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From RV Adventures to Florida Living: Coping with Tragedy and Early Retirement

Post-RV life: I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since I wrote a blog post! When I left off last time, we had just wrapped up an amazing U.S cross country RV road trip and we were on a high from that. We got back home and the following months were challenging to say the …

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Love these FL sunsets ✨🌞

Love these FL sunsets ✨🌞

Mentally preparing myself for 12+ hours in a plane

Mentally preparing myself for 12+ hours in a plane with a baby 😅✈️

Officially early retired from our corporate jobs a

Officially early retired from our corporate jobs as of last week and we are knee deep in a yard renovation and pool build 😂🫠 It was this, or buy another RV, or buy a boat.. we decided to stay put for a bit and expand the homestead! Baby bird will be going on her first international trip (outside of the womb) soon as well 🇩🇪✈️ #earlyretirement #firemovement #retiredby30 #oldpeopledoingthings

👋🏼 It’s been so long! We’re a party of 3

👋🏼 It’s been so long! We’re a party of 3 now 👨‍👩‍👧 trying to figure out what the next part of our story will be 🌊🏄‍♂️🏝️ in the meantime we’re soaking up the Florida sun 🌞

First week in FL ☀️

First week in FL ☀️

Settling into FL life 😍 Doing lots of work arou

Settling into FL life 😍 Doing lots of work around the house but looking forward to more days at the beach and under the water 🐠 #chasingtheoceans

We’ve been quiet over here because we’re packi

We’ve been quiet over here because we’re packing our bags and moving to Florida!! A long time goal of ours is finally coming true and we’re pretty pumped about it. Our adventures are about to become a lot more nautical 🌊🐠🦀🐬🦈🪸⛵️ #chasingtheoceans

Just gonna spam my feed with some summer real quic

Just gonna spam my feed with some summer real quick.. anyone else feel 1000x better from just the sun?!☀️🌊
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Feeling like I jumped right out of this wall mural

Feeling like I jumped right out of this wall mural 💃🏼👗😍
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Spending time in FL and Raven is living her best l

Spending time in FL and Raven is living her best life 🌴 #rvlife #traveling #travel #rvtravel #chasingtheoceans #vanlife #florida

Fell in love with Montana (again). #glaicernatio

Fell in love with Montana (again).

#glaicernationalpark #chasingtheoceans #travelcouple #montana #visitmontana #nationalparktour #glacier #travel #nationalpark #glaciernp #coupleswhotravel

Glacier in the winter did not disappoint 😍 •

Glacier in the winter did not disappoint 😍
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Bring on the week! 😍✨ • #travelgoals #beau

Bring on the week! 😍✨
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Throwing down some Montana photos from last summer

Throwing down some Montana photos from last summer before kicking off our trip this spring 😍 dirt roads, blue water, staggering mountain ranges and beautiful sunsets. #visitmontana #glaciernationalpark #montana

RV’ing = Family time! Last year we visited Calif

RV’ing = Family time! Last year we visited California where Jeffrey’s cousin and family were living in their 5th wheel. We spent 2-3 weeks touring California with them and ended up in Yosemite with 4 adults, 2 kids, a cat and a dog in our Winnebago View 😂 I’m not sure how we managed to do it, but we all got atleast a few hours of sleep that night. We’ll be heading to Montana with them soon but we’re cheating this time and flying ✈️ We don’t have kids of our own so seeing the world through their kids eyes is so magical ✨

Throwback to our first trip out west in 2020 😍

Throwback to our first trip out west in 2020 😍 This is the trip that started it all! We drove over 2,000 miles in 5 days and couldn’t fathom how all of these beautiful landscapes were in OUR country. We’ve traveled internationally before but this trip opened our eyes to see how much beauty there is here in the U.S.A 🇺🇸 We saw how beautiful it was, how small we felt, how content we were with minimal belongings and how much longer we wanted to stay.. that’s what travel does to you! “The world is a book, and those who do not travel only read one page” #deathvalley #roadtrip #traveling #chasingtheoceans

“is this all real? or is it just happening insid

“is this all real? or is it just happening inside my head?” ☀️

Well that escalated quickly 😅 we got a notifica

Well that escalated quickly 😅 we got a notification early Sunday morning that an rv became available with a lot of the features we’ve been hunting for 👀 This one has a diesel generator, a flex king bed (so we can sleep together!) and a ton of convenience features that our View didn’t have. It was not in our plans to buy another RV this year but here we are! 9 hours of driving and this Navion is parked in our driveway! We’re naming her Nancy after one of the late owners of the RV. Nancy loved the RV life before she passed and her husband was excited to see the RV live on with a new family ❤️ We are so excited to see where Nancy will take us.. WE’RE BACK ON THE ROAD!! 😍 #rvlife #winnebago #winnebagonavion

2022 is already flying by! We haven’t had any ma

2022 is already flying by! We haven’t had any major trips yet this year (nor do we have any planned) but we’ve had tons of weekends filled with friends, local trips and random projects. Our big goal for 2022 was re-focusing on FIRE 🔥 (financial independence retire early) harder than we have before. This just means saving more than we normally do and doing more side hustles to generate more income. We don’t have any debt and our home is paid for so with continuing to work and save, we’re looking at 2027 for early retirement (lean FIRE). Brianna will be 32 and Jeffrey will be 39. There are some days that are harder than others, but when you’ve had a taste of bliss (pictured above), it’s worth the wait to live like this everyday! 🔥🔥🔥🔥#fire #financialfreedom #financialindependence #livelikenooneelse

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