"Always" Home .. on the Road ..

jonathan · Guru

"Always" Home .. on the Road ..

pauline · Guru

Very well said Jonathan, that's how I have been thinking for a long time, hope I still feel that way when we do get on the road full time, every now and then have a few moments of doubt especially as we are not getting any younger. As your signature says you are "living life" so maybe we should just get on with it.

Cheers

Ma · Guru

With your positive attitude and, from all accounts from other nomads who have met you, your friendly smiling face and interactions Jon, how could you not be happy with yourself and your chosen lifestyle.

We too love our travels and do most of the same things you do, being on the road for about 9 months out of every year, but we still do have a base to come home to.

Being in a "village" means we don't have to worry about lawns (we don't have any lawn anyway) and gardens or house security as we have the best "neighbourhood watch" that ever was. Our neighbours are all rather elderly and sit on their verandahs soaking up the sun so keep a very close eye on things and the comings and goings of those that don't live there.

I hope you can have many more years yet Jon as I hope we do too so that we can enjoy this wonderful land we live in. There is so much to see that it will take another lifetime to see it all........not that you ever do I think.

Landfall · Guru

Well said Jon, enjoy every second and give thanks for the ability to be able to do so.

After all, you only get one shot at living, its not a practice session.

Cheers

Dusty smile

bill12 · Guru

I must say that I like coming home.The shed, the big tv,The really comfortable couch,etc. But I also like being on the road, and spend about 3month a year gallivanting about. A positive attitude definately makes a difference, and meeting with old or new friends is also important.I would like to chase the weather, and, perhaps, spend the summer down south(Magnetic island is bloody hot and humid in the summer), somewhere on the south coast.I have to , from time to time, get demagnetized, as I do get stale seeing the same people doing the same things.Living on an island can have its drawbacks.Full time on the road, not at the moment.Perhaps when I win Lotto.......

B-T · Veteran Member

When we left the ex-home over six years ago we drove down to the main road - opened a bottle of champers and then spun a coin to see "Where to next" It's been a great life ever since.

John

jonathan · Guru

thanks for your comments ..

The one thing I probably neglected to mention, was about one's "Comfort Zone" ..

Thats what we all live by whether we realise it or not. It becomes more evident when we become challenged by outside influences .. Firstly, once we take a partner and share comfort zones .. then maybe we lose that partner, be it mutually or otherwise and we then build up our defences again to move forward .. thats just one scenario and life is full of them. Each pertinent in its own way in our own life existance ..

but, we each must be totally happy in our own comfort zone to move or change it .. so be happy with yourself then there's more chance others will be happier with you ..

its all good, eh !

Jon

jonathan · Guru

bill12 wrote:
.. Living on an island can have its drawbacks ..

Hi Bill ..

Gotta say that I did experience that in a different scale too .. I was born and raised in New Guinea and after settling down in Oz in a permanent situation in 1966, there was quite a adjustment to "civilisation" .. as its called ..

Jon

jonathan · Guru

Ma wrote:
.. There is so much to see that it will take another lifetime to see it all........

Gotta agree with you Ma .. but next timeI might come back as a green tree frog. I dont now how many I've found on my MH when I travel .. must be a cheaper means of travel with less maintenance ..

Jon

Beth54 · Guru

Very well said Jonathan. You rig is perfect for fulltime 'life on the road'. You have everything you need.

I don't know if I could do it, but that's the beauty of it, we all have the choice.

If you're still in the area on the 3/10, come up to Jacobs Well and have a cuppa with Gubby and Mrs Gubby, and whoever else turns up.

-- Edited by Beth54 on Sunday 25th of September 2011 10:39:10 AM

sharon · Veteran Member

smile smile smile smile smile Hello,

I just read your post and all the replies and it was sooo refreshing. Thankyou for making my day, I feel a lot happier having read it. Cheers. Sharon & Gary

Vic · Guru

Great thread Jon, and well thought out. Thanks for sharing your views. Also those who replied to your thread. Interesting to see how we all view life and travel etc.

I don't know that I can really add anything, already been summed up by you and others here.

Father Ted · Senior Member

Thanks Jon,a well written post and a joy to read. biggrin

Travel Bug · Guru

G'day Jon....
Them's my sentiments exactly!!! smile smile

More on that soon......Watch this space!!!

jonathan · Guru

.. I didn't expect such a great response .. but I'm so pleased to see it .. thanks all ! ..

Now I must try to improve the smile on the face of this Ratfink (avatar) ..

Jon

lilly31 · Guru

Great thread jon ....

jandas fun · Guru

Good onya Jon
you have travelled a long way, in more ways than one, since we first met you.
John and Anne

dazren · Guru

Gidday Jonathon, I to enjoyed your thread very much, and the reply's as well. you come across as a very happy and content man, and this is what IT is all about, depite this crazy world we live in, Just keep doing what your doing, It's working ??? dazren

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Well said Jon - I have pm'd you - ok?

AmandaJayne · Guru

well said Jon.. and speaking of ones comfort zones... going 'bush' I feel at home its the getting there with me... to do so I go outside my comfort zone but when I am there its wonderful ... if I did not push myself to go I would never leave the house.

Cruising Granny · Guru

Thank you Jonathan. You summed it up perfectly. I can relate.
I always say, "I'm on the road, and where I'm parked is where I live". Always sleep in my own bed.
It's a good life, and it shows we don't need all those rooms in a building on a block of dirt to prove anything, or to have a "nest".
I can absolutely relate. While I'm parked up for a while, I can still do more kms when I feel the need to, but hopefully I'll get regular work so I can do the travel without the van. I carry my own camp bed too and I sleep well.

B-T Welcome to the GN's. Nice to see you here. Tells us a bit about yourself and your nomadding plans?

Les_Donz · Veteran Member

Thank you Jonathon, for putting a smile on my face.

Les and I (Donna) are organising a journey together in about a year's time. We don't know where it will take us or even how we will share our comfort zones together but I'm sure that we will meet many wonderful oldies (I mean that politely of course) along the way. If we were to set goals for our journey together it would be to finally take time for ourselves. We have each raised our own families. Les still has his two adult sons living with him and I have three of my four children, and one grand-daughter, living with me. So we feel that the only way to make them branch out and begin their lives is for us to run away from home. The open road is the answer. There is so much out there to experience, so many experiences to re-energise our tired hearts, so many positive and happy people like yourself to meet. I can't wait....12 months seems such a lifetime away but I know it will go fast, as time always does when you get older.

Donna

jonathan · Guru

your very welcome, Les & Donna ..

The big "wait" can be a lot smaller Donna .. and thats to make the "waiting" an experience of its own .. The learning curve is not there to confuse you, but to give you the opportunity to step outside your current comfort zone to do and learn things you frst thought impossible .. Thats the best preparation 'cause thats how it will be for you ..

enjoy the time

Jon

beachball57 · Senior Member

i have to agree with bill i don't mind being "on the road" for awhile, but being a truck driver i'm "on the road all the dam time" sometimes i just like to sit still and thats when home comes into play,, guess it's good to travel but i like my shed, doing the garden and my sleeping chair,,, guess i'm not ready for the open road full time yet,,, but that's just me and each of us are different

jonathan · Guru

.. you're so right Tony .. we are lucky to be able to be different .. enjoy mate!

Jon

Andrea · Senior Member

As said above -- you've expressed it so well, Jonathan! John & I have been almost three years on the road so far, still consider ourselves 'newbies' in some ways, but have never looked back. We also consider ourselves to be sooo lucky, and both are quite sure that we'd never feel quite comfortable living in a stationary dwelling! (We tried it briefly at a house-sit in NSW -- couldn't wait to move back home! smile )

Travel safe!

Andrea

jonathan · Guru

I feel very much the same Andrea .. Staying with family or friends is what I do when travelling, but prefer to stay in my 'home' .. although being invited to stay in their homes by my lads ..

Usually after a week or so, its time to get back on the road ..

Jon

colsa · Senior Member

Hi Johathan, well said thats exactly how we feel been on the road 5 years now everything we own is with us. Hubby loves "when the lawn needs mowing we move on" or " if the neighbours are a pain we move on" who could wish for more. In Adelaide at the moment both of us been in hospital in the last couple of weeks but got great nieghbours here so i wasn't too worried being on my own, got that almost all sorted then we head west in about 5 weels can't wait, will miss grandkids here but got 3 more in Perth, life is great.

jonathan · Guru

I agree with you Colsa .. for me it helps to keep me flexible and aware .. so yes .. til I find need to change .. its stays the same ..

Jon

Cruising Granny · Guru

I hope you've recovered from whatever was ailing you. Being crook is no fun.
Contact me by PM and we could catch up if you'd like.