Matt and I are full-time RVers -- and that confuses a lot of people, because they assume that anyone who has the freedom to travel year-round must be over 65, retired, and wealthy. We were both 37 when we sold the house and said goodbye to stationary life -- this makes us some of the youngest people in just about about any RV park we visit! And you only have to be rich to travel if you travel expensively -- the RV lifestyle is very, very affordable. We both work on the road, doing all kinds of "freelance" activities -- from photography and writing to organizing and simplicity coaching to graphic art and web programming. But they are all professions that don't require a typical 9 to 5 office environment.
Folks always ask when we're planning to go back "home" -- imagining that this is just some kind of extended vacation. What they don't seem to understand is that our Airstream is home. We are not camping, we are living our lives. We sold the house and have no place to go "back" to -- and this is by design. Matt and I are not just traveling for a year or 5 or 10 -- we plan to do this indefinitely. And once we're bored with the U.S. and Canada (which is going to take a while), we intend to pack our little tin can onto a container ship and send it overseas -- so we can do the same thing throughout Europe, Australia, Africa, India, etc.
Once all that is clear, the response seems to be pretty evenly divided between awe ("oh-my-gosh-we-would-love-to-do-that-too-when-we-retire") and incredulity ("wow-I-could-never-live-that-way"). Most people think we're brave (we're not really), some think we're nuts (it's possible, but that's never stopped us before) -- but our brand of living seems to intrigue those who are tied to a house and a job, and nearly all want to hear more about it. Visit my website at
http://www.RamonaCreel.com and read our tales of hitting the road...
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