Very cool idea. We just bought a farm last year so we're also in the process of a major life change. We've lived in this house since shortly after we got married back in 83.... raised 2 girls in it, and invested our blood sweat and tears in it. Shortly, we'll be selling it after fixing it up.

The farm is our retirement home, situated on 28+ acres of mostly wooded land with 2 streams and lots of solitude. Our modular home is being delivered on Tuesday, May 9 and we'll be downsizing from this large one we have now. Going from 2400 sqft to 1920 sqft. Hence the reason my studio is a converted shed.

So.... a few years back, I was on a mission trip in Argentina with a married couple from Atlanta area. They said something about traveling in that manner at some future point. About a year after we got back, they made it happen. They sold the house and all the furniture and bought a nice motor coach. Hooked up a custom trailer that carried 2 motorcycles and hit the road. He quit his job but the company didn't want to lose his skills so they set him up to do phone tech support on a P/T basis on his schedule as he wanted to work. Laptop & phone provided by the company, and an internet connection was all he needed. They traveled this way for many years. They settled back down for a time due to some medical issues but just announced on FB that they are back on the road again. They tend to go places and stay for a month or more depending how well they like it. Ocean front cliff on the pacific, mountain view in the Smoky Mts, open praries, whatever they feel like next is where they go.

With a small, bare bones studio rig running from a laptop with a good interface and a mic, you can write music anywhere and still post here and keep in touch and make us all jealous with the view out your front door.

I'll be setting on my back deck, enjoying the sound of the wind in the trees, in the cool shade of the evening with a pair of steaks on the grill, a cold one or two in my hand, and relishing in the solitude of the woods with my wife and my dog as company.


When you hit the road, keep in touch and send pictures.

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