It's a visual and aural feast and an interesting narrative. But does it paint a realistic picture of getting away from it all in a 1997 Bounder and healing an ailing marriage? Probably not. Owing a home but leaving it to find yourself in a motor home is not as easy and carefree as the actors/director/producers convey for several reasons.
Who pays for the upkeep of the rented home and monitors the renters? Who makes the mortgage payments? There are still utilities, property taxes and insurances to pay. Once in the motor home, how is the coach serviced? New motor homes can be a sinkhole of expenses but a 20-year-old coach can mean more time on the side of the road than on the road. (I owned a 1997 Bounder purchased new.) Motor homes require insurance, licensing and frequent fuel stops to keep rolling. At about 8 miles per gallon (that's downhill with a tail wind), the expense of gasoline in a puller like this can be overwhelming for a couple who ostensibly had to pool their resources together to pay just $15,000 for the coach. And without a tow car, all grocery shopping and Laundromat visits mean finding a parking lot nearby to accommodate a 32-foot rig in tight spaces, which is never easy. And what about camp fees? State and national parks are not free ($25-50 a night plus reservation fee) and advance booking is necessary to find a spot to moor.
This couple never seemed to have a problem with any of these daily concerns. This gave them a great deal of time to home-school their 3-year-old son and work on their marriage from an open sofa in the Bounder. (I hope the back bed was secured in open position when their son was sleeping in the storage space underneath!) Not very believable. I've motor homed for 22 years and it never worked this way at all. For example, how did they pay their bills and take care of their banking needs? With that small Dometic fridge, there is not very much room to store food, in spite of those trips to Costco (which must have cost $300+ each). And, yes, when you are driving and hear a squeal from the generator, you wonder why the generator was on during travel in cold climes. You use it for the AC. And generators usually don't squeal. They turn on and work or they do not. Heating the bays with an external furnace to prevent the black tank from freezing? Our 97 Bounder had that feature built in already with the propane furnace already. (Price of propane? About $3.50 a gallon and it's hard to find.)
The narrative is delightful but pure fantasy. I suspect the visits with six marriage counselors and ample financial resources is what saved the marriage, not all those miles on the road and self-serving introspections. Stay home and just do it. Use the Bounder for a 2-3 week vacation once a year, which is the luxury most folks get to enjoy.
But I loved the cinematography, though, and clever use of drones to capture the journey. It is definitely a good watch if you take the monologues as pure wishful thinking and fantasy.