time we decided to continue fulltiming for at least 3 more years. To celebrate, we upgraded our home to a 2007 Monaco Diplomat 40 PDQ motorhome.
We are now entering a new chapter in our lives. In October 2009 we purchased a home in a Del Webb Sun City development in Florence, AZ. We will become "Sun Birds" and will travel in the summer and stay in Florence in the winter. This will give us the opportunity to establish a community of friends we will visit each year and will fill a void that has been growing over the past five years. The CoolJourney website will continue to be available, but after October 2010 updates in the winter will be few.
If you have been following our journey we would like to thank you for being with us along the way. If you would like to be added to (or deleted from) our update notification mailing list, please contact us and we will make it happen. Thanks for checking in on us.
Bill & Susan
New! This update covers time from Florence, AZ to Garberville, CA. Go here to see our journals and pictures. A lot has happened over the past 4½ months so check out the pictures and the journals.
Travels through July 15, 2010 updated on July 21, 2010.
House Update! July 21: The landscaping is done. Some new furniture has been purchased and we are glad we are not there! Ha! It is very hot in Florence, AZ. We will return in early October. ConstructionCompetedPaintingLandscapingFurniture
