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The Full Time Crowd Is Changing
The nature of full time RV living is changing. Like any series of changes, some of it is good, some changes are neutral, and some are not an improvement. When my wife and I started in the lifestyle it was … Continue reading
Runaway
How small is too small? Where is your personal lower limit for features? Those are the questions I asked myself when I ran across Runaway, which advertises the smallest, lightest and cheapest mini-campers on the market. Their most expensive model, … Continue reading
Why You’ll Probably Downsize Someday
When you’re researching your transition to mobile living, there’s a tendency to lock yourself into a relatively narrow set of options. It happened to my wife and I when we were picking out our first camper. When you’re going from … Continue reading
Avoiding RV Accidents
Experience is a harsh teacher, especially when it comes to mobile living. Imagine taking a small cabin, putting it on a shaker table and run it at full blast for two days. A traditional home would be destroyed. Yet your … Continue reading
Six Easy Upgrades For Next Camping Season
Camping season never ends in Florida but that’s not the case in most of the country. Many of you are dreaming of camping season even as the snow piles up outside your windows. The off season is a good time … Continue reading
We’re Not Homeless!!!
We’re not homeless!!! I remember having that thought distinctly when talking to a clerk at the DMV when we were trying to register our vehicles in Florida. In fairness the clerk was only trying to determine if we needed any … Continue reading
Three Big RV Living Lessons You’ll Learn For Yourself
When you’ve been out there, once you have an insider view of living on the road, things look a lot different. Not all good, not all bad and definitely not at all what you expected. You’ll have a more balanced … Continue reading
Five Things Every First Time RVer Wished They’d Known
Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes when planning their transition to the RV lifestyle. There is just too much misinformation out there and, like many things in life, there is more than one right answer. What works for my wife … Continue reading
Why You Need a Weight Distribution Hitch
I’m going to take a risk here and sound a little formal and stilted with a recommendation. If you pull a travel trailer, you need a weight distribution hitch. Yeah, they’re expensive, sometimes difficult to install, and they’re heavy. And … Continue reading
Solving Our Portable Power Problem
As most of you know I have a tendency to try crazy things, like the time I set up a portable camp toilet in the house to see if they smell bad. Sometimes it works, sometimes, like our cargo trailer … Continue reading