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| Our Crazy Awesome Growing Family |
We currently live in a house of about 950 square feet and utilize our outdoor space as living space as much as possible with the concept that "bedrooms are for sleeping." We keep the number of personal belongings small and live for experiences instead of stuff.
It works out really well for us and the kids seem to not be ruined forever from it, so I'd call it winning at this point. The kids get far more enjoyment out of an annual pass to the zoo and aquarium than a toy they forget about in a month. I'd also like to think that it's teaching them important life lessons along the way, but that might just be wishful thinking on my part.
We do a lot of camping and would like to make that experience more comfortable without going out and buying a huge RV with a payment the size of a small mortgage. Camping in the Pacific Northwest is gorgeous, but the number of times we have been rained out or have woken up with a tent in cold puddles is too many for my liking. With TJ's work holidays few and far between and many occurring when the weather is on the more temperamental side, we decided to find a more durable solution while still enabling tent camping.
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| The Tent |
TJ and I are both rather handy and up for challenges so after much searching and, really let's face it, scouring on Pinterest, we decided to tackle a teardrop build.
We decided on this for a couple of reasons. 1) we needed something very lightweight. Careful planning will allow us to top out at about 700-800 pounds, just over half the towing capacity of our vehicle. 2) while I would LOVE to restore a vintage canned ham, around these parts that's the trendy thing to do and so they sell at a premium that you didn't see several years ago. 3) the family will still have much of the tent camping experience, but as I get older my back needs a little more love than the ground can give me. 4) it will provide something that the entire family can work on and take some pride in.
I am super excited to jump into this build and hopefully finish it in time to use it by the end of summer.
