tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36728812826594556652024-11-01T04:09:45.103-04:00As we take the journey of our life, we leave behind the molded cookie cutter lifestyle. We encounter joys, challenges, and the unexpected. Follow us on our Journey through Change.Nightraven930http://www.blogger.com/profile/05289130023504524153noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672881282659455665.post-61920337232033096282012-02-18T19:35:00.000-05:002012-02-18T19:35:24.825-05:00

So it's been awhile and alot has happened and the dust is finally starting to settle. I plan on updating all the smaller aspects of the past 4 months such as our experience working the sugar beet harvest, our time in San Fransisco, our issues with Iowa, and getting to Fl. Right now I am fast forwarding to the present after a quick recap. On our way down from Montana to Omaha in mid Nov for our

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Free Vegas Attractions First stop, once we received the tent, was Vegas, where we were meeting up with the Millers (another FOTR). I wasn't to sure there was going to be much for the kids to do in Las Vegas, but she assured me there was plenty. I always laughed when I saw the commercials advertising the city as a Family Destination, but I digress. The plan was to arrive on the same day and

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So with the idea implanted into my mind, I began to make plans. We'd start in Montana cross over to Washington, head down the Oregon coast, drive all the way to San Diego, up to Vegas, Salt Lake City, then back home. All the while hitting everything in between. Nows heres what really happened. First, we were postponed for almost two weeks. The water pump on the car went out, oh, such a simple

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It's been awhile since I have been able to post anything. I know what you are thinking......busy busy busy with working Yellowstone. Well, my fellow travelers and wannabes, that couldn't be further from the truth. First let me say the the drive out here was awesome.....once we got off the highway for the last 2 hour stretch of Nebraska. Earlier in the drive, we lost the newest member of the

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I recently got off the phone with Yellowstone and was informed that they need more workers for the season, they had about 10 people cancel on them. I'll be starting work there on the 10th. If anyone is looking for work and want to visit Yellowstone for a few months email me. They pay 7.50 an hour for all hours worked and your campsite is either free or 50 a week depending on where they place

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Before When we first got our rv, Kurt had brought up the idea of remodeling and I was completely against it. I didn't want to affect the resale value with modifications that would affect our ability to resell it. After living in it for 2 yrs. I got the itch to change things around. So far we have changed the living area, dining area kids room and some of the kitchen. In the Living area, we

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We'll, it's been a few months since we had to move. 5 to be exact. We are scheduled to be in southern Illinois by May 22nd, 8 hours away and 210 in gas. Not a bad trek with the added bonus being we will be spending a few months with some good friends of ours and their kids, so my kids are super excited. They are actually looking forward to getting the house ready. So whats involved in Moving Day

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Jerrod on the left and Lee Brice on the right   My friend and I went to the Suwanee River Jam where we spent 5 days listing to awesome music and hanging with Country music stars. We had no running water or electricity at our site but we didn't care. Armed with our tent and nuts and berries for food, we had a memorable time. We plan on going back next year with one of our RVs in tow.

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We've been on the road now for a little over 2 years. Is there anything I would have done differently? What mistakes have I made since we started full timing? What would I do if I could start all over? Honestly, my first thought is " We should of started sooner", but everything happens for a reason. We hit the road when we were meant to. So, really, what would we have do differently if we could

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    Kurt got a 3 day paid weekend for the 4th of July holiday, whohoo! We went to Andersonville then Stone Mountain. If you've never heard of Andersonville, let me give you a brief history. It was the major Confederate Prison in the south during the Civil War, located in Macon county, it was cramped, had horrendous conditions, and a high mortality rate. The prison was only 26

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As I post and you continue reading, you will notice a theme, we like the outdoors. Which was one of the various reasons we decided to fulltime. On our way home from the Itchnatucknee, my husband mentioned Rainbow Springs. Now Kurt was from the Citrus County area and had been to the spring may times, I on the other, had never even heard of it, so we took a detour. Rainbow Springs has a really

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Tubing down the Ichetucknee River   O'Leno's Swinging Bridge If you're ever in North Florida, between Lake City and Gainesville there is a little place called The Itchetucknee. This was where we decided to spend our first available weekend. It's a gorgeous natural spring fed river thats 6 miles long and where the temp is always 72 degrees. The highlight of the river is you can

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So, I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep when I started thinking about our life and how everything has changed in the short 11 yrs Kurt and I have been together. We started of with the need to have the American Dream, but why was that the collective dream? Why were we all instilled with the need to have the American Dream. The white picket fence, the 2 story house in the 'burbs, 2.5 kids and

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Well not really the end, just the beginning, but the end of our beginning if that makes any sense. We made it back to Tampa, parked in front of moms house, and proceeded to load everything that was ours into the trailer. We spent the second night in an abandoned parking lot, where we slept a lot more comfortably. The next morning, I spent about an hour calling around to find a place to set it

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We arrived at the grocery store, which luckily was still open. While Kurt started setting up the trailer, I went in to see what we were going to have for dinner. Walking up and down the aisles, I took mental inventory of what we had in the trailer to work with, we had no power and no cooking equipment, remember, we just bought it, all I had was an oven to work with. I decided on tv dinners and

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As I sat there watching my 9 yr old daughter, I wondered. I wonder if shes thinking, hoping, that she will be discovered? I know, if it was me in her position, at her age, I would be coming up with all sort of scenarios. Envisioning magically being discovered in a streak of pure luck, because thats how everything happens in a 9 year olds mind, by luck or chance, never hard work. Being asked to

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Part 3 It was about midnight when we left Tampa to head to Georgia to look at the trailer. I packed what I thought we would need for the day trip. Pillows and one blanket for the kids while they slept on the way up and our tools, we always take Kurts' tools when we go anywhere, you never know what may happen. It was the beginning of March, and still a bit chilly, plus the truck didn't have heat,

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Part 2: The Search We moved into moms house with very little income. Kurt had just started a new job as a part time cook while he continued to search for electrical work, and with no house to sell we had no real money to purchase our new rig right off the bat. So, we did what anyone would do, we waited until we got our income tax refund. In the meantime, I keep Sage in school, more or less to

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A few days ago, we celebrated 2 years on the road in our Travel Trailer. Instead of making one huge post about our beginnings, I'm going to try to break it down into 2 or 3 parts. Part one, The Beginning. Living on the road in an rv has always been a dream of mine ever since my mom told me her and dad lived in a camper for the first year of my life. That planted the dream, until then I didn't

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