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Riding the Rails, Kiwi-Style – a great way to see Beautiful New Zealand!
Paul and I have been to New Zealand several times, and we’ve visited some incredible spots in the past. Between 2015 and 2018, we had...
Kimberly OLeary
Mar 11, 20237 min read
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A Year of Discovery - the Rocinantes' first anniversary
On January 30, 2022, Rocinantes on the Road published our first article. What a ride it has been. It's been a year since we started our...
Kimberly OLeary
Jan 22, 20235 min read
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Home is not a place, it's a feeling - how we select lodging
This seems like a good time to reflect on the housing we chose during our first year of nomadic life. We started these adventures in...
Kimberly OLeary
Jan 8, 202313 min read
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Because There’s No Plate Like Chrome for the Hollandaise! Christmas in Australia
A lot of people have asked me how we could spend so much time away from home, especially over the holidays. Like everything else about...
Kimberly OLeary
Dec 30, 20226 min read
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Top 10 Reasons Why We love Melbourne!
We've been back in Melbourne for almost a month and are enjoying every day. We've had some time to reflect on what it is we love so much...
Kimberly OLeary
Dec 11, 20221 min read
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Melbourne - Home Again
Travel is the gift that keeps on giving. The more you travel, the more at home you feel all over the world. So even though we were...
Kimberly OLeary
Nov 28, 20224 min read
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Now that We're Back "On the Road Again", Where do we go from here?
In some ways, the past 4-5 months have felt like a holding pattern. We launched our nomadic life in January, bouncing around Europe...
Kimberly OLeary
Nov 13, 20224 min read
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Nothing Special: It's Just Mountains on One Side, Ocean on the Other!
New Caledonia When we visited New Zealand for the first time, in 2016, we were planning a rare 3-day weekend and wanted to visit...
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 30, 20226 min read
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3/5 of the way there: impressions 22 nights into our 36-night cruise
We boarded the Holland America ship Westerdam 22 nights ago, on October 2, 2022. Generally, we have been very pleased with this voyage. ...
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 24, 20225 min read
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What Lies Over the Rainbow? Aloha Spirit & the Art of Relaxing
I’ve always had trouble relaxing. For over 30 years, I did well in my career because I could manage multiple projects – juggling courses,...
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 16, 20224 min read
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Bon Voyage! Rocinantes take to the sea! Why A Cruise?
Yesterday, on October 2, we boarded the Holland America ship Westerdam, embarking on a 36-night cruise from Seattle to Sydney, Australia....
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 3, 20222 min read
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The Benefits to Living a Nomadic Life When Best-Laid Plans Go Awry
When we embarked on our nomadic life, we knew we would be planning six months or so into the future at any given time, and we would have...
Kimberly OLeary
Sep 12, 20224 min read
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Back in Home Base Part 3: Answering the Question, "What Draws You to Travel Mostly Outside the U.S.?
Senior nomads discuss why they prefer to travel outside the United States.
Kimberly OLeary
Jul 18, 20228 min read
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Back in Home Base: Part 2 - With a Little Help from my Friends (travels with my ukelele)
What it's like to be a good friend, and to catch up when back in home base
Kimberly OLeary
Jul 10, 20224 min read
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To Alaska
Day 1 From Lansing to St Ignace We have made the 4 hour drive from Lansing to St Ignace many times over the years. St Ignace is one of...
paul88773
Jul 4, 20223 min read
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Trip from the Midwest to Alaska by Motorcycle
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paul88773
Jun 26, 20221 min read
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The “Business” of Being Back in Home Base (back in Home Base Part 1)
All the "stuff" we need to do while back in home base....
Kimberly OLeary
Jun 20, 20224 min read
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Four Springtimes in 1 Year - Primavera, Spring, Printemps, Kevät (travels with my uke)
Travel creates opportunities to experience Spring 4 places, and Finnish folk song about Spring....
Kimberly OLeary
May 25, 20222 min read
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Why are the Finns the Happiest People on Earth? Appliances!!
We came to Helsinki early in May to visit our friend and former exchange student, Irena. I didn’t actually know much about Helsinki or...
Kimberly OLeary
May 16, 20223 min read
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Paris–you loved me, I fell in love with travel, & now I see “La Vie en Rose" (travels with my uke)
A return to Paris after 40 years, and why I wanted to travel full-time
Kimberly OLeary
May 9, 20223 min read
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