I live on the road in an RV with my family... any questions (1 Viewer)

[Clown Car]

If you come through north Florida this winter, we would be happy to feed you. Plenty of room to park out here, too.

 

[the moops]

Can't decide if I would love this or hate it. I love my family but I need some alone/decompressing time once in a while. Also I image it's difficult to get super crazy with the wife with the kids so close. I get that you're making sacrifices and such, just not sure it'd be for me.

Congrats on you living your life how you want to though.

Thanks. It's a trade off. There are things I look forward too once we stop but none of the things we've sacrificed are even close to worth the amazing two years we've had. We've given the kids, and ourselves, a lifetime of memories and they're not even old enough to drive yet.

Things like having childhood friends, playing a sport, or being a girl scout also creates a lifetime of memories.

Well sure. And there is a decent chance his kids will still do all those things. However, there is almost no chance that the other kids will get a chance to do what his kids did.

 

[None_More_Black]

Have you ever seen The Hills Have Eyes? Just kidding, seems like a cool alternative lifestyle.

 

[Gopher State]

Can't decide if I would love this or hate it. I love my family but I need some alone/decompressing time once in a while. Also I image it's difficult to get super crazy with the wife with the kids so close. I get that you're making sacrifices and such, just not sure it'd be for me.

Congrats on you living your life how you want to though.

Thanks. It's a trade off. There are things I look forward too once we stop but none of the things we've sacrificed are even close to worth the amazing two years we've had. We've given the kids, and ourselves, a lifetime of memories and they're not even old enough to drive yet.

Things like having childhood friends, playing a sport, or being a girl scout also creates a lifetime of memories.

This is what I thinking to, kids playing softball on a team, playing in the playoffs, making a bird house with other kids at boy scouts, being part of team, baseball, football, there are many life lessons to be learned by doing these things in life. My kids are all grown up now, but they talk more about pee wee football days, fighting for a spot on the high school volley ball team, I never forget the excitement in my sons eyes when he came home with a varsity football jersey, my son and daughter were both recruited to play college spots, the excitement of years of hard work showing up in scholarship offers(life lesson hard work gets you rewards). On the other hand the trips we took to San Diego, mount Rushmore, Minnesota Twins games, etc, are never spoken about. The speak about times spent with my mother who has passed, can't make up time with grandma when your on the road. One vacation a year is enough for most kids, but learning leadership skills, teamwork, and that hard work and commitment has it rewards is more important in my opinion as a life lesson.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Have you ever seen The Hills Have Eyes?

http://horrorwarehouse.com/horrorblog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/thehillshaveeyes1977.png

This guy will be happy to watch over the RV for you when you park.

 

[NutterButter]

Most people that make solid bank could save up enough money while your kids are young to take a year off and rv across the country when they get in the pre-teen years. Like lombardi did, rent out your house to cover your mortgage. A used 5th wheeler isn't that expensive. Just takes some saving and taking the plunge.

 

[East Coast Bias]

It was only 2 years.

 

[krista4]

It was only 2 years.

But he's stolen their childhoods.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Why is the default assumption of most posters in this thread that if a kid isn't home schooled and living in an RV then he probably just plays Xbox all day?

its pretty much the only thing they can fire back with I met a family of homeschooled kids from virginia once. Ate dinner at their house (neighbors of my cousin). Buncha ####in weirdos

Why didn't you say this in the first place? Case closed, guys. Shut the thread down.

 

[the moops]

It was only 2 years.

But he's stolen their childhoods.

Seriously. A lot of squares in here thinking that if you dont grow up in suburbia and play team sports than you ain't doing it right.Wife and I have talked about doing something similar to this. We would stay in places a bit longer though. Thought about a month or two at a time in about 10 areas over a year and a half.

 

[grateful zed]

link

 

[Mr. Retukes]

Do the kids (or your wife) ever ride in the trailer while you're driving, or does everyone always stay in the truck?

Also, have you ever spent the night in a Wal-Mart parking lot?

 

[grateful zed]

does your wife ever prepare dinner in the back while you drive?

 

[James Daulton]

Assuming the kids don't get too far behind in math, I cant see how this 2 years can be a negative. While I'm not sure the experiences will change and better them as people, you cant argue the experiences are just plain cool.

 

[The Z Machine]

Where do the kids masturbate?

 

[Otis]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer. I would think it would be a pretty sucky way for a kid to grow up through the entirety of their teens, sorry. Sucky and weird. They wouldn't know how to socialize with kids their own age and develop friendships, and I imagine it would be damn lonely. It can be traumatic enough on a teenager to make a single move -- to move constantly through those years? Just can't be good. Yeah, I get it, it's "square" thinking, all that conventional stuff. But I suspect there's truth to it.

I also think the fact that you all believe that kids can only play Xbox, and that's why you don't see them outside. Around here, kids do lots of things -- they're in school all day, play one or more sports, take music lessons, and when you pack in time for homework and family time, well, I suppose there's not a whole lot of time left in the day. Just because a kid has a "traditional" upbringing, it doesn't mean they're being screwed up. This isn't a multiple choice test with your two options being Xbox or RV Gypsy Life.

In any event, I do think it sounds pretty damn cool given that it's just for a couple years, and presumably the kids had normal schooling before and will have that after, and will have friends their own ages, so they'll have an education and social skills. That would be my concern anyway. My guess is that the vast majority of parents on this board wouldn't do it while they have school age kids (already there's repeated talk about people wanting to do this after the kids are out of the house, or during a summer, etc.). Have to wonder why that is.

 

[Zegras11]

Willie, hope your wife is OK...

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/11/23/willie-nelsons-band-tour-bus-crashes/

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

My guess is that the vast majority of parents on this board wouldn't do it while they have school age kids (already there's repeated talk about people wanting to do this after the kids are out of the house, or during a summer, etc.). Have to wonder why that is.

Clearly you haven't spent a lot of time around school age kids.

 

[Zegras11]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer. I would think it would be a pretty sucky way for a kid to grow up through the entirety of their teens, sorry. Sucky and weird. They wouldn't know how to socialize with kids their own age and develop friendships, and I imagine it would be damn lonely. It can be traumatic enough on a teenager to make a single move -- to move constantly through those years? Just can't be good. Yeah, I get it, it's "square" thinking, all that conventional stuff. But I suspect there's truth to it.

I also think the fact that you all believe that kids can only play Xbox, and that's why you don't see them outside. Around here, kids do lots of things -- they're in school all day, play one or more sports, take music lessons, and when you pack in time for homework and family time, well, I suppose there's not a whole lot of time left in the day. Just because a kid has a "traditional" upbringing, it doesn't mean they're being screwed up. This isn't a multiple choice test with your two options being Xbox or RV Gypsy Life.

In any event, I do think it sounds pretty damn cool given that it's just for a couple years, and presumably the kids had normal schooling before and will have that after, and will have friends their own ages, so they'll have an education and social skills. That would be my concern anyway. My guess is that the vast majority of parents on this board wouldn't do it while they have school age kids (already there's repeated talk about people wanting to do this after the kids are out of the house, or during a summer, etc.). Have to wonder why that is.

LOL. Everyone was "relax" until you started posting.

Normal schooling? WTF is that? These kids are getting a great education in many ways.

Have you ever taken an RV Trip?

 

[Otis]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer. I would think it would be a pretty sucky way for a kid to grow up through the entirety of their teens, sorry. Sucky and weird. They wouldn't know how to socialize with kids their own age and develop friendships, and I imagine it would be damn lonely. It can be traumatic enough on a teenager to make a single move -- to move constantly through those years? Just can't be good. Yeah, I get it, it's "square" thinking, all that conventional stuff. But I suspect there's truth to it.

I also think the fact that you all believe that kids can only play Xbox, and that's why you don't see them outside. Around here, kids do lots of things -- they're in school all day, play one or more sports, take music lessons, and when you pack in time for homework and family time, well, I suppose there's not a whole lot of time left in the day. Just because a kid has a "traditional" upbringing, it doesn't mean they're being screwed up. This isn't a multiple choice test with your two options being Xbox or RV Gypsy Life.

In any event, I do think it sounds pretty damn cool given that it's just for a couple years, and presumably the kids had normal schooling before and will have that after, and will have friends their own ages, so they'll have an education and social skills. That would be my concern anyway. My guess is that the vast majority of parents on this board wouldn't do it while they have school age kids (already there's repeated talk about people wanting to do this after the kids are out of the house, or during a summer, etc.). Have to wonder why that is.

LOL. Everyone was "relax" until you started posting.

Normal schooling? WTF is that? These kids are getting a great education in many ways.

Have you ever taken an RV Trip?

Nope, and it sounds like fun.

Do we really have to have a debate about what "normal schooling" vs. home schooling is?

I wonder why more people here don't home school their kids?

I've already agreed two years doesn't seem like a huge deal to me. Would you all be cool with it if he did this with his kids permanently? How many years is too many? 4? 6? 10? And if there's a "too many," then why is that?

 

[NutterButter]

My guess is that the vast majority of parents on this board wouldn't do it while they have school age kids (already there's repeated talk about people wanting to do this after the kids are out of the house, or during a summer, etc.). Have to wonder why that is.

Clearly you haven't spent a lot of time around school age kids.

I think there was some sarcasm in that last statement. I love my kids to death, but being around them 24/7, I'd be looking to buy a 2nd rv. Put me in the camp of someone that would want to do this when the kids are out of the house, but only for a month or two at a time. I wouldn't want to be in such close proximity to a bunch of strangers for much longer than that. I think the ideal would be to live somewhere out in the midwest so its a short drive to most of the good stuff this country has to offer. Living on the east coast, you have to drive such a long distance through a lot of unappealing states to get to everything out west..

 

[Willie Neslon]

Willie, hope your wife is OK...

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/11/23/willie-nelsons-band-tour-bus-crashes/

Mrs. Neslon would not be on Mr. Nelson's bus.

 

[Judge Smails]

How are the lot lizards on the Ofdee scale?

 

[pollardsvision]

Where do the kids masturbate?

An important concern, but I trust any teenage boy to figure that one out.

Anxiously awaiting EG's screenplay on the matter though.

 

[Zegras11]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer. I would think it would be a pretty sucky way for a kid to grow up through the entirety of their teens, sorry. Sucky and weird. They wouldn't know how to socialize with kids their own age and develop friendships, and I imagine it would be damn lonely. It can be traumatic enough on a teenager to make a single move -- to move constantly through those years? Just can't be good. Yeah, I get it, it's "square" thinking, all that conventional stuff. But I suspect there's truth to it.

I also think the fact that you all believe that kids can only play Xbox, and that's why you don't see them outside. Around here, kids do lots of things -- they're in school all day, play one or more sports, take music lessons, and when you pack in time for homework and family time, well, I suppose there's not a whole lot of time left in the day. Just because a kid has a "traditional" upbringing, it doesn't mean they're being screwed up. This isn't a multiple choice test with your two options being Xbox or RV Gypsy Life.

In any event, I do think it sounds pretty damn cool given that it's just for a couple years, and presumably the kids had normal schooling before and will have that after, and will have friends their own ages, so they'll have an education and social skills. That would be my concern anyway. My guess is that the vast majority of parents on this board wouldn't do it while they have school age kids (already there's repeated talk about people wanting to do this after the kids are out of the house, or during a summer, etc.). Have to wonder why that is.

LOL. Everyone was "relax" until you started posting.

Normal schooling? WTF is that? These kids are getting a great education in many ways.

Have you ever taken an RV Trip?

Nope, and it sounds like fun.

Do we really have to have a debate about what "normal schooling" vs. home schooling is?

I wonder why more people here don't home school their kids?

I've already agreed two years doesn't seem like a huge deal to me. Would you all be cool with it if he did this with his kids permanently? How many years is too many? 4? 6? 10? And if there's a "too many," then why is that?

It's anything but "normal" these days. That's the last thing I'd call schooling.

I don't wonder at all. Teaching is very hard work and you have to have the time to do it right. Not many have that time these days, but these guys do and I would not surprised id they are getting a better than a "normal" education.

There is no "too many". If they can make it work, the more power to them.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

 

[Otis]

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

Holy crap that's a good point. Does the whole family sleep in the same room together every night? For TWO YEARS?

 

[Willie Neslon]

lombardi could you ask your wife if she would buy make-up from someone in the RV park

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

Holy crap that's a good point. Does the whole family sleep in the same room together every night? For TWO YEARS?

They typically have doors, but the family are all sleeping in the same large vehicle.

 

[joffer]

As long as you're all Democrats I don't see a problem

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

My wife's hangup would be the shower for sure. GB your wife and her non high maintenance-ness.

 

[krista4]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

Holy crap that's a good point. Does the whole family sleep in the same room together every night? For TWO YEARS?

And...post #1 before he said "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back."

You know I you, buddy, but you're too busy paying someone $5000 to clear the snow off your front walk to read the thread.

At least you came around to the right way of thinking on this, which is that it might be great just as much as other stuff might be great. Neither option is automatically bad.

 

[Zegras11]

Otis, he and the wife smoke a lot of bowls while driving. That's how they get it all done.

 

[Otis]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

Holy crap that's a good point. Does the whole family sleep in the same room together every night? For TWO YEARS?

And...post #1 before he said "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back."

You know I you, buddy, but you're too busy paying someone $5000 to clear the snow off your front walk to read the thread.

At least you came around to the right way of thinking on this, which is that it might be great just as much as other stuff might be great. Neither option is automatically bad.

How "long term" is long term enough to raise a concern? Just curious. 2 is ok, but 4 years? 6? It all just seems like a very hard way for children to live, doesn't strike me as fair to them. Great for the parents, but I don't think I could do it to kids, even if it forces them into some neat life experiences.



Thanks for this quote -- "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back." -- I still have no idea what any of this means. I don't know what a bunkhouse is, and I don't know if a "bedroom" is a separate sleeping area, a whole different room, in the bunkhouse, or in the RV, or something else. Others here seemed to be suggesting they didn't have any private time. Which is why I got the impression this is all one big room or something.

So, solid quotepower here k-dawg, but it's not super helpful.

 

[Otis]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

And to this point, while we're wasting our innernets dissecting text, I still don't know if he's told us how long he's planned on doing this. Two years doesn't seem like a long time I suppose, but he hasn't ended the trip. They're still out doing it and I didn't see any suggestion they are stopping soon.

 

[krista4]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

Holy crap that's a good point. Does the whole family sleep in the same room together every night? For TWO YEARS?

And...post #1 before he said "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back."

You know I you, buddy, but you're too busy paying someone $5000 to clear the snow off your front walk to read the thread.

At least you came around to the right way of thinking on this, which is that it might be great just as much as other stuff might be great. Neither option is automatically bad.

How "long term" is long term enough to raise a concern? Just curious. 2 is ok, but 4 years? 6? It all just seems like a very hard way for children to live, doesn't strike me as fair to them. Great for the parents, but I don't think I could do it to kids, even if it forces them into some neat life experiences.



Thanks for this quote -- "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back." -- I still have no idea what any of this means. I don't know what a bunkhouse is, and I don't know if a "bedroom" is a separate sleeping area, a whole different room, in the bunkhouse, or in the RV, or something else. Others here seemed to be suggesting they didn't have any private time. Which is why I got the impression this is all one big room or something.

So, solid quotepower here k-dawg, but it's not super helpful.

No one suggested they didn't have private time; they asked. He posted pics of the layout of the place. I can't really do any more datamining in this thread for you.

 

[krista4]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

And to this point, while we're wasting our innernets dissecting text, I still don't know if he's told us how long he's planned on doing this. Two years doesn't seem like a long time I suppose, but he hasn't ended the trip. They're still out doing it and I didn't see any suggestion they are stopping soon.

Again, it's all in the thread if you care to read. They've been out less than two years and he is ending it for his oldest kid to settle in and find a high school to start next year. That's all quite well discussed and clear. So the "suggestion that they are stopping soon" is right there.

I mean this kindly, but it would help to read the thread first before jumping in with the judgmental stuff. Once you have, if you wish to be judgmental, at least you'd be doing it on the basis of some knowledge and information.

 

[NutterButter]

How "long term" is long term enough to raise a concern? Just curious. 2 is ok, but 4 years? 6? It all just seems like a very hard way for children to live, doesn't strike me as fair to them. Great for the parents, but I don't think I could do it to kids, even if it forces them into some neat life experiences.

Not sure how this is great for the parents. I can't be the only one thinking that being around your wife and kids 24/7 wouldn't be rough; I don't care how great they are. And my wife and I have good jobs and good degrees with some pretty good heads on our shoulders, but we should not be the one's providing the schooling to our children. I certainly don't want that responsibility. I'd much rather pay some other people that are far more qualified to handle that.

 

[Otis]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

Holy crap that's a good point. Does the whole family sleep in the same room together every night? For TWO YEARS?

And...post #1 before he said "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back."

You know I you, buddy, but you're too busy paying someone $5000 to clear the snow off your front walk to read the thread.

At least you came around to the right way of thinking on this, which is that it might be great just as much as other stuff might be great. Neither option is automatically bad.

How "long term" is long term enough to raise a concern? Just curious. 2 is ok, but 4 years? 6? It all just seems like a very hard way for children to live, doesn't strike me as fair to them. Great for the parents, but I don't think I could do it to kids, even if it forces them into some neat life experiences.



Thanks for this quote -- "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back." -- I still have no idea what any of this means. I don't know what a bunkhouse is, and I don't know if a "bedroom" is a separate sleeping area, a whole different room, in the bunkhouse, or in the RV, or something else. Others here seemed to be suggesting they didn't have any private time. Which is why I got the impression this is all one big room or something.

So, solid quotepower here k-dawg, but it's not super helpful.

No one suggested they didn't have private time; they asked. He posted pics of the layout of the place. I can't really do any more datamining in this thread for you.

I saw the layout pictures. It shows a queen bed in one area, and a kitchen space in the other. He talked about a "bunk" for the kids. I still have no idea where this is.

 

[Otis]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

And to this point, while we're wasting our innernets dissecting text, I still don't know if he's told us how long he's planned on doing this. Two years doesn't seem like a long time I suppose, but he hasn't ended the trip. They're still out doing it and I didn't see any suggestion they are stopping soon.

Again, it's all in the thread if you care to read. They've been out less than two years and he is ending it for his oldest kid to settle in and find a high school to start next year. That's all quite well discussed and clear. So the "suggestion that they are stopping soon" is right there.

I mean this kindly, but it would help to read the thread first before jumping in with the judgmental stuff. Once you have, if you wish to be judgmental, at least you'd be doing it on the basis of some knowledge and information.

He's also talking about going back off into the desert next month. Still doesn't strike me as all that clear. But OK, so I'll take your word for it.

Sorry if you don't agree with my questions. People post things here, and they get reactions from other people here. That's what we do. He asked for questions, I raised some.

 

[krista4]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

And to this point, while we're wasting our innernets dissecting text, I still don't know if he's told us how long he's planned on doing this. Two years doesn't seem like a long time I suppose, but he hasn't ended the trip. They're still out doing it and I didn't see any suggestion they are stopping soon.

Again, it's all in the thread if you care to read. They've been out less than two years and he is ending it for his oldest kid to settle in and find a high school to start next year. That's all quite well discussed and clear. So the "suggestion that they are stopping soon" is right there.

I mean this kindly, but it would help to read the thread first before jumping in with the judgmental stuff. Once you have, if you wish to be judgmental, at least you'd be doing it on the basis of some knowledge and information.

He's also talking about going back off into the desert next month. Still doesn't strike me as all that clear. But OK, so I'll take your word for it.

Sorry if you don't agree with my questions. People post things here, and they get reactions from other people here. That's what we do. He asked for questions, I raised some.

Read further. And look further on layout pictures--they were several different models.

I don't have a problem with your questions. Just trying to help answer them since you didn't read the thread.

 

[East Coast Bias]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

2 years sounds like a perfect amount of time. In this situation where the home schooling is temporary, I see that as different than the home schooled fringe of society types that pull their kids out entirely until high school or beyond.

Some guys have alluded to one major sacrifice, and that's the issue with railing the wife on a regular basis or with any kind of thoroughness.

I'm also not sure my wife would be able to handle a shower/grooming situation like that for more than a night or two.

Holy crap that's a good point. Does the whole family sleep in the same room together every night? For TWO YEARS?

And...post #1 before he said "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back."

You know I you, buddy, but you're too busy paying someone $5000 to clear the snow off your front walk to read the thread.

At least you came around to the right way of thinking on this, which is that it might be great just as much as other stuff might be great. Neither option is automatically bad.

How "long term" is long term enough to raise a concern? Just curious. 2 is ok, but 4 years? 6? It all just seems like a very hard way for children to live, doesn't strike me as fair to them. Great for the parents, but I don't think I could do it to kids, even if it forces them into some neat life experiences.



Thanks for this quote -- "They all share the bunkhouse in the front of the RV. My wife and I have a bedroom in the back." -- I still have no idea what any of this means. I don't know what a bunkhouse is, and I don't know if a "bedroom" is a separate sleeping area, a whole different room, in the bunkhouse, or in the RV, or something else. Others here seemed to be suggesting they didn't have any private time. Which is why I got the impression this is all one big room or something.

So, solid quotepower here k-dawg, but it's not super helpful.

No one suggested they didn't have private time; they asked. He posted pics of the layout of the place. I can't really do any more datamining in this thread for you.

I saw the layout pictures. It shows a queen bed in one area, and a kitchen space in the other. He talked about a "bunk" for the kids. I still have no idea where this is.

All the way in the front. The part that would be over the truck bed. There is a floor plan in the pictures he linked.

 

[Otis]

A two year haitus is fine, hippies. Relax. It initially seemed he'd been doing this for years already and intended to do it a whole lot longer.

Well, right. Because it was all the way in post #12 before he mentioned "I don't know how this would affect them long term if we lived like this forever. But for two years I actually things it's been a benefit and taught them a lot about making friends, talking to adults, meeting people, and even how to entertain themselves and use their imaginations."

And to this point, while we're wasting our innernets dissecting text, I still don't know if he's told us how long he's planned on doing this. Two years doesn't seem like a long time I suppose, but he hasn't ended the trip. They're still out doing it and I didn't see any suggestion they are stopping soon.

Again, it's all in the thread if you care to read. They've been out less than two years and he is ending it for his oldest kid to settle in and find a high school to start next year. That's all quite well discussed and clear. So the "suggestion that they are stopping soon" is right there.

I mean this kindly, but it would help to read the thread first before jumping in with the judgmental stuff. Once you have, if you wish to be judgmental, at least you'd be doing it on the basis of some knowledge and information.

He's also talking about going back off into the desert next month. Still doesn't strike me as all that clear. But OK, so I'll take your word for it.

Sorry if you don't agree with my questions. People post things here, and they get reactions from other people here. That's what we do. He asked for questions, I raised some.

Read further. And look further on layout pictures--they were several different models.

I don't have a problem with your questions. Just trying to help answer them since you didn't read the thread.

Why not just answer them if you have an answer? How hard do I have to look? I saw a bunch of pictures and a bunch of floorplans that show what I described.

 

[Otis]

This one is pretty sweet.

 

[Mr. Retukes]

We're about 3 years from Otis starting a thread titled "Thinking of buying an RV and hitting the road for 2 years".

 

[NutterButter]

We're about 3 years from Otis starting a thread titled "Thinking of buying an RV and hitting the road for 2 years".

Ha. He's already scouting out models.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

I think this is awesome, but there's no way I could do it for 2 years. I bought a 31' RV five years ago so that we could get some quality family time in while my kids were still young. We had a great time and really reconnected as a family. Unfortunately, my daughter wanted nothing to do with it once she turned 16, so I sold it last year. I miss it.

 

[Otis]

We're about 3 years from Otis starting a thread titled "Thinking of buying an RV and hitting the road for 2 years".

Ha. He's already scouting out models.

Seriously though I could totally get down with doing a few weeks here and there. Lots of places out west I'd love to drive though and check out.

 

[NutterButter]

We're about 3 years from Otis starting a thread titled "Thinking of buying an RV and hitting the road for 2 years".

Ha. He's already scouting out models.

Seriously though I could totally get down with doing a few weeks here and there. Lots of places out west I'd love to drive though and check out.

All of that is going to be a lot closer once you move to Denver.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Holy Ignorant rude Otis.

You that pissed about the Xmas lights? Just pay someone to finish them for you.