Boondocking Earth friendly boondocking & RVing With the #trashtag movement still inspiring people volunteer to pick up other people's trash and April 22nd being Earth Day, we figured we'd write about living small in an RV, consuming less, and
Retrospective Full-time RV Recap: Year Two Our full-time "nomadiversary" was February 1st and marks two years of full-time RV travel! If you missed our year one recaps, you can find months 1-6 here and 6-12 here. We've
How-to Flexible standing desk in an RV Here’s how I set up a modular standing desk for Ane in our RV. It also doubles as a laptop stand when sitting (for neck relief), and stows in a small space.
How-to Fulltime RVer healthcare in 2019 The coming new year brings new healthcare legislation with it, the biggest change being that the ACA individual mandate a.k.a. non-insured tax penalty is going away. Because of this, we're making
Boondocking locations Campsite review: Tinkham Road Tinkham Road is a national forest boondocking area 1 hour east of Seattle, WA that goes through a very lush, densely forested area. There is practically no solar charging here. Young branches reach
Dogs How-to: Teach your dog to wait at the RV door Arriving at a new campsite is exciting. It’s likely even more exciting for your dog. But dashing out of the motorhome or tow vehicle door to smell all the new things is
Hikes Hike: Honaker Trail Honaker Trail is a hike near the Goosenecks State Park that descends from the canyon edge to a sandy beach on the San Juan river. The beginning of the trail, just below the
Boondocking locations Campsite review: Goosenecks State Park Goosenecks State Park is $10/night dry camping with amazing scenery. The last few miles of the road there are narrow and winding, but it's paved all the way to the park. Inside
Amazon is not for boondockers I've seen prominent RVers recommended Amazon Prime, and I used to be an ardent fan too. When we lived in a house, we'd have Amazon packages with single items show up regularly. I
Modifications, Improvements & Upgrades Improvements, repairs, and maintenance We have a 38-foot class A diesel pusher motorhome built in 2004. We've lived in it for almost 11 months, and we've been on the road for over 7 months by now. Here
Retrospective Six months of travel In celebration of our first six months on the road, we will be rolling out a series of blog posts about our experiences and explaining the improvements we've made to our RV. Let's
What we look for in a campground We've been traveling fulltime in our motorhome for about half a year now. In that time, we've seen many different kinds of RV parks, and I figured we'd write down what we like
RV Park Reviews RV park review: Rusty's RV Ranch Rusty's RV Ranch is a little south of I-10 in New Mexico, near Rodeo NM. It was a clean and well-kept park, with friendly people. They advertise all-pullthrough 1/4 acre sites and
Mapping Avoiding the CA Grapevine Being fairly new to this whole driving a 31,000 lbs beastly bus thing, and being fairly new to the controls of our specific 31,000 lbs beast, we wanted to avoid the
Health insurance for fulltiming freelancers Health insurance in USA is confusing. Health insurance for a fulltimer is even more confusing. Here's what we did recently, for 2017. We're a married couple, and generally healthy. At least for now,
Dogs Dog toy review: Wubba Just about every large dog owner knows the sturdy Kong toys that you stuff with dog food, treats and peanut butter, but Lily says the best thing Kong makes is a squeaky toy!
RV Park Reviews RV park review: Camanche Reservoir Recreation Area At first, we thought we'd dry camp, but our battery voltage dropped way too low last night, so we decided to want an electric hookup for the night, and troubleshoot batteries later. We
Dogs About Us Lily Goodgirl was found as a stray in rural Northern California, and we adopted her in July, 2016. Teaching her to recognize her new name, we often said "Lily.. good girl!"
