Underaged RVers

I've found a book I can't put down, except that it is a blog written in '04-'05 by a young couple who ditched their house and jobs to 'retire' early into rv life. It is lovingly well-written and photographed. I highly, highly recommend it for some fantastic inspiration and vicarious living.

http://underagedrvers.blogspot.com/

I came upon it while doing some research for a dream of our own. Back in the summer, Deb and I discovered that we have a mutual love for compact, mobile living spaces. So naturally we went to an RV show, because that is what 26 year olds do. At the time we did not know how an RV would fit into our lives, but we did know that while we felt proud of ourselves for landing great jobs, adopting two dogs and buying our first house, we aren't really ready to make the long-term investment into a stable lifestyle. Kids are definitley going to happen some day, and before that we've got some touring to do.

But the dogs... how do we travel with dogs? This question thwarted us. So we thought maybe we just needed to move somewhere wild and new. But we've already lived a lot of places and the idea of starting over again had lost its appeal. We have a lot of great friends in NYC and have always entertained the idea of doing a stint there. Plusses include a million adventures, a much larger diversity of job opportunities, cheaper airfare, and living near our friends, but the downside is that NYC is downright dirty and stupid expensive. Then, on a margarita-hazed post Thanksgiving walk in Everglades City, Deb and I realized that the RV life would liberate us and our dogs, too.

So we went to Virginia's largest RV lot last weekend, and the February show is on our calendars. If anyone comes across any nuggets pertaining to a life working and living on the road, let us know. Yes, working. We're basing our budget on PT minimum wage jobs. I'll finally get to be a baker! We'll work some music festivals! Maybe Sundance! Community Gardens! Bike couriers! And you know what? We'll have bunk space to spare if anybody wants to spend a few days on vacation with us in, say, the Redwood Forest? New Mexico? Kayaking through the Everglades? Climb onboard.