From Riches To Rags – On Purpose

Hi everyone, we’re Jim and Carol!

We used to live in a 4000-square-foot house with a built-in pool on an acre in suburban Chicago. We also owned TWO other properties – an older home that was used as a photography studio, and a business condominium that we used for our main business that we have run for over 25 years.

And then we sold it all!! Every stick and every brick. Our family and friends pretty much think we’re nuts, but we’ve been having a blast!! We took off in July, 2015 and traveled the United States at our own pace for a full year! We have since settled in East Tennessee near The Smoky Mountains in order to be near our family who needed us during a medical crisis with our infant grandson. We own a home that we are renovating (while we live in our bus in the driveway), and still travel as often as we can! We’re in our mid fifties, so we do still work in order to afford this lifestyle. You can read all about what we do to earn an income on the road here.

Our current Entegra Diesel Pusher happened quite by accident in January of this year (don’t EVER go to the Tampa RV Supershow if you are even thinking of getting a new bus LOL!!!) She gives us a smooth quiet ride, and plenty of room for us and our 3 crazy but cute dogs.

We’ve owned our own business(es) for over 25 years, and we still pull in a small income from them (and we invested well over many years). We will keep portions of our business, which you can find here – www.bestprepress.com.

Carol is also a professional photographer. You can find her landscape and nature photography for sale on Fine Art America, and her stock photography on Taking Stock Images. We love traveling this great country and hope that you will join us by reading about our adventures here!!