I recently had to make an impromptu trip back to the Carolinas to tie up some loose ends. This meant I was going back home to Asheville for the first time in almost two years.
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When we decided to spend the winter season in the snowy mountains of Washington, we were a little bit hesitant. RVs and freezing weather doesn't exactly go hand in hand. But with the right preparations it can be a successful and enjoyable experience. Check out our video on skirting the Toaster.
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Check out our top 10 blog posts in 2016.
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Look backing on 2016. Did we achieve some of our goals?
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There's only one campground in Tombstone Territorial Park and by luck we found a pretty nice boondocking site about 12 miles from the campground.
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So we did it – after months of being indecisive about what we’re doing for the winter I’m writing this post from the Toaster parked at Crystal Mountain Resort, Washington. We’re going to be ski bums for the winter season! Jerud and I will both be working at the resort while staying on the property and snowboarding as many days as possible!
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Right before the summer we learned about the app Ultimate Campgrounds and were really excited about it. Ultimate Campground has an app for the U.S. and for Canada, and from their description it looked like they have an extensive collection of campgrounds.
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My love affair with photography resembles a true affair - the highs are high and the lows are heartbreaking. More about my realizations about the downside of my love affair with photography...
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Insurance can help recover after losing physical things, but in modern times data are often more precious than possessions. This is doubly true for digital nomads who often eschew owning expensive things and embrace going paperless for both personal and work records. Everything is in our laptops. Insurance can’t protect against data loss. That’s why we need backups.
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Road life means we’re continuously on the go and rarely in the same place twice. This can get tricky when you have pets, especially an older dog. Here are our tips for handling Tybee and Tyki’s vet visits.
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Solar panels have to be aimed at the sun to work. I’m serious. They really do. When they are bolted to a vehicle, that doesn’t change...but the location and orientation of the rig certainly does! So where – and how – you park your RV has a big impact on how happy you’ll be with your solar panels’ performance.
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Living full-time on the road isn’t easy. There are various reasons why full-timers say goodbye to the traveling lifestyle. So the question is: are the hardships just too much?
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Is it crazy that I would drive all the way back to Yukon just to stay at this boondock site again?
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We get caught up with the numbers too much. Especially because we keep track of the places we stay, total amount we pay for campgrounds/RV parks, when and if we plug in, how often we shower, etc. We have certain numbers that we are really proud of...
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I remember my first time: I was nervous, self conscious, awkward, and thought everyone was looking and judging me. They were. But what did I expect? I was living in a parking lot inside my homemade RV. Of course people were looking, judging, and wondering.
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We don’t write a lot about the personal aspects of living in an RV and on the road: How do we actually feel about it? How is it living in a small space with each other, Tybee and Tyki? But it’s time. It’s time to move beyond the glacial peaks, turquoise lakes, wildflower filled single track, and moon-like red rocks. There’s more to our lives and living on the road than that.
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I have to admit that I was slightly worried – this was the first time towing an RV across the border and I figured because the Toaster looks the way it does we’d probably get pulled over and searched.
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Back in early January, we got an unexpected email from Lori Knight, a producer with Efran Films. She was researching topics for a client, Autoblog, and somehow came across us. Our solar RV conversion and on-the-road living interested her and she wanted to do a story about us for Autoblog.
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