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A Groundskeeper Story • July 2018

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Women On The Road Podcast • May 2018

Episode 19: Leaving it Better

Queer Money Podcast • September 2018

Episode 118: 7 Steps to Quit Your Job and Travel Indefinitely

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Yahoo Finance • October 2018

Why This Couple Quit Their Jobs to Travel the US in a Van

Forbes • November 2018

These Two Women Live in a Van and Couldn’t Be Happier

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Home is not a physical address. It’s an emotion. A state of mind. A feeling. A person. . . . #thenanvan #love #intents #sheexplores #womenontheroad #optoutside #reiemployee

We started 2019 beside the Atlantic Ocean, spent the winter and spring exploring the desert Southwest, and returned to Western North Carolina this summer. We moved out of the van and into a house, started new jobs, and spent meaningful time reconnecting with family and friends. It can be difficult to navigate the end of a big adventure. We spend a lot of time talking about how to hold tight to what we learned and integrate those lessons into our everyday lives. We’re doing our best to live simply and within our means, to find joy in unexpected places, and, of course, to spend as much time as possible playing outside. 2019 also saw us make the decision to continue adventuring together forever, the most incredible gift that we can’t wait to celebrate next September. As with any year, there have been highs and lows, challenges and successes, and plenty of opportunities for growth. I’ve often found Kurt Vonnegut’s quote running through my head: “I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” Exclaim we will, all the way into a bright new year. ✨ . . . #thenanvan #weregettingmarried #adventureforlife #vanlife #lifeaftervanlife #828isgreat

Well, we tried. Merry Christmas! 🎄 . . . #thenanvan #merrychristmas #828isgreat

Happy Birthday Liz!! Words cannot describe how much you mean to me! When you come across someone as wonderful as you, you never let them go❤️ Here’s to another year of adventure!! I am so thankful for you🥳 HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! #thenanvan #lifepartyner #letsadventure #myperson #liveoutsidegoexplore #hikemoreworryless

4 years ago today. Time flies, but the memories and lessons learned hold strong. Day to day, year to year. 💛 . . . #appalachiantrail #thruhike #nobo2015 #katahdin #thegreatestmountain #thetrek #yellowbird

Rachel and I have been reminiscing about one of our very first nights on the road. It was February in Texas, and we had an entire state park campground all to ourselves. We sat outside the van with our feet propped up on a picnic table, feeling free and untethered, our entire journey ahead of us. We moved into the van to reclaim joy, experience struggle, and to grow together and as individuals. We needed the great adventures that van life could provide, and we needed the lessons that it would teach us. We needed to feel alive again; to rediscover passion and to remember the nervous excitement born of uncertainty. Today, on the edge of a new adventure, we feel the same excitement and anticipation. This evening we’ll move out of the van and into a house (that isn’t much bigger than the van, honestly) that’s surrounded by the mountains we love most, in the part of the country where we feel most rooted. I’d be lying if I said this turning of the page doesn’t make me emotional, but I’m not sad. Instead, I’m full of gratitude and love. We have heads and hearts packed with memories that will never fade. This van life journey has been everything we didn’t know we needed. And so, this adventure continues with a different sort of backdrop. Regardless of the place or vehicle we call home, the journey of love and growth rolls on. . . . #thenanvan #vanlife #tinyhouselife #adventureon #journey #love #gratitude #groundskeeper4life #womenontheroad #sheexplores #828isgreat #asheville #notsellingthevan

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