The Bowen Knot ⌘: Not Our First Rodeo

Sunday, December 21, 2025

We Know How This Process Works...Just a Little Rusty!!

Today, we starting to go through the main house. So far, 1 bag + 1 box of donations. 3 BIG bags of trash.

We are Super Motivated!! I'm about to sit down and start pricing items to go out in the moving sale. I'm not feeling 100%...so my goal is going to try and keep a slow and steady pace.

This type of move is not our first rodeo.

• Florida --> Alaska in 2000

• Alaska --> Oregon in 2003

• Oregon --> Colorado in 2006

• Colorado --> Virginia in 2007

• Virginia --> North Carolina in 2008

• North Carolina --> Washington in 2009

• Washington --> Florida in 2013

• Florida --> Ecuador 🇪🇨 in 2015

• Ecuador 🇪🇨 --> Full-Time USA RVing in 2017

and soon

• Washington --> Tennessee or Florida in 2026

About Our Blog

Our blog is about a lot of things. Our daily lives, our move to Ecuador, and the vacations we plan to have. Please read and follow our travels through life. We welcome comments! Making friends along the way would also be great. People have described us as being colorful and animated. Our family looks at a glass and always considers it to be half full. We have an easy going attitude. We think things should get accomplished and that in the process you can still have fun. Feel free to come along on our families journey.

The Bowen Knot - Shamrock Rating System

One Shamrock: This indicates the worst service possible. If awarded, it means we would never EVER use the service again. If it was a food establishment the food was barely editable. This means a complete fail with little to no redeeming features. We will never go there ever again.

Two Shamrocks: This is a service that we might consider using again to give it a second chance. But, the experience that we had would normally cause us to award one shamrock if not for some key redeeming features. If it was a food establishment the food was okay, but still sub-par. We didn't like the food. Serious room for improvement exists.

Three Shamrocks: Normal middle of the road service. We might have had some bad or some good but they were offset somewhat. This is service we would use again but we will look for a better provider. If it was a food establishment the food was good. We like it and will return. There might be room for things to get better but it is still a decent meal.

Four Shamrocks: Great service. This is a definitive repeat for us. We like a lot about the service and recommend it. If it was a food establishment the food was excellent. We liked it a lot. We like the place enough to return frequently. There are very few detractors.

Five Shamrocks: Outstanding service. This is service that treats us above and beyond what we think we deserve. We consider this what we would want to find all the time and what we hope all service providers would want to obtain. If it was a food establishment the food was perfect. No issues whatsoever. We loved it and would eat there everyday.