Why buy a huge motorhome when you could find a minimal one?

By RV standards…ours is VERY minimal. With a 3 year-old already and probably more on the way in a few years, 200 sq. feet of living space is, in my opinion, excessively minimal Also, living in an RV is very “light living”. The footprint made by an RV, especially one running on veggie oil, is much less than even the tiniest of apartments.

Why buy toys like a GPS when you have all the time in the world to read a map and explore?

A GPS is a luxury, yes. However, in the few short days that we’ve had it, it has saved us much time and energy. I would rather spend my time and efforts spreading the news about sustainable living, playing with Bella, or talking with Matt instead of driving around lost and looking at a map. Especially with the amount of touring we’ll be doing…we’ll be in cities that are completely foreign to us. It’s such a wonderful thing to be able to enter an address and go straight there without stress. Plus, there is no map that I know of that tells you where restauarants are so that we can find places to fill up easily.

Lastly, we are not expecting companies to fund our “luxury trip” around the country. All companies have marketing budgets and they spend money all the time on placement marketing. We are not soliciting companies to fund our trip…we are merely trying to raise enough funds to put the vinyl “Live Lightly” logo wrap on the RV. We will be making money on our own (doing photography and other things). Hardly a “luxury tour” We are working very hard (over 40 hours a week in some cases) to live the kind of life that we want for ourselves and our daughter.

I hope that you’ll reconsider your assumptions and stick around. Peace.