Epilogue

 We wrote in 2010 about buying a property in Corning, N.Y., with plans to demolish the existing home and build a new one. We have been asked by blog readers if we followed through. 

It has been many years since we ended our time aboard Ariel. Ariel was sold in the autumn, a few months after it was put on the market. We were living in the small, rundown house that we had purchased while still cruising. We planned to build a new house and then demolish the old one.    We decided to construct a modular home. We found a design we liked and made modifications before construction started. The property contours required us to place the garage underneath the house, and we were limited to a one-car garage. We had a bit of a tussle with the zoning board.   They wanted us to demolish the old house before constructing the new one. Since we were living in the old house, this would add a substantial cost to our project. We won them over at the Zoning Board meeting.

We were very happy with our new home.    We continued to develop the property and eventually bought some adjacent land, bringing the total acreage to ten.  

The primary reason for moving to Corning, New York, was to be near Norm's mother. After she passed away in 2021, we began looking for a new home in Ohio. Maintaining our property was getting to be more than we wanted to handle, so we were ready for something different. After extensive research, we decided to focus our search on Norwalk, Ohio.    It is a town we passed through on one of our camping trips, and Norm developed a good feeling about it. We had raised our three children in Ohio, so the move was to get closer to them. Two families are living in Ohio, and one in Michigan; Norwalk seemed a good central location. It also fits the bill of being well away from major metropolitan areas. We bought a condominium, coming full circle since we lived in a condominium before we began cruising.

In With The New

Out With The Old

Later After Landscaping