Casual Weirdness

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Changing Winds on the Mesa

Family of Four Moved to Full-Time Camper Living

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In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing.

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We are all about doing this differently around here and we have been skirting around some big lifestyle shifts for a very long time. I started with practicing gratitude, flipping the script on the ‘boring’ tasks of being a stay-at-home mom, I read Essentialism by Greg McEwan, I got into Kon Mari then homeschooling and gardening. Alex learned to make bread. We kept exploring the idea of living with the essentials only- not minimalism, but being thoughtful consumers. We learned to live small and we kept questioning just what we needed to have to be our best selves...

We are all about doing this differently around here and we have been skirting around some big lifestyle shifts for a very long time. I started with practicing gratitude, flipping the script on the ‘boring’ tasks of being a stay-at-home mom, I read Essentialism by Greg McEwan, I got into Kon Mari then homeschooling and gardening. Alex learned to make bread. We kept exploring the idea of living with the essentials only- not minimalism, but being thoughtful consumers. We learned to live small and we kept questioning just what we needed to have to be our best selves...

Thus began our full time shift into a question we have been carrying for a long time: What if we lived tiny out of a camper and travelled with our family?

Thus began our full time shift into a question we have been carrying for a long time: What if we lived tiny out of a camper and travelled with our family?

So we jumped in and decided to see what the answer to that burning question would be.&nbsp;

So we jumped in and decided to see what the answer to that burning question would be.&nbsp;

From February to May, we flipped the camper we had purchased. It’s a simple, 30ft travel trailer with a queen bed area and bunk beds: 240sq feet of space. The flip and design was pretty much my pet project and I really tried to use the space in the best possible way for a family of 4 and two pets- yep, the pets came as well. I can get into the nitty gritty of the flip another time, but suffice it to say, it all went according to design and we are rounding out our third full month of #camperlife.&nbsp;

From February to May, we flipped the camper we had purchased. It’s a simple, 30ft travel trailer with a queen bed area and bunk beds: 240sq feet of space. The flip and design was pretty much my pet project and I really tried to use the space in the best possible way for a family of 4 and two pets- yep, the pets came as well. I can get into the nitty gritty of the flip another time, but suffice it to say, it all went according to design and we are rounding out our third full month of #camperlife.&nbsp;

We haven’t started to travel yet, but we plan to at the end of the camping season here in Ohio - and coronavirus permitting - we will head south to Texas for the end of fall and start of winter. Between now and then we are celebrating a first birthday with our youngest, a sixth birthday with our oldest, kicking off our first year of homeschooling, and I am getting my yoga teacher training certification.&nbsp;

We haven’t started to travel yet, but we plan to at the end of the camping season here in Ohio - and coronavirus permitting - we will head south to Texas for the end of fall and start of winter. Between now and then we are celebrating a first birthday with our youngest, a sixth birthday with our oldest, kicking off our first year of homeschooling, and I am getting my yoga teacher training certification.&nbsp;

Absolutely never a dull moment. I named this blog well.

Absolutely never a dull moment. I named this blog well.

Portrait of Kate and Alex, sitting in-front of their RV. Each are wearing jackets, and hats.

Category: Personal Updates

Changing Winds on the Mesa

Family of Four Moved to Full-Time Camper Living

Casual Weirdness, Indeed