How It All Started

One day, we were scheming about our future and we decided that it would be best to hit the road.

Medical school is wild. In case you don't know the process, there are 2 formal didactic years, meaning you sit in a classroom and learn. The last 2 years are the clinical years, which is where medical students go out into the real world and get hands-on training with docs, NPs, PAs, nurses, and the entire medical care team. Up to now, I've done 2 years of classroom work on campus in Biddeford, Maine. I've done one of the two clinical years, and then took a teaching fellowship, which added an extra year onto school before I can finish my final year of training. We're gearing up for me to do the second clinical year starting in July.

I took a slight hiatus from my clinical rotations to do an undergraduate teaching fellowship, where I've been on campus again in Maine to teach first year medical students anatomy, osteopathic manipulation, and clinical skills. Plus, I treat patients in our student clinic. So, because wild is the theme of this post, I added a year onto medical school because seriously why not?! Adding a year on was a very calculated move. But if you're reading this, you probably know that Chad and I have never made a decision that wasn't extremely calculated. Doing this teaching fellowship meant we got to spend another year in Maine and we had the time and space to plan this wild adventure. Cue: more than 10 spreadsheets comparing RV brands, layouts, amenities, routes, clinical rotation sites, options for Chad, and other wild ideas so we don't get bored.

Chad found an RV listed in New York that was the layout we were looking for, the length, and the style of RV. We ended up with a Grand Design Solitude S-Class 2930RL. This is a fifth-wheel style rig, so now we obviously needed a truck to pull it.

The truck was a little harder for us to find because we needed a system in the bed that allowed us to install a fifth-wheel hitch. We drove to New Hampshire for the one-ton Silverado with a diesel engine, which happened to have the exact hitch we needed as well. What a delightful treat.

Join us on our journey! We have a feeling things are going to get wild.