Bob Skelding is one of my favourite RVing bloggers. Like me, he’s a little on the young side for full-timing, and believes in doing things his own way. He hit the road in a tiny home-made RV pulled by four draft horses.

His dream was cut short abruptly on February 10th when he was struck from behind by an 18 wheeler cresting a hill. Two of Bob’s horses were killed, two are being cared for by a local veterinarian, Bob is in critical care in hospital, and his RV has been totaled.

I don’t know if Bob’s story is over or if this incident will just be a chapter of his own great big adventure, but I am sad tonight. I am thinking of a kindred soul who dreamt of a simpler life and a slower pace and whose dream was crushed by the realities of the modern world. I wish him a speedy recovery of both body and soul.