And Then We FINALLY Left...

Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest.
-Riza Budiman

12 days to New Braunfels, TX

The blog title is meant to be funny because I CANNOT TELL YOU how many times we were asked,
"You're STILL here?" Apparently, everyone is really excited for us or can't wait to get us the heck outta town. We go with the former! On Friday night, we said goodbye to friends and family and, you know, that's horribly difficult. We will miss them SO much.
It was a game of hurry up and wait and the day finally came... We were VERY confident...in fact, too confident. We only started packing the night before. Ammon was adamant that we could 100% fit our stuff into the van with NO car topper or hitch luggage rack even with ALL the Posh stuff I had to pack to run my business. (Watch THIS VIDEO to see what all I brought with me.) So, assured of our amazingness, we waited until the morning of... you know... always a good idea. Here is what it looked like...

We were still undeterred. We had the kids start taking trips of stuff down to the van. Shanae was cleaning the kitchen/checking all the drawers etc... when Chase came up and said, "Dad said I can't take anything else down, there's no more room."  ummm..... Ok..... So, here is what it looked like down in the parking lot.

It did MOSTLY end up working... but, maybe we could use some improvement...

It actually did get better the next time we packed it but... seriously... It's TIGHT people. So, as I'm sure you can ALL imagine, now that we are living life easy and breezy, everyone is 100% perfectly happy and stress-free. Here is our 1st family photo on the road.

What you see..

Reality...

But, even though reality isn't always pretty, it is REAL. This is a REAL life experience and adventure. We are not afraid to try and we are not afraid to fail. So... onward. Mohanna led the way. South... Arizona is our 1st stop. We will be sharing our journey (hopefully) about once a week. 

​Love,
​the Araves