My wife is a nurse and we have an opportunity to travel for a year or two while she does a travel nurse thing. We will have to home school our 9 yo. while we do it, I'm in construction and have been doing okay, but not like 3-4 years ago. I can do odd jobs etc. or get a local job.

Got the Ex in good towing shape and a decent sized camper 32bhds Jayco. My older kids are on their own, gonna rent the house partially furnished and store the rest of the stuff in my neighbors basement.

I am excited, prolly headed west somewhere. Wyoming comes up often in needs for this type job. I haven't spent but maybe a month of my life west of NC.

My wife is putting in her applications now, but they say it's a sure thing location is only up for grabs. We will stay at one place for 3-6 months then move on. How am I gonna take all my stuff?? Haha guess we will learn to do without... except my tools... and my fishing gear... and golf stuff... Crap.

 

Good luck on your western adventure! I love it out there, ive been to wyoming, montana, colorado, idaho numerous times. Wide open, big hills, snow & oil!

 

Opportunity may be knocking...

Home schooling could be your most challenging and rewarding part. I have heard that there are some great programs out there that help you with this. May be a great way to spend more time with your 9 year old.

The Excursion is a great tow vehicle. Since you may be doing quite a bit of towing in mountainous / windy conditions, I would recommend a serious evaluation of your hitch. Consider Hensley or ProPride if you don't have this already. They will make your time behind the wheel much more relaxing and safer.

 

That's awesome! I hope someday I have the opportunity to even take a few months and travel! It will be tough to pack light and still have everything.

 

I am envious! I'd love to be able to do what you are doing. I was offered an oppurtunity to build a house in Boise but I can't do it without bringing my wife, so it didn't work out. It could have been a similar situation though. Good luck!

 

Yeah, I am excited. I think my daughter will have the time of her life. I just have to figure out how to store our things, pack light, going to a home schooling seminar next weekend, it seems overwhelming but in the end you just gotta do it and figure it out as you go I guess.

I have the Reese dual cam hitch that does very well and have towed thousands of carefree miles with that. We are going to the beach in a few weeks for 10 days so I'm gonna evaluate everything I can from there. I think I'll miss my workshop and tools the most... Oh yeah, Anyone want a goat haha.

 

Colorado has an online option for schooling K-12, maybe your school district has something similar. If that were the case then you would just have to have a laptop and internet connection. Sounds like a fun adventure.

 

Some good info here.

http://http://www.rv.net/forum/index...s/forum/33.cfm