The Chouters & Ruby Red

State Number 50!

2chouters — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:15:44 +0000

Guess where we are?? I don’t know exactly, but we are somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean, gently rolling in the waves as we cruise our way toward Hawaii. In the past few hours we have crossed over some kind …

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Now, where did I leave off?

2chouters — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:35:32 +0000

My gosh, has it been over a year already? Where has the time gone? There have been a couple of other times that I have gone AWOL on my blog for an extended period of time and it usually coincided …

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2025 so far…

2chouters — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:40:15 +0000

Sorry to be AWOL for a while, 2025 did not start off well for us and blogging took a back seat to life and all its ups and downs. On New Year’s Day, as we made our way to Portland, …

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What’s in store for 2025?

2chouters — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:31:59 +0000

To be honest, I didn’t think I would write my annual post about our future travels because until a couple of weeks ago we had no idea where we would be going or even if we would be going at …

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Summer of Sitting Still

2chouters — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:54:50 +0000

Hello, everyone! Sorry we disappeared, but we were enjoying our Summer of Sitting Still, spending time reconnecting with our kiddos in the area and also friends from our former lives before we became nomads. We also joined a gym. It is …

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Repositioning to the PNW

2chouters — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:39:57 +0000

Following our arrival back in the U.S., we spent our days preparing to reposition from the ranch in Texas to Skagit Valley RV Park in Mount Vernon, WA. That is no small trip, it is 2,000 miles across seven states …

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A Tour of Ruby Red.

2chouters — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 03:10:41 +0000

This photo tour of Ruby Red has been on my mind since we took possession of her last December and I know I have hinted at it ever since. But I wanted you to see her as our home, not …

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Goodbye, Bijou.

2chouters — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 01:30:39 +0000

What a busy time this has been for us! We arrived in Paris on March 1st after leaving Ecuador, retrieved Bijou from her storage at the farm, and parked up at Les Rives de Paris Camping on the outskirts of …

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Cuenca in moving pictures

2chouters — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 11:25:44 +0000

Hey ho, everyone! I know it has been a very long time since we published a blog post, and we appreciate a few of you reaching out to check on us. Although this post is about Cuenca, featuring a few …

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Locro de Papa, Ecuadorian Potato Soup

2chouters — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:34:42 +0000

See that little bag of potatoes? I bought those on my very first trip to the market the day we arrived in Cuenca. I like potatoes, but not enough to go through the hassle of peeling and cutting them up. …

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