Technomads: Technology Enabled Nomads
Chris Dunphy & Cherie Ve Ard are exploring the confluence of full-time travel, technology, career and community; all while embracing nomadic serendipity.
Current adventure: Full time RVing in the USA in a 1961 Vintage Bus Conversion.
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"T@b Travel Trailer (April 2006 – July 2008)"
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 [...]
Continue Reading →Four years ago, I lived in a large luxurious two bedroom top floor corner condo located in the heart of San Francisco – walking distance to everything. I had a panoramic view of downtown out my living room windows (see the photo above), and I could watch the fog spilling over Twin Peaks from bed.
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Continue Reading →One of the most difficult lessons that I’ve had to learn in embracing a nomadic lifestyle is trusting that things will work out. It’s difficult to take a leap not knowing knowing where you’ll land.
When I decided to embark on full time nomadism, I couldn’t have picked a worse economic time. I had a [...]
Continue Reading →Our route for our adventures in 2008. We left Indian Harbour Beach, Florida on July 13 and ended the year in San Francisco. A total of 9120 miles traveled and 17 states visited.
The Blue line represents our time with the T@b, and the Red line represents [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now…
A few months ago, I received the following comment on this photo found in my Flickr set:
Hey did you guys know this pic is in a jeep commercial? I was thinking about getting a tab [...]
Continue Reading →It is looking pretty certain that by this time tomorrow, we will have placed an order for a custom-built Oliver Travel Trailer.
We’ve considered a lot of alternatives, and it really feels like this is the best choice for our next home.
Here are my thoughts on the other options we’ve considered:
Stop Nomading: [...]
Continue Reading →Cherie and I were amazingly compatible living together in my 16′ clamshell Tab for seven months last summer, but we have on occasion craved a bit more space. Now that we are ramping up to hit the road again soon, it is time to consider – should we upgrade to a larger house??
Our routing for our 208 day technomadic adventure from May 10 – Dec 4, 2007.
12,901.4 miles total driven in 2007.
We started and ended the 2007 adventure in Melbourne, FL. We returned to Florida after our 7 month trail on the road together in [...]
Continue Reading →In my continuing exploration of the lessons I learned from living on the road for seven months technomadically..
Lesson 2: Adaptability
A personality trait that I’ve enjoy observing in others is how adaptable someone is. I’ve witnessed partners and friends who have a preference for adapting their surroundings to their liking, and I’ve known [...]
Continue Reading →12,901.4 miles
208 days
25 states
For the past couple of weeks, Chris and I have been showing slideshows of pictures from our seven months living on the road, as we explored the terrain of this amazing country. Pictures of rivers, volcanoes, mountains, dirt of [...]
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