This quote from Robert Burns pretty much sums up the crossroads we currently find ourselves at. So let’s bring you up to speed as much as it pains me to do so.

Two years ago we made the decision to get off the road full-time and build our dream home where we would live out our lives. It was a crazy transition. The year it took to plan and build our home was absolutely one of the most difficult years we’ve ever had. It was also one of the most exciting years.

Over this past year things have settled down. I felt like we were really starting to get in our groove. I’m the type of person who enjoys hobbies. I have way way too many hobbies. Gardening, guitar, this blog, photography, stock market trading and now options trading just to name a few.

Between all of these hobbies, the house work, maintaining our property and never ending projects I’m not lacking for things to do. That being said, we greatly miss being on the road. Traveling is definitely our favorite hobby of them all.

For 2026 my goal was to find an RV so we could start getting out on the road again. As I said in previous blogs the plan has always been to travel more and have a home base. Unfortunately, this has proven to be a difficult task. What we want has not aligned well with our available options.

Throughout all of this some things were brewing beneath the surface in our household. While I have been chugging along and keeping busy with hobbies and the like, Mrs. RVF has struggled to find her footing. Compounding the problem is that fact that our only son is about 1,700 miles away from us in the Pacific Northwest.

Up until now we had high hopes he would end up in Texas and be relatively close to us. He told us he was looking to eventually change positions. Any position change meant he might also have a change of location. The DFW metroplex area is a major hub for his company so there was a fair chance this was where he might end up.

However, these hopes have now been dashed. While he did change positions, he will remain stationed in the same area. This is great for him because he loves the outdoors even more than we do. And despite the wackiness that goes on up there, it’s hard to find a more beautiful place for outdoor recreation than the PNW.

Obviously this news was a little bittersweet for us. However, what really matters is that he is happy. That’s what we all want for our children after all.

Once we received this news my mindset was focused on getting us back on the road. However, the conversation became more serious than that.

While I was aware of the difficulties, I was not aware of how deeply Mrs. RVF has been affected by the last couple of years. Despite trying hard to adjust by trying new things and putting on a happy face it has been much more difficult for her than I ever realized. Obviously this hurts as I didn’t fully grasp the situation.

I’m a chameleon and can adapt to anything. We often joke that if I lived in Montana and had a small shack in the woods I would be perfectly happy. Mrs. RVF is not that type of person and it has understandably been difficult for her.

So the conversation is no longer just about being sad that our son is far away. There are issues that run much deeper that needed to be addressed.

I absolutely love our home, our property and especially our garden. However, none of that matters if the person I share it with is unhappy. We didn’t spend decades building our lives, achieving financial independence and following through on our early retirement goal only to tear it all apart over a house.

So we have had some difficult conversations and come to a decision. It’s one that we feel will put us in the best position to get our minds right presently while also giving us time to figure out our long term future.

By the time this blog posts our beautiful country home will be on the market. As much as it pains us to make this decision, it’s the correct one. Not just for our relationship, but for our family too. It’s sad, but also a necessary step to start putting us back on solid footing. We can’t have long term stability and success without happiness and understanding.

So what happens now?

While we wait on the process to play out we are going to step up and broaden our search for an RV. Once our house goes under contract we will go back on the road full-time.

Yes, you read that correctly.

RV-on-Fire will return to its traditional roots and stay that way for the foreseeable future. In essence we are hitting the pause button and rewinding our lives a couple of years.

It’s impossible to know where this road will take us and we are not about to put a timetable on it. The only things we are sure of right now is that this is the path we have chosen and we are determined to do it differently and better than we did it before.

Thankfully it’s a familiar road that we know extremely well. In the past we’ve had some of the best moments of our lives on the road. Now we will be looking to get back basics and shore up our foundation.

A new adventure with new experiences, making new memories, making new friends and hopefully catching up with old ones.

We never thought for a second this is where life would take us, but here we are. Difficult times called for a change to be made and as difficult as it is we are up for the challenge.

We have had some very tough days and surely there are more ahead of us. No part of this process has been easy or without emotion and that’s not going to change until it’s all done. This is a home we put our heart and soul into so it’s not easy to give up.

While the dust is going to take some time to settle we take comfort knowing our family supports our decision and respects how difficult it was to make. Having people close to us understand and appreciate the situation without judgement makes a tough pill it a little easier to swallow.

A new adventure is about to get started folks. The timing is currently unknown and the details are unclear. But it’s going to happen barring an unforeseen event.

As for the financial side, since this is a personal finance blog, it’s all good. Probably even better than good. Heck, looking at the numbers it might even be great for us. But, that is a blog for another day.

Right now we are long on emotions and short on details. Once that ratio flips it will be time to give everyone a proper update.

To our full-time RV friends, buckle up because when we come back we are coming back strong!

Thank you for you support and Stay tuned……………..

Joe

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