Working the dream life for 17+ years.
Rene
When you’ve been full-timing for nineteen years, lots of places can feel familiar. But in my mind, the next rooted place that we decide to call home will be what makes our hearts feel happy and at peace. It will be a place where we want to grow roots, nurture new and old friendships, and explore our own backyard. And right now, we’re trying to …
We finally gave Mexico RVing a try, and headed over the border to camp with a fun RVer crowd. Unfortunately things didn’t go according to plan, so we cut our losses.
To hell with Dryuary. Crazy times call for drastic measures, like cheap Grocery Outlet Wine, habitual running, and planning for our next big rooted adventure.
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What a coincidence on International Kindness Day, when we met Martian and Mouse, two volunteer roadside assistance angels in a DIY skoolie traveling the west.
Oh the things we learned working with the public last summer! These campground host pet peeves are some of the common bad behaviors we bumped into on the job.
All summer we looked forward to checking the camp hosting gig off our list and returning to our old work-from-anywhere life, but the Universe had other plans.
Is a Travel Berkey Water Filter all that many RVers say it is? I finally found out, and here are my thoughts about whether or not it’s right for every traveler.
The next time you see a camp host at a campground and think the job looks easy, think again. The dirty truths about workamping is that this is not an easy gig.
Have you noticed a change in camper etiquette? We have! Seems that cutting through RV sites and trampling landscaping is OK even when signs say otherwise.
Our summer workamping job in Estes Park has begun, and it’s the first time we are doing a traditional volunteer camp host job at a busy tent and RV campground.
Most people have no idea how much fun a marathon can be. If they ran the 2025 Eugene Marathon, might understand. Or maybe not. We went back for Round 3 in 2025.
It’s still winter in many places, but not for these sunstroked snowbirds in the sun-drenched desert. After too much extreme heat, it was time to fly north.
Just when you think RV life is predictable, Mother Nature decides to ruin a perfectly mellow day by destroying your new RV awning in less than five seconds.
The current shitshow in this country that has all of us reeling leaves me at a loss to adequately express my thoughts. I call myself a writer, yet I don’t know how to intelligently convey the anger and grief I feel every time I reluctantly peek at the NPR news feed. Feeling uninspired to even try to tackle this topic, I still feel obliged to …