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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/09/21/new-jersey/

The Eastern Seaboard tour closed out with a lingering run through Delaware and South Jersey, shaped by shoulder-season timing, good food, and uncrowded coastal towns. In Cape May, the pace shifted almost without notice, settling into a rhythm where rest came as naturally as anything else.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/08/28/making-room/

Making the move into Beauty required more than downsizing—it meant letting go of objects that carried memory, identity, and meaning. Over time, we come to see that space, once cleared, makes room for something more essential.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/08/08/assateague-island/

Assateague Island is known for its wild horses, but the deeper story lies in a landscape shaped by resilience, adaptation, and time. Curiosity about the herd gradually gives way to a focus on the island itself.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/07/18/captains-log/

At the five-year mark, the miles told a story of mistakes, repairs, friendships, and the steady rhythm we’ve grown into over time. What began as an open-ended plan has settled into something that continues to challenge and sustain us.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/07/05/real-thing-ocracoke/

Ocracoke Island offered a kind of isolation and authenticity that is increasingly hard to find, where shifting sands, local history, and daily life remain closely tied to the sea. Over two weeks, the place becomes immersive and unexpectedly hard to leave.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/06/13/beauty-retirement-un-plan/

Leaving behind a lifetime of accumulation, we stepped into a life on the road with little more than a trailer, a loose plan, and a willingness to see what would happen. Over time, that decision reshaped not just how we travel, but how we live.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/05/30/carolinas/

Traveling through the Carolinas, we found a place of contrasts, where beauty and hardship, history and humor live side by side. Between coastal towns, quiet campgrounds, and generous portions, the days settled into a rhythm where culture and cuisine carried equal weight.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/05/05/jekyll-island/

Jekyll Island Campground gave us a shaded, well-located base with full hookups and easy access to trails, beaches, and quieter corners of the island. Over two weeks, it proved comfortable and familiar, even as returning stirred memories of an earlier life along these shores.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/04/22/friendship-found/

A drive across the Panhandle turned into a return to people and places that shaped earlier chapters of our lives. Between reunions and quiet moments of remembrance, we were reminded how connection holds, even as time and distance move everything forward.

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https://livinginbeauty.net/2021/04/07/where-florida-begins/

Returning to North Florida after more than fifty years, familiar places came back in unexpected ways, shaped as much by memory as by present conditions. Between cold weather, quiet routines, and small discoveries, the journey became less about revisiting the past and more about seeing it clearly.