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gitpicker2009's avatar
Sep 20, 2016

wow! 8 years and a family of 5 in a truck camper!

What an education it must have been, traveling around the country!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3797620/Never-ending-vacation-California-family-five-spends-eight-years-road-traveling.html

23 Replies

  • jimh425 wrote:
    I think it's horrible that the kids didn't get to experience a normal life and have consistent friends. At least, they were small kids and only recently switched to a popup. If you read the article their primary rv until recently was an Airstream trailer.


    I'm guessing you are joking.

    Quite a few military families (including my father's) moved around and didn't experience a "normal" life. Nor could I have consistent friends because we moved every 3 years.

    Frankly, I wouldn't change a thing. Living on an island? Check. Visiting various places like Alaska or Hawaii? Check. Now I can go back to these places as an adult and see what's changed. But having that experience in the first place was awesome.

    It's actually one of the things that encouraged my wife and I to camp and RV :)
  • I think it's horrible that the kids didn't get to experience a normal life and have consistent friends. At least, they were small kids and only recently switched to a popup. If you read the article their primary rv until recently was an Airstream trailer.
  • That's awesome! Memories the kids will have for the rest of their lives. I am thankful I was able traverse the country a few times when I was a kid but that is nothing compared to those adventures!