WRAL Reporter Bryan Mims is leaving the Raleigh station after 16 years.

Mims told The News & Observer on Wednesday that he and his family — his wife and their three sons, ages 10, 12 and 14 — are moving to the Atlanta area, where they’ll be closer to family.

But he might not be in the Atlanta area long.

Mims says that he has some freelance work lined up in the Atlanta market, but the ultimate goal is to hit the road and travel around America for at least six months to a year.

Mims says that plan would require him to get a remote job in public relations or marketing and work from the road (his sons are already enrolled in Virtual Academy in Georgia).

He says he has a few offers, but so far nothing that quite fits his needs.

“I would just love to go out there and tell stories about America,” Mims said. “We want to go across the country and tell stories about how Americans are indeed kind to one another, that we’re not as divisive as always portrayed in the media. We’re hoping to tell some stories about the goodness of people, united in America.”

Mims does all of his own photography and editing at WRAL, and he’s an accomplished documentary producer, so that part will come naturally.