The Rambler


Hi, I'm Phil Schmidt, and welcome to my blog! Here I share my ponderings, wanderings and doings.

Recent Posts

Settling and Adjusting

So THIS is what retirement looks like?

As we've been relaxing into the new house, continuing to unpack and rearrange, life has been settling down some, and we are adjusting to our new normal. Being settled doesn't mean being sedentary though - we have been busy.

Pretty much as soon as we got here I plugged into the …

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Back Into a House - Full Circle

Final weeks in the camper, and now housed!

A mere eight weeks ago we made the decision to pivot from nomadic RV life to stationary home living, and now the transformation is complete. We closed on a house a couple weeks ago and promptly moved in. By the end of the day after closing we'd cleared out our …

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From Oregon to Iowa - and Home

We've come full circle and landed

I'll begin with the end here. The last seven weeks have been a whirlwind, starting in Oregon and ending in Iowa, where we are now, and where we will be staying for good. Yes, we are exiting RV life! We went into this knowing that it wouldn't last, and with …

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