Sunday, July 13, 2008
The Travels of Jim & Rosie
Jim and Rosie Sathe of Idaho Falls, Idaho did a great job of chronicling their recent 7-week, 8,422 miles from start to finish, RV trip to Alaska.
Read the Travels of Jim & Rosie blog.
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Read the Travels of Jim & Rosie blog.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
La Casita Bella
La Casita Bella - The Beautiful Little House
Two women on the road, two friends on a journey. We are Bernie and Mar and we are living the dream of a lifetime. We sold everything we owned to buy an RV and pay for the first part of this trip. We plan to take a year (or two) to travel around the US, working along the way to pay for the rest of the trip. The name of our RV is La Casita Bella, or Bella for short. We invite you to be a part of this dream come true. Please visit our blog often to find out about Bella's adventures on the road.
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Two women on the road, two friends on a journey. We are Bernie and Mar and we are living the dream of a lifetime. We sold everything we owned to buy an RV and pay for the first part of this trip. We plan to take a year (or two) to travel around the US, working along the way to pay for the rest of the trip. The name of our RV is La Casita Bella, or Bella for short. We invite you to be a part of this dream come true. Please visit our blog often to find out about Bella's adventures on the road.
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Monday, June 23, 2008
RV Romance
Bess McBride travels the United States in a recreational vehicle in search of her next story!
Born in Aruba to American gypsy parents and raised among the oil fields of Venezuela until age twelve when her family returned to the U.S., Bess wasted no time in returning to the road by joining the U.S. Air Force at age eighteen. Following twenty-one wonderful, fulfilling years traveling the world, she retired in Washington State and settled down to outwit, outlast and outplay the teen years of her only daughter, often a lead character in Bess’s books. Tossing said child to the wolves of a respectable university, Bess used every penny of the GI Bill, educated herself with a master’s degree in counseling psychology and took off for the potato plantantions of Idaho to counsel those in need. Three years of toe-tapping, seat shifting, stressful “homesteading” later, Bess sold her house, bought a truck and RV and hit the road once again with an aim to write romance novels on sunny beaches in the winter and work for the National Park Service during the summer. It’s not the easiest life, but somebody’s got to do it!
Visit Bess' blog RV Romance.
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Born in Aruba to American gypsy parents and raised among the oil fields of Venezuela until age twelve when her family returned to the U.S., Bess wasted no time in returning to the road by joining the U.S. Air Force at age eighteen. Following twenty-one wonderful, fulfilling years traveling the world, she retired in Washington State and settled down to outwit, outlast and outplay the teen years of her only daughter, often a lead character in Bess’s books. Tossing said child to the wolves of a respectable university, Bess used every penny of the GI Bill, educated herself with a master’s degree in counseling psychology and took off for the potato plantantions of Idaho to counsel those in need. Three years of toe-tapping, seat shifting, stressful “homesteading” later, Bess sold her house, bought a truck and RV and hit the road once again with an aim to write romance novels on sunny beaches in the winter and work for the National Park Service during the summer. It’s not the easiest life, but somebody’s got to do it!
Visit Bess' blog RV Romance.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
Laura and Sasha's Excellent Adventure
Laura and Sasha gave up the 'good life' of suburbia.
Laura writes on their web site: "We sold our home May 2007. With the mortgage, the property taxes, utilities, lawn care, storage, newspaper, maid, insurance, HOA fees, and maintenance we were averaging about $3000 a month. We both worked full-time and many of our weekends were spent cleaning up or maintaining the home. We were feeling stifled by the home. We wanted OUT!"
Those sentiments are felt by many folks who turn to full time RVing as a more adventurous and fulfilling lifestyle. What makes Laura and Sasha stand out from most of us is they chose to full time on a truck camper!
Laura dies a great job a journaling their experiences at workcamping and living in a small space. She also provides a monthly budget of their expenses. Laura and Sasha's Excellent Adventure
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Support Your RV Lifestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd Edition
gives you tips, tools and resources to live where you want, when you want. With key points on topics like writing an RV resume, networking, and how to negotiate for better compensation, it is the ultimate handbook for those who are thinking about working or volunteering as they travel in their RV.
Laura writes on their web site: "We sold our home May 2007. With the mortgage, the property taxes, utilities, lawn care, storage, newspaper, maid, insurance, HOA fees, and maintenance we were averaging about $3000 a month. We both worked full-time and many of our weekends were spent cleaning up or maintaining the home. We were feeling stifled by the home. We wanted OUT!"
Those sentiments are felt by many folks who turn to full time RVing as a more adventurous and fulfilling lifestyle. What makes Laura and Sasha stand out from most of us is they chose to full time on a truck camper!
Laura dies a great job a journaling their experiences at workcamping and living in a small space. She also provides a monthly budget of their expenses. Laura and Sasha's Excellent Adventure
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Support Your RV Lifestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd Edition
gives you tips, tools and resources to live where you want, when you want. With key points on topics like writing an RV resume, networking, and how to negotiate for better compensation, it is the ultimate handbook for those who are thinking about working or volunteering as they travel in their RV.Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Banana Boat Bytes - Adventures With Rich & Donna
Rich & Donna Bauer say they are fortunate to be able to travel in their motorhome approximately 6-months of the year, mostly in the spring and fall.
The use their website to share there experiences and photos with our friends and family.
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A good friend of ours, Mike Saccomano, has been very helpful to us with website & webmaster advice. We get together a couple of times a year to discuss what's new in the world of the internet and he always has great advice for how I can improve RVbasics.com.
As well as being an avid RVer & camper he also runs a successful website called AwesomeTools.com. I think its a great site with some interesting products you won't necessarily find at Home Depot.
Mike has a webpage on AwesomeTools.com with products he feels may be of interest to campers and RVers so we said we'd help spread the word. Its the least we can do for all the help he has given me.
I think the Grizzly Spit Portable Campfire Rotisserie System is kinda neat. And, if you use 5# propane cylinders check out the Grill Gauge.
Mike says he uses one on his camping trips and it really works. So, if you have a few minutes and an internet connection, please check out Mike's Awesome Tools website.
The use their website to share there experiences and photos with our friends and family.
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A good friend of ours, Mike Saccomano, has been very helpful to us with website & webmaster advice. We get together a couple of times a year to discuss what's new in the world of the internet and he always has great advice for how I can improve RVbasics.com.
As well as being an avid RVer & camper he also runs a successful website called AwesomeTools.com. I think its a great site with some interesting products you won't necessarily find at Home Depot.
Mike has a webpage on AwesomeTools.com with products he feels may be of interest to campers and RVers so we said we'd help spread the word. Its the least we can do for all the help he has given me.
I think the Grizzly Spit Portable Campfire Rotisserie System is kinda neat. And, if you use 5# propane cylinders check out the Grill Gauge.
Mike says he uses one on his camping trips and it really works. So, if you have a few minutes and an internet connection, please check out Mike's Awesome Tools website.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Parents, Driven to Educate Their Sons, Plan Cross-Country Motorhome Adventure
The planning began more than a year ago, but the real commitment came during Christmas when Dan and Jennifer Taylor invested $135,000 in a used RV and mapped out a year-and-a-half journey across America.
Dan and Jennifer Taylor, along with sons Griffin and Mason, will visit 52 cities and make dozens more day trips on their adventure. The trip will supplement the children's home-schooling curriculum.
The family's blog takes readers along for the ride.
Dan and Jennifer Taylor, along with sons Griffin and Mason, will visit 52 cities and make dozens more day trips on their adventure. The trip will supplement the children's home-schooling curriculum.
The family's blog takes readers along for the ride.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Jim Nelson and Rene Agredano - Live. Work. Dream.
Too young to retire? Have you ever considered taking a long sabbatical to really explore what you want to be when you grow up?
In May of 2007, one couple did just that. After years of growing a small, web-based graphic design and large format printing business from their home in rural Humboldt County, CA, the husband and wife team of Jim Nelson and Rene Agredano began to yearn for a change in scenery. For almost two years, they planned and budgeted to take some time off, see the country, and figure out: what’s next?
After taking critical steps necessary to successfully sell their business, the couple marketed and sold their little enterprise in just six months! And they didn’t just sell their business – they sold everything else too; their home and most of their possessions also went. Then, after more research, they purchased a top-of-the-line, four-season 24′ Arctic Fox fifth wheel trailer and a Dodge Ram 2500 that they fuel up with biodiesel whenever possible.
In June, 2007, they packed up and began traveling around North America with their three-legged dog Jerry in search of the next big thing in the new mobile headquarters of Agreda Communications. As they criss-cross across the country, they are sharing their road trip experience on their Live. Work. Dream. blog.
This is a great blog with lots of reading on many topics and a bunch of vidios of their travels and the people they've meet alog the way.
Live. Work. Dream. blog.
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Take the Full Time RVer Aptitude Test It's mostly just for fun but it will help you decide if full time RVing is right for you.
In May of 2007, one couple did just that. After years of growing a small, web-based graphic design and large format printing business from their home in rural Humboldt County, CA, the husband and wife team of Jim Nelson and Rene Agredano began to yearn for a change in scenery. For almost two years, they planned and budgeted to take some time off, see the country, and figure out: what’s next?
After taking critical steps necessary to successfully sell their business, the couple marketed and sold their little enterprise in just six months! And they didn’t just sell their business – they sold everything else too; their home and most of their possessions also went. Then, after more research, they purchased a top-of-the-line, four-season 24′ Arctic Fox fifth wheel trailer and a Dodge Ram 2500 that they fuel up with biodiesel whenever possible.
In June, 2007, they packed up and began traveling around North America with their three-legged dog Jerry in search of the next big thing in the new mobile headquarters of Agreda Communications. As they criss-cross across the country, they are sharing their road trip experience on their Live. Work. Dream. blog.
This is a great blog with lots of reading on many topics and a bunch of vidios of their travels and the people they've meet alog the way.
Live. Work. Dream. blog.
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Take the Full Time RVer Aptitude Test It's mostly just for fun but it will help you decide if full time RVing is right for you.