June 17, 2026
We named the van Ethel.
Because every good traveling companion needs a name.
We took Ethel on her maiden voyage with Molly this weekend.
Michelle, Molly, and I headed up the mountain for a trial run before Molly and I leave on our first week-long adventure together to Oregon.
My biggest question was whether Molly would settle into van life. Turns out I needn’t have worried. She hopped inside, spotted the bed we’d made for her beneath mine, curled up immediately, and looked perfectly content, as if she’d been traveling this way her whole life.
So far, so good.
Next week, Molly and I will jump in Ethyl and head north for Oregon. The stories from that journey will become the first postal letter, arriving in Fellow Travelers’ mailboxes at the beginning of July.
I have a feeling she's ready for the road. I hope I am too.
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P.S. The envelopes and postcards are here—and they look even better than I’d hoped.