Parents, 9 kids living in RV for 18 months

Parents, 9 kids living in RV for 18 months

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THE OPEN ROAD — Road trips are undoubtedly chaotic with a large family, but Mike and Megan Knorpp are braving an 18-month RV trip with their nine children.

The family is currently traveling the country together in a recreational vehicle, which is less than 400 square feet.

“We were already homeschooling and working from home, and I think we realized that our son only really had like three years left before he would be 18 and probably leave home,” Megan Knorpp said. “And so we just thought, ‘it’s now or never, let’s go do it, let’s go on a grand adventure, because we had the freedom to do it.

“… I think whenever we talk to people they always tell us like, ‘Oh that's my dream, but that when we realized that we could do it we’re like, 'well we need to just do it and do it now.'”

Mike and Megan Knorpp graduated from Brigham Young University, and their family has lived in Utah, Washington, Texas and North Carolina. They began traveling in the RV in May.

So far, the family has been to Washington D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Utah, and Oregon.

“We have been really trying to live our lives for the last five years where we aren’t led by fear. … We kind of decided about five years ago between the two of us that if there was something we wanted to do and the only reason we weren’t doing it is because we might fail or afraid that something bad would happen then ... that wasn’t a good enough reason,” Megan Knorpp said.

(Photo: Courtesy of Megan Knorpp)
(Photo: Courtesy of Megan Knorpp)

Once they started living like that, things changed for them. They built a business, they adopted five kids from China, they moved across the country and ultimately moved into the RV, Megan Knorpp said. They’ve become really comfortable living on the brink of disaster, which she said is a really good place to live.

“It’s not a dangerous lifestyle, but it requires a lot of us, and things can always be going wrong. ... It’s definitely not in your comfort zone, and so we are getting more and more comfortable being outside our comfort zone, and we really have found that that’s just an exciting place to be, that’s where we feel the most alive and where we experience the most and grow the most, and so I think that’s probably how we got here. It was like each step (was) like, ‘OK, now really really what do you want to do’ or ‘Really really what do you feel like we should do?’ And ultimately that was I guess move into an RV,” Megan Knorpp said.

The Knorpp children range in age from 3 to 15. There is a “constant traffic jam” inside the RV, and Megan Knorpp said they’ve all had to get used to needing less personal space. She also said their family has become a lot closer than they used to be.

To follow the Knorpp’s online, visit their website or YouTube channel.

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