Plans for the Future

For several years now, Danny and I have had a crazy dream to sell our house and travel the country in a Class C Motorhome. Most folks don't understand exactly how one does that, but we have managed to find a group of people that actually do. In today's world of YouTube and FaceBook, it is easy to connect with just about any group of like-minded people.

Taylor is our last child still at home. He is 16 and is currently enrolled in the Penn Foster homeschool program. He is on target to graduate in February of 2020. That means that this time next year, all of our children will be out if high school and we will have the freedom to make our dream a reality. There is alot to do...

The biggest obstacle for us to be able to travel is our house. It will have to be sold. There are some things we will need to take care of to make it "Market Ready". Our central heat and air unit needs work. Our windows need replaced, bathrooms need updated and the whole house needs a coat of paint - inside and out. I feel like it will take the next 5 years to get everything in order. We could just sell the house "as is" and take a loss. But doing that will not give us much of a cushion to find our home on wheels.

I have tried a few different avenues to earn extra money outside of our regular household budget to prepare us for travel. I'm hoping that we can find the "thing" that will allow us to earn an income while traveling. Our thought was that we could build our mini donut business and take it on the road. However, local health regulations differ so much that it would be hard to conform from state to state. Then there is Ebay. I tried my hand at pallet sales. I was able to make a nice profit but the problem with that is space will be limited and pallet inventory takes up quite a bit of that space. My latest brainstorm is a website. I won't go into detail about the particulars just yet. but I am trying my hand at building a membership website that we can build up in the next few years.

Our backup plan is to find work as we go at campgrounds and seasonal places like Amazon and Dollywood. There are also opportunities such as firework stands for July 4th and pumpkin stands at Halloween. These jobs are intense short term positions that only last a few weeks but pay nicely and allow you to travel in between. At the moment, we really don't have a concrete plan. We may just "wing" it. I worry that if we continue to put our dream on hold, someday may never come.