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April 2024 Financial Update

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Hello again! We are pretty late publishing our April 2024 financial update blog, but for good reason. We made the cross country trip from Utah to Pennsylvania so that we could attend our son’s college graduation! It’s crazy how quickly four years flew by and we are so proud of him! He the first person to graduate college from my side of the family and he did it with honors to boot. Obviously he gets his smarts from Mrs. RVF’s side of the family.

Thankfully, he already has an amazing job opportunity lined up starting in the fall. There’s also a good possibility that he will not be too far from our new house during a good portion of his onboarding time. So that might be a very nice bonus! In the meantime he will be taking a well deserved trip across Europe, which we are very jealous about. As for us, we will be mooch docking in his apartment until he gets back home. Then we will make the journey back across the country to Utah.

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December 2023 Financial Update

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Welcome to our December 2023 financial update blog! We are a little late getting this blog published. The new year has started off with a bang and there hasn’t been any spare time to dedicate to writing. 

Our first task of the new year was a planned trip back to California. This trip had been planned for awhile but turned into a dual purpose trip. The main objective was to visit Mrs. RVF’s side of the family as we haven’t seen them in quite a long time. However, in light of our purchase of a nice plot of acreage in Texas we also needed to break the news to them. Yes, we really meant it when we said we are not going back to live in California…….EVER! The conversation went much better than we expected. It’s great to have support from family and friends when big decisions are made.

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Can’t Buy It? Build It!

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Now we are cooking with fire, figuratively and financially! Looking for our forever home has been a bit of a grueling process. We are happy to say that things are now progressing as we have changed direction from buying to building. If you are new to our blog and need to catch up on the developments then start here and here.

In short, we discovered a great home in a very nice area. One that checked off all of the boxes and then some. So we decided to put in an offer despite it being out of our price range.

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November 2023 Financial Update

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Welcome to our November 2023 financial update blog! There have been so many ups and downs this month it’s hard to know where to start. So let’s just jump on in and let it rip.

If you have been keeping up with our adventure you know that we thought that we found our forever home here in Texas. Read about it here if you need a refresher. You also know that after some negotiations it became clear that we were not going to be able to make a deal. So we walked away. That really sucked, but it was definitely for the better.

After losing out on the bidding we had resigned ourselves to just enjoying what we have. Maybe taking a break from the grind of looking and researching was what we needed to do. The whole thing was just stressing us out anyway. That’s not what we live this lifestyle to do so we stepped back. Well, that lasted about a week.

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Campground Review – Sunrise Ridge Campground

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In this edition of our campground review series we will be reviewing Sunrise Ridge Campground located in Hot Springs, SD.

Sunrise Ridge Campground is located off of highway 385 just outside of the historic town of Hot Springs. We booked a one month stay in the month of July 2023 and chose this location because we needed to be within driving distance of Rapid City. We prefer a quiet small town over being in a city. And quite honestly there’s not much to choose from that are decent and have a reasonable price in South Dakota.

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Is The End Near?

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As athletes age there naturally comes a time when the conversation turns towards trying to determine how much one has left in the tank. Eventually, athletes begin to ponder life after their sport. This inevitably leads to public statements which then leads to questions being asked. It’s the common progression in sports that points to the fact that the end is near.

The old adage in sports is that if an athlete is talking about retirement then they have already retired. At least in a mental capacity.

The hardest part for the athlete is recognizing when the line has been reached so they can walk away gracefully. Everyone wants to find that most opportune time to bow out with their head held high. And no one wants to overstay their shelf life only to be mocked because of it. It can be a fine line to walk.

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Campground Review – Jim & Mary’s RV Park

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In this edition of our campground review series we will be reviewing Jim & Mary’s RV Park located in Wye, MT.

This was our first visit to Jim & Mary’s RV Park and it was a place we were super excited about. Many folks on social media RV groups had mentioned this RV park as one of their favorite places in Montana. So we had high hopes and booked a stay for most of June and early July 2023.

Jim & Mary’s RV Park is located off of interstate 90 just outside of Missoula at the exit for US 93. The location is super easy to find and all you really need to do is make sure you turn at the correct street as the signage could be a little confusing.

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