“Excited, nervous, and overpacked … but, mostly ready to get this golden journey started ✨,” The Golden Bachelorette star, 61, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, June 12, alongside a video of her packing her suitcase. “Feeling all the feels as I pack up to start my next chapter at the Bachelor Mansion 🌹.”“I’m thankful to have the most supportive friends, family and viewers a golden girl could ask for,” she added.
“It’s a disaster here ‘cause I have no idea what to bring because I don’t know what any of the dates are,” she said in the clip before pointing to her grandson who was behind her. “Maverick is back there, helping me pack. He’s learning how to crawl.”Joan noted that by the time she gets back, her grandson should be up and walking by then. She got emotional thinking about missing Maverick’s monumental moment.
Fans of the series met Joan during The Golden Bachelor as one of the several women vying for the heart of Gerry Turner. However, Joan’s journey came to an end early when she left the show to care for her daughter after giving birth. Since being announced as the show’s lead, Joan has been honest about being realistic about what could happen especially after Gerry split from Theresa Nist shortly after their season aired.