Update 1: The Journey Is About to Begin

When we were brainstorming a name for our blog, I was thinking about the “mountain” of work I still have to do at work before we get to climb actual mountains.  “Mountains to climb” is a fitting way to think about life: challenges always lay ahead, and accomplishing them can be so rewarding.  Climbing real mountains has been the most physically and mentally challenging recent experience I have had, but the feeling of reaching the top is exhilarating!

We are a family of three…me, my husband, and my 7-year-old daughter.  We are 2 1/2 weeks away from leaving our jobs and travelling the country in our new (to us) 5th wheel with a mission to get away from the daily grind, relax, and ultimately reset and decide what we really want in life.  It is expecting a lot from a couple months’ trip, but we have never had an opportunity like this before.

It is a crazy concept to leave our jobs where we are successful and making decent money, but we are both at a point that we can’t take another year, let alone month, following the same routines.  Fortunately, our jobs have given us the opportunity to take a couple trips in the last couple years, and we want to see more of what this beautiful country has to offer.  Our daughter, at 7 years old, is at the perfect age where she loves spending time with us, and meets friends wherever she goes.  I hope she remembers this trip forever.

For the past couple months we have been doing a lot of preparation.  1) Finding “our perfect” RV, 2) Making a plan for our jobs and carrying them out, 3) New truck! 4) Planning our trip.