
We’re lounging around a crackling fire surrounded by an assortment of friends we’ve met on the road brought together by our love for climbing, furry friends, and living out of our vehicles. Suddenly Disney music starts crescendoing from the background, one of our friends jumps up for a Hercules solo and is quickly joined in some sort of bromance singalong dance that has the rest of us clutching our stomachs with laughter. It’s these moments that I swear time stops and I wonder, how on earth are we so lucky?
How did Alex and I become so lucky to have figured out what we love to do and then simply be able to do it? We are blessed with healthy bodies, minimal student loan debt, half a brain between each of us to figure out the logistics and just be so darn lucky?
We spend our days doing what we love.
We have a roof over our head, wheels underneath, and an ever changing front yard.
We meet incredible people that turn from near stranger to close friends within the hour.
We have each other, hand in hand in love, with an adorable pup to cuddle at night.
Granted, we didn’t get to where we are today without hurdles and obstacles. This life we lead certainly isn’t easy but it does come natural. Our lifestyle isn’t normal but that means we can invent ourselves into whatever we want to be at any given time.
There once was a time where I forced myself into the corporate world because that’s what I thought I was supposed to do. I forced myself through school because I didn’t see a “successful” life any other way. I forced myself to put on a smile but I wasn’t anywhere close to the happiness I feel now.

Here on the road, everything comes naturally. This is a life I know how to live but no one had to teach me how to lead it.
The hidden key to all this talk about paradise and bliss is simple, do what comes naturally. We’re all walking different paths in life and that means we don’t have to blindly walk the path in front of us. When you find your passion, find a way to make that a reality.
Life is too dang short for us to go to bed unsatisfied, unfulfilled, or unhappy.

Doing what comes naturally for Alex and me means to climb mountains, scale vertical walls of every type of rock, meander through alpine meadows and be happy. It may seem like all we do is frolic around and play in the flower beds, but we work hard for what we love. Our work stints see us busting our butts putting in as many hours as possible in a 4 month time frame in order for us to see the world for the remaining 8 months of the year. We sacrifice in different ways that others do, no way is right or wrong, it just is.
Doing what comes naturally is different for all of us. I am so thankful for the amazing doctors, intelligent professors, stupendous artists, thankless activists, engineers, chemists, hard-working construction laborers, and so many more. We all have a calling, we each answer to whatever that may be, and it’s our choice as to whether or not to act on what pricks our heart.
Choose your path but don’t be afraid to hop on a different path if the life you’re living isn’t making you feel alive. Do what you love, love what you do.

If we’re not really living, are we dying?
Cannot agree more! Things we do must be the one that inspire us ! Excellent blog!
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Thanks so much!!!! Inspiration is easy to find and the best motivation to get our gears moving towards that end goal. Happy New Year!
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Happy 2017! new amazing year to be 🙂
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I totally agree and I’m glad to have found your blog via Patty!
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I’m catching up on reading at a whole bunch of blogs and at working on my page Beautiful Souls: https://kruidroermenietje.wordpress.com/beautiful-souls/
I’ve read this post and this is so inspiring and true at the same time, going to share it. Happy to read you’re still doing great! XxX
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Thank you Patty! Wonderful blog you have going on!
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Thanks! XxX
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Just stumbled across your blog and I love it! You two are quite inspirational. Good for you for leaving corporate America and living your own lifestyle.
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Awww thank you so much! Thank means so much to us 🙂 we do what we love and love what we do
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This is a great post! It’s been wonderful to follow your adventures for so long, you and Alex truly are inspiring!
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Aww shucks Josh… YOU were our first WordPress contact 🙂 And by the way, you’re quite inspiring with the work you do, keep it up!
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Was I really your first WordPress contact? I feel honored! It’s incredible how much your blog has grown since then!
And thanks for the compliment about my work…although the real work’s about to begin 😉 I might send you some more details via Facebook, since it’s a bit early to go public about it just yet.
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Would love to leave this grey cubicle and join you folks. We’ve still got a mortgage, our kids’ college loans, and a mother-in-law dependent on us. But maybe one day, before it’s too late… Rock On!
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Hi there! It’s never too late until it actually is, my parents are just now selling everything they own to travel the U.S. They’re 58 and 62 and stoked! Keep on working towards your dreams, they’ll come
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You hit a nerve with this one. You guys are such a huge inspiration! Thank you.
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Hopefully a good nerve!! We’re stoked you guys think so, thank you 🙂 🙂 Keep on living the good life!
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I love it! I’ve been thinking lately about what truly makes me happy and you hit it right on. I hope a find a counterpart like you both have one day 🙂
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Hi Kristen! Thanks so much for the love! Alex just kind of plopped into my life (or we plopped into eachothers’ lives). Either way, we’re so thankful it is how it is!
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That’s wonderful! 🙂 can’t wait to hear about your next adventure! And good for you leaving corporate America. Do did I! Yay for bold decisions.
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Great post. I love your lifestyle because I live it myself. People think im mad driving tractors round the clock for a month solid but hell a month or two free for me & dog after is totally worth it. Keep living your dreams dudes xx
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That’s awesome!!! Hey, driving tractors doesn’t sound too bad to stack up the $$$. Do you work for the same farm every year?
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Sometimes. But I like to make work part of my travels so I usually go to a new one each harvest. Get to see more country and neet more people that way.
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You two are inspirational, and the smiles–so big! Keep following your heart and live life on your terms. These kind of experiences can’t be bought with money.
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Hahahaha yes, we’ve been told we smile too much 😀 The best things in life aren’t usually things and are usually free.
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Well presented and spoken with truth. We are beginning to enjoy this choice of life also.
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YAYYY!!! That’s amazing, we’re so happy to hear that! Keep on living and rolling down the road to everywhere!
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We are sure one day our paths will cross and we will know each other by the roads we have traveled.
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You said earlier in this post your lifestyle isn’t normal. But what is normal? Conforming to a 9-5 schedule that our parents and grandparents might have done to fit in with their community?
My Mother was shocked and angry that I quit my tertiary education half way through. But I wasn’t happy.
Normal is what ever you want it to be.
If you’re lucky enough to find something you’re passionate about, do it (while you can). There may come a day when you don’t have choices in life and you’re forced to travel the well trodden path. ’til then, follow your heart.
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Hi Vicki! I hope you’re doing good 🙂 Yes, normal is always perception and different for each and every one of us. We’re simply thankful for each day we have to live this good life and be happy!
We always love your input, thank you 🙂
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Sooo true:)). I love following your blog and watching you living your dream, while living and working towards mine!
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Awww thank you!! It means the world to us that folks like you care to read our rambling thoughts.
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Wow, what a great message to get across!
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Thank you so very much!! 🙂
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Folks, I just wish I had your guts when I forced myself into the corporate world and bought a house because I ‘thought it was the way things were supposed to be’ Damn proud of you and very envious.
Great post
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Hi Tony! Even though you may not be where you want to be this exact instant, at least you have your dreams and goals to work towards. My parents (58 and 62) are now selling everything they own, house included, to travel the states. It’s never too late! Happy weekend 🙂
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That may have been the perfect response! Thank you!
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I love what you guys do. I left the ‘normal’ life as well years ago and have been working for myself and living the way I want. Rock on! Sending love from Ireland 😚
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WHOOOHOO!! Congrats girl! That’s awesome, keep on living the good life! 🙂
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I love this! It’s so great you found what you love and can do it! We talk about just leaving our jobs all the time! Lol… it’s such an amazing thing to be able to do what you enjoy and be happy! Thanks for the share!
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Hey Melanie and Todd! Thank you guys so much 🙂 I dreamed about leaving the “normal” life long before I actually made the plunge too. Keep on doing what makes you happy, have a great weekend!
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A wonderful post and it looks like wonderful hiking country out there :o)
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It’s all SO GOOD! Trails for days, months and years out west!
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Sounds wonderful! Have a great time out there and please give your pup a big pat from us too :o)
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Inspiration is a wonderful thing. Thanks for a pocketful of it this morning. 🙂
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We can always count on good vibes from you, Jim! Thanks for brightening our morning 🙂
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