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New Year, New Immunity
Over the past month, I was more or less inactive on social media, so I’m here to update those who care. After Thanksgiving, my mom and I road-tripped across the country, from Colorado Springs, CO back home to Carrboro, NC over the course of a week. We watched documentaries on wind turbines after seeing them…
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Memberships
Good Sam ($79/3 yrs) Being a Good Sam member has so many benefits but here are the ones I use the most: Save $10 on the posted hourly service rate at Camping World Save 15% on propane at Camping World Free dump station privileges atCamping World Free Annual Inspection Save 5¢ off gas & 8¢ off…
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What to Do
Dog-Friendly Activities: Bring Fido BringFido is the world’s leading pet travel site and lifestyle brand. On their app, you can explore over 250,000 pet friendly places to stay, play, and eat with your dog.
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How to Get There
RVParky This website and app allows you to create a route by entering locations, and coordinate how many days you will stay in each spot. The time to travel between each stop is automatically calculated. You can also see a summary of gas usage, miles traveled, and hours traveled. Roadtrippers This site is a lot…
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Where to Stay
Boondockers Welcome A membership-based service where landowners offer up a spot on their land for you to stay for up to 5 nights. Some even have hook-ups! There is also a new app for BW. To become a member, it is $80/year. Harvest Hosts 1175+ participating wineries, breweries, and farms that allow you to stay…
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Being An Introvert on the Road
I think when people picture living a nomadic lifestyle, they envision communities of free-spirited people walking around with no shoes, no bras, and no work. At least, I kind of did. But the thing that I’ve realized about this lifestyle is that you define your own experience. What I mean by that is you can…
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Brain Dump #2: Depression
Over the past few weeks, depression has rocked me. I’ve been exhausted, lethargic, and lacking any motivation. Worst of all, my self-confidence has been lower than it’s ever been before. Before I realized I was experiencing nearly every symptom of severe depression, I thought that this was the new me. That was the most frustrating…
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6 Months on the Road
Thinking back to a year ago is absolutely wild. On December 19, 2019, I can tell you exactly what I did because it was the same routine as every other Thursday that year. I commuted 30+ minutes to work, sat in an office merely tolerating my desk neighbor shaking his leg for 8 hours a…
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Brain Dump / Things I Took For Granted
Recently, I’ve been struggling a lot with what content people want to see about my adventures, who my target audience is, and what platform(s) to use. I can see myself becoming wrapped up in the likes, views, and subscribers, forgetting why I’m doing what I’m doing. I talked to my mom about this the other…
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How I Lowered My Rent by $650/mo.
In my research about fulltime RVing, I found a lot of people saying that going fulltime is as expensive or as cheap as you want it to be. Obviously, I have been aiming for the latter. It wasn’t until after my departure that I truly cut down my expenses. Before my departure, I planned out…
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It’s All About Balance
I was sad to drop my sister off at Logan Airport today, but at the same time, I’m so grateful for the adventures we get to take together. From Kansas City to Kentucky to Kill Devil Hills, Kelsie is always down for whatever I have planned, no questions asked. When my parents and I moved…
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First Week in the Books
I started writing this brain dump on Friday, intending to post it on Sunday (my 1 week nomadiversary). On Sunday, I headed eastbound about 4 hours from my campground in Stuarts Draft, VA to my first Harvest Hosts stay in Prince Frederick, MD. I can’t even fully explain how different these two stays are from…
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Reno Unveiling
Here’s a little riddle for you: What do Joanna Gaines and Christina Anstead have in common? They both make renovating look so easy. Plot twist: it’s not! For the past 4 weeks, I have been using every free minute I could find to work on renovating my new-to-me RV. My two main goals were to…
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1 More Week in Sticks and Bricks
This week is a big one in the Rogers household! Tomorrow, my parents move into their brand new house. They were supposed to move in about 3 months ago, so don’t talk to my dad about it. He and my mom have been living with me, our two cats, and my two dogs in my…
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Big Updates on Big Dreams
Update 1: I have a tenant! They say third time’s the charm and that’s exactly how many showings it took for my property manager, Nicole (with Acorn + Oak), to find a renter. As soon as I got the signed contract confirming the May 1 move-in date, I reached out to the owner of an…
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7-Day Southwest Road Trip
Well, our week-long Sisters’ Southwest Roadtrip has come to an end. We’re back to reality, or some weird version of it that consists of social distancing, surgical masks, and widespread panic. Although I wish I was still driving through the desert of Arizona, oblivious to all things COVID-19, I want to rehash my experience and…
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Pre-Adventure Adventure
On Saturday, my sister, Kelsie, and I will be flying to Vegas to pick up our temporary home on wheels for the week! We will be traveling in a campervan from Las Vegas around Utah to the Grand Canyon and ending at the Hoover Darn. Although this is similar to what I’ll be doing in…
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It’s All Beginning to Feel Real
I have two exciting updates for y’all… 1 My house is up for rent! Check it out here. My property is being managed by Acorn + Oak, so if you know anyone that might be interested, have them reach out to my property manager, Nicole Galiger! 2 Today is my last day in the physical…
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A Bump in the Road
It’s been a few days since I hit the bump. Now that I’ve finally unclenched my fists and my stress headache has gone away, I want to tell you guys about it, since part of my goal with this blog is to share my entire journey – start to finish. Spoiler alert: we’re just starting!…
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To Do Before Departure
☑ Set a budget ☑ Figure out what specs are must-haves and must not-haves ☑ Test drive RVs ☑ Find a property manager ☑ Confirm tenant ☑ Finalize July-December route ☑ Find an RV ☑ Have RV inspected ☑ Obtain financing ☑ Set a departure date and begin countdown ☑ Get insurance (RV and landlord)…
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Q + A
How does the work thing, ya know, work? It will work the same as if I were working from home. I’ll be working my normal 40-hour week, but my office will be in my RV instead of at our corporate headquarters. In my current role, I interact with people all over the world, so the…
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If Not Now, Then When?
I’ve always felt like if I wasn’t changing something or exploring somewhere, I wasn’t growing. I was just another body at a desk cranking out work from 9am to 5pm. And I’m not okay with that.