It’s been eight months since I started my RV life. In previous blog posts, I’ve made reference to my tow vehicle but I never formally introduced my tow vehicle the way I did with Quill. Today seemed like a good day to rectify that. From my first kernel of an idea for an RV life, […]
Recently, I heard someone say the best advice he ever heard about transitioning to a full-time RVer was to give it a year because the first year is the hardest. It’s not bad advice. Still, I remain convinced the best advice is to get the RV and experience weekend and week-long trips before you start […]
It’s funny, I hadn’t really planned on writing about the Oliver rally. I like to keep my posts general enough that a variety of readers can find value. I worried a report on the recent Oliver Travel Trailer Rally I attended would be focused too narrowly for this blog. And since it was my first […]
After all the research in preparation for life on the road, I never fathomed there could be things that would surprise me about the RV life. But I was wrong. Surprise. Today’s Listicle is my list of the 6 most surprising things about RV life. Physicality of RV Life I had very little physical interaction […]
Recently, I spent time driving 2,500 miles from Washington to Texas. That’s a lot of miles. In fact, in the five months since I left Alaska, I have logged 11,000 miles. That may seem fairly average. But consider this: When I arrived in Washington, I filled up my gas tank and didn’t fill it up […]
In the midst of Alaska winters, I dreamed of warmed weather. I counted down the days to an RV life where I wouldn’t be in cold, dark, snow-and-ice winters again. In an ironic twist, the first three months of my RV life included freezing temperatures, snow and ice. At least I managed to avoid the […]