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The Stories

The Stories


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 29, 20225 min read
A Life of Luxury
“And Sherry, how about you? What’s your luxury item? What is it that would cause you to eat ramen noodles, if necessary, so you could...

Sherry Chidwick
Apr 7, 20224 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 10/10)
(for Part 1, click here) One of our favorite family travel memories is such a little thing that it would be easy to overlook, but it has...


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 9/10)
(for Part 1, click here) Although I am still a bit nervous about our rig coming off as pretentious, we finally decided to build out a...


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 8/10)
(for Part 1, click here) We resigned from our teaching jobs in July of 2021 and said goodbye to our life in Oregon so we could return...


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 7/10)
(for Part 1, click here) The problem, of course, is that most people can’t find a way to finance a life of travel earlier than full...


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 6/10)
(for Part 1, click here) Travel was pushed to the back burner. I started teaching at a public high school. Andy worked as a youth pastor....


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 4, 20223 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 5/10)
(for Part 1, click here) Early in our marriage, Andy longed for travel for different reasons. First and foremost, his family didn’t do...


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 4, 20223 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 4/10)
(for Part 1, click here) We did eventually take a different track for a few years, at least in financial matters. Andy was recruited to...


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 3, 20222 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 3/10)
(for Part 1, click here) Our life together has never been exactly typical for our cultural and socio-economic background. In our 29 years...


Sherry Chidwick
Apr 3, 20223 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 2/10)
(for Part 1, click here) I learned later that he was not at all discouraged by my aloof greeting. If anything, he took it as a challenge....


Sherry Chidwick
Mar 10, 20223 min read
Of Crazy Clothes and Campers, Fish Frys and Fair Trade Festivals: A Love Story (Part 1/10)
There was a knock at the door. He was right on time. This was the moment of truth. Either I was going to feel like a complete fool, or . . .


Andy Chidwick
Sep 27, 20211 min read
A little time to rest...
It was a perfect Fall day today and the mountains were calling to us. Our intrepid little truck Walter was eager to ramble us up a long...
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