The First Lady of the family and Mama Nomad. Mandy loves to spend time with her family, travel, explore and read. She is the primary daily educator and overall household manager. Mandy is credited with being the inspiration behind venturing into this Nomadic Lifestyle.

I Read, I Travel, I Become

I read, I travel, I become. – Derek Walcott Continue reading

No Yesterdays On The Road

What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. – William Least Heat Moon Continue reading

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

Not all those who wander are lost. – JRR Tolkein Continue reading

Bye September, Hello October

Bye September, and Hello October. We’ve successfully wrapped up September, which means one complete month of “Living Nomad Style.” It’s been a good one with some ups and down. First few weeks were pretty busy. Here’s a little recap: Week one; we got settled in, explored our grounds, and took… Continue reading

No Foreign Lands

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. – Robert Louis Stevenson Continue reading

We May Even Become Friends

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. – Maya Angelou Continue reading

Memories and Footprints

Take only memories, leave only footprints. – Chief Seattle   Continue reading

I See My Path….

I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. – Rosalia de Castro Continue reading

Sick On The Road

Being sick is never fun. I’ll bet that if you’ve ever been sick away from home, you thought, at least once, and maybe even many times over, “Man, I just want to be home.” You want to be home for all those comforts that you have there. That’s how I… Continue reading

New Paths

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. ~ Walt Disney Continue reading