Rootless Living

WELCOME TO ISSUE #12 and the end of our second full year publishing Rootless Living. As I look back on the last two years, and even the last four and a half years living and working from an RV, I am still in awe that we get to live this life. You can

MY LOVE FOR the open road developed early, nurtured by my dad’s passion for travel. Although we’re 35 years apart in age, our father-daughter bond has been shaped by our similar spirits, full of wanderlust, and our shared love for travel. As a child,

WE WERE DRIPPING with sweat and I was two weeks out from delivering our fourth baby, but after touring seemingly every RV in Texas, we finally had our dream RV. It was 2016 and we were about to embark on the biggest change of our lives; going from a

IN THE SUMMER of 2019, we decided to go tiny and build our dream home on wheels so we could travel North America. The only problem was that we were living in a high-rise apartment in downtown Dallas, and we definitely didn’t have a yard. We bought a

THERE’S NO DENYING that food is a daily necessity. So on the road, whether you are a full-time RVer, part-timer, or weekend warrior, camp cooking is part of the experience. While hot dogs on a stick, campfire pies, and burgers are beloved and essenti

BOONDOCKING, SELF-CONTAINED, OFF-GRID and unplugged—whatever you call it, if you’ve tried it, you’ve probably learned some lessons along the way. Most nomads consider boondocking an initiation into RV living, a rite of passage into the world of self-

WE WERE WALKING through an RV show because there were few other things to do on a snowy Ohio Saturday. We had never been campers, and I had never even been inside an RV before, but after a day of touring rigs and learning about how to live on the roa

THE POPULAR DEFINITION of glamping conjures images of photo-ready yurts filled with boho curtains and chandeliers. These glamping destinations seem to provide a perfect weekend getaway for travelers who want to be in nature but don’t quite want to ro

MY HUSBAND AND I have always been travelers at heart; it’s one of the many things that brought us together. When we had kids, we immediately had an overpowering desire to show them the world. Most couples slow down on traveling once they have kids, b

A YEAR AND A half ago, if you told me and Leslie that we’d be traveling the country with a trailer in tow, we would have laughed at you and said, “No way!” Fast forward to today, and we can’t imagine not having our Airstream. That’s how life works. W

WORKING, FULL-TIME RV families have figured out many different ways to earn an income. Our family’s spin on how we make money all has to do with using the skills we acquired in our past life, along with a couple of new ones. When Judd and I began hav

AFTER TWO YEARS ON the waiting list, our lottery number was drawn and we were able to land a spot in the Lone Star Corral, an Escapees Co-Op park near Hondo, Texas. We interrupted our itinerary we had planned in Southern California to drive straight

FOR MANY OF us, our work setup was decided for us in the pre-COVID corporate world. We were provided a cubicle or office, a monitor, a keyboard, and a chair that looked like it came straight out of “Fight Club.” Depending on your company, requesting

WHEN THE INITIAL excitement of deciding you want to travel full time subsides and you move into the planning phase, you’ll quickly realize you need to have a budget. Not many people enjoy making a budget, let alone following one, but it is a critical

AFTER THE PANDEMIC teased us with so much work and time freedom, my wife Jessie and I decided to sell it all and become digital nomads. We both set out to find permanently virtual jobs and to sell everything in our house one by one … including the ho

ONCE YOU HAVE landed a remote gig, make sure it’s able to stay that way by helping your company remain happy with their decision. As long as you do that, you can confidently continue your new lifestyle and remote role for as long as you choose. While

WE ABANDONED OUR RV! Well, not entirely. But every once in a while we like to leave it for a few nights for a different kind of adventure. The separation anxiety is real, but our plans usually provide a grand enough distraction that we can happily di

MY FAMILY AND I were RVing in southern California, trying to figure out our next destination, when I saw photos of families traveling down the Baja Peninsula. We were already so close, I instantly knew we had to go. Once it was decided, our top prior

BEFORE WE HITthe road full-time, we were hardcore weekend warriors looking to escape suburban chaos by chasing the experience of finding solitude in nature. Boondocking has been our jam before we knew there was a word for it. It was a standard for us

THIS PAST SUMMER, we spent almost two glorious months traveling around the San Juan Mountains in south-western Colorado. With tons of mining history, epic mountain peaks, charming towns, and endless outdoor activities, this region of Colorado is now

THE SUMMIT WAS socked in with clouds, and though we couldn’t see two feet in front of us, the smell of sulfur from the cauldron of the volcano was strong. It didn’t matter what it looked like; we had made it. We were on top of the tallest active volc

GPS: 36.2152, -115.9586 Wheeler Pass Dispersed Camping, a Bureau of Land Management site located in Pahrump, Nevada, is the perfect spot to work as a digital nomad for up to 14 days at a time. The site itself is gorgeous—abundant desert flora, includ

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