LONG STORY SHORT By Kristine McGowan  For the first 14 months of our Big Trip, we were very lucky.
We’d towed our trailer some 50,000 miles across 37 U.S. states and two Canadian states, and the entire way, Holt had given us no issues. Sure, we had a couple hiccups—some leaky spots in our kitchen sink, a burnt-out fan in the range hood—but nothing that brought us to a halt. Nothing that made us question whether we could finish our trip as planned. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, our slide-out gave up.*
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LONG STORY SHORT By Kristine McGowan Despite how it looks on our Instagram, our life on the road isn’t all fun and games. To make it work, we’ve had to give up several modern comforts, many of which we took for granted when we lived in a home with fixed plumbing and a concrete foundation. Those sacrifices felt particularly striking over the last couple weeks, as we got back on the road after a three-month hiatus.
To be clear, we do not regret hitting the road. We’d give up these comforts over and over again in exchange for just a fraction of the adventures we’ve enjoyed so far. Because that’s the thing about modern comforts: While they’re convenient, they also anchor us to a single spot, out of adventure’s reach. To give you a sense of what I’m talking about, here are seven comforts we gave up when we transitioned to life on the road. Each one may sound like a hassle—because it is—but it’s also been absolutely worth it. LONG STORY SHORT By Kristine McGowan  Once we settled on getting an Outdoors RV trailer [INSERT CHOOSING OUR RIG LINK], we came up against a problem: Very few dealerships in our area sold Outdoors RV trailers. And the ones that did typically didn’t sell the models that appealed to us.
We could have given up on Outdoors RV and gone with a brand more widely available in Southern California. But as you might have learned from reading about how Jason determined our route for this trip, we’re not ones to give up easily. Instead, we decided we’d have to go where Outdoors RV trailers were easier to find: the Pacific Northwest. So Jason reserved an Airbnb for us just south of Seattle in early 2023. We’d always wanted to explore the Seattle area. Even if we failed to find a trailer, at least we’d get to see a place on our travel list, we figured. LONG STORY SHORT By Jason Clark  One of the first rules of buying a truck and a trailer is this: Pick your trailer first. That way, you can find a truck that’s 100% capable of towing the trailer you like.
Well… we picked our truck first. It was for good reason, and we have no regrets. But it did affect how big we could go with our trailer. |
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