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Embarrassing “First Day in the RV” Moments

First day in the RV… before I knew how to take a good RV picture *ahem* I was filling up my fresh water tank yesterday, wondering what the heck I was going to write about for today’s blog post after...

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A Wish For Something More

The campground beach at Hunting Island September 5, 2009 My roommate and I stand in the campground at Hunting Island State Park, only a half-hour drive from our new apartment. We’ve just moved down to...

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Revolution Day

Hey everyone, this is a continuation of the story of ‘what came before Interstellar Orchard’ that started on Tuesday. You’ll want to read that first if you haven’t yet! I thought moving to SC was going...

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The Late Night Epiphany

Hey everyone, this is the conclusion of the story of ‘what came before Interstellar Orchard’ that started last Tuesday. The first part is here, and the second part is here. You’ll want to read those...

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The Birthplace of Casitas

Tuesday, March 31 And we’re off! The sun is shining, the hills are alive with the sound of music spring greenery, and Bertha almost flies down the highway after the wheel alignment and shock...

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A Revised Look At My Costs as a Full-timer

Here you go prospective full-timers, a chart of my adjusted gross income and cost of living by year from 2011 to 2014. The income numbers were pulled from my tax documents, the living costs are...

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Fluid Decision Making

Spring in Wisconsin When people make a decision about something, the majority tend to think of that conclusion as rigid and uncompromising. I use to think like this before I hit the road, that once I...

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Planning a Re-positioning Trip

I’m seeing more parking lots in my future Usually I don’t like to share a map of my big re-positioning trips before I get started. The biggest reason is because on these kinds of trips I don’t have...

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An Introduction to Travel Blogging

A stray photo of Sawmill geyser that didn’t make the cut for the last post A while back I wrote an introductory article about travel photography, and some time after that it occurred to me that I’d...

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Travel Blogging Part 2

A boggy meadow along my route to work A lot of people commented on the introductory Part 1 that they’d like to see more in depth information about blogging, so here it is! If you’re not interested in...

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Little Moments

There are a lot of things I love about full-time RVing. I love the frequent change in scenery, the hiking, the interesting people I meet, the new skills I learn while working, all the adventures I get...

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RVing Wardrobe

On a hoodie I’m thinking about buying I’m not a material girl, as I’m sure you’ve all deduced by now. I don’t need a lot of stuff to be happy and when it comes to clothes I’m more about what’s...

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Top 10 Things to Know About Full-timing

Top of Angel’s Landing, Zion National Park Eons ago, when I’d been on the road for almost three months, I wrote an article called “Top 9 Things to Know About Full-timing“. Looking back now I still...

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Moving Back To A Fixed Home

This was where I launched IO from. My last fixed address before hitting the road. Don’t worry, I’m not giving up RVing yet. This is just an intellectual exercise to lay to rest one of the fears I hear...

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RV Tires and More Yellowstone

Friday, September 4 Did I mention that after that big 10.8 mile hike I did yesterday that I couldn’t rest when I got home? Instead, I dumped tanks, stowed away all loose items in Cas, and hitched up so...

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Finding Good Campgrounds

Indian Cove Campground in Joshua Tree National Park Invariably upon arriving at a new RV park, I compare it with the places I’ve stayed at in the past. It’s not a intentional thing, just something that...

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Answers About Full-timing

Somewhere in Nebraska, early spring 2013 Happy Friday everyone! My first week of (more than) full-time hours is over and I’ve enjoyed a relaxing if rainy weekend puttering around the RV and not doing...

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CamperForce Receive Dept. Job Descriptions

Today’s pics are leftovers from last week’s outing to Fort Richardson and Lake Mineral Wells. This is the morgue at Fort Richardson. Four weeks of CamperForce are in the bag and six more remain. In the...

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2016 Health Insurance Update

A very pink sunrise viewed from bed last Friday. Last year, I wrote a pretty lengthy article on South Dakota health insurance for pre-retirement RVers. You can review that article for the full story...

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Haslet CamperForce Review

A lot of this working CamperForce: driving to and from work in the dark Some numbers from my Haslet CamperForce experience, I know how much people love numbers! Total weeks worked: 9 weeks, 6 days....

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