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All We've Got Is Now

We're a family that decided not to wait for "someday." This is the story of why, what we drive, and what you can expect from this corner of the internet.

The Family

We're a family of five — six if you count Collin's appetite, which honestly deserves its own seat at the table.

There's me and Monica, my partner in all of this and mom to our youngest. Then there’s my older sons. Collin, my oldest at 17 whose real gift is eating. I’m convinced he’s on a one-man mission to bankrupt us one grocery store visit at a time. Then there’s Cameron (Cam) in the middle at 12. Cam is one of those kids where the odds of you guessing what’s going to come out of his mouth next is about zero. He’s random, and it’s hilarious. And then there’s Asher, the littlest at 19 months. He’s the sweetest and yet most frustrating one out of the bunch, which I suppose is exactly what a 19 month old is supposed to be.

The older two practically live on a football field — they play damn near year-round. Monica, Collin, and I are big gym-goers too, which is where Collin's grocery bill finally starts to make sense. I give him grief for how much he eats, but the kid's a beast in the gym and on the field, so the truth is he's earned every bite.

Asher, meanwhile, is turning into a water junkie. With a pool out back and a boat we can't stay off of, getting him into swim lessons early was a must.

We're based in Bakersfield, California. We know we don’t want to live in California forever, so we’re trying to make the most of it while we’re here.

The Rig

The centerpiece is our 2026 Kingdom Camping Caravan XL. It’s an off-road, off-grid unit built to get us well past the end of the pavement. The plan is to have it along for most of what we do, and we intend to get every dollar of our money's worth out of it. That said, the Caravan isn't the whole fleet. There's the truck that hauls it, and the boat that comes along whenever there's water worth getting on. So you'll see plenty of trips where the Caravan stayed home and something else did the heavy lifting.

Why "The Second Life"

I'll open up a bit here. Life is hard, and I have a tendency to make it harder by being rigid. I retired from the Marine Corps about a decade ago, and some traits are hard to shed. I don't hold my family to the standards I hold myself to — but the ones I set for me can be exhausting.

The truth I keep relearning is that things don't have to be perfect. Sometimes good enough really is enough. Too often I catch myself missing what's happening right in front of me, and when I snap back and become present again, it hurts to realize what I just let pass by.

Here's the crux. When I'm 80, I know with absolute certainty that I won't wish I'd worked harder, sat in more meetings, or built one more company. I'll wish I'd spent more time with Monica, with my kids, with the people I love. And if I'm that certain about how I'll feel then — why wait for the regret to settle in when I can do something about it now?

So we did, and that’s how “The Second Life” was born.

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