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When Your Tow Vehicle Gives Out During a Cross-Country RV Trip, Part I

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RV Wanderlust Smaug Jeep Commander

Smaug, our faithful Jeep Commander

The unknown is exciting, but it can also be inconvenient. Case in point that every full-time RVer can relate to: taking two times longer at every grocery store because the layout is completely different than any grocery store you’ve ever been to. Which leads to awkward searches with grocery store employees who end up proving they know their own grocery store about as well as you do.

But there’s inconvenient, and then there’s borderline disastrous. And so begins the tale of that one time our tow vehicle gave out in the middle of an 11-month cross-country RV trip. Which may or may not have happened to us approximately seven weeks and five days ago. [Read more…]

Why We’re Cutting Our 2016 Grand Loop Trip Short

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We embarked from our home base of Austin, TX at the beginning of January to take our most ambitious RV trip to date. The aptly-named Grand Loop Trip would take us west to California through New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada, then north to Seattle before cutting east to North Dakota and going back south to Texas. It would take eleven months and more than 5,700 miles.

Alas, our epic Grand Loop Trip is not to be. [Read more…]

What It’s Like to Work on the Road as a Fulltime RVer

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Purpose of Life Quote Eleanor Roosevelt

Not knowing how to earn an income on the road is the number one factor that keeps people who want to fulltime RV from doing it.

I actually made that up, but I’m pretty sure it’s true.

If nothing else, it was certainly true for us. If it’s also true for you, let our story be motivation and inspiration. With planning and courage, you can live in an RV and travel fulltime.

RVing is personalized in so many ways, from the RV you choose, to the types of campgrounds you like to stay at, to the way you earn an income. Rather than providing an exhaustive guide to working on the road, my goal is to share what we’ve experienced. I hope you can relate to the pros and cons Eric and I assessed as we prepared to change our lifestyle, and be inspired by what it’s actually like to be a fulltime, working RVer. [Read more…]

2014 in Review: Stats, Photos, Adventures

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When we saw our friends at Watsons Wander publish a blog post about their 2014, we wanted one too! We don’t think they’ll mind that we’re borrowing their idea and format. After all, we did help them find some pretty yummy BBQ in Gulfport, MS in 2014!

Since the start of our life as full-time RVers on February 21, 2014, these statistics describe our travels in a nutshell:

Number of States: 10

Number of Overnight Stops: 38

Where We Stayed: 1 state fairground, 1 national forest campground, 2 county parks, 4 state parks, 2 parking lots (visitor center, Lowe’s), 2 service center campgrounds, 9 military bases and 15 private campgrounds.

Free vs. Paid: Staying free isn’t our goal, but 3/38 locations we stayed in 2014 were free.

Camping Fees

Total: $7,854.00

Monthly Average: $654.50 [Read more…]

The Mystery of the Meriwether Ghost

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Have you ever had one of those moments in life where the most bizarre and unexplainable thing happened?

The kind of thing that if you told people, they wouldn’t believe you?

The kind of thing where you wish Scooby and the gang were real?

Scooby Doo and the Gang

Where are you Scooby Doo? (Photo courtesy of austinot.com)

Well, I think we may have picked up a Confederate soldier ghost somewhere along our journey, and I’ve got him recorded! That’s right folks. We’ve got evidence. [Read more…]

7 Awkward and Fun Things Inside the RV Wanderlust Rig

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People online often ask us about the inside of our RV. For those new to RV Wanderlust, our rig’s name is Meriwether and he’s 40′ of diesel-powered goodness…and he’s our home.

Brittany did an interior photo tour post earlier that folks had been asking for. But I figured I’d share some of the more fun and awkward things about the inside of the RV Wanderlust rig Meriwether, for those who follow our blog faithfully.

It will let you get to know us a bit more from a personal side too. Here we go…

1. Theodore Roosevelt

A photo of President Theodore Roosevelt inside the RV Wanderlust Rig Meriwether

Theodore Roosevelt watches Over Brittany as she cooks

Just above the convection / microwave oven is a print of the 26th President of the United States. Truth be told [Read more…]

The RV Wanderlust Crew Up Close and Personal

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Sign that reads never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” -Author Unknown

Definitely words to live by, and we’ve taken them to heart. On Friday, February 21, 2014, we locked the front door of our stick and brick home for the last time and started our full-time RV journey.

We chose this lifestyle not to escape life, but so that life doesn’t escape us.

We have wanderlust to the extreme and hope you do too. If you are living vicariously through us, don’t hesitate to ask us questions. If you are on the fence about the lifestyle, feel free to poke and prod us.

We want to be transparent about our journey with you. Know that we’ll be sharing the good, the bad, AND the ugly. There is no topic we’re not willing to cover. Whatever you read here will be the actual experience. There is no sugar coating this journey. [Read more…]

Searching for the Best Portable Gas Grill

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I needed a portable gas grill. Heck, everyone who RVs needs a portable gas grill, right? After all, who wants to be “that guy”? You know who I’m talking about - that one guy who shows up to a campsite without the essentials. I mean, would other campers look at me funny if I rolled up in a 40′ diesel and had no grill? That guy on the right is looking at me funny even now.

People at a campsite grilling

See how happy they look? (Photo credit: SteveR via FlickrCC)

I envisioned myself looking longingly at other people’s campsites as they enjoyed their evening festivities with the aroma of seared meat filling the air, my stomach grumbling something unintelligible to me…nope, I wasn’t going to let that happen.

It was decided. I wanted the best portable gas grill I could get. [Read more…]

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