And now I present....

Big things have happened in the last.....two (?) weeks! Okay, it's really only been one big thing. One big thing that is now sitting in our driveway...

If that isn't enough of a teaser than I'll just give it to you, because frankly, I hate teasers. So, here it is!

TA-DA!

One of the goals we've had for our family is that we wanted to get out and "do more", but after having a baby we realized that it was going to be more difficult to spend time out in nature and camping like we wanted to. It's possible, but there are constraints that make tent-camping (or even plain car-camping) harder for us. So, after spotting one on the road and then doing our follow-up research, we decided that Someday we would buy ourselves an R-Pod.

Because of financial restraints and our dislike of having any kind of installment debt, we have been waiting patiently until we could find a Pod that was in our very specific price range and met our needs. Honestly, it was akin to looking for our home. But eventually our patience payed off and the exact model we wanted showed up at a dealer near our home and we snagged it up. Everything about the situation was right. It was the model we wanted. It was the price we wanted. It's used, but in insanely good condition.

So, now here it is. It's been winterized for us, so for now it sits in the driveway where we can pull together the necessaries that are stored away in other places in our garage. But we're already planning our "shake out" trip for either March or April. That gives us plenty of time to get everything done on the trailer that needs it (mattress replacement, storage solutions, etc).

Oh! And apparently it's tradition to pick name. Now to just get everyone on board with that... :D