Full-time RV-life: Expectations vs Realities
RV life is full of surprises – here are six of the expectations vs realities of full-time RV living of the past two years.
Category: On The Road
Colorado: Driving a Motorhome through the Tallest Tunnel in the World
When it comes to updating our blog with our recent adventures, I feel like I’m always playing catch-up. If you think about it, that’s the only way I could write a blog about events that already occurred, but there’s a twinge of guilt I feel in not having life-changing blogs released moments after something wonderful…
Travel Updates: Where we’ve Been and Where we’re Going
The last place-specific blog we posted was from Moab, Utah – and we’re in Tennessee! I wanted to give a quick update about where we’ve been, and the covid-safe things we’ve been doing. I have a backlog of blogs that I’ve started and haven’t edited or finished, so thought I’d give you a very quick…
Moab, Utah: the Reddest Place South of Mars (and the easier of the two to get to in an RV)
Utah. It began differently than any of our other states. Why? Well, we were driving separately after a very unfortunate issue with our tow bar. (It’s since been fixed – but I’ll have Jeremiah do a blog on that.) That meant I followed in the Tahoe behind Jeremiah, winding into the most beautiful red rocked…
The Loneliest Road in America
The desert is vast and expansive. It lies before us, folding out on itself repeatedly. Even in the high elevation of 5-thousand-some-odd feet, the desert does not look altogether different from some of the lower elevation deserts. Sand. Rocks. Prickly plants of various varieties competing for the minimal rainfall that drops each year, and hunkers…
Ridiculous Driving Awards
I was driving the Tahoe last night, Jeremiah was passenger, when he said, “you need this exit,” and pointed to the exit practically behind us. “This exit?” I asked, “like, right here? This one?” Yes. This exit. And, with that, I crossed two lanes of freeway and took the exit. 18-months-ago-Sasha would have said, “we’ll…
How COVID-19 has affected Full-time RVing
I tried to avoid writing this blog. The reason is twofold: one, I had told myself I was writing a series, and shouldn’t interrupt said series – but I’ll get back to that next week. Two, I just didn’t really want to talk about the COVID-19 crisis that much. Truth be told, I wasn’t sure…
Best Foods on the Road
I have unfairly judged Bakersfield to be the butthole of California. In November 2018, I experienced my first look at oil fields. I’d never experienced them at all before – and they were unsightly. Alien to me. And I got my first glimpse right here in Bakersfield. So, without thinking much about the city itself,…
Traveling to Mexico in an RV
Ten days in Mexico in an RV was long enough to feel like I had eaten too many street tacos, but not quite long enough to feel at home. That’s true for a lot of places we go. When we stay a week or two, it feels like vacation. Longer, and it can start to…
South of the Border
And, just like that, we’re heading to Mexico. I should back up. We’ve been holding our breaths, trying to figure out where to go from San Francisco. Back East? Up North into Canada? Not in early February, thank you very much. We have a departure date from the Bay area set on January 30th, and…