I have a dream...

For those of you who don't know I have a nomadic heart.

Honestly I've always kinda known this but thought it must be something people outgrow. Or that maybe people just weren't talking about it in mixed company.

It started with traveling as a kid and loving when we were able to live as locals (avoiding the touristy stuff and learning about the local history of places, what the locals ate, etc.) then it really took off after visiting Japan in high school as a summer exchange student. I loved seeing how other people were living while all that "normal" stuff was happening at home.

Now I have this dream that's a little strange and will have to wait for the kids to be grown to really work. Honestly we've uprooted them enough in their short lives and I can totally see the value for kids to grow up with a street address. Peers that hang out a few years. Churches that really know them.

But I really want to live out of an RV.

No really.

I know this completely goes against my hoarder instincts but the idea of opening my front door each day to world that is new to me is *very* appealing. The summers in Wisconsin are unbelievably amazing. Heaven on earth. And the winters down south are equally amazing. Rather than owning two homes the idea of living in one that moves with us sounds amazing.

I'd of course want to give it a test run. Can D and I stand each other for weeks on end in a tiny house? And again, the kids would need to not only be grown but established. No kid wants to be picked up from college by their nomadic parents and stay on the sofa in tight quarters. So this is a longer goal.

For now, I read blogs.

If you think this lifestyle sounds interesting here's some links you might want to checkout.

Gone with the Wynns is still new to me but I like what I see already. Part of my draw is to live as earth conscious as possible and I'm loving their solar panel review.

The Technomads are another interesting couple and they're into the same sort of field as D which leads me to believe that he could work from the road and provide income... while I do photography and painting and... uh... sell it on Etsy? (Ok so I seriously need to figured out a business plan.)

And there are others out there. Including sites just showing interesting remodels of RV's to make them more livable. Some though are nuts! A few I found people used solid wood cabinets in the RV which would really mess up the gas mileage.

So what do you think? Could you pack it up and live in an RV?