In my last post 4 months ago, I talked about how we were dreaming of and planning a lifestyle change and moving back to Minnesota. Well …
No furniture to move, but there are boxes, bikes, and misc. items.
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of putting our RV up for sale, packing, and finalizing other arrangements.
Last photo with our Montana, which served us well for 7 years.
On Tuesday, we sold our RV – our home for the past 7 years. I confess my eyes seemed to leak a wee bit a couple of times on the day of the sale. We had so many adventures and shared awesome moments during our time as full-time RVers. Memories were made that we will cherish always.
While we enjoyed those years as full-timers, there is a feeling of relief and excitement as we begin a new chapter in our life together. Relief in the form of selling our RV while it was still in good shape; of being out from under the responsibility, expense, and physical effort of maintenance and upkeep; and, honestly, the full-time lifestyle. The excitement is in beginning a new journey and returning to the North and Minnesota.
It’s just time. Time to move on. Time for a change. Time to simplify our life.
Due to Dave’s work schedule, we will be here for just under 2 weeks. After researching available accommodations here, it made the most sense – cost, safety, convenience, comfort – for our needs to rent a travel trailer from a local dealer we have patronized during our time here.
Our “hotel room” in the same site where we have been.
While it serves our purpose of interim housing quite nicely, it certainly makes us appreciate even more the quality RVs we owned over the years – popup, travel trailer, and then the 5th wheel we called home. We have items with us for interim living (cooking, etc.) and for what we’ll need during our trip to Minnesota (both warm and cold weather clothes). The rest of our possessions are in a climate-controlled storage unit at a nearby facility.
With the “hard” items ticked off our “to do” list, we have this time to rest up in our comfortable routine of work and living until we get the U-Haul trailer, load it up, and hit the road. We’ll downsize our truck to a “normal” vehicle once we are settled up there, so The Beast gets one more road trip!
To say that the past few weeks have been busy would be a gross understatement. It. Has. Been. Freakin’. Crazy.
I wrapped up the last details of the sale today by cancelling our full-timers insurance and the extended service policy on the 5th wheel.
We’ll be going to a 55+ “cottage” in Minnesota, opting to rent vs. purchase. Neither of us want to own property again, at least not at the present. If something breaks … call maintenance. Snow shoveling? Nope. It’s done by property management. Sweet. Simplification.
We’re not there yet, but well on the path. At times we wondered if this was indeed just a dream, if it was even attainable. At the beginning of this process, the logistics seemed totally mind-melting. At one point, I just gave it all up to Spirit and The Universe – if it is meant to be, then it will be.
We are so grateful that aspects of this lifestyle change have been aligning, and that it does truly seem to be a plan that is unfolding very nicely for us.
I’ll repeat that. We are grateful. Very much so.
Thanks for stopping by! Be careful out there, okay?
