our epoch… one year, 48 state adventure
join us on our adventure as we visit all of the lower 48 states in one year!
In 56 days we will be starting our 52 week voyage across the USA. Our family of four (along with our pug) will leave our 5,000 sq. ft. house and we will be making our 5th wheel, Gipzee, our home for those 52 weeks. Gipzee has a bit under 500 sq. ft. Looks like we’ll be living in 10% of the amount of space we’re accustomed to living in.
Is this bad? Not really. But I’d be lying if I said it wouldn’t be an adjustment.
I have probably already said it many times, but life is weird. And because life is bound by it, time must logically be even more weird. Time is relentless. Time is unforgiving. Time never stops. Good times fly right on by. Bad times do the same. Normal times get lost in the mix. Time keeps on ticking…
For some, the information I’m about to share with you isn’t new. For others who are just now joining us on our journey, I have been asked about what exactly happened the day I ended up in the ER in September of 2016. It was an eye-opener for me (and probably my husband as well) and can help explain why I am so excited and grateful to be taking this 52 week adventure-on-wheels. Making memories, doing life with my most favorite people, and taking on challenges, such as year long road trips – each day celebrating the life I am blessed to be living.
So, here is that story…
There is a “known” thing on my Mom’s side of the family, if there are any qwerks or oddities in any of our personalities, or physical bodies, we blame it on the Banks side of our family. Aka, Banksisms.
The females have coined a term, Bankles, because apparently on the female side the Banks genes create legs that run straight from the calves into feet, bypassing the ankles. At least any visible ankle-like formation. I, being a male, apparently don’t have this abnormality. Or maybe I do and have never noticed it. But to us Banks, Bankles are a real thing. And they are, unfortunately, somewhat traumatizing.