Raw and Roaming

A Boat For The Road


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The morning my husband said "We need to stop dreaming" — and I completely fell apart.

I woke up excited. He woke up with a list. Marina costs, maintenance, planning, expenses… and just like that, the dream of living on a boat started to sink. I cried. Not because I couldn't have the yacht — but because it felt like 3 steps forward, 2 steps back. And I was exhausted from that dance.

For the first time, I doubted us. I doubted everything. We had left behind a beautiful home, incredible neighbors, a real sense of community — something that's genuinely hard to find in Belgium. I was spiraling.

But then my husband said two words: RV life.

I had zero clue what that meant. Belgium is the size of Maryland — there are no wide open highways, no RV dealerships on every corner, no community of families rolling across the country in their homes on wheels. It simply doesn't exist there. I didn't know this lifestyle was even an option.

One hour later, we were at an RV dealership in the US.

Three seconds after stepping inside one? I said yes.

In this episode, we walk you through the emotional rollercoaster of ditching the boat dream, discovering full-time RV living, choosing our floor plan, staying debt-free, and — somehow — buying a truck in Miami and an RV in Caldwell, Idaho… over the phone… before our visa ran out.

Buckle up. 🚐

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Raw and RoamingBy Aurelia Arkens