RV Life

well, we closed a chapter of our lives. we sold harvey the rv. he's gone, off to a new family to make memories with, and to be honest, i am a tad bit jealous...in a good way. it has been a few months since moving on from the rv life. i thought i would be only extremely excited and ready to put down some roots for a minute, but i was surprised to find mixed emotions. there are some days when i miss it. bad. the freedom to get up and go. california. the freedom to know we can move at any time. the non attachment to things or places. living minimalistic is soooooo freeing. it was so fun to know we would be somewhere for a short while, so you would really live there, ya know. the second we got somewhere we would explore it and find great places to play and eat and be. we would really live there, because we knew it wasn't permanent. we never knew how long our neighbors would be our neighbors so we got together as strangers and became friends for life. river has little friends from all over the country and world. one day we would be playing with a boy from columbia and the next week some boys from canada were over playing. we loved it. the people we met, the places we got to see were some of our very favorite memories. there are so many lessons we learned, and can only be learned when you live in an rv and travel full time. for that, i would say everyone should do it. but it definitely is not for everyone;) our perspective on life has changed, for the better. it really strips down what is important. and for me, that is making memories with the people i love. life is short people, you have got to live life on purpose.

ok, now i am off my soap box.

so why did we stop? well, for one, it was only suppose to be a one year journey, which turned into almost two. we knew we were going to move out of it before the summer came, but this little pandemic hit the world and moved our plans up a bit earlier. we put our rv up for sale and we quickly had potential buyers who were super interested, except they were in Utah. we decided to just do it, packed up our stuff, and headed back to Utah. within the week we looked for a house, and something so great came up that we just couldn't pass up. we were pumped because it seemed like everything just aligned and we were on the right path. we didn't really know how long we would be in utah, but things were working out so we went with it. well, the night before we got home (we stopped in St George to play) the house we were going to move into sold. no worries, we looked for places to rent. then the people who came to buy our rv loved it and were so stoked, but when it was time for the sale, they couldn't get the loan. they offered a cash offer, but we didn't feel like it was right anymore. that high of feeling like everything was aligned really went downhill in a matter of a couple of days. we were like, what is happening? what did we just do? it was a moment that's for sure. so we were now in utah with harvey, and we did what we were good at...we winged it. haha. we had gotten pretty good at winging it. we rented a home and settled in. if we have learned anything from rv living this month really put us to the test. home truly is wherever your loved ones are. it doesn't matter if we were in an rv, hotel, tent, or house, we had each other. it sounds so cheesy, but it is so true. i love my team, and i am so grateful we had this experience together. the memories we made were worth more than all the break downs. ha. so long harvey the rv. it was a good run.

now for some random rv pics...

my next post will have to be about all of our animal encounters while rv-ing because i am going to need a whole post for that one...also, all of the places we went. we went coast to coast to coast and it made for some pretty epic adventures.

xo