I think the universe is in agreement that we should pack up and do a bit of RV-living: not only did my friend Jodie and her family do just that last year and sent me the link to their blog, but this article also came up in my Google reader this morning: RVing with kids. But where would we go? Tom has never been east of the Rockies, (sans a jaunt into Michigan for a family reunion) so we could just explore the US. Part of me wants to see things I have never seen, and head south into Mexico and South America. I only know 1-10 in Spanish though, so that may be tricky. Maybe Australia then. Perhaps if we WWOOFed around we would not get bored as quickly, and it would give us some direction. Do they accept families on WWOOF farms? How about mission trips (of the nonministry variety) ? Families in the Peace Corps? Am I insane?
Tom is game for the planning part of this entire deal, but I think it would be a lot harder to convince him to get in the RV when it is all said and done. He has lived in the same area his entire life. His parents live a mile away from us. He had never had to share a room before I moved in (though now he shares it with all of us). Nothing in his experience makes him want to put everything he owns in a 5X5 storage unit and live in a tent for the summer, while some of my best memories stem from just this. I crave adventure, and would like to get some of it under our belts before the girls are old enough to feel as ‘homeless’ as I did growing up. Not in the sense that I would ever be without a roof and walls (well, until later, when I lived in my car, and said tent, but that was my own doing) but just that when people ask me where I am ‘from’ I don’t really know what to say. I want my girls to know where ‘home’ is. I just also want them to know enough about the world they live in to appreciate the wide range of experiences. Perhaps it is more prudent to plan to be a ’summers on the road’ family, but a girl can dream about selling everything she owns and going on an adventure, right?
I’m daydreaming about it today, while simultaneously making plans to lay down roots, literally. I’ve never had an actual garden before, but I think we are going to try it out this spring. With some help, I found this site tailored directly to gardening in our area, and now I am searching through the library catalog looking for a few books recommended to me. For being one generation off the farm, you would think I would at least know a hoe from a spade, but I am really pretty clueless about how to start. I can keep kids alive, I should be able to grow a tomato, right? We’ll see.
