In 2006, I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, 2,176 miles from Maine to Georgia over about five and a half months. On the journey, I had a lot of ups and downs, and I met a lot of great people in up times and down. When I met great people in down times, they always seemed […]
Archives for April 2016
Home Sweet Home
Is there anything better than getting to spend some time with your mom and dad? I don’t think so. After all, that’s one of the reasons we’re taking this trip! We want Jane and Wilson to spend a whole year with us. While we were in Florida I was able to do just that. My […]
My Indiana Jones Complex
I can trace my love for adventure to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. A handsome archeologist traveling the world on grand adventures to save priceless historical artifacts, women, and children from the evil intentions of bad men. Yep, that’s who I wanted to be when I grew up. I so much wanted to […]
The Adventure Hairdo, with Lots of Tears
We got a little antsy waiting for the Airstream to come out of the shop. The trailer was stuck for about a week while we waited on some special order parts. I decided it was time to shave my head, like I always do before big adventures because shorter hair is much easier and less […]
Leaving Behind My Girls, Squad, Tribe…..whatever trendy words we’re calling it.
One of the hardest parts of this whole voyage is taking a break from my friends. Sure, I can promise to keep in touch and so can they but when you don’t have cell service or internet for days and weeks at a time, IT’S HARD! I’d love to commit to weekly phone dates and […]
Meeting other traveling families along the journey
There are many families with children traveling the country full-time in an RV. I don’t know how many families, but more that I expected when I first started looking around for them. There are also a number of families traveling in Airstreams, which is kind of subculture within the full-time RV community. We met one […]
How to manage rental property while traveling full-time?
We’ve talked about our real estate investment strategy and why we rent our home while traveling in the past, and here we are finally addressing how we manage those properties while on an adventure. When not traveling, we manage our own rental properties. We place the tenants, take the calls, and make repairs as needed. […]
Ya’ll I Actually, Whole Heartedly Want to Get Back on the Road!
We’ve stopped back home in Raleigh to get some work done on the Airstream. We got an awesome new awning installed which I can wait to share with you. Any guesses as to what color I picked? While our little home was in the shop, we had them give it a good check up. […]
Monthly Expenses for Full Time RVing – March 2016
We’ve completed our first leg of our RV trip around America, traveling 3,000 miles from Raleigh through Florida and back to Raleigh before heading west. The total trip has been about six weeks, and we have our first full month of travel expenses to report. Early on, we created a monthly budget for our RV […]
Adventure Possible in the News
Six weeks back, Raleigh’s WRAL Go Ask Mom blog featured Katie Kelley and our family’s year of adventure. Yesterday, the blog published a a follow up story on the family adventure. WRAL’s Go Ask Mom team shares parenting advice, stories about Triangle area moms, and fun family events and activities. Check out their articles on […]