Ramblings: Tales from Nomads – Breaking Up With Normal

Meet Brenda & Karin

A random idea around the pool lead to Brenda & Karin starting to downsize their lives to full time RV so they could see their family more often.

In December 2012, after 2.5 years of planning, they hit the road.

We caught up with them 2 months later for this video interview where they talk about their decision making and planning process.

Karin is a retired police officer who’s pension funds most of their living expenses, and Brenda is able to supplement their income with her massage therapy work.

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Update to this story

However, since this interview was filmed, they’ve had a pretty major change… Brenda was kind enough to give us an update:

Last May, when less than a mile from our destination, we experienced total brake failure when approaching a yellow light. The light turned red right before we hit the intersection. As we went through the red light we were hit by a car at the rear of the RV on the driver’s side. This caused the car we were towing to whip around, break free from the tow bar base plate and slam into the RV as well. While no humans or animals were hurt, we sustained heavy damage to the RV, the car and our psyches. It was a month long ordeal dealing with insurance and Camping World that I would not wish on anyone. When all was said and done both the RV and our car were totaled out which left us homeless and heartbroken.

We struggled with what to do next. But ultimately neither of us felt comfortable trying to hit the road in another RV. We were too skittish behind the wheel of even a car and the thought of driving an RV again was a no-go. For now, we have settled into a little house we bought close to Karin’s parents in Florida. We have gone through a lot of grieving for the loss of what we thought was going to be a way of life for us. But we’re doing our best to make the most of what we do have. One thing we know for sure is that life is constantly changing and you never know what’s around the corner. We are open to whatever might come our way. It could very well turn out to be more than we ever imagined. Life is always an adventure!

 

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Stay tuned.. more nomads coming soon!

Ramblings: Tales from Nomads is intended to introduce you to some amazing people who are living life on their terms by traveling full time.

In this video series, you’ll be meeting and hearing the stories from a wide range of nomads we’ve met, with one thing in common – they’re not waiting for a traditional retirement to pursue their dreams of perpetual travel.

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