My biggest struggle with a nomadic lifestyle when I first hit the road over 3 years ago was a deep sense of loss of community. I was leaving a community in Florida that I had invested in for over 10 years. There’s something uniquely special about a local, re-occurring community. Those people you can contact […]
Chapters
Travelogue: Black Rock City to San Francisco
Time Frame: August 29 — October 6, 2010 Miles Driven: 344 Our daily pictorials from Burning Man 2010 should wrap up our time there: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 After a summer of travel with essential stopping points, plans, emergencies, lots of social time […]
Island Logistical Preparations
In the past week since we signed our lease to winter on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, we’ve been busily making preparations for this new challenge. That’s a big part of the appeal for us about this adventure – a change of pace, and a new set of travel-while-working challenges to figure out. […]
Serendipity Beckons us to the Islands, mon
72 Hours ago, we had never heard of the island of St. John. And now.. it’ll be our home for 5 months this winter. We’ve both been craving some major change. Our full time RVing around the US has become a bit.. routine. Hard to imagine that constant mobility can start to seem stationary, but […]
An Epic Camp Nomadia 2010
I’m still buzzing off the energy of Burning Man, and particularly our theme camp, Camp Nomadia. When we first had the vision for hosting the camp in 2008, we imagined a community of full time travelers all converging in one spot to share community, but not infrastructure. After all, us full time travelers are used […]
Travelogue: St. Louis, MO to Black Rock City, NV
Time Frame: August 2 – 28, 2010 Miles Driven: 2825 After a way too brief of a stop in St. Louis, it was time to continue west towards Burning Man. It seems every year we find ourselves in this predicament – way too little time to traverse some of the most beautiful scenery our country […]
12 Tips for Taking an RV to Burning Man
We have an updated version of this article with even more hints and tips for taking an RV to Burning Man – 16 Tips for taking an RV to Burning Man. An often asked piece of advice we give is tips on taking an RV to Burning Man. With a harsh environment, lots of alkaline dust, […]
Urgent Cat Sitting Plea..
**EDIT: We have found a new kitty sitting home for Kiki. Thank you so much to everyone who helped us get the word out, and for all the awesome suggestions**. We had intended to have our friends in Sacramento cat sit for Kiki while we’re at Burning Man. Previously, Kiki and their cats have gotten […]
How Setting Deadlines Help: Writing a Winning App at iOSDevCamp
The past weeks have been a blur of amazing scenery going by at way too quick of pace (and with way too little bandwidth). It seems every time this part of the year is like this as we transition to be on the west coast for Burning Man. Before leaving Saint Louis, we found […]
Burning Man Bound & Camp Nomadia
Whew. What a hectic few weeks it has been as we’ve traversed the western US in way too quick of a pace with very limited connectivity. But we have just landed in San Jose, CA to attend iOSDevCamp (an iPhone developer’s unconference) this weekend – and then we track back eastward towards Burning Man! For […]
