Update from Minnesota

We went back and forth a lot on when to return to the western part of the US. It looks like we've decided to stay here in Minnesota for at least a few more months - possibly through the winter. We'll have to move out of our rolling home and into a more cold weather worthy place or figure out a way to weatherize the trailer for the very cold winters here. At this point it looks like we may mothball the trailer when it starts to get cold and then move back in to it this next spring when it's good traveling weather again...

There's a handful of reasons for our decision. The largest one being that we can build up savings here a lot faster than we can anywhere else. The shop gives me the opportunity to sell some of my carvings in addition to our regular income and provides me with an environment to work on one of my long term dreams.