A-Frame life Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/a-frame-life/ Funding the Adventurous Life Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:22:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/clippingchains.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-TEST_CC_Logo-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 A-Frame life Archives - CLIPPING CHAINS https://clippingchains.com/tag/a-frame-life/ 32 32 150809980 From Squamish, With Love https://clippingchains.com/2022/09/26/squamish-with-love/ https://clippingchains.com/2022/09/26/squamish-with-love/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=8954 This is the second part in a travel series about our seven-week trip to Squamish and back. To read part one, start here. July 18, 2022: Canadian Border Crossing, Blaine, Washington I’ve lately taken to reading Google reviews of non-business entities for personal enjoyment. Say, for instance, someone who hiked an exposed ridgetop in early …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2022/09/26/squamish-with-love/feed/ 0 8954 EP 9: Your Questions Answered: Volume 3 https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/11/ep-9-questions-vol3/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/11/ep-9-questions-vol3/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7805 This week I decided to dig through the digital mail bag for some questions. In this podcast episode, we take a dive on how to spend retirement money early, how to live off investment income, recommended index funds, life on the road, climbing with a significant other who doesn’t partake, taxes, spot-on recession predictions, and …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/10/11/ep-9-questions-vol3/feed/ 2 7805 Mid-Year Financial Check & All the Latest https://clippingchains.com/2021/06/07/mid-year-financial-check-all-the-latest/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/06/07/mid-year-financial-check-all-the-latest/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:03:47 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=7282 We now find ourselves approaching the mid-year point of 2021. So, how about we check in on those simple, yet highly effective methods for actually saving real money? I’m taking a break from my typical long-form post while we travel, so hopefully you’ll find this one straight and to the point. Wyoming: Floods and Limestone …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/06/07/mid-year-financial-check-all-the-latest/feed/ 0 7282 Fear and Limping (Alone) in Las Vegas https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/01/fear-and-limping-alone-in-las-vegas/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/01/fear-and-limping-alone-in-las-vegas/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:57:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6713 This week’s post is not about ways to save money or plan for a retirement. There’s not even much here about climbing. I spent some time alone this week, and as such, fell (pun intended) into a bit more of a contemplative mood. This is an essay on wild places, loneliness, and the compounding emotional …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/03/01/fear-and-limping-alone-in-las-vegas/feed/ 10 6713 The Simple and Complicated Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6342 We’ve been back in a house for just over a month, which feels like a good time to reflect on our five-month 2020 life on the road. We’ve all heard the myriad benefits of a life of full-time travel: a new and ever-changing environment, chasing good weather, meeting new people, and abundant nature. And certainly, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2021/01/25/the-simple-and-complicated-life-on-the-road/feed/ 3 6342 And We’re Back to Home Ownership! But Why Now? https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/14/back-to-home-ownership/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/14/back-to-home-ownership/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6173 After years of planning, overanalyzing, and thinking too much, in July we listed our house in Denver for sale and hit the road. Our goal was to spend up to a year traveling in search of our next home base. Five months later and we are back to the game of home ownership again. In …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/12/14/back-to-home-ownership/feed/ 6 6173 Four Months on the Road: Can This Really Last? https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=6037 We’ve moved from high mountain valleys and ridge lines, to coastal tide pools and arid western expanses. As much as this journey has been the best lesson in the school of life, after four months, how much longer can we go? Today, we find ourselves at a crossroad and we’re lookin’ to make a deal. …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/11/16/four-months-on-the-road/feed/ 2 6037 Relocation: A Guide to Moving and Housing Affordability https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/19/relocation/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/19/relocation/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5931 We’re out on the road in search of our next home, our sights set on home ownership once again. In this post we examine the complicated process of relocation and the sticky, tangled spiderweb of housing affordability. Is housing in America becoming less and less affordable? In this post we discuss: Costs to consider during …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/19/relocation/feed/ 8 5931 Three Months on the Road: Pacific Northwest https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5884 We’ve spent three months on the road, mostly in the Pacific Northwest. From our origin in Colorado, we’ve journeyed through Wyoming, Montana, and now the lovely state of Washington. Let’s review, shall we? Is It All a Dream? It’s early July. The sound of my wife’s jarring iPhone alarm pulls me out of some restless, …

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]]> https://clippingchains.com/2020/10/12/three-months-on-the-road-pacific-northwest/feed/ 2 5884 In Contrast: The Reality of Life on the Road https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/ https://clippingchains.com/2020/09/07/in-contrast-the-reality-of-life-on-the-road/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:18:00 +0000 https://clippingchains.com/?p=5652 What follows is an essay outlining the stark contrast of life on the road. It’s frankly easy to get really frustrated out here. Social media, blogs, and YouTube channels often paint a masterpiece of life on the road as an effortless, pillowy dream state and hall pass from reality. We’d certainly spent enough nights outside …

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