Finally, the Wilsons are rolling again.

The little chateau on Alba Road was sold to a new owner a few weeks ago, rendering the Wilsons homeless.

And so the mission for them over the next year is to find a new place to live comfortable, satisfying lives. Their search will take them all across the United States and will consist of finding towns, cities, and countrysides of which they can say, “We could actually live here!”

In future episodes of this blog, we – the Wilsons - will tell you of our travels in the motorhome we purchased six years ago. There undoubtedly will be episodes of mechanical trouble, silly mistakes, and missed opportunities – but also interesting trailer park acquaintances, beautiful landscapes, and charming potential landing spots.

For each living area we consider for future residence, we will evaluate it for weather, humidity, bugs, traffic, political compatibility, entertainment and cultural opportunities, housing costs, physical beauty, friendliness of the locals, and general feel.

We believe that the most likely outcome of this exhaustive search will be that we return to the West Coast, possibly even to the Santa Cruz area that we have grown to love. But we want to give other parts of the country a fair opportunity to acquire a couple of fine old white people. And because of the lateness of the season, we plan to start our journey by traveling across the southern United States to Florida, then turning north along the east coast up into New England, then across the northern states, possibly veering into Canadian provinces, over to Washington and back down to California, with a side trip to Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah at some point.

We are currently at the Paso Robles RV Ranch, at which we spent a few days getting organized. We drove to nearby San Luis Obispo, which is a town we will seriously consider, with its charming downtown, excellent restaurants, wineries, and university, wonderful weather, and nice mix of ages. Of course it shares with Santa Cruz – and other cool California towns we love (Napa, Yountville, Healdsburg, and so on) - the disadvantage of ridiculous real estate prices.

Tomorrow we will begin our journey to the first major stop, Flagstaff, Arizona, where we will stay several days.

We would appreciate feedback, including suggestions as to desirable spots to settle and fascinating places to visit, We hope you enjoy the trip with us, and let us know if you're going to physically be in he general area we're passing through, so we can get together.