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Adventure
Awaits
Leigh Ramsey
“It’s a crazy story,” Susannah Ash commented, before
telling about her seven-member family’s adventures. David
(40), Susannah (38), Solomon (13), Finley (10), Chapel (8),
Sumner (7) and Jude (3), live a life filled with adventure.
They initially thought they would be having fun vacations,
but quickly learned that they were adopting a new lifestyle.
In 2015, David and Susannah Ash entertained their
dream of “RVing.” David Ash was working for a local law
firm. He had the opportunity to go into practice with a
partner. During this time, the family sold their home in
Fondren, and decided to rent space in Susannah’s mother’s
home while they decided what the next step would be. They
placed all of their items in storage and spent the next year
coming up with a plan.
David Ash had been dreaming of traveling in an RV
for years. He said his wife gave him just the “call to action”
he needed to make this dream a reality. She said, “Quit
dreaming about it, and do something about it.” Within a
week of that statement, Mr. Ash was putting a down
payment on a 36-foot camper in Alabama. Within a week
of that purchase, he was flying to Ohio to purchase a diesel
Ford Excursion. The next week, the camper was furnished
and supplies were purchased for the family to spend a month
in Florida. This whirlwind experience all came together in
June of 2017. Susannah commented on that first adventure,
“If it could go wrong, it went wrong. If it could break, it
broke. We laughed the whole time.”
Hometown RANKIN • 67