The short is that we were feeling lost in the hustle and bustle of life, watching our kids grow up before our eyes and feeling like we were missing so many moments because of work, life, keeping up with the jones and the pressures of what everyone thought was “the only way” or “the American dream for families.”

The Yeske Family: Nate, Kwynn, Willow, Mylo, and Stone

But after climbing that mountain of success, we quickly realized…that we were craving freedom from it all. We were craving a space to truly find who WE are as a family. And not just who we are in light of our immediate family or upbringing, but to truly uncover who WE are and be able to say “THIS IS US.”

One day my wife and I were talking and the question came up: “What’s something about you that I don’t know already?” (We’d been together for 15 years and married for 9 of those years!)  I was thinking it would be something small like, “I secretly hate the candles that you keep buying me,” haha, but instead she said, “Ever since I was a little girl I’ve dreamt of traveling the country one day with my family to all 50 states!”

The way I saw her glow when she said it, the way it felt like some incredible movie was about to begin…that moment I knew something bigger than we both imagined was just around the corner.

From that moment the search began! We began following accounts like The Bucket List Family, Gone with the Wynns, RV Inspiration and every RV Instagram account known to man! We started counting the cost of what it would take to renovate [an RV] just the way we wanted & to design our dream “Getaway House”.

There was so much tension, so much talk of “Are you sure?”, “What if we’re wrong?”, and “What will they think?!” It may sound ridiculous, but we cried, fought, and battled to finally take the leap of faith to leave for the unknown, set sail on an uncharted path and find what we’ve been searching for as a family. The day came where the bank said yes, the RV seller said yes to the price we needed, and, still scared, we said YES and haven’t looked back since!

Since then, we have freshly started our daring adventure, on across the country to find what family means, to make more moments that count, and to be fully present for the adventure all around us. Since then, we have lovingly named our journey “@YESKESONTOUR” and are coming out with our YouTube show documenting our adventure to secretly leave behind a “Digital Road Map” to life and adventure for our 3 little world changers (currently under 5 years old), and in hopes of inspiring other young families to take the leap toward adventure even if it just means leaving their “safety” or “comfort zone” to live a little more.

If a trip across the country in an RV seems extreme for you, start by getting away for a weekend! But for those like us who keep hearing the “sea calling me” (shout out to Disney and Moana!), maybe, this right here, to you reading this blog, is a sign that you needed to take the leap.

As our story unfolds, we are sad to part with our “Wonder Palace” (our fun-loving name for our fully renovated “RV Blogger Style” Fleetwood Terra), but the next leg of our journey and some special news to come calls for us to part with “Wonder Palace” and give her a home with a new loving family or couple looking to have the priceless freedom of RV adventure with the beauty of a modern Bohemian style apartment on wheels in the comfort of their own yoga-pants.

There are so many stories to be written and adventures to unfold, so I hope whoever sees this may realize this was the RV or sign they were looking for!