Motorhome Mantra: Don't Hurry, Be Happy!

Don’t Hurry… Be Happy!

The children are loving the overall laid back pace of their grandparents’ snowbirding location! I received a call from some family members currently in Yuma, Arizona enjoying Spring Break. They were dining in 77 degrees weather at a Taco Truck which conveniently had an  Ice Cream Truck next to it. A gentleman was even serenading them with live music.
I was reminded again how wonderful this lifestyle is which my motorhoming friends enjoy. Their traveling itinerary is usually wherever the road takes them.
They take their homes with them where they can retreat to the comfort of their own bedrooms they take along with them…and their philosophy of day to day living seems to be “Don’t Hurry, Be Happy!” Does it get any simpler than this? I like it!

For many of us as we built our careers and we simultaneously accumulated stuff. The fun kind of stuff.  With stuff comes the responsibility of storing and maintaining all that stuff.  It was fun for a season, and then your season changed. A new dream came into fruition.

You opt out of the stick home on your acreage and choose to motorhome full time. You walk away from closets full of clothes, book shelves full of once read books, and garages full of high-tech gear and bikes and big boy toys.

You begin to realize just how irrelevant and stress perpetuating it all has become to who you are today, in this moment. On the road, there are two bikes, a few easy care easy wear outfits, the comfortable shoes we need for traveling and exploring, our Ipads or laptops for our household business and keeping in contact with the kids… and you take little else. You can get what you need when you need it. Simplify is the goal, and uncluttered, unfettered living really does give you wings!

And it’s a culinary delight to prepare and cook whatever you fancy within your own motorhome kitchen. Then enjoy your dessert and favorite glass of vino beneath the awning of your coach enjoying the stunning views wherever you parked for the night.  Many of my friends have commented they enjoy cooking, dining, reading and working outside, as much as possible. After their years of being tied to a desk in their careers, the motorhome lifestyle affords endless opportunities for outside living.  For them, nothing compares to this vagabond lifestyle enjoyed in their condominium on wheels.

It’s a simplified, rejuvenating journey, this life on the road, I’m told. “Don’t hurry, be happy” is easy when you’re in the company of those who share your passion for a life on the move discovering what’s around that next bend!

As my son and family enjoy their time with their motorhoming parents and grandparents in Arizona this week, I am reminding myself ….Though I live here in this ‘other world’ still fettered with my stuff and stick home, nonetheless, those RVers friends are onto something…

I’m going to take more time to savor that sunset, hit up that food truck occasionally for dinner, and remind myself daily it’s not about the stuff, it is about the joy in the journey that brings true satisfaction.

Today and every day “Don’t hurry, be happy!”