Struggling

Once the decision to do this was made, we began the planning process.  We needed to start saving as much money as we could.  I was out of work in a terrible job market, we have two children (L.D. & H.D.), a rent payment that was getting harder and harder to make and all of the bills that come with a family.  Thank the Lord that Tres has a pretty good job or we would be really up a creek.
The decision was made to move in with a family member.  We were advised against it, but we thought that we could make it work for the trips sake.  The cost of splitting a rental with a family member made more financial since than doing it alone.  We could help each other out.  As anyone that has lived with family knows, it can be a very hard thing to get thru.  Different personalities, likes, dislikes, ideas, and ideals can take the best relationship and turn it inside out under one roof.  That plan went out the window within 6 months.  We needed a new cheap plan.  We are committed to making this trip a reality.
We decided that rather than spend the money on renting someone elses house we would put our money into our camp trailer and live in it until the kids were out of school for the year.  Seven weeks to go, we would get a taste of living the way we will need to for the next year.  CLOSE!!
This is a very brief explanation as to how we got to the point we are now.  Hopefully my writing will get better and I will take some more time as the trip goes along to revisit some of the finer points to this tale.