Sunday Summary #135

Our First State! 🍑

Hi there,

Welcome to Scho & Jo’s 141st Sunday Summary. This edition of the Sunday Summary was written on i75 on the way to Atlanta, Georgia.

Last Week.

We had a grand plan for leaving Florida and our next two YouTube videos until Wednesday came along and we had a major Pivot…

You see, we had noticed the outside of our front tires were becoming more and more worn, much faster than the inside of our tires. As our van doesn’t even have 10k miles, we were concerned. When we brought it up to the Naples Mercedes service shop, they mentioned we still had a lot of life in the tires, and they didn’t recommend an alignment until we were going to replace the tires.

Fast forward a few weeks to Wednesday - Jen and I agreed that we should try and get an alignment as our wheels continued to wear down unevenly at an exceptional speed. Considering we planned to drive to Atlanta on Wednesday, we had an appointment at 7:30 AM to get the alignment. Well, lo and behold, our tires were too worn down to get the alignment, and we needed new tires. The explanation given was that since building out a van adds a considerable amount of weight to the back of the van, it pulls the front tires in and wears the outside. Ten hours later, I left the dealer, now too late to go to Atlanta, which cascaded to us having to change our schedule for the entire next week 😵‍💫

Like everything, life throws you curveballs, and you either let it trip you up, or you embrace the pivots! We switched up the plan, and it turned out even better.

This Week.

Leaving home was exactly how we imagined it so many months prior. We left at sunset, driving into the amber light, knowing that we had everything we needed. Our home, and our family.

As I mentioned above, we are officially on the road to Alaska! We’re visiting family in Atlanta and then heading to our second official National Park in the van. Can you guess where? 🤔 After our second National Park, we are putting some miles in and heading to… Texas!

Videos.

In case you missed it, here are all the vlogs we’ve released since our last Sunday Summary:

Blogs.

After visiting Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, our website now includes our National Park guides. We’ll be adding countless more guides to our website over the next few years. Here are all the blogs we’ve released since our last Sunday Summary:

From the Eyes of Ollie.

Why are we driving North in the winter… Mom, it’s coooold. Good thing I have my great Grandma’s blanket to keep me warm.

Gratitudes.

Leaving Florida, officially, we’d like to share gratitude for everyone that helped us through this passage of life. All our family and friends that supported us through a challenging van build. It was a wild ride, but we wouldn’t be here, basking in this moment of joy and gratitude without the help of so many friends and family. Thank you!

Peace and love,

Jen + Elliot

 P.S.

If you are new to our Sunday Summary, you can take a look at previous issues here.