{"id":376,"date":"2016-02-03T17:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T17:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=376"},"modified":"2016-03-06T01:55:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T01:55:18","slug":"our-first-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/02\/03\/our-first-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Our first guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I first heard about families that travel full time it didn&#8217;t take long to locate them on the internet. \u00a0It seems many of them are kind enough to document their adventure online via a blog. \u00a0Many were like ours where they are simply journaling for personal posterity\u00a0and maybe a few curious friends and family members living vicariously through their blog. \u00a0These provided inspiration but not really any instruction or information. \u00a0Others seemed to start down the path of providing more valuable content for newbies but the posts got few and far between before they just stopped altogether. \u00a0But there are some that have stood the test of time and are still putting out regular content that is useful for the community. \u00a0A few of my faves are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gonewiththewynns.com\">Gone with the Wynns<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thervgeeks.com\">RV Geeks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ditchingsuburbia.com\/\">Ditching Suburbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t recall the first time I contacted Ditching Suburbia (it was back when they were under a different name) but I got a reply right back that was genuine and helpful. \u00a0I continued to bounce questions off them and they were always quick to reply with honest advise honed on their many years of experience fulltiming as a family.<\/p>\n<p>And so when we were in Austin it so happened that they had plans to be there as well and so we met up at our camp site in McKinney Falls State Park with them. \u00a0We had lunch together. \u00a0We chatted. \u00a0We went for a walk down to the falls. \u00a0The time flew by but it was great to finally get to meet them and to thank them in person for all of their help and their encouragement&#8230;they have been a blessing to us and I&#8217;m sure to many others in the community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157664332228305_2454\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1600\/24824961375_180712f210.jpg\" title=\"Our campsite #33\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Our campsite #33<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1626\/24457222049_58bba5da19.jpg\" title=\"My Office\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>My Office<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1562\/24731453511_5cafb7fd3e.jpg\" title=\"Is it called river weed?\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Is it called river weed?<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1709\/24529396680_b8ea51408a.jpg\" title=\"If there is water, Brielle will get in\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>If there is water, Brielle will get in<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1623\/24196642994_d96805f029.jpg\" title=\"Dacen catches frisbee with his foot\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Dacen catches frisbee with his foot<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1585\/24731407991_eb0c502cd4.jpg\" title=\"Posing\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Posing<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1547\/24824848195_b68e22ba83.jpg\" title=\"Mike and Huck at the falls\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Mike and Huck at the falls<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1647\/24457266909_f1fd7cb28a.jpg\" title=\"Mike and Huck at the falls\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Mike and Huck at the falls<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1587\/24707018342_0a8aa28e76.jpg\" title=\"Our new friends!\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Our new friends!<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157664332228305_2454\").data(\"options\",{\"delay\":3000,\"autoplay\":true,\"transition\":500,\"link\":\"next\",\"target\":\"_self\",\"width\":\"\",\"height\":\"\"});<\/script><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ll mention another blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dareyou2move.com\/\">dareyou2move<\/a>, that was more the journaling type but was interesting to us\u00a0because (a) they had a family of 5 and (b) were only doing a finite stint of fulltiming. \u00a0This family was also super willing to offer up advise and answer questions. \u00a0AND, now that they live in Colorado, \u00a0we got to meet them last Easter and spend an afternoon together!<\/p>\n<p>So, while we are not by any means pros, we&#8217;d love to pass on the love and offer up encouragement and\/or answer questions if YOU are thinking of trying the nomadic lifestyle! \u00a0You can use our <a href=\"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/contact\/\">contact page<\/a> to send us a message or comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first heard about families that travel full time it didn&#8217;t take long to locate them on the internet. \u00a0It seems many of them are kind enough to document their adventure online via a blog. \u00a0Many were like ours where they are simply journaling for personal posterity\u00a0and maybe a few curious friends and family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[19,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}