Earlier this month we recognized both my 13th ‘Nomadiversary’ and one year since we added our Winnebago Travato camper van to our nomadic fleet.
As we were reminiscing about our years on the road, we counted up the number of RVs we’ve traveled or lived in. We couldn’t believe it when we came up with a list of 12!
We also realized we’ve at least overnighted in every major style of RV except a truck camper or overlanding vehicle.
So we decided to sit down this week and discuss the pros & cons on camera of each style for extended or full time RV travels. Perhaps this video might be useful to those in the shopping process to understand the range of options out there, and that – there’s no one size fits all solution.
After we filmed, I realized we actually have experience with even more RVs than this.
It’s a bit too much to type out, so for those not video inclined (and we understand) – I’ll leave you with this photo montage and some links to where you can learn about the different RVs we traveled in over the years.
Links to RV tours & stories:
- Zephyr – our 1961 GM 4106 Bus Conversion (full time from 2011-2017, currently part time)
- Cooper – our 2016 Winnebago Travato van conversion (our shuttlecraft)
- Orion – our 2009 Oliver Travel Trailer (full time from 2008-2010)
- T@b – our 2006 T@b clamshell (full time from 2006-2008)
- Winnebago Le’Sharo – Class B+ (borrowed in 2011 during our bus hunt)
- Airstream – towable trailer (borrowed in 2011 during our bus hunt)
- Fleetwood Trek – Class A (hitched a ride in 2015 in Alaska with the Snowmads)
- Class-C (rented in 2015 for exploring Alaska)
- 5th Wheel (borrowed in 2015 while bus being painted)
- Forest River Georgetown Class-A (video tour – borrowed in 2015 while bus being painted… still)
Pre Technomadia RVs:
- Chris’ childhood pop-up camper
- Chris’ family Class-C rental in New Zealand
- My pop-up camper before I met Chris (and I actually rented one prior to buying).
This was a lot of fun to put together, including sifting through some REALLY old photos and videos! What a trip down memory lane.
We’ve had some awesome experiences on the road, and we can’t wait to get back out there soon again!
We ran into Orion with his new owner at a campground in New Mexico a few years back (and recognized him, which made me feel slightly stalkerish, LOL 😀 – but he’s a damn rare model!)
Yes, they certainly can teach you patience lol. First year living in ours was a nightmare but I still loved it. Cherie you remarked at the time that if it had been yours you’d have driven it off a cliff, I was soooo tempted sometimes. We still have it, I still love it and like you guys that open road keeps calling me. Cool video and good round up of all the (some? Most?) many options out there.Looking forward to seeing you guys sometime somewhere
We look forward to the day our paths finally cross in person!
We camp and sleep in our SUV, but are looking to move up to a Casita in a few years as we approach our 60’s. I never heard of the Oliver. Now we’ll be looking at that one also. Thanks for the information!
We started our search with the Casita and they’re great – but once we saw an Oliver in person, we couldn’t go back!
This is so fun to see! Thanks for sharing. 🙂 We are on rig #4 and it’s always excited to change things up a bit, though we always do tend to miss things from our old setups. Sending hugs your way! <3
We love shaking it up too.. I think we’re not just nomads, but we also enjoy living in different spaces around us.
We started with a tent, had three pop ups, 4 travel trailers, a fifth wheel and now back in a 34′ travel trailer. Bottom line, I’d camp in most anything just to enjoy the experience. It’s the only time I’m ever comfortable just being lazy.
Not sure RVing would be considered being ‘lazy’ for us.
Loved this! I had no idea of how many RVs you had experienced! Thank you for sharing this!
I don’t think we realized how many we’ve had experience with until we started counting them.