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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"St. John Island Life (Winter 2010/2011)"
Every year since we hit the road together, I’ve hand created a year end routing map – it’s such a fun way to reflect on the year’s adventures.
Our past maps : 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
2011 was a year of a lot of changes for us, and trying to illustrate [...]
Continue Reading →We’re now in St. Louis with Chris’ family – handling logistics of offloading all of our stuff into their basement before we turn around to head back to Georgia to return the borrowed Le’Sharo motorhome. We’re also deep in research on our various bus options, and deciding which buses to head to next to see [...]
Continue Reading →We’ve now been back to the US Mainland for about a week, after our 5 months in the US Virgin Islands. There has been some element of culture shock for us, and definitely things we’re missing about island life. Namely the pace of life and crunchy grouper sandwiches!
The biggest thing that stands out is [...]
Continue Reading →We arrived back to the mainland Tuesday, ending our fabulous winter on St. John.
We were full of mixed emotions of leaving, and made a decent attempt at finding a balance between handling our exodus logistics, getting work done and exploring the island more.
Everything fell nicely [...]
Continue Reading →I remember before I went nomadic, that when I visited somewhere there was always internal pressure to ‘see it all’. I was there for a defined amount of time, and there was rarely a sense of someday returning.
It was also special time set aside to experience a new environment and escape a normal day. [...]
Continue Reading →In just about a week, we will be ending our glorious winter in St. John, US Virgin Islands and returning to our little Oliver Travel Trailer parked in Florida. As the day has grown nearer, we’ve had quite a few folks ask us :
Why on earth would you want to leave St. John? You [...]
Continue Reading →Our tickets are booked – we head back to where our RV is parked in Florida on April 5, ending our wonderful winter season in the US Virgin Islands. We’ve been trying to shift focus to considering what life might look like for us upon returning stateside. We’ve been considering the range of desires we [...]
Continue Reading →Just an easy 10 minute hike west of the Salt Pond Bay beach on the Coral Bay side of St. John, is Drunk Bay. Despite its name, this bay is not named for being the spot where St. Johnians come to party.
But rather, the name ‘Drunk’ is taken from the Dutch Creole word for [...]
Continue Reading →This past Saturday morning I ran in the 8 Tuff Miles race up and over the island of St. John – starting in Cruz Bay and ending on our side of the island in Coral Bay. It was an incredible experience.
We first heard about the run back in October when we were researching [...]
Continue Reading →Oh, what a dream a laptop lifestyle seems to be.
Grab your electronics, find a beach with good wireless bandwidth and spend the day with an amazing office view, scantly clad beachcombers, sounds of waves lapping up on the shore and perhaps a fruity tropical drink by your side.
All while [...]
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