Meet Ben & Karen
Ben hit the road solo in early 2006, and he was the first fellow technomad we encountered on the road. He’s a renowned Photoshop guru and amazing photographer who creates educational material and presents seminars on those subjects.
Long about 2009, he met Karen – who was able to transition her graphic design career to move aboard with him. Ben also bought a vintage Flxible bus to re-convert into his dream project and had a goal to move aboard with a year or so.
We interviewed them both on camera in April 2010 at the NuRVers Gathering, just months after moving in together. And we caught up with them recently for a follow-up about how their careers have changed, transitioning from solo to coupled travel and their vintage bus project. The video below in a compilation of both interviews.
And sending many congrats to these two on their upcoming wedding!!
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Ramblings: Tales from Nomads is intended to introduce you to some amazing people who are living life on their terms by traveling full time.
In this video series, you’ll be meeting and hearing the stories from a wide range of nomads we’ve met, with one thing in common – they’re not waiting for a traditional retirement to pursue their dreams of perpetual travel.
The entire video series will continue to grow at: https://www.technomadia.com/ramblings
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Excellent post! Thanks for writing all this out.
I’m curious about Florida domicility. <–[SO not a word] Will you use a family address, and if so, how hard is it to provide proof of residency? We also have Florida family, but wondered about gathering enough evidence to domicile there.
Hey ducks!
We’ll actually be using St. Brendan’s Isle – a forwarding service – as our legal address, and we just talked to them today about proving residency. Apparently you set up your address first (family or a mail forwarding service), get a few bills starting to flow there. When you go to get your driver’s license, you just need a form of ID, SSN card and 2 bills or bank statements showing the address. So you want to start changing your address about 15-30 days in advance to make sure you have those. We’ll see how it goes, and will for sure share our process.