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Day Three: Mobile Office with a View

How many people can say their office is literally in Paradise? Paradise Valley, to be precise. Sunday night we set up camp 10 miles south of Livingston and I hammered away at the picnic table/office desk on my laptop writing “to do lists” for the week.
Yes. I’m one of those people. “List” people. There [...]

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Day Two: Mobile Office Test Launch

It’s Saturday night…two out of four of us are asleep. And I’m realizing that this is the window of quiet I need to actually get some work done. 
There’s a lot of talk about the “Mobile Office” these days. We certainly have the gear necessary. But to paraphrase from ad legend Bill Bernbach, “[Technology] can turn [...]

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Day Two: Is that REALLY necessary?

Experience can be a cruel teacher. In our case, we are learning hourly just how to manage all the items one needs to go on a cross-country road trip with a full array of mobile office supplies; camping gear; two kids and their paraphernalia; clothes; food; guitar; fishing gear; and other “necessary” stuff.
Somehow after clearing [...]

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Day One: The Exit

Like most best laid plans, our departure was not exactly textbook. Originally we had thought to leave the house to the rental agent managing the Everett property in our absence on Friday at 9am. Afterwards we’d join friends at the local International House of Pancakes (where all great adventures should begin) and from there charge [...]

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All Aboard!

In the walk of life there are certain defining moments where everything changes. Sometimes we don’t recognize those moments until we’ve long since passed them. But at other times, their significance is profound the moment they occur. Even if we don’t know exactly how they will unfold.

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