That has been our question ever since we started our quest to live in a bus. For the first several years of our nomadic journey, we towed our home behind a vehicle – so thus, we always had a means of transportation while leaving the house parked behind. We intentionally kept our trailers small and […]
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Random Updates
We arrived in St. Louis last weekend after all of our maintenance in Chattanooga was completed. It took a bit longer than expected due to a slight shipping delay on parts and some difficulty reaching the areas that needed service. Joel at Choo Choo Express Garage pulled a long day on Friday so that we […]
Our First Bus Rally
Whew, what a few hectic weeks it’s been. Too Rushed We’re often asked about our pace of travel – and for the record – these past couple weeks are not indicative of our preferred style. In our ideal world, we’d travel a couple hundred miles and stick around for a few weeks or more before […]
Five Years of Love on the Road
Today is a special day for us. It was five years ago that Chris and I met in person for the first time. It was also the day we had our first technomadic adventure. We had been corresponding online since the prior June, just a couple months after Chris gave up his San Francisco apartment, […]
Promise of Lithium #2: Lithium Ion Battery Advantages
In the first post of this series, I explained the chief downsides of lead acid batteries, the type found powering the house bank in 99.999% of all RV’s you have ever seen. It is a depressingly long list. As you will soon see, on paper lithium ion batteries seem to be superior in almost every […]
Up Up and Away!
It’s only been a few days since we left St. George with intentions of heading eastward through Colorado. I write this from Amarillo, TX. Which you might notice was NOT on our intended route. So what happened? A Lot of Air Pressure Leaks As we were leaving Lake Powell, we heard a sudden WOOOSH of […]
Bus Projects: Dual Desk & Air Filters
We feel satiated after completing a lot of projects while at St. George RV Resort. Interior Remodeling The manager of the park introduced us to their new woodworking skilled maintenance man to see about building our dual desk unit. We didn’t think it’d be possible to build something quick enough for us to get back […]
So We Meet Again..
I’ve often wrote about community while on the road, and how I’ve had to adjust my expectations of it in order to appreciate the variability that happens while traveling full time. One of the greatest blessings has been connecting with other full time travelers that we get to rendezvous with in all sorts of locations. […]
10 Tips to Keep Connected: US Mobile Internet Options
One of the most common things we get asked about is for advice on staying connected to the net while on the road. For us, staying connected to the internet is essential to our mobile livelyhood. Our business depends on it and we heavily utilize social networking online to keep connected with friends, family and […]
Resorting to Indulgence
For past several years of RVing around the USA, we generally steered away from staying at RV Resorts and commercial campgrounds. We instead favored boondocking, public campgrounds and staying with friends. In our first year traveling in our small 16′ T@B travel trailer, we only paid for camping a few nights in total. And in […]
