Five years ago this week, we handed over a big wad of cash to a guy in a parking lot and became vintage bus conversion owners. And, wow.. what an amazing life we’ve enjoyed with our mighty gal, Zephyr. And what a long way we’ve come! Not only do we recognize our five years with […]
Life on the Road
Running an RV AC off Solar, Batteries, and a Hybrid Boosting Inverter
We’re currently driveway surfing with friends in coastal Georgia, where it’s pretty darn hot (and crazy humid!) as the summer fast approaches. They only have a 15A power outlet on a front porch available for us to plug a long extension cord into, which for many RVs would mean blowing breakers or limping along without […]
My 10th Nomadiversary…. And a Glimpse of What’s Next
Wow – today marks a DECADE since I set off solo in a minuscule Tab trailer, hitting the road full time. I left behind a somewhat conventional life thriving in the madness of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, heading out into the unknown to technomadically make my way in the world. I was downsizing from a stunning […]
Happy Birthday Xscapers & RVillage (and our Book too!)
March seems to be a birth month of amazing projects in the RVing community. Today we wanted to take a moment and honor two of them we were blessed to be involved with. Happy First Birthday, Xscapers! A year ago today, we were in Tucson, AZ hanging out with the Escapee’s staff – all nervously […]
Earning Our ‘Abundant Boondocking’ Merit Badge: Bus Renovation Report
We’ve been having fun this winter putting our summer renovations to the test to see how much they impact our boondocking ability. We’ve had a few requests to share about some of our renovations from a boondocking perspective. Since we’ve now done several extended dry camping stops since the summer, it seems like a good […]
How We Added 5 Feet to Our RV – Without Adding Slides
In our continuing catch-up of last summer’s bus renovations, today I wanted to share about something that took us by surprise. Now to start, we didn’t secretly stretch our RV by 5′ during the renovations. But we did end up with 5 addition feet of usable living space. And that my friends, is HUGE. We’re often […]
Bus Renovations: A Cat’s Purrrfect RV Litter Box
An advantage of having a cat rule your life instead of a dog, is the we don’t use the euphemism of ‘lets go for a walk’ to really mean ‘I need to pee or poop all over things’. We cats are much more civilized. We do our business in a box full of sand and […]
Kicking the Year Off – Setting Intentions
Ahh.. new years. Opportunities to reset, start anew. Like most everyone else on the planet who recognizes this particular arbitrary date on this particular calendar, we too are looking ahead. We thought we’d share some of our intentions going forward in our travels, business life and personal life (including blogging). Some might call these resolutions, […]
Our 12 Favorite Campgrounds of 2015
This year, we stayed in 59 different locations in our RV, and several more in our months of non-RV travel. In this post, we’ll pick our 12 favorite RV camping locations from our past year’s travels. Each spot we stopped at brings back a special memory. People we were visiting or traveling with, a fabulous view, great hiking […]
Is It Worthwhile to Renovate an Old RV? Why Not Just Buy New?
Some of the most frequent questions we’ve gotten over the years (particularly during our summer 2015 bus renovation) have been around the amount we have invested in our RV, and more particularly – why didn’t we just go buy a newer RV with all the features we wanted, rather than building them in ourselves? Is it […]
