Seasons Greetings

I had the opportunity to spend 10 days in Kona Hawaii with a lovely couple that I befriended very early in my intentional community exploration--Greg Sherwin and Chris Elkins.  They were on my first stop at Boulder Creek Co-Housing Community.  As you recall, they joined me for a week in my RV to attend the to the Co-Housing Conference in Durham, NC back in May.  We spent 10 lovely days together at the Kona Tiki Hotel and Reid got to join us for 5 of those days.

Kona Hawaii Dec 18th

Being from Houston, I rarely thought of a sunshine destination for vacation but am so glad I accepted their offer to join them.  The Kona Tiki is a small, mom and pop hotel right on the water.  There's no air conditioning but the weather was so nice that it wasn't necessary.  It was great to be able to re-connect with them and just kick back and enjoy life during what is normally a stressful season.

After that, I flew back to Durango, spent one night, unpacked and repacked and headed to DC to spend a week with Reid and his 3 youngest boys.  It was his Xmas gift to them.  His twins had never flown before so that was an adventure.  We rented an Airbnb and visited museums.  They spent one day traveling the metro out to the burbs for lunch with family while I took it easy around the rental unit.

Here's a photo of Reid and the boys on Xmas day:

The Tatge boys on Xmas day

and another of Reid and I:

Having fun on Xmas day in DC

The day after Xmas, we flew back to Houston where Kent picked me up and we drove to Lake Livingston to visit my mom for her birthday.  After an overnight stay there and some catching up, we drove back to Friendswood and I stayed with Kent and his family.  After all the trouble that goes with trying to sell your home, they got an offer and are expected to close in the next few weeks and join me at the lodge on Lake Vallecito.

I'm in Houston another week or so in an effort to get some annual Dr visits in before heading back to the cold north.  

Life is good and I'm looking forward to seeing what the new year brings as I continue my search of a simpler life.