Friends & Family! You guys!!

We are so excited to share with you what our little crew has been up to! Our adventures here in P-town have taught us so much about ourselves, what is most important, and how to dream bigger than ever before. We have met incredible people who welcomed us into their communities, and you all inspired us to always give our best selves and not fear the greatness of what life has to offer.

So here it goes...we’re taking this show on the road! Chels is going to be a travel nurse which will take us all over the country! We got ourselves a GIANT 5th Wheel (2018 Solitude 377 MBS, for us RV dorks;) and are looking for a GIANT (sexy) truck to pull it with, and will be off to see this beautiful, giant country of ours likely near the end of September. There is so much beauty to see, and we just can’t wait to get out there and experience it.

Derek will be taking lots of deep, fresh-air filled breaths as he homeschools the kids (which we and they are actually stoked about - also, on a completely unrelated note, please send wine;) We are planning on starting in San Diego, which gets us some awesome sunshine, Beach, and Joshua Tree time, as well as playing with Jake and Paige and fam, which we couldn’t be more happy about!

We hope you will follow us on our journey (and encourage us when we feel like we’ve made a crazy move!) Chels will blog about all the happenings - “Inmananigans” (Inman Shenanigans...ya get it? Ya see what I did there?! ...it’s a work in progress...😂😂) if you care for all the deets, and Carter is excited to stretch his pic/video/music editing skillz to share with y’all also.

Thanks in advance for all of your love and support! We wouldn’t be able to do something so awesome without the support of our family and friend family. You are all so special to us, and we count ourselves so, so lucky to have done life with you for the past 5 years. What a beautiful ride.

We will be diving in to all the fun this summer together has to offer, and can’t wait to come back to visit soon (or maybe you can join us on the road somewhere cool!) We will miss you so. ♥️

Cheers, guys - This is gonna be great!

Pick up GG!

Pick up Trailer

◦ Aug 19, 2019

◦ First “lean in” pic pulling the trailer!

◦ Saturday, nobody at store, had to charge batteries

(had no idea how to do that). Lance from RV store taught us how to hook up - once - and then sent us on our way. Felt inexplicably like taking home a newborn baby...like, “you’re REEEALLY going to just let us take this and be responsible for it?!” OK...can’t be THAT hard right? People do it!

Move to Sandy River RV Park

Troutdale RV Spot (Sandy RIver RV Park)

Beautiful, right by the water where Carter loved early morning private fishing trips

Friend Cindy helped so much! So many simple “do we really need that” or “what the heck is this thing for” or “buy this, and get the good one, you won’t be sorry” and so many “You guys have got this!”

First exposure to cranky old folks who really didn’t want our kids or dogs defiling their rule abiding space!

Sept 9, 2018 Send off party (need pics)

Felt so blessed, and SO sad to leave such an amazing community. So hard to leave Dad and T...hardest for sure.

So many friends who had become family

SO excited for what is to come!

BLAST OFF!!!

Haceta Beach RV Park

Rouge Brewery

Newport Aquarium

Hobbit Beach Trail (First travel stack)

Ice Cream and Antique shops in Florence

Coos Bay (Oceanside RV Park)

Visit Nana, Papa and Abby

Friends Lance and Auggie, Anne and Sue came to visit

Dinner at Hilltop House

Day in Bandon = cheese factory (ice cream), fun sculptures, more stacks, Mom lost ID (not easy to recover on the road!)

Klamath (Chinook RV Resort)

AMAZING view! Right on the Klamath River, near where it meets the sea

Sea lions zoming around, torpedoing themselves after tired, giant salmon, throwing pieces of them in the air where they were the new sky-war began with all of the sea birds fighting for pieces of the loot.

Jones and Carter fishing

Jones meeting a Sea Lion closer than he desired, wouldn’t go close enough to the water to cast anymore

Mom and Dad stacked

Native American family net fishing (allowed out of season as we were on their land), watched kids fish all day without reward, then were incredibly generous and gave us TWO huge salmon

Carter and Mom gutted and filleted (we’re new:) then grilled and shared at campfire

Campfire every night at 7 : Met Michael and Ciaran - Irish Father/Son cycling from Vancouver, BC to TJ, MX. So fun singing and drinking with them. Invited us to stay with them to see Ireland. Met up with them again in (Drive by Eureka:) Meyers Flatt, CA and SD.

Also met Bob who smoked tiny cigars and he and buddy took us fishing

Back road driving and directions, picked us up from shore

Jones and Carter caught some giant (out of season = throw back) salmon, still so fun to reel in such a big dude!

Also met Jonathan and Mackenzie - blessings of people who peek into our lives and while our moments together were brief, they were happy and hold a forever place.

Trees of Mystery and Paul Bunyan!

Meyers Flatt Giant Redwoods RV Park

Pretty drive, park was simple but nice

They were asphalting while we were there #homeschool :)

Deadly bacteria in the water:/

Met the Miracles (Brad, April, Payton, Addie)

Fun nights around the camp fire with great wine and fun campfire food

Learned about work camping, invited to see the spot they are now managing in Napa - AMAZING!

Bike ride to little market for popsicles

Black Sand Beach

Drive down was intense! Super windy and steep

Waves SO giant we couldn’t even get close - lots of scary signs that said so! Cabo almost died because he ran right at the waves and couldn’t hear us calling him back because the rocks rolling in the waves and the crashing water were SO LOUD!

Breathtaking beach

More Stacking and fun pics

Boy WRASSLED ALL DAY!

Dogs burned/got abrasions on their feet from chasing ball in rocks

Yummy pizza for dinner

Met Colleen and Kyle Smith : One night to play with their kids and drink Jameson around the fire:)

Sacramento KOA

Cell service switched - best service!

BBQ at Nana and Papa Jones (Jen and Lou, Karli, Julie and Chris)

Karli did K’s makeup

Jen and Karli came to hang out

Kids made friends and played in the pool

Sleep over with Faunti and Funcle

Went to the Club

Date night in Davis district - Irish pub with yummy Shepards Pie and Irish Whisky

Napa, CA R-Ranch

First “You’re Not Actually HALPING, old dood!” Experience

Visit Miracles

Horse back trail ride

Game Room

Lots of good food and wine and campfires

Napa Market - got fancy pepper and quail eggs, which we fried and it was adorable

Wine tasting at Local Winery

Uncle Paul, Aunt Mynde, Ashley and Baby Emma came to visit - so fun

Colinga overnight stop on our way to Disney Land. Sunset so pretty over harvested field

DISNEY LAAND!!

The Adventure Begins...again... :)

Santa Fe RV Park - we had no idea, and oh what a beautiful thing it would be.

We did NOT like the park at first. It was LOUD. And a pain to get into our spot. But the people seemed cool enough...little did we know lol!

First day as a Travel RN - here we go!

Carter’s first trip to P-town while on the road...that mouth is awful sassy for how much money I spend on it.

...like a diva, sassy and expensive!

Chels and Paige visit Kayla for 21st!

Carter and Kambelle in Basketball

All kiddos in Muay Thai

Kids sleepover with Auntie Paige and Uncle Jake = Mom and Dad downtown date

Carter and D go to Lakers Game in LA!

Mom and Dad visit

KAYLA comes to visit! Yay!

Gramma Patty and Grampa Rob come to visit - yay!

Last day of work at UCSD - so bittersweet

The views

The people

The learning from different styles of practice

The pride in myself that I think I gave my best and did well

The joy that we get to keep doing this. That we are even getting better at this!

Paige’s wedding shower - so pretty and fun!

-Magical transformation of clubhouse

- Aunt Jenny and Mom BOTH came!

- Katie came

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CABO WITH THE KIDDOS! WAHOOOO!

Supposed to leave Tuesday - neeeeeeded more time with our people! Stayed two extra days, still miss them daily, cant wait to be reunited, because we will!

Get to see Alyssa and Jaedeka and Justice and played on Freemont Street

To Fernley, NV to visit Gramma n Grampa

House is almost as beautiful as watching my parents build a home where they want it. Where they chose. Where they are close to family and feel connected to the town around them. SO FUN!

Drives were AMAZING! Giant sky’s with fluffy clouds that cast shapes onto the rolling mountanous landscape! Joshua trees. Skys and mountains for miles

To Draper, UT

Already a pleasant stop for an overnight. Park easy to find and get into, spot easy to navigate. Cherry on top, and extra day, made possible by awesome office lady, cuz D woke up with the pukes :/

Double cherry, place has a pool and game room and kids are happy to not have another car ride today.

All working out how it should:)

Thank you. Thank you for letting me love you. Thank you for your willingness to jump with me. Thank you for forgiving me. Thank you for choosing to love me every day, every moment, even when I’m not very like-able. Thank you for every moment.

To Ashland, OR