Thursday September 8, 2016 we ventured out of Florida for the first time! We had a conference in Atlanta so we decided to have a weekend getaway in Stone Mountain Campground in Georgia. It was the perfect place to stay for the weekend before our West Coast tour!
I was very determined to stay there and called about 10 times hoping for a cancellation and the day before we were supposed to leave guess what happened?!??!! They had one cancellation a few minutes before I called! I didn’t even ask what my site included I was just excited and booked it! When I received my confirmation email I looked at the map and saw that we were lake view and got even more excited but I had absolutely no idea what a beautiful site we would arrive to the next day!!!!
We arrived Thursday evening completely exhausted because we were not very prepared and had a screaming and crying 1 year old for our 8 hour ride! I will never not be prepared again! The only time we didn’t hear screaming from our sweet Mimi was when she was eating.
We went to bed earlier than usual and woke up the next day to the most amazing view we have had to date! Stone Mountain was literally behind us it was a breathtaking view! Friday we were full blown tourists! We took the Sky Ride up to the mountain, visited Historic Square and the farmyard. Hubby wasn’t too excited about the Sky Ride because of his fear of heights.
I really enjoyed learning and seeing so much history right before my eyes! We walked through a plantation from the 1800’s and were able to see and walk through quite a few homes from history right before our eyes! There is no better way to teach history to our kids than actually walking through it and seeing it. The kids loved petting the goats and sheep at the farmyard in the plantation this was a great way to keep them engaged in the whole experience. We ended Friday evening with some delicious food off the grill and enjoyed the perfect sunset right from our backyard!
Our friends who introduced us to our home based business arrived later on in the evening and I took a short ride to her campsite and helped her with settling in because she also had a long trip with her two little ones. It was both of our first times leaving Florida and luckily we both were able to stay at Stone Mountain and have some shared adventures this past weekend. I am super grateful to our freedom of office living because we have created priceless memories the last 2 months with our family and our friends it’s been an amazing experience so far!
Saturday afternoon I went to a training in Atlanta with my friend and we were able to hang out with our itWorks Family for a few hours and boy let me tell you there’s such a different amazing feeling being surrounded with like-minded individuals! My AHA moment from our training was when our CEO stated “Your purpose should have people questioning your sanity!” I could totally relate because when we decided to full time RV and we began selling everything not many understood our decision and had very strong opinions about what we were about to do and many thought we were insane but turned out to be the best decision we have ever made!
We have more time to spend together as a family, we have made our relationship stronger and we have come to the realization that our purpose is to spread love, hope and positivity in this world all while blessing others. These last 2 months have been so life changing and our hope is to help millions of people find their purpose and learn how to love life like they once did as little children before the world began depositing all the negativity into their lives!
We ended Saturday night with dinner and watching the laser show and fireworks in Stone Mountain with our friends. It was a beautiful show and so awesome we got to share the memory and adventure together before we left to the west coast and they left to the east coast.
We learned a few new lessons this weekend and some were reinforced lessons:
1) When you really want something keep trying until you get it!
2) When your kids act up for an 8 hr trip be better prepared next time!
3) We are more fulfilled as human beings helping others and sharing adventures and memories with each other!
4) When people think you have lost your marbles you are living your purpose!
5) We will have challenges during our travels but we will always find a solution!
6) If fears are holding you back conquer them ASAP!
It was great chatting with you can’t wait to share more adventures of our west coast tour!
TTYS!
Hey guys, want to take part in an interview on traveling families? Interested in hearing your starting up story, future plans, etc.
Hi Nathan! We would love to take part in an interview. Feel free to email us
We look forward to hearing from you!
Nice, lovely and informative. Thanks!
I’m glad you found it informative!!! Are you looking into the RV lifestyle?
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How awesome Sandy ! Love your name btw ? I’ll make sure it went through thanks for the heads up!! Are you guys planning on going full time ?
It sounded like such a fun learning adventure. Life is meant to be lived with passion and purpose and this blog post illustrates that perfectly!
How fun! I love Florida. We’ll be there in March.
Awesome !! We will be doing an east coast tour next spring ???
Another great adventure post! So refreshing seeing families spend time together, outdoors experiencing life instead of staring into an iPad. I honestly don’t know how you coped with a crying 1 year old on the car trip too. Parents are superheros aha
It has truly been amazing and while many people think we are crazy I think we are brilliant so I appreciate the support ❤️ We have never spent so much time together bonding as we have the last 5 months !!
Wow so adventurous. I must keep you nr. 2 tip in mind. About to take a long flight with my son…note to self….bring entertainment.
Lol yes bring lots of things to do and small snacks little ones are so unpredictable
Your adventures sound amazing! I can’t wait until my next holiday. Now you have got me thinking about RV’s ?
I have a lot of posts coming up about our trip to California and the entire west coast please stay tuned ??? lol I have had a few friends very intrigued and one that bought one already!!
What a great journey ? I would love to visit Florida next time I’m in the United States
Florida is beautiful!! Lots to do that’s for sure !
You sound like you had a lot of fun. Those are some great lessons learned.
Ty!!! Yes lots of lessons and still constantly learning ! I love it ❤️
That sounds like you had an amazing trip! It’s never easy to travel with kids but it’s always worth it!
It has been amazing !!! I will be putting all of our west coast adventures up in the very near future ???
Sounds like a wonderful trip that was meant to be! I have a blogging friend in GA and would love to visit there some day.
How awesome !! Stone Mountain is gorgeous and breathtaking ! Our site was perfect too right by the water and perfect view of the mountain highly recommend checking it out ❤️
So happy to hear your amazing journey. Your tips is very informative. Thanks for sharing this.
It sounds wonderful. The longest trip we do is 2.5hours back to see my mum and dad and that can be bad enough with a toddler!
Ooo I love these photos! I can’t wait to go!
Thank you!!! Yes highly recommend it !
I love visiting historic sites, I would be very curious to see a plantation since I’ve never travelled in the American south before. I bet it would be an interesting learning experience!
Yes it was an amazing experience! We are on a mission to help as many people Believe in themselves and reach their own dreams!
It’s always fun to go on a trip with the family especially if it’s your first time and none of you has been there before. It’s exciting to discover the place together! I can’t wait to hear more of your adventures!
Yes I totally agree! I’m excited to keep sharing our adventures and helping countless others believe in themselves and go after their own dreams!
Anything thats the first time is so special. You will always remember this trip.
I really like that you look back on this trip and talk about the things you leaned an how you guys grew from it.
THIS struck me the most in your post: “We have more time to spend together as a family, we have made our relationship stronger and we have come to the realization that our purpose is to spread love, hope and positivity in this world all while blessing others. These last 2 months have been so life changing and our hope is to help millions of people find their purpose and learn how to love life like they once did as little children before the world began depositing all the negativity into their lives!”
What greater accomplishment could you have to set as an example for your children and those around you? I wish you continued success and many more grand adventures ahead!
Family trips are always so fun! Y’all make me want to go on an DC trip with my fam!
I’m from Florida and no I don’t miss the humidity but I definitely miss living on the coast.