It is done. Well, almost. We have been sleeping in the camper at a local KOA since last Monday night in order to speed along the emptying of the house. It was tough, but all that remains is furniture items to be picked up for storage or consignment, then the cleaners/painters/carpet people can do their thing. I will not tell you how many dumpsters it finally took to downsize from 3,200sqft to rough 330 sqft, just trust me it was more than it should have been. We took what is often a year-long process for wise people and condensed it down to approximately 3 months. Shew. We will probably continue to purge along the way, but at the moment everything fits inside the camper in one fashion or another with the slides closed.

The pets have all seemed to adjust just fine. We brought the cats on during the week while we were going back and forth so they could get used to everything without the dogs. They may have bonded over a new shared trauma because they now deign to be in the same room as one another without a war. Traveling with them is still a little tricky. We have a 2 tier pet carrier, but the divider isn’t sufficient to keep them separated. *Fingers crossed* we’ll find a solution once we can settle somewhere long enough to figure that out. Otherwise, the dogs just slept in the floorboard on the bed we put in there, just pretty as you please. Making a pit stop for fuel, food, and potty breaks will take finding the right rhythm, but all in all, not too bad.

One of things we were concerned about this lifestyle was meeting people along the way. Thankfully, being a part of Full-Time Families has provided many opportunities through bible studies and zoom workouts to meet some really great people that are waiting on us in Florida! Bonus: they have kids too!

There is still a pretty steep learning curve, but now that we have officially “launched” we can finally settle in and start this adventure. THANK YOU for all of the wishes along the way, and we will stay in touch. After all, this isn’t really goodbye, it’s just see ya later!

(don’t forget to check in over on IG @pleadthefifthwheel for pics)