I recently posted a poll on YouTube asking the question: “What’s your biggest fear about RVing?” Here's the results: What doesn’t surprise me is that 82% of people chose options tied to money. What does surprise me is this: the biggest fear (breaking down) would almost disappear if the lesser fear (financial stress) was actually resolved. If I’m financially prepared, I can buy the parts, hire the tech, or pay for the AirBnB (for those lovely times it gets really bad). The problem isn't that...
17 days ago • 4 min read
Over the years, we’ve used hundreds of gadgets and gear to make our RV journey easier. With Christmas around the corner, I thought it might be good to share some of the gear we’ve used the most over the last 12 months that would make great gifts for favorite journeyer. Oh, and some of these are affiliate links, but 100% are things we love and use all the time. Cooking for RV Life Green Mountain Grills SmokerThis has been one of my favorite cooking gadgets for years. Ours is the old Davy...
25 days ago • 3 min read
When Marissa and I go back to Tennessee, her accent becomes thicker within days. “Boil” becomes “Bull” “Oil” becomes “Oeyoll” And “well” becomes “whale” If any of those words collide in one sentence, prepare to be COMPLETELY confused. But it proves something important: Your environment changes you faster than you think. Most of us spend almost all year in the same environment — same routines, same people, same scenery. We don’t realize how much that shapes who we are until we leave it. To...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Today we’re leaving our campsite to head to the next destination — mostly interstate, about 3.5 hours according to Google. Simple, right? If we were leaving a house, hotel, or Airbnb, maybe. But not for us. Not today.Turns out we’re tucked into a tiny campground in a valley near Boone, North Carolina — ski town, tight roads, mountain passes, and my biggest fear: tiny campground navigation. Here’s the size camper we should have brought into the campground. Comfortably in a Flintlock Campsite:...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
The first step to RV life isn’t buying the RV someday. It’s learning to live small where you are today. That was our motto from the summer of 2014 to the summer of 2015. Sparked by the birth of our daughter Hensley (and a few too many YouTube videos), we were dead-set on selling our house and hitting the road. We thought once we hit the highway, it would be smooth sailing. Boy, were we wrong. Last week, I shared what we wish we’d known before the launch in our RV: Live in your home like...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
It’s 2014 and Marissa and I collapse on the couch to watch our favorite pastime. Newborn Hensley asleep in the next room. Dinner in hand. Lights dimmed. We lifted the remote and began the journey for the night — RV tours on YouTube. One after another, we watched people walk through dream rigs: shiny Airstreams, massive fifth wheels, cozy Class Cs. We imagined our family in each one. Which would be “the one”?Tour after tour after tour — until the realization hit us. None of these would work....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read