On June 18^th of this year, I received an email from my virtual friend, blogger and artist Peta Kaplan of Green Global Trek. The message read “Had to forward you this, because, well, yeah DUH! Good luck!” and was followed by the link https://www.airbnb.com/d/liveanywhere. Well, that encouragement sounded intriguing enough, so upon checking out what the link was about, I was enthralled.

The company Airbnb was giving 12 individuals (and up to three companions each) the opportunity to live around the world – anywhere – for an entire ten months for free, including traveling to and living in listings on Airbnb. They were looking for candidates resembling remote workers, creatives, empty nesters, young families, staycationers, and digital nomads. This contest had our name on it! Especially since Mark and I didn’t have much luck finding a used pick-up truck, the program would start in the summer, and departure was planned early September. Perfect!

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