Hello, we are Chris and Amanda and our two beautiful daughters. We moved into our 2022 Grand Design Solitude 3950BH-R on July 13, 2021. We have been living full-time in our RV since then exploring the country one detour at a time.
Life Before the RV
Chris owned a digital marketing business from 2009 – 2019 when he decided to become a Realtor. During that time of owning a marketing company, Chris was the author of The Life of a Diabetic, which was one of the most highly read type 1 diabetes patient blogs in the world. He spent a lot of his time dedicated to advocating for people living with diabetes and spreading awareness. Once the RV life was a serious thought, he went on to get his mortgage license in order to work remote from the road.
Amanda was an elementary education teacher for 5 years before deciding to stay home with our first daughter. She is born and raised in Palm Beach County Florida and does not like the cold weather! Amanda ran her own Etsy business, A Sweet Pea Boutique, Co. making custom wine glasses, tumblers and holiday ornaments for 3 years leading up to full-time RV travel.
Our Path to RV Life
If you would have told us a few years ago that we would be living in an RV and traveling full-time, we would have definitely thought you were crazy. But, here we are.
In the Spring of 2020, we were stuck at home like majority of the world. With two of us living with Type 1 Diabetes and Chris having blood pressure and other medical conditions, we were in that “High Risk” category, so flying and staying in hotels was out the window.
The idea of renting an RV to visit Amanda’s family in South Florida came up, but then we realized that we needed to take a second mortgage just to afford renting an RV!
Then, we went to YouTube and that’s when it all clicked. One night at 2AM Chris stumbled upon a video of a family living in an RV with their kids.
LIVING IN AN RV WITH KIDS!!??!!! ARE THESE PEOPLE CRAZY!
Well, they were in fact some type of crazy…. crazy enough to stand out from the norm of what you are told is the normal and American Dream.
After that, we went through hundreds of floor plans and brands and watched every single Matt’s RV Reviews video every single night until we found the perfect RV for us.
So, here we are, still living in our RV full-time with no plans on stopping any time soon.