McKinley Home School Travel Year

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  • It’s Happening!

    Well, things are coming together and we’re heading out soon!

    The Road Train! (our Van and Camper setup)

    When we finished the school year, we weren’t sure what this summer was going to look like. We had a TON to get done and no solid plans. Since the end of May, we have sold both cars, packed up (most of) our house, lined up renters for our apartment and house, took an inaugural van trip to MI and back, and took the camper out for it’s first night in our possession. We’ve been busy!

    We’re looking forward to getting on the road and seeing what this will really be like. We’ll be heading east and then north to start. Follow along to see where we end up!

    Here are a few pictures from our inaugural van trip!

  • It’s getting serious!

    It’s getting serious!

    15 passenger van for the trip

    We bought a van! We ended up with a 15 passenger van that was already converted to a camper van. We knew we needed to get a first bench seat, but we were excited that the bed, fan, heater, etc. were already in!

    How it’s going…

    In order to access the attachment points, Matt started ripping out the flooring. And then ripped out the cabinet (which was also in the way of the seat), and then ripped out the bed, and so on! He is learning A LOT about our new van – which will be helpful in the coming year, but it’s a lot of work now!

    Our first ‘mistake’

    So, maybe not a mistake in buying the van, but obviously it hasn’t been what we expected. We are trying to remind ourselves that whatever van we ended up purchasing would have taken more work than we expected. At least we will know how to access/fix things along the way!