Our Story

How we ended up with a home on wheels?

Hi there. Welcome to Like There’s No Tomorrow. We’re Barry and Darlene and in 2022, we decided to stop coasting through life and start combining our dream of travel and adventure with our digital careers. I mean, why wait for retirement if you don’t have to, right?

So within 10 months, we sold everything, bought our dream RV, grabbed our rescue dog Hugo and set out to see this amazing country and create a life of discovery and adventure. But it wasn’t an easy decision.

We had built a pretty good life back in Sarasota, Florida. We had a beautiful house, raised both of our kids in this amazing community.

Barry was the leader of a very popular band which was at the height of popularity locally and throughout Florida. I had built a fun side business as a strolling entertainer (I know, kind of crazy, right?) … We were busy… too busy…and that lies the problem. We were so busy working full-time, having side businesses, playing gigs, raising kids and trying to find time for what we really wanted and enjoyed…travel, adventure, food, fishing and exploring new places and cultures… We were ready for a change…we needed a change!

So when we were faced with our youngest heading off to college and the looming empty nest…we thought to ourselves…so this is it? Do we just keep working all week long, keep playing the gigs every single weekend night, keep trying to find time for each other in between the ships passing to do the things we enjoy the most?

So, while Barry was playing a gig one Saturday night, I (Darlene) discovered a TV show about RVing. We had traveled with my parents in their RV when we were dating in high school…yes we have been together for 37 years! But we really didn’t have that fond of memories about it. This seemed different. This looked like fun. This looked like something we could do! OMG- This seemed CRAZY!

I mean, RVing is for older retired people, right? We still needed to work. We didn’t, and couldn’t, give up our jobs. But, how could we do something now, while we still have our health, before it’s too late to enjoy it fully?

So we started researching. What we found is that there were all sorts of people living full-time in RVs of all types. But we didn’t know anything about RVing, other than that one time in high school coming back from Florida. We had to hang our heads out of the window because the sewage smell was so strong (my dad didn’t know how to dump the tanks apparently). Such a bad, bad memory. LOL

Could we really do this? We have never been ones to cower away from a challenge, so we started to research and make plans.

10 months later, we had sold everything, leased our home, dropped our baby off at college and hit the road. We have learned so much through this process, some good and some bad. We have seen some amazing places we never would have otherwise…but most importantly we have created a life that is on our terms..and it’s pretty great.

We hope you’ll join us on this continued adventure. We can promise you lots of fun and laughter, a few tears, maybe a few curse words…but always an honest look into pursuing a life of travel and adventure right now…no more waiting, no more excuses.

It’s time to LIVE Like There’s No Tomorrow. Join us.

Barry & Darlene