More and more people are rethinking the traditional American dream. With housing costs skyrocketing and adults working longer hours, a growing number of Americans are asking themselves: What’s the point?

That was certainly true for Caleb and Emily, who go by wanderin.wildflowers on social media. They had a beautiful house in the suburbs, right on the cul-de-sac of their dreams. But something still didn’t feel right.

Recently, they decided to give it all up to see what would happen.

Family of five renovates an old school bus and joins the ‘skoolie’ community

Caleb had a good job in construction, and Emily was working as a therapist. But they were working nights and weekends to afford their suburban dream house, and they were barely getting any quality time with their three daughters.

That’s when they decided to blow everything up.

The couple brought the idea of becoming a “skoolie” family to their kids. Skoolies are a unique way to combine living and travel that has been all the rage since gaining mainstream attention around 2016. It involves converting a retired school bus into a complete living space and........

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