As the Holiday Season is well upon us, we wanted to take a minute and wish you and your family a Merry Christmas. Being movie lovers, I always enjoy Linus’ rendition of the Christmas Story on A Charley Brown Christmas. The next block is the story he recited from Luke 2: 8-20: (of course, the…
We recently spent a week at this new resort while working our way south. It is located in Hardeeville, South Carolina, just over the Georgia state line, and only about 20 minutes from downtown historic Savannah. We don’t typically stay at resorts, unless it is for an event or to catch up with friends, and in this case, it was both!
When we started our RV life, we wanted to be debt free and not have to work full time jobs. But then we started traveling and when reality met the dream, and old habits kicked in. By September of 2023, about 18 months into being full-timers, we looked at our habits and realized our goals weren’t being met. We knew we had to pivot.
All my life, the practice has been to declutter before the holidays, then deep clean before the new year, as we pack up Christmas and before the holiday wraps up and we are back to work and school. In various formats, this is a practice across many cultures to keep from bringing old habits, or even bad luck, into the new year.
When we first decided to travel, one of our biggest concerns was the loss of our tribe, and we aren’t the only ones. Most of the online groups I am in or people I have talked to have the same concerns. While the first year was tough, and that is mostly on us, we have found that it is much easier than we thought it would be.
In November, we made our way back home, trading miles and experiences for family and projects. We had only 705 travel day miles, 4 states, staying in only 3 of them, and spent most of the month at our home base. Here’s where we spent our time and money this month!
This maintenance stop we decided to upgrade the vent fan in our bathroom. We had broken a few clips on the screen, and it was time for a better item. In our rig, it had this little fan, with little motor, and of course, everything was manual. We decided on the MaxxFan. No frills, but…
We have loved traveling since the start of our relationship. Since we’ve pretty much always been on a budget, we’ve gotten pretty good at frugality and finding ways to make the most of our travels. Smart phone apps have really helped up our game, and we have a few favorites!
I wanted to tell each of you, we are thankful for you! This year we have plenty to be thankful for and the blessing of friends family and health are very high on that list! We hope that you and your family are doing well. With Love! -BJ and Sonya
In May of 2023, BJ blogged in Planning and Family Meetings? that we had just started a new habit a few weeks before of taking a few minutes to plan our week and chat, so I thought I’d update you on how it’s helped us and how we’ve adapted it.
