Episode 3 "Full-time Families" ventures out to the Full-time Families Rally in Tampa Florida. Full-time families are younger couples who travel with their family; living on the road and experiencing all the great adventures the RV lifestyle brings. Take a tour of the inside of Newmar Class A that is home to 4 kids, 2 parents, and 2 dogs. Get insight into the decision making process that took these families from a crazy idea to actually selling everything and hitting the road and listen to a few tales of the good and bad that make this such a rewarding life choice for thousands of people across the United States.
Transcript from the video: WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:06.859 --> 00:00:07.270 hi 00:00:07.270 --> 00:00:11.370 I'm Mark Koep from CampgroundViews.com thank you for joining us for weekly video 00:00:11.370 --> 00:00:14.250 today we are going to take you on an interesting journey where we meet 00:00:14.250 --> 00:00:17.779 full-time families on the road these are young families with children 00:00:17.779 --> 00:00:20.870 who elected to live their RV travelling the country 00:00:20.870 --> 00:00:25.550 great stories great adventures they give us a little glimpse of what it takes 00:00:25.550 --> 00:00:29.470 to actually take your family on the road first we start with the Royals 00:00:29.470 --> 00:00:32.770 to show us the inside of their RV 00:00:32.770 --> 00:00:35.850 We have 4 kids and 2 large dogs and 00:00:35.850 --> 00:00:37.560 yes and we are all living in there 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:42.090 together so I will walk you through and show you kind of how it works 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:46.790 the Royals heavily customized this Newmar to meet their needs 00:00:46.790 --> 00:00:51.900 with children's areas and better placement of TV's 00:00:51.900 --> 00:00:56.140 appliances and even a custom pantry 00:00:56.140 --> 00:01:02.550 all made to make their life easier and more efficient on the road. They even have a slogan 00:01:02.550 --> 00:01:07.979 painted on the upper wall 00:01:07.979 --> 00:01:12.810 Life is Simple Eat Sleep Play and Repeat. What else is there right? 00:01:12.810 --> 00:01:17.000 and regarding sleeping how exactly do they make it work by using the back bedroom and all of its space 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.290 with custom bunks 00:01:20.290 --> 00:01:26.509 that move out of the way for the slides to come in. 00:01:26.509 --> 00:01:28.500 so for us to have them all in the same room at the 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:33.200 ages their in works out great for us and at night when everyone is sleeping 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:33.619 we do have this door here 00:01:33.619 --> 00:01:37.740 closes and now we can come in here and 00:01:37.740 --> 00:01:41.100 close this one and this door closes too. So we do get privacy. 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:44.850 Wow thank you Bryanna for letting us see the inside the RV 00:01:44.850 --> 00:01:48.100 and how you make it work with 00:01:48.100 --> 00:01:52.320 4 people 2 dogs and a partridge in a pear tree 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:58.310 wait I didn't see a partridge but they are making it work none-the-less 00:01:58.310 --> 00:02:01.869 pretty cool. Next we are going to meet Bryan Thomas 00:02:01.869 --> 00:02:04.979 and his family a wife and two signs 00:02:04.979 --> 00:02:08.539 who hit the road traveling the country to check everything out 00:02:08.539 --> 00:02:12.120 they have done the East Coast already and head to the West Coast this next year 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:16.900 we talked a lot about the whole decision to make this leap 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:21.700 what we found interesting was how they went about making the decision to go for it. 00:02:21.700 --> 00:02:25.670 We sat down as a family we decided as a family and I explained 00:02:25.670 --> 00:02:29.890 what the opportunity was there we could travel the country and 00:02:29.890 --> 00:02:33.260 and visit every state spend a few years together as a family 00:02:33.260 --> 00:02:35.270 but it would mean selling our home 00:02:35.270 --> 00:02:38.530 and leaving our friends and going into the unknown 00:02:38.530 --> 00:02:43.210 and they wanted to do it we're all in and so we made the decision as a family 00:02:43.210 --> 00:02:47.120 and ... it wasn't always easy selling your house and packing up and saying 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:47.800 goodbye 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:50.900 but together we've got through it and we did it 00:02:50.900 --> 00:02:54.850 and now we've been on the road a while nineteen states 00:02:54.850 --> 00:02:58.430 and its it's really been a good thing 00:02:58.430 --> 00:03:02.060 All right now we get convinced to go and jump in and do it sell everything 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:05.260 hit the road then we asked a few of the families 00:03:05.260 --> 00:03:09.850 this the the Holts, Jennifer Drew who are travelling with their two young 00:03:09.850 --> 00:03:13.260 kids to talk a little bit about the good bad 00:03:13.260 --> 00:03:18.980 First we asked them what is the worst experience they have had so far 00:03:18.980 --> 00:03:22.780 Yeah the worst experience we had was coming out of Denver 00:03:22.780 --> 00:03:24.270 You actually need to do your homework 00:03:24.270 --> 00:03:28.030 like reading about the trip and destinations 00:03:28.030 --> 00:03:32.800 and also the type of roads you are going to be on. We did not do enough research 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:35.940 Well I did not do enough research about driving out of Denver 00:03:35.940 --> 00:03:39.310 A truck driver rolled by "Your brakes are on fire!" so I jumped out 00:03:39.310 --> 00:03:42.489 grabbed the fire extinguisher, new brakes on the truck and the trailer 00:03:42.489 --> 00:03:49.209 A couple thousand dollars... we learned the right way to drive out of the mountains 00:03:49.209 --> 00:03:49.580 Fire out the back of your RV that is not fun 00:03:49.580 --> 00:03:53.780 so what are the best experiences so far? 00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:57.510 First of all it is the weather we chase the good weather. So back in Michigan 3' of snow and its 8 degrees 00:03:57.510 --> 00:04:00.780 so we love the weather but 00:04:00.780 --> 00:04:07.780 all the National Parks are so cool. We do the Junior Ranger Program with our kids and we learn a lot. It is fun 00:04:08.459 --> 00:04:11.400 That is the difference it is like a giant field trip that you want to go on 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:15.220 Thank you Drew that is a great way to put it 00:04:15.220 --> 00:04:21.780 A giant field trip that you want to be on 00:04:21.780 --> 00:04:25.050 So if you want to be on this field trip 00:04:25.050 --> 00:04:26.160 too 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:29.340 this lifestyle is so rediculous affordable 00:04:29.340 --> 00:04:36.340 the jokes on the rest of the world 00:04:36.370 --> 00:04:40.450 go for it jump in. Just do it. .. and if you don't just do you won't do it 00:04:40.450 --> 00:04:47.450 such as do it forget everything out so so just do it and forget everything else. 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:51.930 So there's challenges but its a great adventure 00:04:51.930 --> 00:04:58.550 enjoy the ride you get one life. Live it. There you have our episode today I hope you enjoyed the ride. 00:04:58.550 --> 00:05:01.560 full-time families they probably have it figured out. 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:06.639 they're visiting seeing and experiencing first hand things we only dream about 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:09.980 so if you want to learn more we have their websites back up here now 00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:13.760 Go and check them out follow along on the adventure shoot them an email asking 00:05:13.760 --> 00:05:14.740 some questions 00:05:14.740 --> 00:05:17.930 and if you wanna see more of these episodes go to YouTube 00:05:17.930 --> 00:05:21.370 and subscribe to our channel or go to our website CampgroundViews.com 00:05:21.370 --> 00:05:24.430 register with your email address we send out a monthly 00:05:24.430 --> 00:05:29.450 newsletter with links to these videos We look forward to seeing you again next week 00:05:29.450 --> 00:05:33.139 Good Bye