So who is RVing these days? People from all backgrounds, ages, and different life stages are hitting the road in ever-growing numbers. Here are a few that are documenting their journey.
5 years full-time but we’ve both RVed our entire life with our families.
About Chase & Lindsay
We decided to take our career as ICU nurses on the road by becoming traveling nurses. Since we both grew up RVing and loved the lifestyle, we knew it was the only way we’d want to travel! We’ve been full-timing for almost 5 years & have no intentions of stopping. We actually just upgraded our 30-foot travel trailer to a 45-foot toy hauler since we’re so invested in the freedoms this way of life brings. We love that we’re able to live our lives to the fullest while experiencing everything the country has to offer from the comfort of our own home!
We’re continuing to full-time! We’re currently being snowbirds in southern Arizona. We’re hoping to explore the west coast & Pacific Northwest in 2023!
This is our second time RV living. So far, four months this time around!
About Dan & Samantha
We work for ourselves and love to travel. It was a good transition between renting and building our home! We love the family time and being in a different state whenever we want.
My husband Devin and I started fifth wheel living full-time on January 1, 2018. We wanted to move to Nashville, but the housing prices and apartment prices were so high (and still are high) that we couldn’t afford to move to Nashville. [We] would be moving to Nashville just to pay rent. My husband showed me the RV living option, and I fell in love with the lifestyle. It’s just like a tiny house but more affordable. We were only going to do it for a year while we looked for a house, but that was five years ago. We fell in love with the lifestyle and the freedoms that have come from it.
Coincidentally around when Covid started. We full-time RV travel around the Country. We love being able to change our backyard and neighbors whenever we want, and we can summer all year long if we want
We started RVing with a 19-foot travel trailer that we absolutely loved. We had recently built our dream home in Nashville on five acres but quickly realized we preferred RVing over being stationary. So we sold everything, went full-time in a bigger rig, and haven’t looked back since!
We have been full-time RVing for five years, and we absolutely love it. We love waking up to a new backyard and always having our upcoming travel plans to look forward to. It’s allowed us to explore more of this beautiful country than ever before. We enjoy being able to meet new people and visit friends and family all over the country. We get to experience new adventures every day, and we wouldn’t trade RV life for anything!
We initially saw RVing as a more comfortable way to participate in cycling and running events (hot meals and no port-a-johns for us!). But once we had the RV, we realized the easier and more comfortable way to see the country that RVing gave us. We haven’t been through a TSA line in years now!
We also love that RVing gives us an easy way to travel with our (reluctant) adventure cat, Mel. That cat has seen more than most non-RVers see in a lifetime.
In 2023, we’ll start the year with a few RV shows where we’ll lead seminars. We also plan to RV to some active cycling and running events (races, fun runs, Fondos, etc.) That’s kind of ‘getting back to our roots’ in RVing. Finally, we have a few RV rallies on our schedule in the summer and fall. The Pacific Northwest has been on our minds lately, and we hope to spend a few weeks there riding it up. Should be a super fun year!
Jenny Anderson of Girl of 10,000 Lakes
Jenny and her family outside their retro RV.
RV Make & Model:
How many years have you spent RVing?
5 years.
About Jenny
Our RV journey didn’t begin on the road. It actually started on the ice on the frozen lakes of Minnesota. We started RVing because we wanted a way to go ice fishing while sleeping on the lake to maximize our time on the ice. Winters in Minnesota can feel long, but having a fish house RV has completely changed that. Winter can’t be long enough! And during the warmer months, we love RVing in our retro-style RV, which we call the Peppermint Patty. Both RVs have allowed us to camp and travel with our family comfortably, no matter the season.
We plan to take the fish house RV out on frozen lakes as soon as the ice is consistently 14 inches thick. That means ice fishing for most of the beginning of 2023. After that, we’ll take the Peppermint Patty to its annual spring turkey hunting camp, followed by summer camping with the whole family on some of our favorite lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Tara Burnett of Tara’s Tiny Trailer
Tara journaling in the back of her modular Happier Camper.
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How many years have you spent RVing?
My childhood was spent in giant motor homes! Just got my own RV about 2 years ago!
About Tara
Growing up in Washington state, my family and I traveled the west coast in our RV. I loved how it felt to embark on journeys to new destinations, discover fun roadside attractions, delight in terrific local food, and, best of all, set up and hang out together at the campsite, where we would get to know other interesting campers. I hope to provide my kids with memories of camping as well!
In 2023, I plan to continue the exploration of the Pacific Northwest. I cannot wait to explore new camping areas, hiking trails, natural wonders, and the amazing towns and people we meet along the way. We also plan to make the adventurous road trip to Disneyland and visit our Happier Camper friends in Southern California!
Mike & Jennifer Wendland of RV Lifestyle Mike
Mike and Jennifer Wendland – RV Lifestyle Bloggers
Mike Wendland is a veteran journalist who, with his wife, Jennifer, travels North America blogging about the people, places, joys, and adventures of RV life on the road at RVLifestyle.com. He and Jennifer also host the weekly RV Podcast and do twice-weekly videos on the YouTube RV Lifestyle Channel. They have written 12 books on RV travel.
We started going RVing to get our kids outside in nature and to spend time as a family. It started by borrowing my sister’s tiny pop-out trailer. Then we loved it so much that we rented a much bigger bumper-pull [travel trailer] and toured the Oregon coast. After a couple of years of renting, we decided we needed our own!
We now own a Jayco North Point and plan to go full-time next year! Our kids seem to be their most authentic selves when we travel. They meet new kinds of people with different life experiences.
Nashville is on our bucket list! We have heard so many good things about the area, plus we have a lot of family and friends there.
Keith & Tia Sims of Soulful RV Family
Keith and Tia are a semi-retired couple in their 40s with 6 kids.
About Keith and Tia
The Soulful RV Family lives a slightly different lifestyle than many RVers. The Sims are based in the Atlanta area, but Keith spends 5 months out of the year working for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and needs to be located near their facilities.
Rather than spending those 5 months in Miami living out of a hotel or trying to furnish an apartment that would rarely be used, they opted to invest in a Class A motorhome that they could use for family vacations as well.
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