4th anniversary of fulltiming
Yesterday marked 4 years on the road. I remember most of that day vividly- the movers came 2 days prior and took away all of our stuff. We were left with cleanup in the house to get ready for the renters and mashing too much **** into the camper- so much got donated along the way. We still left that evening with piles of "stuff" for my in-laws to deal with (some to take to their house, some to go to the dump).
We were exhausted. Physically and emotionally. We were a little terrified to be leaving our house of 12 years. We had so many memories wrapped in that house- it was a bit of a new beginning after my daughter's sickness, we took my son home to there, and we had made so many friends.
In 4 years, we've had about 35,000 towing miles and have criss-crossed the country twice. We have been to 31 states. And I think we've stayed at 187 "stays" (campgrounds, RV parks, parking lots, and moochdockings). Plus, we've flown back to our hometown a few times now for special family events.
My son was 3 years old when we launched and just turned 7. He's lived over half of his life in the RV.
My daughter was 11 when we launched and defined our "now or never". It still makes sense and I'm glad we took off when we did.
Other than totally upheaving our lives, homeschooling was the scariest part.
What we didn't know is that finding a tribe/community was going to be so important. Before we found Fulltime Families, we were lost for the first 3 months. We've made such amazing friendships through the life of our travels.
Here we are this year (back at Easter):
Here we are when we took off:
So, raise a glass of your finest and cheer us on for many more years (or not- whatever may come!).
We were exhausted. Physically and emotionally. We were a little terrified to be leaving our house of 12 years. We had so many memories wrapped in that house- it was a bit of a new beginning after my daughter's sickness, we took my son home to there, and we had made so many friends.
In 4 years, we've had about 35,000 towing miles and have criss-crossed the country twice. We have been to 31 states. And I think we've stayed at 187 "stays" (campgrounds, RV parks, parking lots, and moochdockings). Plus, we've flown back to our hometown a few times now for special family events.
My son was 3 years old when we launched and just turned 7. He's lived over half of his life in the RV.
My daughter was 11 when we launched and defined our "now or never". It still makes sense and I'm glad we took off when we did.
Other than totally upheaving our lives, homeschooling was the scariest part.
What we didn't know is that finding a tribe/community was going to be so important. Before we found Fulltime Families, we were lost for the first 3 months. We've made such amazing friendships through the life of our travels.
Here we are this year (back at Easter):
Here we are when we took off:
So, raise a glass of your finest and cheer us on for many more years (or not- whatever may come!).
