Xmas post

This is Kuri and I @ my mom's house in December.

Family Fun

Here is Eilie, Nathan and Mr Dirtbagger during Christmas. They are such good kids and so fun to be around.

Mrs and Mr Dirtbagger during the Holidays

So here we are @ the holidays, ready to take on the world, as a couple of unemployed fools...

What? It has no wheels!

Front view of new house on the other side of the state. Unlike my "other" house that has wheels this one won't move around. Nieces call this one casa grande!

Message to Family

So guess what's new? Everything?

In light of recent developments and due to an urge to try somethingnew....we have decided to retire. Yes, that is correct, Brad can't bethe only one to attempt this! We are officially quitting our jobs, selling everything, downsizing and moving to a new location in Washington. See new house photos attached.

What you say? And When? Well, officially end of January we will beamong the unemployed. We are buying a new travel trailer and will betooling around the North American continent visiting parks and such. When we get bored we might start a business of our own. I think it's called dirt-baggin', but whatever it is, we're doin' it.

Our furry children will not be requiring a college education (Kuri is a bright girl but home-schooled, Spookamo is a 'tard and ain't got no schoolin', but we love him). So we have no obligations and have decided on a new life style far from the elegant ivory towers, internationaltravel in business class seats, 5-star lunchrooms, corporate phones/cars/pagers and let us not forget the back stabbing, gossip mongering, brown nosers, clueless managers, 60 hour work weeks, endless meetings and thousands of emails.

We are joining the ranks of the "We live on a fixed income, subscribe to AARP and Trailer Life Magazine" retired. No more fancy Christmas gifts or Birthday gifts from us so please reset your expectations. When we visit we will not be arriving in an airplane, instead look for us to pull up in your driveway in our trailer - hope you have hook-ups, especially the sewer! Yes it's shocking and daring but we have been fortunate to have just enough investments to get by, supportive friends and family and a new outlook on life in general. We are going for the gusto!

Mrs.Dirtbagger in Hong Kong

Mrs Dirtbagger looking hip to be dirtbaggin somewhere in Hong Kong on her last business trip. What a cool chick. She is gonna be my travel partner for the next 24 months. Hope she doesn't divorce me as a result. If she does, she gets custody of the cat.

Tofino, BC

Decided to take a little break and head to Vancouver Island for some fun and sun. OK, it is October and the Pacific Northwest Coast....How about some fun?

Us in the puddle jumper plane.

This thing was pretty small...

The view out our hotel/condo.

The Tofino Marina....