We spent 3 months in the DC area and saw A LOT, but what if you donโt have the luxury of seeing only one thing every day or every week? What should you take your kids to see? What should you skip? Glad you asked. Hereโs a list of our favorites (and not so favorites):…
We had an Instagram follower ask us to detail where everyone sleeps in our 27FB International Airstream. I am more than happy to oblige. After we picked up the Airstream back in September 2013, we spent 8 days on the return trip from llinois back to Virginia. Iโm pretty sure in those 8 days we…
Exactly!! Our other problem with the bunk model is that there just aren’t many used ones out there so we’d have to buy new. We just couldn’t afford it. We are playing around with the idea of installing our own bunks (taking out the queen) or just putting in a U-shaped bed config for the 3 kids and leaving us out on the gaucho. Still going over our options. We know we don’t want to keep Cara on the floor indefinitely!ReplyCancel
Follow you guys on Instagram and stumbled upon this with a search for “how to sleep 5 in an airstream”. We are a family of five thinking of hitting the road full time starting this Summer, we currently have the same Airstream as you (@michaelgravel on instagram – pardon the few posts). When we head out we put the dinette down and pull out the bed and each twin sleeps there (10 yr olds) the 5 year old sleeps in the FB with us but thats gonna change she is crazy jumping bean in there. Exploring all kinds of ways on where to put her, one idea is to sew a canvas cot that can hang from the cabinets above the dinette and attach somewhere on the AS wall on the other side. She only weighs 35 lbs now. Her sisters suggested just putting her in the cabinet above the FB.ReplyCancel
Congrats! We’d be happy to answer any questions you have. When we first started we also found the “Newbie’s Guide to Airstreaming” very helpful! http://amzn.to/28TkenJReplyCancel
Back in Florida I had the opportunity to photograph this amazing family! We have been friends forever and it was completely enjoyable to meet the newest addition to their family. We spent the later afternoon at a nearby park and I LOVED the lighting. Beautiful, golden sunlight streamed through the trees, happy family.ย Everything was…
Over the last 10 years, weโve run into a lot of friends, relatives and acquaintances that were thinking about leaving the 9-5 hamster wheel and venturing off on their own. There are definitely a lot of perks. No set hours (unless you get a picky client), you can choose which clients or projects to take…
Thank you for this post! I have been wondering how insurance works on the road for the self-employed, and we are kind of in the same boat as you guys. We have 2 kids, and don’t plan on having more. We have a HSA account, but the insurance is through my wife’s work (being that we are not on the road just yet). I am self-employed (I make YouTube videos), and we are almost at a point where she doesn’t have to work anymore with our business’s growth.
Good idea about the catastrophic accidental insurance. Thank you again for this post. I would love to read a follow up post after you guys talk with your agent!ReplyCancel
Lane! What I coincidental surprise to see you in the comments. Are you planning on doing the RV thing? We have thought about it several times.
Anyway, we do a high deductible HSA as well. I didn’t know about accident insurance and that does sound nice paired up with the HSA.
Our plan ends in May so we will be interested to see how Obamacare has changed things. We’re a little nervous the rates are going to be much higher.ReplyCancel
Would love to know where you are finding health insurance for a family of 5 for $258/month? My wife and I are are both self-employed (i’m a photographer too) and we currently pay $600+ for the same 10k deductible HSA plan. Would love to know what company you are using. Happy to trade a family photoshoot for a sit down conversation about life on the road (we are planning on a year around the country when my youngest turns 6). We are in Colorado near Boulder…www.jameschristianson.com Shoot me an email if you can.ReplyCancel
We are currently with HumanaOne. I have no experience on how vast their network is, etc, but we are fairly healthy and haven’t had to use it much so I like that it’s cheap. ๐ We are grandfathered into a non-Obama care plan at least until December and then things might get a little more expensive after that. ๐ReplyCancel
That’s where the high deductible is handy. We recently went to do a blood draw for my youngest (allergy tests) and the financial lady was a little shocked I just wanted to pay for it and that my insurance wouldn’t cover any of it even though we were “in network”. I will happily pay per instance instead of an extra $300 per month. Grateful we are (mostly) healthy!ReplyCancel
Be aware that if you go to an ER “out-of-network” and you go beyond your “in-net-work” out of pocket max, that your insurance company MUST consider any Emergency visit as an in-network. Meaning, if you have an out of pocket max of 10k, and you end up with a 12k bill from an out of network ER visit/admission, you are only responsible for the in-network out of pocket max.
Also, read up about “balance billing” and if you end up with one of these bills, make sure it’s legal to do so in the state that you received care. Many states now have laws against it.
As we planned our travel from the east to the west, we realized that we would be passing near Gilbert, Arizona during the LDS Temple Open House. LDS is an acronym for Latter-day Saints, short for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also known as the Mormons. Why LDS? Probably because Iโm lazy.ย LDS…
I’ve never been to DC, but I’ve always wanted to go. Thanks for the nice synopsis on each thing to do. When we plan a trip there ill be sure to reference this post!
Where did you all stay in the RV? We are about to start researching, but you guys are such a great source of RV park info!
We actually didn’t have our Airstream then! Sad, but true. This was during the house swapping phase of our life. We did visit the Prince William National Forest (and earn a Jr. Ranger Badge) and I’m pretty sure they had camping as well (down by Quantico). Its a bit outside DC but beautiful. Are you guys going to be there for the Cherry Blossom Festival?? If so, I’m jealous!! Okay, jealous that you are going there anyway. I LOVE the area. ๐ ๐
Yep. April 3 thru 17. Just emailed for all of our tickets. Thanks Jess!