#219, RV living on the road: One family’s travels

#219, RV living on the road: One family’s travels

Author: Michael Kahn March 14, 2022 Duration: 34:00
Spencer, Kristi and Kade Stevens, otherwise known as the Adventurtunity Family, live full-time in their RV. The family is traveling throughout the United States, embracing a lifestyle they've determined is best — at least for now. Spencer is our guest this week on The Weekly Driver Podcast. Co-hosts Bruce Aldrich and James Raia talk with the husband and father about the trio's RV adventures. He discusses the beauty of seeing the country to the challenges of the road. The Stevens' lifestyle is also the family's business, both achieved from the confines of a Class A, 2017 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 36H. The Adventurtunity Family on the road and celebrating in front of their RV. With their website and other social media outlets and with the RV and lifestyle sponsors' support, the husband-wife and their 5-year-old young are about as far removed from their previous corporate employment world as feasible. It's an RV lifestyle many families may dream about, but not many accomplish. "In April 2019 we returned from a six-week trip to New Zealand and Australia where we quickly realized our current day-to-day life wasn’t aligning with the direction we wanted for our family," Spencer details on the family's website and as he reiterated to us in episode #219. "We had goals and dreams, like everyone else, but weren’t taking steps to make them a reality. It wasn’t until we asked ourselves one simple question, “If you had everything you needed to make a change, would you?” that we finally took action." "We sold it all to live in our home on wheels, traveling the countryside together. Little did we know that selling most of our things and living small would actually give us more than we ever had before!" Last September marked the family's one-year anniversary on the road. They sold their home and most of their possessions and began living full-time in their RV. Reaching the family in Texas, Bruce and I cover discuss with Spencer many areas of life on the road, from meals to educating a child, meeting people to driving. Please join Bruce and me for a lively episode. The travels of the Adventurtunity Family can be followed on the family's social media presence: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/adventurtunityfamily/ FACEBOOK: https://youtu.be/DnF7pzJsVEo HOLIDAY RAMBLER: https://www.holidayrambler.com/travel-blog/ WEBSITE: https://www.adventurtunityfamily.com The Weekly Driver Podcast encourages and appreciates feedback from our listeners. Please forward episode links to family, friends and colleagues. And you are welcome to repost links from the podcast to your social media accounts. The idea of more eyeballs on more content works for us. Support our podcast by shopping on Amazon.com. A graphic display at the bottom of the post links to automotive selections of the online retailer. But there's also a search function for anything available directly from the site. If you shop via this site, we receive a small commission. It helps us continue to produce independent content. The site began in 2004 and includes more than 700 reviews. The podcast is in its fourth year, and we've had a diverse collection of guests — famous athletes, vintage car collectors, manufacturer CEOs, automotive book authors, industry analysts, a movie stuntman and episodes from auto shows and car auctions. Please send comments and suggestions for new episodes to James Raia via email: james@jamesraia.com. All podcast episodes are archived on theweeklydriver.com/podcast Every episode is also available on your preferred podcast platform. Several of the more prominent platforms are listed below. Amazon.com iheartradio Spotify

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