Family, biological or intentional, are a mighty important part of life – whether you are focused on staying connected to them, or sometimes trying to stay as far from them as possible. And we often hear that placing a focus on family is a reason that people don’t travel as much as they would otherwise like.
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Campground Review: McKinney Falls State Park (near Austin, TX)
Cherie grew up in Austin, and her brother and his wife live there today. It is a cool town, and a place we will want to return to often in our travels. Camping near a major urban area is always a challenge, but in McKinney Falls State Park we have discovered a great place to […]
Travelogue: Arizona and New Mexico
Time Period: April 9 – April 23, 2009 Miles Driven: 1255 With very few planned stops and knowing that Arizona and New Mexico were both full of amazing things to see, we opted to primarily follow Route 66 across these states, using the old highway as our guide. We had both traveled across Arizona and […]
Campground Review: Landa RV & Campground in New Braunfels, TX
One of our reasons for visiting Texas was to meet up with Cherie’s family at her father’s submarine veterans reunion in San Antonio, and visit her brother in Austin. We decided to stay just a short drive between the two in the scenic town of New Braunfels, at the Landa RV & Campground located right […]
Two Year Nomadiversary
Two years ago today – on May 10, 2007 – we embarked on our nomadic adventures together. Chris had already been “officially nomadic” for a bit over a year, having started his solo travels in April 2006. A few months later we first connected online, and in October we met in person and started dating. […]
Travel Full Time in Environmentally Friendly Ways – Excuse #5
This part of our growing series of our answers to the common excuses that folks give us for not getting out there and living the full time traveling lifestyle they want. You can catch the full series, which currently includes Jobs & Careers, Affording It, Stuff and Family. An ever increasing number of people are […]
Digital Nomad Location Independent Lifestyle Designing NuNomads
When we started our technomadic journey back in 2006, we thought it would be awesome to connect with others doing similar things. We looked around, and couldn’t find too much organized activity out there on the interwebs. But it seems since there’s been an explosion of awareness and communities of folks doing things similar to […]
Campground Review: Meriwether Lewis Park (near Hohenwald, TN)
We journeyed to Hohenwald Tennessee in May to visit the Oliver Factory to handle a few issues with our trailer. Afterwards, we wanted to find a nice place to camp where we could put down roots for an entire week to get caught up on projects and just spend some time enjoying being at home. […]
It’s Not an Extended Vacation
A common misconception about our technomadic lifestyle is that we’re on an extended vacation. I think this comes from just how engrained the concept of travel is with being in vacation mode. Vacation: a respite or a time of respite from something We’re not taking a respite from anything, nevermind something. Instead, we’re designing a lifestyle […]
Oliver’s Twist: Story of an RV Manufacturer Adapting
When we were doing the research selecting our home on wheels, one of the things that most impressed us with the Oliver Travel Trailer company was how fabulous the people working there are. The Oliver family has a long history of invention and entrepreneurship, and their family-owned Oliver Technologies company has for years had a […]