Far From Idle

Figuring it out as I go - reflections from a life without a permanent address.

Jenna leaning against Daisy, her Ford Bronco Sport, on a desert road in the Death Valley badlands
The short version

A life without a permanent address

Hi, I'm Jenna - a Georgia peach with no fixed address, a Bronco Sport named Daisy, and a rotating cast of other people's pets. I house-sit my way around the world, point her at whatever backroad looks worth it, and write in the gaps. Far From Idle is where all of it lands.

Elsewhere

Follow along

Same story, different rooms.

Made along the way

Tools

Little things I built to solve my own problems on the road.

Sojourn

Log each stay once instead of counting days by hand - Sojourn tallies your time per country, watches the Schengen 90/180 window, and flags US state-residency days.

Open Sojourn →

Latitude

Sojourn's forward-looking companion. Point it at a date and it flags what a longer stay would trigger - a Schengen overstay, a US state-residency line, California's sleeper vehicle rule - plus what to verify. It reads your Sojourn stays.

Open Latitude →

Almanac

A diary of the places you've based yourself. Rate each stay on what matters on the road, mark how pricey the area was, save the links for next time - and see your favorites glow. It reads your Sojourn stays, and stays private in your browser.

Open Almanac →

Waypoint

Line up any set of cities on a single day and drag a block to find a meeting time that works for everyone - no mental math, no 3 a.m. calls.

Open Waypoint →