OUR NEW BABY, 1983 31' AIRSTREAM SOVEREIGN, 30 JUST LIKE US--MEANT TO BE!
This new phase is coming in like a lion. Since we’ve arrived home a week ago we’ve: experienced the death of my wonderful black ‘o4 VW golf and acquired a Subaru in its stead, we’ve traded in Zach’s old road-bike for a Carbon Beauty AND we’ve become the proud owners of a thirty-one foot 1983 Airstream camper in which we will live for the coming year. Many things are happening, and all the while we are continuing to live out of our panniers, staying for 10 days in my Pop’s guest space above his garage as we get things rolling again.
The move to Philadelphia is certain at this point, imminent and exciting. Our Airstream will be in the lot on Monday. I KNOW what you're thinking—why, of all places, Philadelphia?? That’s the question nearly everyone asks—and the simplest answer is that there are opportunities for us there that don’t exist elsewhere. The people are friendly as all get-out, the city is diverse, arty, gritty and close enough to home that we can visit more than once or twice a year. It’s conveniently an hour and a half from NYC, the city that I have a well-established relationship with. We’ve got friends in Philly working on some very interesting projects, and we have a spot to put our sweet little camper home. It doesn’t have the physical beauty of Seattle or Portland or San Francisco and there aren’t as many facial tattoos as New Orleans or Austin, but the fit is right and we both just feel it.
We’ve ridden our bikes all over that town too, and its FLAAAATTT!!! So much fun, so easy to get around.