dadmomh wrote:
Totally aside from the weight questions....that's a LOT of trailer and finding sites is likely going to take some serious homework. It's not that a CG wouldn't have a site that's long enough, the trick is getting the 39' + your tow vehicle maneuvered around trees and such to get to the site in the first place. I see a potential for KOAs in your future without good planning. With 7 you're for sure going to want full hookups or you'll be dragging the blue tote 3x a day. As for staying off the interstates, unless there is another reason, I think interstates would be a benefit since you won't be dealing with small town streets and corners.
Suggest you check into an app, and I don't know the name of it - someone here likely will, but it gives you info on fuel stops and getting in and out easily. Some of the Pilot/Flying J/Love's are great if it weren't for the cars parked directly in front of the building. Getting in is one thing, getting out is another. This app is supposed to help you with that.
Sounds like a great trip! Is this a travel/home study experience??
Well, Its a God thing actually. This is something we never ever wanted to do( I get motion sick and my husband hates camping). But last year a lot of things happened out of the blue in our life that turned our world upside down. During this storm I felt God bugging me about going full time on the road. I thought He was crazy and would not say anything to my husband who has lived in the same town all of his life. I told God that if this RV thing was from Him then he better be talking to my husband because I sure the heck wasn't. I didn't want that riding on my shoulders.
Not only that but it seemed that God was prodding us to sell the house we loved and give away everything in it( excuse me while I go hyperventilate).
Our family is very close to our extended family especially our parents ( the G'parents). I knew how thrilled they would be about taking their grandbabies away for a year.
And to be honest I didn't really want to do this, but then I also have had enough experiences to know that I also didn't want to miss out on God's blessings because it wasn't in my own plan. He has always been 100% faithful when we stepped out in faith at his prompting. Not always easy, but He has always been there.
So over the course of a few weeks, God did speak to my husband's heart about this cross country trip and we talked and took the plunge. Our house is up for sale we have gave away a lot of stuff and our house comes furnished. Now we just wait for God's timing.
Oh and during this period God has also laid it upon my husband's heart to do worship music(he plays the guitar and sings) at the campgrounds we visit and show the online Sunday messages from our (awesome) church.
So someone out there must need the good news of Jesus and the hope that only he can provide. =)
And if it wasn't for that storm of life we were in we would have never been on this path. Praise God that He knows better than we do!
That's our crazy story. And what an amazing homeschool experience for our kids! The whole country is our classroom =)
Proverbs 3:5-6 (My fave verse)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding but acknowledge him in all your ways and he will make your paths straight.
