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| BRITISH COLUMBIA IN WINTER - driving in the snow, ice, mud, dirt,etc.....our rig is officially broken in! |
The story of how we got here is LONG, but it super important to us as a family. You will get the abbreviated version.
2015 - the hardest year of our life - left our family tattered and torn and scared about the future. Jill's sudden onset of SEVERE separation anxiety paired with an INTENSE phobia of throwing up and as if that wasn't enough, add in her waking screaming at the top of her lungs 6 - 8 times every single night for 9 MONTHS!!! (she was 7), in the middle of this our dog dies, two months later we get a puppy and I slowly becoming nearly paralyzed for 3 weeks, I am told I MUST have surgery or my back will never heal, I refuse, but slowly get better over 4 - 6 months. I still have a limp though...I wonder if I ever will fully recover.
It was these dark times that helped me find the ANGEL in human form who has forever changed our family. She helped to transform all of us into believers that WE are the ones who create the life we want. She continues to teach us that every day we make a choice - we can live in fear or we can live in gratitude. Simple.
Want to know more......start here: AWAKENED YOGA Shane and I both did the 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. So much more than getting certified to teach yoga!
But we didnt care, AT ALL! I LOVE my job with Inspire and we were just going to make it work. We had lived on one income for our entire married life and FEAR was not going to stop us from following what our hearts were telling us to do.
We believed in our decision and the outcome was that by May, Shane had a job with Inspire also. Our dream was becoming our reality....we can spend every day together, travel and homeschool our kids while we both have full time jobs that we absolutely LOVE!
In Sept we buy our GMC and in November - TRAVELING RAVEN...our home, school and office away from home - is born. We have immense gratitude for this life we have created and for those who supported us as we have paved this path into the unknown.
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| Driving from Osoyoos to Trail British Columbia |
So....our first trip is to interior British Columbia. We had planned on heading to Vancouver Island, but on the drive there I got a phone call from my dad that my grandma (his mom) was diagnosed with terminal bladder cancer. People wonder why we never make plans for our vacations. This is why. In a heartbeat we were able to head East instead of North so that we can spend Christmas with my parents, my grandma and my family in North Idaho.
We have had a lot of fun and a lot of craziness. The four of us PLUS Chaco living out of our camper in sub-freezing weather is definitely not for everyone.
We are learning how to make it work though....Canada has amazing aquatic centers, we always find libraries and coffeeshops to do our schoolwork (yes, we do school year round!) and we use our furnace in the camper. At home our house is about 50 - 55 degrees. In the camper we keep it at a STEAMY 60
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| Jill jumped from the platform. Takes after her mom! |
The kids' FAVORITE campground was a Walmart parking lot. Apparently, Walmart (some of them) will let people park overnight so in TRAIL, BC we couldnt find anywhere to camp so we used the Walmart parking lot.
The kids played until 10pm in the parking lot, building an ice wall. They were VERY disappointed in the morning when they realized the parking lot attendant plowed it down.
Week 1 is a success!
HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS FROM OUR FIRST WEEK.
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| This is what Alli does while I do work at a coffee shop in Fort Langely. |
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| Sunset driving from Harrison Hot Springs to Rosedale BC |
Keep 'em coming! Love to take a peek into your family travel world
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