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A collection of 10 posts

3 years of RV living: How it started vs. how it's going

RV Life Season 4

3 years of RV living: How it started vs. how it's going

Have you heard of the Power of 3? It's the idea that whatever energetic force is being put towards you at a given time, that force will return to you 3 times. It's the belief that bad luck comes in a string of 3 events in

An unexpected end to Season 3 and full-time RV life

RV Life Season 3

An unexpected end to Season 3 and full-time RV life

This was definitely not the way we expected our year to end, on the immense high of finding and purchasing our dream land, then crashing to the lowest low of needing to say goodbye to our beloved cat Lily right before the holidays. We look back at the year and

Save this secret hiking trail for your next trip to the White Mountains!

RV Life Season 3

Save this secret hiking trail for your next trip to the White Mountains!

For those who may not know, Anthony and I got married in Bretton Woods, NH with Mount Washington as our backdrop. We've sung the praises of our wedding venue before, when we called out a certain other hotel for its boastfulness and money-grabbing tactics. Nevertheless, we had a

Are we failing at our RV life mission?

RV Life Season 3

Are we failing at our RV life mission?

On February 22, we hit a major milestone in our life as full-time RVers: Our travelversary, aka nomadversary. We had officially marked two years of being on the road. If you feel like we celebrate a lot of anniversaries, it's because we do! December 30 is our official

Another year in the books! Our Season 2 recap and Q&A

Another year in the books! Our Season 2 recap and Q&A

December 30, 2021 was the day we closed on the sale of our house, moved all our remaining stuff to my parents' garage, and began our lives as full-time RVers. It was not a day to celebrate. I was an emotional wreck, saying goodbye to the only home Anthony

The Blitz West, Part 5: Our Travelversary Takes a Dangerous Turn as We're Blown Off Course

The Blitz West Series

The Blitz West, Part 5: Our Travelversary Takes a Dangerous Turn as We're Blown Off Course

Strong winds seem to be a running theme these days. We're not surprised, as this region of the US gets pretty windy, but we were not expecting to be pushed to our limits on our final stretch to Arizona. It all started the day before we left Las

One Cold Christmas and a BIG Milestone!

RV Life Season 1

One Cold Christmas and a BIG Milestone!

💡Scroll down to the end of this post to see our 2022 Travels Recap video! It's hard to believe, but today (December 30) is our 1-year RVersary! We don't count it as our travel anniversary/"nomadaversary" because we didn't officially launch until

Anniversaries at Allegheny

Anniversaries at Allegheny

After we finished our Airbnb time and returned to our RV, the thought of having several long travel days in a row seemed exhausting. We had already traveled from NH, through VT and NY, then through OH to IN, and now we'd be making our way back to

We Left the Country! Venturing Across the Border to Niagara Falls, Ontario

RV Life Season 1

We Left the Country! Venturing Across the Border to Niagara Falls, Ontario

Now that the pandemic is over and international borders have reopened, many of our RV buddies have been scooting up to Canada for some summer camping time. Well, we didn't do that. It's a lot of prep work to cart an RV and two pets across

A Window Opens! LAUNCH DAY BLOG!

RV Life Season 1

A Window Opens! LAUNCH DAY BLOG!

Continued from A Make-or-Break Moment After a tumultuous start to RV Life, we faced a point of no return. 7 weeks of living in limbo was long enough, and one way or another, we needed to get on with our lives. After being all set to launch only to discover