Cost of Living full time on the Road in an RV

Apr18
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What is the Cost of Full-Time Living on the Road in an RV? Surprisingly it’s a lot more than we expected.  Here we outline our expenses and costs for life on the road full time in our Motorhome.  Everyone has a different experience with full time travel across North America but one things for sure: We’re all trying to live the dream while saving money.  Hope this information will help you plan a realistic budget for your RV travels. If you’re not an RV’er don’t worry, just remove the RV and Smart Car expenses and replace with your form of travel, no matter what if you’re traveling across North America this just might help you plan for the unknown.

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Travel Channel Wants Your RV, Maybe

Apr11
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We get a plenty of “producers” calling us to tell us all about a nomadic or RV project they are working on or pitching and surprise, they want our help.  Which usually involves, skype interviews, lots of paperwork and oh, can you make an audition video?

mega rv's

Most of the time we kindly say thanks but no thanks.  However, when we got an email from our friend TravelingJules saying Travel Channel was looking for RV’s we perked up.  Why?  Because it’s a show that will air because this will be the second season of it.  So, there is real potential to get your hard work out there.

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How to find FREE (or almost) Camping

Feb21
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Campgrounds Shouldn’t Require a Mortgage.  Like everything else these days, camping is getting to be expensive.  We love State and National Parks but most will set you back $35+ a night for dry camping.  Being the cheap ass frugal travelers that we are, we’ve found a few ways to save on campground fees, thus increasing our vital booze fund!

campground in maine

So, here we go…

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Buying Fuel Sucks and RV’s Suck Fuel

Jan28
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There’s nothing worse than riding the fuel price rollercoaster and when your on a road trip in an RV, buying fuel sucks and RV’s suck a lot of fuel!   However, not traveling because of fuel prices is a cockamamie excuse for not traveling.

fuel saving tips

Let’s face it…if you are willing to make drastic changes to your travel plans or not go somewhere because of fuel prices, you didn’t really want to go in the first place.  I’m sure that sounds harsh, but let’s look at the numbers:  On a 1000 mile trip at 10mpg you would use 100 gallons of fuel.  If prices shot up from $3 a gallon to $4 that’s only $100 extra.  Is that really going to make or break your trip?  So let’s ditch the excuses and talk about how to soften the blow.  Here are our tips for saving fuel and improving your MPG.

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Dear Windy, We’re Sorry

Dec18
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Dear Windy,  We’re Sorry.

Windy the RV

I know we’ve had you on a rollercoaster of emotions the last couple of months and for that we apologize. We have always tried to be honest about this relationship and we knew it wouldn’t last forever. We told you back in September we started searching for a new smaller home on wheels. We have this urge to live as simply as possible, leave a smaller footprint behind and explore even more. However, we need you for one last adventure.

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Nomad Friendly Gift Giving Guide

Dec13
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IT’S ALMOST CHRISTMAS!?!  WHERE HAS THE YEAR GONE?
I don’t know about you, but for us it seems like it was Spring just a few days ago! Now that I think of it, I haven’t heard Jingle Bells but once, how can that be?  Maybe it’s the fact we haven’t been shopping…and inundated with Michael Buble’s latest holiday mix.

Nomad Gift giving guide

In general we prefer to focus on spending time with the people we love and less on the gift giving part of the holidays. However, we still exchange some gifts and this means it’s time to get down to travel gift giving business. Read more

What Can Solar Power Do For an RV?

Nov20
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One question we get often is “what all can be powered by solar panels on an RV?”  The question is simple, the answer…well, it’s a bit more complicated.

First, let’s look at the RV Solar Power set up we have on Windy:

I know that was quick and brief but hopefully it gives you an idea of what our set up looks like and how it works.  As you see we have two 65 watt solar panels for a grand total of 130 watts.  Our solar power setup isn’t perfect and can be improved providing more power.  That said we’re happy with our purchase as it does allow us to live off the cord longer (without having to run the generator) than the standard RVer.

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Can an RV be Green?

Nov12
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Updated: 02/15/2013

When I mention the words eco-friendly, green and RV in the same sentence, nearly every time it’s met with a roll of the eyes and a scoff.  I can’t say I blame them, before being an RV’er, I thought the same way.  “RV’s can’t be green…..right?”

RV’s are eco-friendly!  Of course I don’t have any hard research over a 10 year period to back this up, but here is what I do know:
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On The Road Again, Again

Oct29
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There is something about taking off for another year of adventure that just feels right.

Granted we have only been in Dallas for one month and 10 days of that was spent in Spain, it still feels like we are starting fresh again.  We spent time with our families, let go a little more of our old lives and belongings, spent countless hours in front of computers backing up and preparing for the future.  As we said our goodbyes and headed out of Dallas we almost immediately started feeling that strange adjustment in attitude with a new perspective in view.  It still amazes me how a trip never seems real until the moment it begins.  So here it is, our beginning to year 3 on the road again.

Now, if we could have only started a little earlier than 8pm…

Yes, we got a late start but it was a start none the less.  We drove through to Snyder, TX and called the Rip Griffin Travel Center home for the night amongst at least a dozen trucks.  There is nothing like the smell of exhaust and the sound of air brakes at a small town truck stop to start the trip off right.  We slept like babies.

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Virgins Guide to Buying an RV

Oct25
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Buying an RV is a long process and a big investment which is why you want to get it right the first time around.  Now, how to do that…

We are 30 years old and we are getting ready to purchase our 4th RV, so needless to say, we know the process better than we would like to admit.  Lucky you, we are going to share all of our hard earned, money pit, time consuming, mistake ridden knowledge on how to find the right RV for you.  Or as my grandmother liked to say, “Let me give you some pearls”.

The Wynn's RV's

First things first, let’s figure out what type or class of RV you want and how big.  There’re sooo many different types out there; the easiest way to narrow it down is by asking some questions:

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