Elliot: Six months prior to us buying our boat, I don't think we would've said that we were going to live on a boat or buy a boat - it wasn't in the cards. The reason why it was an option was because of COVID. We were traveling full-time when COVID hit. We were in India and locked down for five months. We were planning to travel for a year, and we thought we'd figure out a way to travel longer and safer.
I kept just a few precious memories, like undeveloped disposable cameras, and my clothes in boxes tucked away at my parents' house. I had quit my job, and in just a few short hours I would be taking the biggest leap of my life: heading to an RV dealership with a $75,000 cashier's check to purchase a converted cargo van so that I could live in it full-time.