On a road trip to a camping spot, sometime before we were married, Tony and I first discussed how fun it would be to travel the country and be a full-time RV family. It wasn’t new for me to daydream about this lifestyle. My dad and I would discuss it on our family road trips. However, when Tony was just as excited about doing something like this, I knew it was in our future.
From the beginning of our relationship, we loved camping and going on adventures. We had many spontaneous trips to the Mackinac Bridge (3+ hours away) and vacations in the Upper Peninsula. Some of our favorite camping trips were roughing it on the beaches of Lake Michigan or deep in the woods. All these fun trips would fuel the want to live full-time in an RV and raise our family on the road.

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Buying our new home
Fast forward a few years later, and we started getting more serious. We looked at RVs, went to an RV show, and considered ways to make this work. On a whim in October of 2016, we drove to the RV dealership and asked to tour some RVs. The salesperson was good at his job and sold us a brand new Fleetwood Bounder.
Now what?! We have a 36ft RV in our driveway with no plans of making this crazy dream a reality. One thing we did know – it was happening.
Since we lived in Michigan, we needed to winterize it shortly after we bought it. This was a tad heartbreaking to have this enormous piece of our next chapter sitting in the driveway. We still didn’t even know if we could actually live in a small space and survive. HA!

Testing out living in a small space
In May of 2017, we temporarily moved into the RV with plans to return to our home in the winter. This was just to see if we could make it work. We still took most of our showers and baths in the house but didn’t spend much time in our home.
That summer, we went camping, including a week-long adventure in the Upper Peninsula and the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin.
When we moved back into our house in the Fall, we knew full-time living was happening. We couldn’t wait! We spent the time waiting for summer with house projects, including new siding, room painting, and floorplan changes.

We’re now a full-time RV family
In May of 2018, we permanently moved into the RV with plans of NOT moving back into our house. The part that took the longest was the time spent going through everything and moving our belongings into our RV. We purchased an enclosed trailer to hold the stuff we wanted to keep but not take with us.
We ended up donating and selling almost everything we owned. Going from 2000 sqft to nearly 350 sqft is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but one of the most rewarding. There was only so much room, but I wanted to keep everything. Everything had memories or feelings—I didn’t want to let go. Needless to say, the enclosed trailer is full. Thinking about this now, I already know I can let go of probably half the things we kept.
We put our house for sale in October, almost exactly two years after we purchased the RV. Three months later, our home was sold, and we were traveling south to Texas. It was the most fantastic feeling! We can’t believe that we are finally a full-time RV family!
This is so cool! You guys are awesome! Good luck and be safe with all of your travels.
Thank you so much, Tara!
I love everything you’ve done and you too! Can’t wait to follow your journey. Enjoy Texas!
We can’t wait to share! Thank you so much for the support, Michelle.
Iam proud of you Kristen and family for making your dreams come true but that doesn’t mean i don’t miss you all like crazy especially my two beautiful granddaughters. Love you all very much, stay safe and enjoy! ❤️
We miss you so much, Mama! We will be back whenever we can and will have plenty of chance for you to come visit us.
Kristen best wishes for you and your family and the things your family will do and see what an adventure…Leon and I love our camper as well…happy trails????
Thank you, Nancy! We’re so excited!
Pretty awesome!!! Still can’t believe you guys are gone.
Thank you, Daniele. Miss all of you so much!
This is awesome you two! I’m excited to see more ????
Thank you, Stephanie! We can’t wait to share more.
Well it’s seem to be amazing enjoy it hope you see some beautiful places and the girl will have all those memories to remember
Thank you, Peggy. We hope the kiddos have a ton of memories after this adventure. It’s also a great way to learn history and geography. HA HA!
Great story, Kristen! I knew you were a ‘smart girl’ 😉
HA HA! Thanks, Michael. Are you still in NJ? We will make sure to reach out for tips when we head that way.
Kristen and Tony this is great!
I love to read about your adventures.
Will you try to write every week?
Yes, the blog will be delayed a tad for security reasons. The good news is I already have a lot to talk about. We should be posting at least once per week if not more. We will have videos as well. Thank you for your support.
Congratulations on taking the plunge on this big adventure. Looking forward to learning and seeing all that you’ll share on this blog. May God keep you and your family safe.
Thank you so much for the wonderful words of support. We are so excited to go through this our experience with our children.
Best adventures lady! ????
Thank you so much, Chris!
I can’t wait to follow along on your adventures. So fun.
Thank you so much for your support, Lori.
I cant wait until you come to Florida. We are gonna have some fun. Miss you guys. Hug the girls for me
Miss you as well! Yes, start making a list of the cool places. We will be in Florida for a long time next year. Talk soon!