Author: Julie Bennett

5 Lessons We Learned Running from a Hurricane, Driving and GPS Fails

For the most part, our RV travel days tend to go pretty smoothly. But this was one of those days that ended up being both ...

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Exploring Niagara Falls USA Side

En route from Ohio to Maine, we spent 2 nights at Niagara Falls, staying up at the lovely Branches of Niagara campground on Grand Island, NY. Marc took ...

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Podcast: How to full-time and be a happy nomad

I (Julie) recently had the honor of being interviewed for a Podcast by Ingrid Lantz of Chockalife – a website about “Living a Life Less Ordinary” – oh ...

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The People We Meet: The Nelsons “Free2RV”

One of the best things about our life on the road is the incredible variety of people we meet from all places, backgrounds and walks of ...

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1 Year Full-Time On the Road: Our Video Update

OMG! Can you believe it!? We’ve been living on the road full-time for 1 year as of June 19. Yep, we actually celebrated our one-year ...

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Chicago by Bike, Ferris Wheel and River Boat!

With our RV and MINI – Rocky and Juice – safely situated at McCormick Place, it was time to get out and discover for ourselves why ...

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Tips for driving & staying in Chicago with an RV

As you might imagine, navigating a big city with an RV + tow vehicle is not for the faint of heart! With heavy traffic, impatient and aggressive ...

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Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO

We made the most of Marc’s day off – taking our time end enjoying a leisurely drive back to Colorado from New Mexico. knowing we ...

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The Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado

After our one month stay in Santa Fe, NM we left after work on a Thursday night for Alamosa, CO and dry camped in the local Walmart parking lot. ...

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Flashback! Our RV purchasing experience

It’s hard to believe it’s been a YEAR since we bought our coach “Rocky”. One of our subscribers emailed to ask how we’d gone about ...

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9 months on the road + our big news

On March 19, we hit the 9 month milestone of living, working and traveling full-time in our RV! We filmed our latest video update during a hike at ...

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29 Tips for Successful Boondocking

We learned a lot during our first boondocking experience in Arizona, staying in Yuma, Quartzsite and Lake Havasu City over 9 days. And we’ve learned even more over the past ...