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    VANLIFE GATHERINGS RV RALLIES REIMAGINED FOR THE NEW GENERATION

    Feb 12, 2019 6 minutes
    By Amanda Winther
    Images by Matthew Swartz

    Human beings have been coming together to celebrate the things we love for as long as we’ve been on earth. And the group of societal misfits and go-getting travelpreneurs that choose the road life is a growing community bonded by a zest for life and a love of the road, so it makes sense that those of us who are part of it choose to bring our rigs together to socialize and meet others.

    Gatherings of people living on the road certainly aren’t a new phenomenon.RV rallies have been going on for the better part of the last century. In fact, 2019 marks the 100-year anniversary of the first US-based vehicle camping club, the Tin Can Tourists, which was apparently named after these travelers’ main means of sustenance: heated food from tin cans.

    Over the last 100 years, RV rallies have popped up for every segment of the on-road community: specific vehicle brands, religions, Rainbow RV (for

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