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Thanks for the tag Dog Folks!
We have been on the road for over 6 years, and all 12 of our children have traveled with us fulltime. We are down to 8 since they keep growing up, but even our bigs loved it! We recently overheard our son, who returned from Afghanistan earlier this year, tell someone that he hopes to do the same with his family someday.
Absolutely doable! And since you are selling your house anyway, and already own a bunkhouse, this is the PERFECT time to do so! Your children are small enough that they will not fuss about leaving behind a public school regiment, and your current rig is more than big enough for traveling in! We started out with a 30' bunkhouse pulled by our 15 passenger van (with 11 kids); we are on our second 42' toy hauler, and run 2 rigs, but starting out in our tt was wise as we wouldn't have really known what was important to us in a fulltime rig until we were out here. Course, we never intended to fulltime, didn't even know people did that - we were just taking a long vacay down south between building houses. We never did build another house. ;)
So, after being on the road (including having 2 children born while we are sticks-n-bricksless, my suggestion would be to go for it! There is a whole community of us fulltime families, and we are more numerous than many would guess. I would recommend keeping the bunkhouse that you have to at least begin with. It is not going to eat your equity if you decide 6 months from now that this is not for you (happens). With just 2 littles, you can easily find a truck that will fit your family well, and also handle your tt. Sell what you were already going to sell, don't store anything but things very expensive to replace and keepsakes, and bank your equity and only live on your income; that way there really is no risk to your family (which will probably give your wife peace of mind). Join the 'Fulltime Families' group on facebook, and lurk. :) 'Friend' some of the families there that seem to be likeminded, and ask away! We love to share what we have learned about traveling with our families, including the huge benefits, even for littles - and we will even share the hardships and downfalls too. We can help you figure out how to do it economically, you can arrange to meet other families on the road, and learn about roadschooling as you go!
We have a website at: ourtravelingtribe.com where we share the places that we go and things that we have learned, and also a facebook page at 'The TicknorTribe'. Feel free to 'friend' us on facebook (Vaughn-Dana Ticknor) and ask away! :)
We have been on the road for over 6 years, and all 12 of our children have traveled with us fulltime. We are down to 8 since they keep growing up, but even our bigs loved it! We recently overheard our son, who returned from Afghanistan earlier this year, tell someone that he hopes to do the same with his family someday.
Absolutely doable! And since you are selling your house anyway, and already own a bunkhouse, this is the PERFECT time to do so! Your children are small enough that they will not fuss about leaving behind a public school regiment, and your current rig is more than big enough for traveling in! We started out with a 30' bunkhouse pulled by our 15 passenger van (with 11 kids); we are on our second 42' toy hauler, and run 2 rigs, but starting out in our tt was wise as we wouldn't have really known what was important to us in a fulltime rig until we were out here. Course, we never intended to fulltime, didn't even know people did that - we were just taking a long vacay down south between building houses. We never did build another house. ;)
So, after being on the road (including having 2 children born while we are sticks-n-bricksless, my suggestion would be to go for it! There is a whole community of us fulltime families, and we are more numerous than many would guess. I would recommend keeping the bunkhouse that you have to at least begin with. It is not going to eat your equity if you decide 6 months from now that this is not for you (happens). With just 2 littles, you can easily find a truck that will fit your family well, and also handle your tt. Sell what you were already going to sell, don't store anything but things very expensive to replace and keepsakes, and bank your equity and only live on your income; that way there really is no risk to your family (which will probably give your wife peace of mind). Join the 'Fulltime Families' group on facebook, and lurk. :) 'Friend' some of the families there that seem to be likeminded, and ask away! We love to share what we have learned about traveling with our families, including the huge benefits, even for littles - and we will even share the hardships and downfalls too. We can help you figure out how to do it economically, you can arrange to meet other families on the road, and learn about roadschooling as you go!
We have a website at: ourtravelingtribe.com where we share the places that we go and things that we have learned, and also a facebook page at 'The TicknorTribe'. Feel free to 'friend' us on facebook (Vaughn-Dana Ticknor) and ask away! :)
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