Life on the Road

[MStudt]

We just returned from another great trip to Colorado. This time we were hiking, and camping in Pike National Forest. We did a short 22 mile loop in Lost Creek Wilderness, and had a blast. This was our first time to the area, but this is one of the area's that we'll be returning to next summer. We're planning our next trip to Colorado already, but won't be until next July. When we return we'll be in the state for about 2 months. Spending a 2-3 weeks getting acclimated, and then we'll be hiking the Colorado Trail.

Pike's Peak is just left of the frame. We camped here after spending 2 nights on the trail.

Here are some random pictures from the trail.

 

[amalik]

Have you seen The More We Explore? Friends of mine, doing pretty much exactly what you're getting ready to do I think.

I really envy your opportunity. I wish I could do something similar, but I don't want to ask the wife and boys to make the sacrifices they'd have to make. Maybe some day.

I shall take your post and this thread as inspiration and pack up the wife and the 9 month old girl and hit the road for months.

Except..... SIKE!

 

[MStudt]

I shall take your post and this thread as inspiration and pack up the wife and the 9 month old girl and hit the road for months.

Except..... SIKE!

Why not? Nothing wrong with packing up the family, and hitting the road. We have a friend who's currently traveling the US with her 3 children, and home schooling them from the road. Most likely 3 of the smartest kids I've seen in a long time.

 

[amalik]

Why not? Nothing wrong with packing up the family, and hitting the road. We have a friend who's currently traveling the US with her 3 children, and home schooling them from the road. Most likely 3 of the smartest kids I've seen in a long time.

Do they own a home?

I take out the trash and mow the front and back lawn weekly, and that doesn't count anything that needs to be done on the inside.

Besides, what kind of career life would one have to be on the road for months? you'd have to be self-employed which is harder than being employed in many respects (And I think I would know, my father has never worked for anyone in 40+ years).

as a self-employed person off for months at a time, you are either very well off or you are making your job even harder since you're coming back to customers who now have a provider of a product or service who takes off months at a time. i.e., if they need you in that timeframe, they will be looking for an alternative the one time you aren't available.

 

[MStudt]

Do they own a home?

I take out the trash and mow the front and back lawn weekly, and that doesn't count anything that needs to be done on the inside.

Besides, what kind of career life would one have to be on the road for months? you'd have to be self-employed which is harder than being employed in many respects.

as a self-employed person off for months at a time, you are either very well off or you are making your job even harder since you're coming back to customers who now have a provider of a product or service who takes off months at a time. i.e., if they need you in that timeframe, they will be looking for an alternative the one time you aren't available.

She does own a home, and they come back to it in the summer months. They don't worry about taking out the trash since there isn't any while they aren't there. Nothing needs to be done at the house either while your not there. They pay a neighborhood kid $20 a week to cut the grass. There are no bills to pay on the house either since no utilities are being used. The house is paid for too.

You can have any kind of career you want. That's not something that's going to slow us down at all, but we're not like everyone else. My wife is a high school English teacher who will be teaching via the internet when we leave next summer. I recently accepted a work from home job as Senior Buyer for an outdoor gear company. With a telecommuting position your schedule is laid out far in advance for planning purposes. So if you plan accordingly there is zero reason for you to not be available. This position may not work for me since we'll be hiking trails for 30+ days at a time, and 1 trail that will take about 6 months. But that's OK since we've been saving for this over the last couple years.

It worked for us in the past, and it'll work again next summer. If it's something you want you can figure it out. It just depends on how bad you want it. For us, we wanted it bad. We sold our house, and now we have zero debt to our name. We also don't have children, and I know that can play a major roll in such a drastic life change. I'm sure a life on the road with a family is completely different, and I can't give any advise on that aspect. If you need a home, hot water, AC, restaurants, and so on this may not be for you. We've used to living with minimal supplies at our disposal so this works for us.

For us it was simple. We hiking the Appalachian Trail last year, and that opened our eyes to what's around us. It'll be exactly 2 years since the AT when we leave again, and we'll start over.

 

[amalik]

She does own a home, and they come back to it in the summer months. They don't worry about taking out the trash since there isn't any while they aren't there. Nothing needs to be done at the house either while your not there. They pay a neighborhood kid $20 a week to cut the grass. There are no bills to pay on the house either since no utilities are being used. The house is paid for too.

You can have any kind of career you want. That's not something that's going to slow us down at all, but we're not like everyone else. My wife is a high school English teacher who will be teaching via the internet when we leave next summer. I recently accepted a work from home job as Senior Buyer for an outdoor gear company. With a telecommuting position your schedule is laid out far in advance for planning purposes. So if you plan accordingly there is zero reason for you to not be available. This position may not work for me since we'll be hiking trails for 30+ days at a time, and 1 trail that will take about 6 months. But that's OK since we've been saving for this over the last couple years.

It worked for us in the past, and it'll work again next summer. If it's something you want you can figure it out. It just depends on how bad you want it. For us, we wanted it bad. We sold our house, and now we have zero debt to our name. We also don't have children, and I know that can play a major roll in such a drastic life change. I'm sure a life on the road with a family is completely different, and I can't give any advise on that aspect. If you need a home, hot water, AC, restaurants, and so on this may not be for you. We've used to living with minimal supplies at our disposal so this works for us.

For us it was simple. We hiking the Appalachian Trail last year, and that opened our eyes to what's around us. It'll be exactly 2 years since the AT when we leave again, and we'll start over.

I see.

Well, I must say what you're doing is pretty cool.

Need to just get a Reality TV show for it now.

 

[MStudt]

Need to just get a Reality TV show for it now.

It's Instagram, and all the cool kids are subscribed. This seems to be the next big thing for the younger generation who don't feel like working for anything.

Anybody can follow us on Instagram if they like, and here's a link.