Joanie’s Journey with Momo

Welcome to Joanie’s Journey with Momo — simple living, SUV travel, and a new chapter.

I’m 57, approaching retirement, and tired of waiting to live. After a cancer diagnosis changed the way I think about time, I started asking myself: Do I really want to spend the next several years working, paying expensive rent, and waiting for retirement before I start living the life I’ve dreamed about?

So Momo and I are trying something different.

I’m converting my Hyundai Tucson into a micro camper and testing SUV life one adventure at a time—from nights close to home to weekends, road trips, and eventually traveling across the country.

I don’t know if full-time van life will be my answer. That’s the journey.

This is about living with less, spending more time in nature, facing fear, exploring new places, and refusing to let my world get smaller as I get older.

Come along while Momo and I find out what’s possible.

Simple living. SUV travel. A new chapter.