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Our Family Routes
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2023
Welcome to Our Family Routes!
We are a blended family of 4 who love to travel, be outdoors, and find ways to be creative. Join us as we downsize from the typical "American Dream" life into full time RV living, on our path to finding a more balanced, loving, and fun life.
We will be releasing videos weekly sharing our journey, lessons learned, and family friendly places to visit.
We are a blended family of 4 who love to travel, be outdoors, and find ways to be creative. Join us as we downsize from the typical "American Dream" life into full time RV living, on our path to finding a more balanced, loving, and fun life.
We will be releasing videos weekly sharing our journey, lessons learned, and family friendly places to visit.
S1 E7: Choosing our setup
One of the hardest parts about living in your RV full time, is choosing which RV and setup to choose.
Join us as we discuss how we chose our RV, tow vehicle and hitch, as well as upgrades we have made to the setup. Spoiler alert, we did not choose our first or second choice.
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We are a family of 4, who aspired to have a life full of laughter, travel, love, and connectedness. We moved into a RV in 2023 in hopes to achieve these goals once and for all. Join us in our adventures as we learn what the world has to offer, but most importantly, as we learn how to give back to the world around us.
Join us as we discuss how we chose our RV, tow vehicle and hitch, as well as upgrades we have made to the setup. Spoiler alert, we did not choose our first or second choice.
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We are a family of 4, who aspired to have a life full of laughter, travel, love, and connectedness. We moved into a RV in 2023 in hopes to achieve these goals once and for all. Join us in our adventures as we learn what the world has to offer, but most importantly, as we learn how to give back to the world around us.
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S1 E6: Our Longest Week in the RV
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Come relive our longest week in the RV to date. We, like many others, got to experience the solar eclipse with our extended family, as well as get some much needed time to rest. In that same week, we learn to fight an electrical fire, and how to process warranty and insurance claims, when your RV is your home. *No one was harmed in the making (or real events) of this video* Join us as we share ...
S1 E5: RV Organization for a Family of 4 (Phase I)
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Today we answer one of the biggest questions people have when moving into their RV, where does it all go? We are a family of 4, living full time in our 2022 Solitude 3740BH. We still shop at Sam's Club. The kids did not get rid of all toys and books. We kept holiday decorations. And best of all, we kept everything for family movie and game nights. Have any questions, just ask in the comments. W...
S1 E4: Our first cross country trip
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In this episode we travel from DC to the southwest, discovering caves, the gateway to the West, and some unexpected adventures along Route 66. There was no dull moments across this trip, and plenty of ideas from you to take from.
S1 E3: Surviving Our First Winter
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Want to start RVing, but concerned about how cold it gets where you live? We were too, and after our first winter, we have some tips to share with you. From how to insulate your home to tools that are necessary to get water and heat, we share our biggest tips and tricks for surviving the winter.
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Hello what is the model design ? because i like the layout we need 2 bedrooms 2 bath as well !!
Hello! We have the Grand Design Solitude 3740bh. They have 2 bed and 2 bath designs!
New here wonderful family, it is so nice to see families travelling and living together in a tiny home. Well done family.😘😘🐝🇬🇧
Thank you for joining our journey!
When I was a kid, my grandparents would take me in our motorhome almost every weekend. Those memories are some of the best!!!
That sounds like such a beautiful childhood! I hope our kids look back and feel the same way!
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Hi I’m new to the channel and I think it’s nice you’re open to help how to organize you rv and more functional way.
Welcome! Yes, it is one of the biggest questions we wondered moving in and we are learning more every day!
My husband and I starting our RV journey 3yrs ago. Sorry that you experienced the toilet overflow. We were newbies without any experience back then so I looked at some many TH-camr which is how we learned everything we know. Glad I came across your channel. We just started a TH-cam Channel also. Enjoy the process of learning about your rig. Safe travels!
Thank you for the kind words! It has been a crazy journey, but we love it! We will definitely have to check out your channel, in 3 years there is so much we can learn from yall too!
What trailer do you have?
We have a grand design solitude 3740bh
@@OurFamilyRoutes do you like it?
@@JusticeLambyes we love it! We have 2 kids so we needed a room for them and a half bath for them. We have a video on our entire setup so you can see if it'll fit your family needs as well
th-cam.com/video/qTO_C08H7G8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0XNmLoVAYoKLoN3I
Hi, Can you do a video on the rv loan process?
We can definitely do a video on how we brought ours! The loan itself was actually not too bad, we did disclose to the bank and insurance we would live in ours with no issues. The manufacture we brought is thankfully one that covers full-time living so that may have helped us.
Me & my wife enjoy watching your videos. Welcome 🙏🏾 to the RV community . We commend your Honesty because not everyone who is Rving started out knowing everything about it, we sure didn't. So I'm quite sure whatever questions you have there will always be someone to point you in the right direction. Happy camping and safe Travels. 🙏🏾🙏🏾. BTW ... New subscriber.
Thank you so much! We definitely thought we should know more after watching a few other videos, but we have been humbled the last 6 months 😅 We hope we get to see you on the road someday!
@@OurFamilyRoutes looking forward to meeting you & your family as well.🙏🏾
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Hello. Stopping by to support you; wishing you all the best!
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❤Nice video, thanks for sharing! Ironically, your husband looks just like my older brother. Lastly, my suggestion is to declutter. You will probably have to store some of the items in a separate storage unit if you cannot part with them. (Btw, can you show us what is going on with the outside of your home.)
That's too funny about my husband! And thank you for the suggestion. As soon as we get it out the shop we are starting a new round of decluttering and recording the entire RV.
@@OurFamilyRoutes That's great to hear, I can't wait to view all:-)
Amen, awesome setup, I also have a dually duramax GMC to tow our North Point 310RLTS we love it but we have been looking at the GD 370FL.
We looked at the Sierra, but they were so back ordered when we didn't want to wait an entire year. Also we love our GD! It's the bunk house version, but all of the solitudes were so nice and the storage is amazing!
@OurFamilyRoutes Yes sir, I am glad for you guys, I want to get out there soon myself. It just my wife and I, our grandkids wanted to come with us and we tell them our 5th wheel any sleep two, lol. You guys stay safe our there and I will continue to watch you guys journey.
Is beautiful that you were giving your kids such a wonderful experience. You know in New Orleans, they actually have grave tours. I’ve always heard that Route 66 has some beautiful sightseeing place, but you also have to be careful because along route 66 is a lot of sundown areas as well. As always safe travels look forward to your next video and Happy Mother’s Day mom.
Thank you! We didn't know about New Orleans tours, our oldest would love that! We will definitely have to check that out when we get to Louisiana!
Thank God that everyone is ok and your home is being fixed. They say the RV/van life community a strong community.. It’s ablessing to see that so many people came to your aid and was giving you great advice. Maybe you guys can look into a Airbnb for a short term rental. Some Airbnb’s host will let you stay for long periods of time. And that 911 operator I feel she needs to be fired.
The RV community was amazing! We were able to get an airbnb thankfully, the owner was so nice and understanding of our situation and blocked it off for a few weeks for us.
@@OurFamilyRoutes My husband retires next year I’m working on him to rent a RV so we can take long trip.
@@Bigcat624I hope yall get one! At least for a little bit. If we didn't have our kids, we would have gotten a class c or a small travel trailer
Very nices home
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. I have one complaint you went to fast when you were showing us the rooms we really didn’t get to see it that good God bless you and safe travels. Can’t wait to see you on the road.
Thank you for the feedback! We will definitely do a full walk through once we get back in the RV to show some of the features it has
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Hi I’m new to your channel and I love seeing people that look like me living their best life. I would definitely say look storage in IKEA and Target as they have storage ideals for small spaces. There is another family I follow that have some great ideas when I come across it I will definitely drop it in the comments. Can’t wait to see what you do with the space and follow along on the adventures.
Hello! Thank you so much! We are hoping to inspire more families to get on the road, because it is such a freeing experience! We are definitely going to Ikea as soon as we get near one again! We had a few storage ideas sent to us that we have to find!
Hi just came across a family of 4 in the same RV. They took out the bottom shelves in the pantry and put in a combined washer and dryer in there. You don’t sacrifice the cupboard in the main room. Please let me know if you have received the suggestions so far
We haven't seen that yet! That is a pretty smart idea because you only lose one shelf instead!
We've been full-time for almost 3 yrs..We've been doing the same stuff..kids loved..Mt Rushmore, yellow stone..Nasa..ect..you guys are awesome making memories
That is so amazing! We cannot wait to see the Northwest region, there is so much beauty up there! It has been the best decision we have made for our family!
Get some hay bail then use the shirting then put a couple down out of shirting.
We have never heard of that! That is really smart, we will try that next winter! Thank you for the tip!
Hi just joined your channel. I have watched a lot of van /RV TH-camrs and suggest you go and look at Kristen Kasper. They have the exact RV you have and they re modelled it and she has really created a lot of new storage and space saving in their RV. They have 3 children and a dog in their RV. Try and watch the RV section from the beginning
And also we have to learn to DOWN SIDE in order to fit a smaller space
It has been such a long process, but definitely working on this
You can use individual baskets for all small things
Where do you get yours? We have had such a hard time finding smaller ones for the cabinets
❤❤ praise the Lord you guys are safe and your beautiful children oh my but at least you got to see the eclipse. God bless you stay safe.
Thank you! We really were extremely blessed to not take much damage and that we were all safe in the end. We are definitely focusing on the positives right now
This is so awesome! I'm looking forward to watching you guys get organized and situated in your new home. I drive truck OTR, so I live out of it most of the year. When I'm home in West Michigan, I usually stay with my sister or my daughter and son-in-law. That said, I am seriously considering a small or mid-sized Class C for full-time living and travel.
That is amazing! Once the kids move out, we did say we will likely go down to a Class C, they are so nice!
How Scarey!! Not going to lie, this makes me nervous moving into camper with kids. I pray it all goes well you guys!
I completely understand! Everyone we are working with is saying our circumstance is not the norm. Also, check that you have the switch box, if not, they are pretty simple to add from what we were told. It is has not deterred us at all.
👋☺️ Hi, I just subscribed !
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I have just binged watched all your videos! We have four kiddos and we bought land in Wyoming off grid. Bought rv and going to live in it while we build house ourselves!! I love hearing of your journey and different lifestyle ❤️
Thank you so much! Also congratulations on the land! We would love to get land for our own off grid living at some point!
Great video 📹...hope to see you on the road 🏕✌🏿
Thank you! We hope so too!
I started my life and became so addictive. I absolutely love it.
We became addicted quickly too! The kids even jumped both feet in!
This is so true I traveled so much with my daughter
That is so amazing! Her childhood must have been so magical!
New sub over here congratulations. Hope to see you on the road.
Thank you! We hope to see you too! Where has been your favorite place so far?
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching!
We've been full-time after retirement..you guys have a beautiful family..im excited for you guys..we love living full-time..and we've been able to see America 🇺🇸
Thank you so much! This has been such a fun ride so far!
Nice!! I can't wait to get out and about with my family and on solo travels. I am currently building out my minivan and documenting the journey on my youtube channel.
That is awesome! We will check you channel out!
@@OurFamilyRoutes Awwww...thank you😊
Nice! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching! We appreciate the support!
New here to your channel! We are cruisers but I love watching VAN & RV life. Thank you for sharing🥰
Thank you! We have not tried a cruise yet, but it's on our to do list with the kids!
I love your stories you are a lovely family keep sharing your adventures
Thank you so much! We appreciate the kind words!
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Thank you for watching!
Hello…we are full time travelers/content creators also. No children, but we know all too well the struggle of organizing the camper. Just subscribed and look forward to seeing your updates.
Thank you! It's a struggle but it has been the best game of tetris we've played 🤣
Wow! New subscriber here. My husband and I just purchased a 5th wheel. It’s SO EXCITING!!! Tfs 😊
Welcome and congratulations!! It's been such a fun ride for us so far!
My people my people!! I just love when the algorithm gets it right! We are not full-time but just got a camper in Japan and been doing weekend and spring break. All the best for the future. Reach out to the BIGger channel like TinyLiving so they can do a story on yall and you can get more subbies. We need to see us doing this.
Thank you for the info! We hope we get a chance to do more overseas travel in the future! Enjoy Japan!
Esse motorhome é realmente uma casa perfeita!
muito obrigado! nós adoramos!
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How exciting to be able to live in your home & take your family and travel to see the country! ❤ todays date is 4/7/24 @ 11:30 am
It is one of the best feelings! We all enjoy the opportunity!
Hello, I am looking forward to how you guys organize the rig to fit your needs, I have thought about doing it however hubby is NOT on board so for right now I will just keep up with you guys lol. I also subscribed. God Bless!
Thank you! Start small, it'll help make it easier to get the house done. This took us about 3 months to get this done.