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Girl sells home, travels the world along with her canine after private tragedy

Editorial Board Published April 27, 2025
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A Wisconsin lady bought her dwelling to journey the world in a truck after her father’s surprising dying made her notice that “life is for living.”

Ashley Kay, 36, misplaced her dad, Tom Kay, 57, in Dec. 2015, based on an SWNS report.

After her loss, family and friends shared tales about her dad’s travels. 

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This impressed Kay to see extra of the world for herself.

“The year after he passed, there were so many friends and family who would call and share these wild, amazing stories about my dad and his travels,” she mentioned, as SWNS reported. “That pushed me to get out of my small town and visit places I hadn’t been before.”

Kay spent the subsequent few years touring all over the world.

On a visit to Roatán — an island in Honduras — Kay met a full-time traveler whereas scuba diving. After talking with the person, who had stop his job in Austria and traveled all over the world with out ever stepping on a aircraft, Kay determined she needed an analogous life.

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“He would hitchhike, get buses, couch-surf and that sort of stuff,” she mentioned, based on SWNS.

Whereas chatting with the traveler, Kay requested in regards to the worst factor he’d skilled in all his journeys. 

“His answer to me was that he didn’t go sooner — and that was the last straw for me.”

Kay determined to promote her three-bedroom household dwelling in March 2023 and purchase a $44,000 Toyota Tacoma for her travels.

She set off to Baja, Mexico, along with her black lab, Porter, and has been touring round North and South America ever since.

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Her all-time favourite place to have visited is Baja, Mexico, a spot that she mentioned “feels like home.”

“It has such beautiful nature, I love the ocean, and the Sea of Cortez is a place of pure joy,” she mentioned, because the SWNS report famous. 

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Among the most difficult elements of her journey have been vehicle-related, she mentioned.

“In the desert of Peru, I was two-and-a-half hours away from civilization when I had to stop and sort out a suspension issue,” she mentioned.

She additionally skilled flat tires at extraordinarily excessive elevation. “In Costa Rica, I was camping at 12,500 feet and I had a flat tire, which I had to repair on my own,” Kay recalled. 

“It is a lot of work to travel this way on your own. The day-to-day aspect of stuff is a lot of work that can easily turn into burnout.”

Sadly, in Aug. 2024, Kay’s canine handed away, leaving her to journey alone.

Although she’s undecided what is going to come subsequent with out her journey buddy, Kay mentioned the difficulties she’s confronted have formed her outlook transferring ahead.

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“Overall, all the issues get solved. You just have to figure it out a little bit more and be patient.”

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