18 months on the road

and counting

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This waterfall has been private property up until 18 months ago. It’s hidden behind a quaint little brown house in a small town in Upstate New York. The couple that lived in the house with this amazing backyard, added into their will, that once they passed away, the house would be made into a public park. They even left the mailbox when you turn to park in the parking lot. _ Our family that lives in this part of New York, told us they had only ever seen it once and back in the 80’s, when they would have to sneak onto this property just to get a glimpse of it. _ We fell in love with this story, and it makes the falls that much better. We can’t help but imagine what it’d be like to have lived here and wake up to this every single day. _ Watch our stories today to see what the house looks like 💚 #slowcarfasthome
The stories we have from the road, the people we’ve connected with, and the memories we’ve made from our adventures all over North America are the best rewards of this life we live. These last few weeks we’ve been sharing so many stories from our travels with our friends and families, and it’s helped us realize just how much we’ve grown as people in the last couple of years. Slowing down, reflecting, and being able to share some of this life with the people closest to us just makes us want to keep exploring and keep adventuring! We never want these stories will never end 💚 and, it seems like all this sharing has convinced a few of our family members to meet us in some fun places next year 😉 #slowcarfasthome
There are a lot of people that want to see the “real” stuff on the road, but we don’t think to pickup our phones and start filming or taking pictures when we are at our lows. Life for us exists outside of this little app. It’s never seemed healthy for us to document *every* aspect of our personal lives. So, you’ll all have to read our words to know that life isn’t always perfect on the road... ________________________________________________ Not everyday is easy, picture-perfect, or full of adventure. Some days we bump into each other over and over and over, we argue, we worry about our spending, the dogs are laying in all the most inconvenient places (not pointing fingers but, hellllloooooo Missy 👀), or we’re restless in cities jumping from parking lot to parking lot...There have been days that we just want out of the RV, and days we just want to be alone. But, despite the bad days, the good days are just sooo good! So much love and appreciation for these weirdos and this life we have created for ourselves. And, incredibly thankful we all managed to get past those first two [reallllly] tough weeks when we first moved into the RV almost 2 years ago 💚 _ Nothing in life worth having comes easy. This lifestyle is far from easy, but for us, it’s worth it to see the world while we are young, free, and while we have the time! #slowcarfasthome
Word to the wise: when you come to explore the east coast, set your GPS to “Avoid Tolls” and enjoy all the little back roads and hidden camping spots! _ Also, bring lots of bug spray.... #slowcarfasthome
We’ve begun planning the details and timing of our second winter on the Baja Peninsula, and although we are still months away, we are feeling so excited to get back down to our favorite beaches come winter time! Second time around, and we’re definitely noticing a calmness in our planning—A lot less is left to our imaginations this go-around! _ For those of you that are beginning to plan to keep your summer going year round, checkout our Baja E-book for sale on our website [Link in Bio]! We’ve put a cap on how many of these ebooks we want to sell, and we only have about 50 left! The book includes 14 of our favorite campsites, and additional info on what you’ll need for crossing the border, details about bringing your dog(s) to Mexico 🇲🇽, what it is like going through military checkpoints, checklists for your van or rv, details on some of our favorite touristy splurges 🐋, and a FAQs page at the end of the book. _ Swipe to see a peek at one page in the book from when we crossed from Baja Norte into Baja Sur. _ Link is in our Bio for more info! #slowcarfasthome
East coast life has us on a roller coaster of stressed out moments *cough cough toll roads got the best of us cough cough* and moments of love and comfort while hanging out with friends and family. We spent this week up in Burlington, Vermont with some of our dearest friends and scouted out some ice cold swimming spots. If you haven’t made a trip to Burlington yet, put it on your list, we could have explored for quite a bit longer 🙌🏽 _ We’re on the move again and are now in upstate New York, making our way to Tommy brothers wedding! We’ve been camping in the Adirondack Mountains these last few days soaking in the tall trees and beautiful lakes before we get all shnazzy and dressed up for wedding festivities! _ Any advice for a best man speech?? 😬😅 #slowcarfasthome
Yesterday was I N S A N E!! When people ask us how we end up doing some of the things we do, we can’t help but exclaim “it’s because we say YES!” _ Tommy almost said no to @jerryotti after receiving an invitation to come fly with him, Jerry’s dad (who built his own plane), and his pilot buddies. And, It wasn’t out of fear—he had to drive an hour away, we were out to breakfast with family when he was invited, he was worried he wouldn’t make it in time, he didn’t know exactly where to meet them, yada, yada, yada. There’s always an excuse or a reason why you *could* say no, but WHY?? _ Within minutes of his decision, Tommy jumped in his dads car, and drove an hour away to go on another adventure of a lifetime. Think about how easily this opportunity could have been passed, and then think about how easy it is to just say yes, and go for it. Tommy’s smile says it all! Here’s to saying YES! _ Thanks so much for the invite and photo @jerryotti #slowcarfasthome
Everyone keeps asking us how our east coast adventures have been so far, and if we’re honest, it’s much much different being here on the east coast in the RV compared to being out west in the RV. We already knew how different it would be which is why, I think, we stay out west for such extended lengths of time. Both of our whole families live here on this coast, so we aren’t camping as much, and instead we have been hopping from relative to relative and hanging out in a lot of driveways while reconnecting with family and old friends. _ This is where we both grew up. My first jobs were here in Downtown Annapolis, and Tommy was born in the old Annapolis Hospital (which is no longer there anymore). Sometimes we forget how special this little town is, and how the people here helped shape who we are today. As we continue to head north to other quaint coastal towns, we’ll have the best of the best to compare them all to—our Home is Annapolis, a drinking town with a sailing problem 🦀 💛⛵️ #slowcarfasthome

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Will be released on March 8, 2019

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