Personal essays from the road, the ranch, and the places in between — along with travel guides, gear reviews and resources we've collected along the way.
Full-time travel can look like one long vacation from the outside. The truth is that most of our days are work, errands, laundry and ordinary life—even when Yosemite is right outside the window.
We thought fifty would be the age when life finally felt settled. Instead, our house has wheels, we own forty acres in the desert, and somehow we're still figuring out what comes next.
The Atmosphere of Adventure
The redwood forest in Northern California stretched endlessly around us. Towering trees cast long shadows as the sun dipped below the horizon, filling the sky with shades of indigo and violet. After a long day on the road, we parked our RV in a cozy clearing. We were eager to unwind with friends we’d met at a nearby campground. The air was crisp, carrying the faint scent of cinnamon bark from the forest. As night settled in, stars twinkled like ti
The fire crackled under a starlit sky, its smoky glow casting shadows on the faces of new friends we’d met on the road—fellow full-time RV travelers who lived for the call of the open highway. We’d parked our rigs in a remote clearing in the heart of a pine forest, the towering trees whispering in the cool night breeze, their scent mingling with the deep, earthy notes of moss, patchouli, and vetiver that clung to the ground. The air was crisp, carrying the promise of autumn,