The Plan!

So this is the plan...and it's a crazy plan!  I am aware.  But I also know, that if we REALLY want it to work, it can work.

We are kinda tired of just being rather than really living.  Work, come home, live in a house that's too big and too expensive, eat, sleep, work and so forth.  I'm tired of it.  I'm bored with it.

We've decided to LIVE.

First, the point here isn't just to travel.  It's to travel and learn.  The plan is to have Jackson do a weekly blog, vlog, etc on our travels for other kids (and grown ups!).  I also plan to keep a blog regarding our journey.  The ups, the downs, the good, the bad, the ugly.  I'd also try to find writing gigs to supplement our very limited income.

I do good with bulletted lists: 

• Obtain an RV.  We can't afford to buy a new one, so we'd have to either get one SUPER cheap or get one donated to the cause.
• The other option would be to obtain a super awesome tent.  More affordable all around but less safe?  
• We'd have to sell all of our regular worldy stuff.  Couches, tables, etc.  All of it.  Gone.  I've read about other travelers who put stuff in storage but the cost to do that sorta negates the point of RVing/Tenting.  This would be very difficult.  It's hard to get rid of stuff from the past.  We could keep some things that are truly sentimental & perhaps store stuff in a family members basement...but we'd have to get rid of almost everything.  Then, if/when we decided to stop RVing, we'd have to start over again from scratch.
• We have a dog & 2 cats.  I'm sure it's doable, but it is something to think about.  I know it can be done.
• Our budget would be SUPER tight.
• I'd offer advertising on my blog-I'd write articles etc-on the blog for businesses who donated?  
• We'd come home and stay with family for holidays.
• Jack would get the education of a lifetime.
• I saw a set up where the people had a tiny green house in their RV for growing a garden.  That would be awesome.  I guess if nothing else I could have an herb garden.
• We already have a lot of stuff that we could use for camping.  We basically only have to buy the tent and a few really good air mattresses.  

That's all I've got for now.  It's just getting the ball rolling and committing to the crazy idea that's going to be difficult.