One Week As Fulltimers!

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Well, we survived our first week living in an RV! Actually, I'd say we thrived! It definitely feels so right. We had a few mishaps.

For example we lost both a side panel and a skylight cover on the trip to the campground. We've easily made some DIY repair and it doesn't look like it will be too expensive to fix.

For the most part it has been realizing new family traditions and rhythms. We hike every morning either to the lake or through an abandoned Halloween trail. I wanted to start a new tradition and also bring Buddhism to my kids. So we transplanted my altar to a beautiful wooden box. Each morning we take out a brass Buddha bell and take turns ringing it nd saying what we are thankful for. It has been a hoot! Aellyn is old enough to have such thoughtful responses and the boys are hysterical! Ash said two days in a row that he was thankful for snakes. Boston says the nearest object next to him like "fan" and "pancake".

Everyone is so nice and thrilled to have tiny kids around. We lower the median age by at least 30 years. (For now at least. When school gets out there will be more families).

We are different than most seasonal campers in that we can't acquire things that don't fit in the rv. People keep trying to give us stuff. Out of kindness and maybe a little pity at the family of five in the tiny, slide-less rv? We keep saying no thanks we have all we need.

Right now I'm sitting at the playground with the setting sun at my back listening to birds chirp while the kids play with the owners' kids.

Life is good.

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