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Why Indiana? Well, my cousin, Ryne, was about to marry the girl of his dreams. He and Audrey asked if Adali and Ada could be in their wedding so off to Indiana we went. It was going to be a fast and furious trip but we had several things we needed to get done when we were there.
Upon arrival at McCormick's Creek State Park, we got to our super unlevel spot and finally got backed in, then I started looking around... “Where is the water hook up?” Whhaaaaat!!! How in the world did I miss that? At McCormick’s Creek State Park there are NO sites with water hook ups. So we pull out and go fill our tank with fresh water, (something new) and we asked the DNR to see if there was another spot we could go in because the one we were in was super unlevel and they weren't very busy. Everyone at the park was so nice and helpful. The DNR guy even helped Jon back up into the new site (something we have NOT mastered yet).
So, next thing is to unhook the trailer from the truck...well, I’m looking for separation in the grease plate and the hitch and never see it, so I assume I need to keep raising the trailer... POP...NOTHING...CRAP! I blew the fuse in the jacks and nothing is working now. A quick call to Ditching Suburbia, Michael Boyink, and a call to my dad to stop by Lowes and grab some fuses on his way to come see us and we finally got it working again (another lesson learned).
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As we are coming up on a full month of transitioning into our moveable home, I thought I should catch you up on what’s happened so far. The short version, at least.
May 2, 2015 we picked up the 5th wheel (or as we like to call it, RockSteady). A few people had told us we should mount our electrical/brake line inside the bed instead of under the tailgate where it came factory installed. It was one of those things that we just didn’t have time to do before picking it up. We hook everything up and sure enough - our truck bed was too long and the cord was getting caught on turns. So 2 hours later, a new plug is installed in our truck bed, and we were finally on our way.
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Well, friends - it's official. We picked up "Rocksteady" - our Grand Design Reflection 323 BHS 5th wheel on Saturday. By the end of the month we'll have closed on the house and officially be full time nomads!
Obviously we have lots to share on the process so far, but wanted to share another big change that is coinciding with the transition.
We've used the name Last Night Ago for lots of different side projects. Ashley's custom wood signs, baked goods, our T-Shirt shop and tons of other little things here and there. We loved it because Jett used to say stuff like, "Mom, did we eat pizza last night ago?" - meaning, "did we eat pizza yesterday?" It was so darn cute we just couldn't help naming a business after it.
But with everything else in our lives changing we decided it was time to start fresh. Last Night Ago was just too generic and didn't really symbolize what we're hoping this site/brand/blog will become.
And so as we launch into this whole "becoming nomads" thing we're officially re-launching Last Night Ago as BareNeckers!
I know what you're thinking, and no we haven't turned into nudists. It will still be safe to look at our pictures, I promise.
But we are going to make a huge effort to be more transparent, more honest and more real - to say what we really think. Our new goal with this blog is to encourage you to take a chance and do something different. It can be big like traveling full time - or small like starting a morning routine. Whatever it is, you can be sure we'll tell you exactly what we think about it, and how it's impacted our lives so you can make your own choice.
So there you go! New logo, new name and new adventures. Here we go!
Image credit: Samuel Zeller via Unsplash.
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March 23, 2015. I spent the whole day cleaning and staging each room so that I could get some amazing pictures of our home. The kids were so helpful in picking up their toys and making everything look in tip-top shape. We scrubbed off all the crayon marks on the walls and dusted all the doors and frames. We cleaned all the windows and got some really amazing pictures taken. It took me from 9am until 3:30 to get every room clean, staged and photographed. I was so motivated that day. I remember having an extra pep to my step and just thinking how fun that was to see my house for what it truly can be (when there aren’t little people making creative memories all over the place). I remember praying over the rooms that day. Praying for the next family who has this house that they would love it as much as we do and that their family would be blessed in their new home.
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We have a “car guy.” His name is Reb Croft from RC Motor Company and we’ve ALWAYS bought our cars form him. If you’re in the Knoxville area and looking for a car/truck/suv, go visit him. You’ll be glad you did. He knows his stuff and he can look for whatever you need.
After much research about hauling 5th wheels, we decided on an F350 dually with a 7.3 powerstroke diesel engine. We told Reb, and he got right to work. He knew exactly what we wanted. Leather seats, relatively low miles with 40/20/40 seats up front and a bench seat in the back. He looked....and looked....and looked. It’s crazy hard to find the specific truck that had all the things we were looking for. We’ve never had to be so specific in our search for a vehicle before.
Finally, we found one and it looked amazing. I got my hopes up, Reb flew all the way to Michigan to check it out and drive it back if he thought it was what we wanted. But then I got the call. No good. Reb saw lots of rust in the bed and several other things that just made him uneasy about the purchase. We told him if he didn’t think it was the right one, then we trusted him. He flew back to Knoxville without the truck. I was pretty upset, but we knew the perfect truck was out there just waiting to be found.
After several more false starts and dashed hopes, I found what looked to be the perfect match on Craigslist. It was a beauty! Man, she was dark grey, long bed, running lights, leather in great shape and to top it off, she had a chip! Oh, that glorious chip. Now, I don’t know much of anything about cars but...I know we get ridiculous gas mileage with this chip. I like it.
I had Reb call the guy to see if his asking price was solid and to feel him out and make sure he wasn’t going to murder us if we came to look at the truck. Jon ended up calling him after Reb did and we set up a time to drive to Memphis to check out the beautiful beast.
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The weekend came for us to drive to Memphis and go check out this beautiful truck. We planned to drive there Saturday, spend the night in a hotel, meet the guy with the truck Sunday morning and hopefully drive it home that day. Well.... let’s talk about that, shall we.
The Thursday before we were supposed to leave, Knoxville was covered in ice and snow. Schools had been out for the entire week and the roads were horrible. We called the guy again to see how the roads were in Memphis and they were fine there. So, we decided that if we could get out of our driveway that Saturday morning that we would go on with the trip.
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Ashley Longnecker / June 03, 2015
Jonathan Longnecker / May 06, 2015
We’re Jonathan & Ashley Longnecker. We love weird ideas, great food, travel, drawing, music, homeschool, tattoos, dreads, woodworking, design and our 4 amazing kids.