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Some huge information from the Padgett household. After greater than three years of dreaming and scheming, we’re lastly underneath contract on a campground!
I repeat:
WE ARE FINALLY UNDER CONTRACT ON A PROPERTY TO BUILD OUR FIRST CAMPGROUND!
We’re constructing on the western slope of Colorado south of a small city referred to as Montrose, close to Black Canyon Nationwide Park and Ouray Sizzling Springs.
This property has been a very long time coming for us. Heath first got here up with the concept almost three years in the past (to the day!), texting me with hyperlinks to campground properties to purchase and even sharing his imaginative and prescient for our very best campground in our RV Entrepreneur Fb group.
However on the time we had been in the midst of a number of consumer initiatives and I instructed Heath this was an important dream, however it will in all probability be 2-3 years earlier than it got here to fruition—undoubtedly not “throughout the 12 months” like he so boldly proclaimed. (Heath’s right here to dream, I’m right here to convey the truth.)
A full 12 months after that first dialog, with four-week-old Ellie strapped into her automotive seat, we drove to a city referred to as Montrose within the San Juan mountains. We had by no means heard of the city or visited this a part of Colorado, however as we toured the property our little concept of shopping for a campground began taking root.
The day we toured the property, we sat down at a restaurant on the town and dreamed of what sort of expertise we might create for different RVers. We talked about all the greatest experiences we’d had on the street and the way we might incorporate these into our personal park. We dreamed of how cool it will be to bodily work on our property whereas Ellie grew up.
We had been hooked on this dream.
We handed on that first location, principally as a result of they wouldn’t promote for underneath $3M and hadn’t made any income because it opened 🤔
Nonetheless, the dream continued and our each day conversations revolved round how we might convey it to life.
BUT…
Then, again in the summertime of 2019, Heath obtained a proposal to promote Campground Reserving, stealing our focus for just a few months.
That deal fell by way of and we went to Italy for a month (unrelated to the sale falling by way of. We had been simply actually craving pizza).
Then we obtained again to the nation and moved into our Winnebago Forza to begin touring the nation to discover a campground property.
2020 began out robust, however the entire “don’t journey” factor slowed our plans down for some time. 🤷🏻♀️
Then Heath raised funding for Campground Reserving that meant we needed to turn out to be Colorado residents.
Then home buying.
Shifting.
Shopping for a eating room desk and chairs as a result of this might be our first time residing in a home collectively.
After which Good Sam stunning us and shopping for Campground Reserving to kick off 2021.
(Now that I write all of it out, the primary two years of Ellie’s life have been wild! Wouldn’t have it every other means.)
Someplace in between elevating cash for Campground Reserving final summer season and discovering a home, a stranger reached out to us on Instagram.
“My daughter follows you and heard y’all had been on the lookout for a campground. I’ve some property that I need to construct a distinct segment campground on. Right here’s my quantity.”
Happily, Heath doesn’t share my warning relating to assembly unusual males on the web.
And after a number of months of conversations and distractions, we are actually we’re underneath contract and shifting ahead!
I can’t wait to share extra about what this course of has concerned thus far—from selecting paint colours to reviewing blueprints of attainable RV website layouts. Heath and I’ll share all of the behind-the-scenes particulars over the subsequent few weeks and months as we construct this campground.
There have been a number of moments over the previous couple of years the place this dream felt too huge and too scary.
Touring properties that felt like insane initiatives and having no development background in any way, we questioned whether or not this concept was too far out of attain for us.
On the finish of the day, we realized that this subsequent chapter isn’t too in contrast to hitting the street at 23 years previous to journey full-time in an RV. Life is just too quick to not chase after goals that give us power and pleasure (irrespective of how loopy they appear).
If there’s one factor that being on the street and determining RV life has taught us, it’s that generally the scariest initiatives of all are those we completely can’t say no to.
So our huge 2021 venture: constructing a campground.
I’ve much more to share and can over the approaching weeks as we doc this journey, however I needed to reply just a few questions you will have first 🙂
Are you taking reservations?
Not but!
We’ve been hush-hush about this property though we’ve been engaged on it for months as a result of we don’t need to jinx it earlier than we shut! Hopefully we will begin sharing estimated open dates and reservation choices later in June 🙂
Will y’all host one other RV Entrepreneur Summit right here?
We’re engaged on plans for an occasion this fall! Is determined by just a few development plans and our child boy due in October.
Will your park have web?
You realize that Heath made positive there was 1 GB fiber web on the property earlier than we signed. #RVentrepreneur
Are you on the lookout for work campers or buyers or assist constructing?
Sure and no! Proper now we’re simply targeted on closing, however in case you’re involved in being a part of this venture simply touch upon this put up and tell us 🙂 We’ve had so many individuals already attain out over the previous 12 months and we’ve got all of your data in a spreadsheet after we are prepared to maneuver!
I believe that’s sufficient main information for at this time 🤪 Thanks all for following our journey and enjoying such a giant function on this campground coming to life.
Oh, and BTW the featured picture on the high of this put up is simply a pc mock-up, not our precise RV park structure! We have now not gotten that far with our civil engineer but 😅