“I was riding shotgun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car…” I’m not normally much of a T-Swift fan but there are certain songs that get me singing. And this one makes me think of the Jeep. You’ve all heard about our Jeep by now. It’s a 1988 Wrangler in a…

It has been a busy couple of weeks for the Wandering Dolphin crew! Andy took a trip back to Minnesota for the 4th of July and had a chance to visit with family and spend some time at the cabin. While he was gone, I spent time with the dogs and held down the fort….

I’m in the shower. It’s 10 o’clock at night and I am shampooing my hair. Pica is on the shower door, enjoying the mist. Suddenly, a loud boom comes from behind the shower. I jump, Pica jumps, I yell for Andy and he begins to run around the motorhome. I can hear him going in…

Well, I cannot give much of an update about life in Ramona other than it is still hot! And we are still finding ways to stay cool but entertained in the summer heat. We were fortunate enough to find a friend with a pool, and I have threatened to make my presence in it unavoidable…

I remember last summer in Ramona – and it was hot. I told myself that I would never go through a summer like that again. But here we are. I think what happened was the nice weather of fall hit, then winter, then that gorgeous spring, and I forgot all about how terrible the summer…

Now that we are back from our trips, we have started to settle back into our lives here in beautiful Southern California. Since our eventual goal is to find land and build a home and farm, we have started practicing/learning some of the skills we will need in our future. We started with chickens. Meet…

Shortly after our Hawaiian adventure, a mere six days, we packed up for another excursion – this time to Nevada. In order to make the trip as comfortable as possible, we decided to rent a car for our drive. We were heading to Ely, Nevada, and GPS told us it would be an 8.5-hour drive….

Our Hawaiian adventure was moving quickly and we were having more and more fun each day. At times, it was hard to grasp that it was real. We were in a beautiful place, surrounded by nature, getting to snorkel almost every day and exploring a gorgeous island, all in the company of some of our…

May 10th was day 4 of our adventure and marked the halfway point of our trip. So far, I was smitten with Maui and excited to see what else was in store. Anita and Robbie had decided to take a day-trip to Oahu to visit Pearl Harbor and since Andy and I had been there…

With Day One on the island being so amazing (our awesome sea turtle sightings), we were pretty sure that the rest of the trip was going to follow suit. On our first full day on Maui we decided to explore some of the recommended snorkeling beaches. I came prepared with a printed map of the…