A New Way of Looking at Things
“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” – Henry Miller in Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (1957) At Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan – rumored to be the…
Category Travel
How To Stay (Mostly) Sane Living in a Small Space
On living with another human in a small space Sometimes I get rather restless and grumpy when we can’t go outside much, like if it rains for an extended period, there are lots of insects of the biting or stinging…
A Once-In-A-Lifetime RV Road Trip to Alaska
We crossed a major item off our travel bucket list last summer: we drove our RV to Alaska from the lower 48 United States! We spent two full months exploring Alaska, plus a couple additional weeks traversing western Canada en…
Honey, I Shrunk Our RV: Getting Ready for Van Life!
We really enjoyed leasing the Trek motorhome for our voyage to Alaska last summer. There was plenty of storage space for bringing all the supplies we needed, more living area to entertain or stay indoors in bad weather (and we…
Have Online Job, Will Travel: But Is It Worth It?
Confession time: we regularly ask ourselves if a nomadic lifestyle is worth it if we still have to work full-time. From the outside, a traveling lifestyle looks pretty darn carefree, even if you have a job as you roam. This belief is perpetuated by…
Balancing Travel + Life: Avoiding The Dreaded Travel Burnout
There’s definitely a balance and rhythm to travel that takes a long time to figure out – if you ever do! One day, travel is so awesome that you feel like you’ve got the absolute best life imaginable…and the next, you’re…
Myths Versus Reality – Driving Your RV to Alaska
This is a guest post by fellow RV travelers and bloggers Ben and Rebecca of His and Hers Alaska. Having moved to Seward, Alaska a few years ago from the lower 48, their willingness to share their experiences and advice…
Why Travel?
“Being wealthy is having the freedom to maximize one’s life experiences.” – Mark Manson I’m currently writing this blog from a bedroom in Barcelona, Spain – we’re on a business trip for Jason’s employer, Automattic, and I’m here too on…
How We Decided to Sell Everything and Move into an RV Full-Time
At some point around the middle of last year, it occurred to us that the need to pay for our house and all the stuff in it was keeping us from doing what we truly loved – being together as…