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Farewell FOY, Hello Workamping Summer

April 26, 2022April 13, 2022 by Rene

After leaving Fountain of Youth for our workamping summer, we’re trying to keep a stiff upper lip about outrageous diesel fuel prices from California to Oregon.

Facts about the Coronavirus for RVers

April 8, 2020 by Jim

Considerations for RVers, workampers and digital nomads in the age of Coronavirus, and how COVID-19 pandemic restrictions affect full-time travel.

Our Summer Travel Options Considering COVID-19

March 28, 2020March 27, 2020 by Jim

Full-time RVers consider their options for extended stay during Coronavirus pandemic.

Does the Internet Kill the Full-time RVing Adventure?

January 10, 2018 by Rene

Don’t let the internet kill your full-time RVing adventures. Follow the example of a #supersenior full-time RVer and allow more spontaneity into your travels.

Confessions of #Vandwelling Failures

June 17, 2015 by Rene

When Jim and first made plans to go fulltime RVing in 2006, we almost bought a Volkswagen EuroVan instead of the fifth wheel. Our recent vandwelling road trip was a good way to see if we could have survived road tripping in a van. You probably know the answer. From Colorado to Virginia and back, Jim snickered whenever I used the term “vandwelling” to describe …

Global Coverage of the New Nomads

November 13, 2014 by Jim

Anybody following this blog speak Portuguese?

If so, you might enjoy this article about the New Nomads in the Oct./Nov. 2014 issue of Ponto Turismo. The story profiles us and our full-time RVing adventures while we live and work from the road, along with another “digitial nomad” who travels the world staying in hotels for a few weeks at a time.

Portuguese Ponto Turismo New Nomads Article

It highlights our ability to work from anywhere using modern technologies, and our choice to “live without laces or marked destination”. Or so I think…

How to Pay for the Full-Time RVing Lifestyle, Part II

February 18, 2022August 7, 2013 by Rene

How non-retired people can budget and pay for the full-time RV traveler lifestyle.

Madness and Mayhem in Sunny So Cal

February 21, 2013 by Rene

Dealing with snowbird itinerary interruptions on our permanent RV road trip.

Hit the NuRVers Highway

January 14, 2013 by Rene

Join the NuRVers community for young, non-traditional progressive full-time RVers, road trippers and travel junkies.

A Livingston Christmas with Our Escapees Tribe

December 25, 2012 by Rene

Road tripping Christmas celebration thoughts from Livingston Texas Escapees headquarters.

Ghost Dancing in Columbia, Missouri

September 13, 2019October 28, 2012 by Rene

Why Columbia Missouri is one of America’s best small, progressive college towns despite being in Senator Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin country.

Big Bend Magic Shines at Stillwell Store and RV Park

February 5, 2020May 3, 2012 by Rene

West Texas cowgirl legend Hallie Stillwell’s Hall of Fame Museum, Stillwell Store and RV Park offers offbeat, fun community camping experience for quirky characters near Big Bend National Park.

How to Avoid Cheapskate Boondocking Disasters

April 15, 2012 by Rene

Truck stop boondocking tips for cheapskate full-time RVers.

Adios, Tejas

April 8, 2012 by Rene

Young rull-time RVers head back to the Rockies for summer workcamping job at Vickers Ranch Lake City Colorado.

Cowgirl Poets Steal the Show at Alpine, Texas Gathering

October 12, 2014March 15, 2012 by Rene

Cowgirl performers, musicians and poets at Alpine’s 2012 Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering were well worth the advance reservations for two city slicker’ RVers.