Tiny Skoolie Big Heart

On a smoky morning in the Colorado mountains, as wildfires raged not far away, Patricia accepted meals through the windows of her tiny blue skoolie. She wasn’t well enough to come outside or join the community van-build going on just outside her window, even though her fledgling home was far from complete. You see, the Rocky Mountain wildfires weren’t the only ones raging that day; there were two other fires burning right inside that little school bus – the one she held in her heart and the other that flamed up in her leg.

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Early Retiree Finds Joy In Her Journey – with a Full-Time RV Life!

Theresa was working out of a cubicle at the US Department of Veterans Affairs when she got the urge to retire. Working on Veteran’s Disability Claims exposed her to this unpleasant fact: retirement in old age in not guaranteed—life can change in an instant. For more than fifteen years, disability cases moved across her desk. “That’s a long time to be stuck,” Theresa said, “even if you love it. I loved helping veterans, but I decided I needed to do something more with life.” She searched and found a way: she could retire early by living full-time in an RV.

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Less Stuff — More Joy: Meet Carol

Only one year ago, Carol was sitting in the basement of her Virginia home, surrounded by unopened boxes. She had shed all the other remnants accumulated in a standard American life, but that room in the basement, well – that was the final space she had to resolve before she could begin her new adventure.

You see, Carol had decided to become a full-time Nomad and a Minimalist.

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Carolyn is Traveling Route 66 at Age 66!

My hands were buried in the warm sudsy water of my RV sink when I first saw Carolyn’s trailer pull around the bend. It was cold, maybe 15 degrees, and I was lingering so the water could warm up the chill on my fingers. As I dragged the soapy-sponge across the plates and pans I saw her truck pull past me then circle around, pulling behind it a teal and white retro trailer.

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Jill Lives in a Van and Loves It!

In August of 2016, Jill left her apartment to live as a full-time, Digital Nomad. “It was a long time coming,” she said, sitting in a camp chair just outside the steely-green door of her high-top van. “One day I said to myself, I’m going to do this, because with wheels under me I can go wherever I want to go.” Continue reading “Jill Lives in a Van and Loves It!”

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RV Interview with Tiki – RV Organization Genius

The first time I saw Tiki Lebby, she was barreling towards me down a dirt road, her white, bobbed hair and cat-eyed spectacles perched above two tiny fists curled over the top of her steering wheel. As she coasted to a stop, she rolled down her window and called out over the noise of her engine. “Is this Keep On Reading!