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The Logistics of Living on the Road

July 31, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Road Life

I realize now that we haven’t answered a lot of questions about just how, exactly, we manage the “operations” side of life on the road. There’s an underlying theme to our trip that if you haven’t caught on to yet already, let me spell it out for you: we didn’t really think this through.

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July 31, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
full-time travel, fulltimers, fulltiming, RVing, GoRVing, travel, travel tips, travel expenses, budget travel, state parks, money, finances
Road Life
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By the Numbers: 3 Months on the Road

March 22, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Road Life

On March 7, we celebrated 3 months on the road. Some days it feels like we've been out here for a lifetime. Others days it feels like we just started. When we have those moments, a list like this quickly pulls us back into reality: we've seen and done A LOT since we left. 

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March 22, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
on the road, full time travel, fulltiming, travel, traveling, stats, tiny living, thow, rv, rving
Road Life
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Reasons Why Winter Camping is Simply the Best

February 02, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Where to Stay

We’re kind of dreading summer. Not because we don’t want the heat (Lord knows we did NOT pack adequately for an El Nino winter). But because winter camping is wonderful in more ways than one. 

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February 02, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
camping, winter, road life, fulltiming, rv, travel trailer, vintage trailer, state parks
Where to Stay
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10 reasons to camp at a state park this weekend

January 18, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Where to Stay

According to the National Association of State Park Directors, there are more than 7,000 state parks in the U.S. That’s a lot of publicly accessible nature, and in our experience, state parks are the best when you’re living full-time on the road. 

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January 18, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
state parks, camping, where to stay, whereitravel, accommodations, rv parks, trailer parks, fulltiming, full time travel
Where to Stay
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