Zach and I had made our plan to sell our first home and transition to RV living, but we had not told ANYONE yet (except our kids – big mistake!).
We had been interviewing realtors and deciding when would be the best time to sell our home. Well…we had plans one night to go out to eat with my in-laws for my mother-in-law’s birthday. We are all just having a nice dinner when our youngest son, Brixton, blurted out to his MawMaw, “We are going to sell our house.” We couldn’t back track or tell her he was wrong, so we fessed up to our whole idea of selling everything and moving into an RV full-time. They were shocked and thought we were for sure crazy. They didn’t understand why we would do something like that and probably didn’t believe we would actually follow through with our plan.
We eventually went on to tell my parents, who were equally as skeptical. Friends and neighbors on the other hand were the complete opposite. They were intrigued in our new plan and curious how it would all work for our family of five (at the time), but I am sure deep down they thought we were still crazy.
We were living in our RV for a month before we started to travel. Due to Covid, we were able to get on the road much faster than we had anticipated. Work had changed to completely remote, Zach’s MBA program had also moved to an online-format only, we locked down our internet situation, so we were ready. We started in Galveston, TX for a month and then started to move quicker through the southeastern states: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and then back home to Texas (to have baby #4).
During that time, our family had quickly realized that we were not only making it work, but we were having the time of our lives! We got to visit so many incredible places and see so many incredible things. People began to ask us RV questions about how they could make it work. We went from “those crazy McIlroys” to “those McIlroys who are really enjoying life and I wish we could do something like that”.
We are not here to say, “I told you so,” but rather, “How can we help you get started on your own journey?” No matter where life is pulling you, we have learned and recommend NOT listening to friends and family decide what you should do with your life, as long as you never forget your ‘why’ and your purpose.
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