Year long family US history tour
Were planning on taking our kids on a year long tour of the US; we'll be homeschooling and figure that actually getting hands-on with our history will be much better than just reading about it. We ...
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My wife's a teacher, so that parts easy.
I did find quite a few articles, but not much about doing this with small kids. A general concensus is pretty much what's already been said; take only what you'll need, then trim it down some more. I'm not overly concerned about being overweight; dry weight about 10,000 with generator, GVWR 14040. We don't haul toys, and have a lot of breathing room. What I don't like is clutter, and the more we have the more it will get scattered around.
A couple of things I'm looking at adding are full skirts for more storage and keeping the tanks warm in the winter (also placing work lights underneath for colder snaps), outdoor kitchen (smaller grille and portable sink) as we want to be outside on nicer days, and a patio enclosure for bug infested areas (like Lake Seminole in GA; nasty gnats).
We will stay in as many parks as possible, and work camp when able. I've stayed in some places for $12/night, rarely over 20 (FQRV and Camp Gulf being the exceptions). More research is needed, but $1,000/month target (total of food, fuel and camp fees) seems reasonable.
One area I forgot to mention is the truck; being a quad cab, there's not a lot of room, and the kids aren't getting smaller. We'll be driving out 1 tank and setting up shop wherever it takes us.
I did find quite a few articles, but not much about doing this with small kids. A general concensus is pretty much what's already been said; take only what you'll need, then trim it down some more. I'm not overly concerned about being overweight; dry weight about 10,000 with generator, GVWR 14040. We don't haul toys, and have a lot of breathing room. What I don't like is clutter, and the more we have the more it will get scattered around.
A couple of things I'm looking at adding are full skirts for more storage and keeping the tanks warm in the winter (also placing work lights underneath for colder snaps), outdoor kitchen (smaller grille and portable sink) as we want to be outside on nicer days, and a patio enclosure for bug infested areas (like Lake Seminole in GA; nasty gnats).
We will stay in as many parks as possible, and work camp when able. I've stayed in some places for $12/night, rarely over 20 (FQRV and Camp Gulf being the exceptions). More research is needed, but $1,000/month target (total of food, fuel and camp fees) seems reasonable.
One area I forgot to mention is the truck; being a quad cab, there's not a lot of room, and the kids aren't getting smaller. We'll be driving out 1 tank and setting up shop wherever it takes us.
