When we dreamed about full-time RV travel, we pictured a lot of things. National parks. Campfires. New towns. Slow mornings. The girls riding their bikes around campgrounds. School happening outside instead of inside four walls.

What we didn't picture? Nearly having a head-on collision with a semi truck on a mountain road while towing a 43-foot fifth wheel. Our first day on the road taught us a LOT about RV life, but one of the biggest lessons was something we probably should have figured out before we ever pulled out of our driveway:

The route that Google Maps thinks is a great idea isn't necessarily the route that's a great idea when you're towing a 43-foot camper. And that's why one of our first investments after hitting the road was RV LIFE Pro.

We're the Wagner family: me (Ashlee), my husband John, our two daughters, two dogs, and two very adventurous cats. We recently traded our house for a 43-foot fifth wheel and hit the road to become a full-time RV family.

Over the next year (and likely beyond), we'll be traveling across the United States, exploring everything from iconic national parks to small-town hidden gems, worldschooling our girls along the way, growing our travel business from the road, and sharing the real, unfiltered side of this lifestyle: the beautiful moments, the challenging ones, and everything in between.