RLM 014 Mar/Apr 2022

Rootless Living

For Digital Nomads, By Digital Nomads

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“This quarry was truly one of the most beautiful locations I’ve been to. Since it’s not open to the public, the water was crystal clear” “We don’t usually stay in one place for very long, and getting used to having complete freedom to choose where we
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5 Easy Changes For A Healthier Routine On The Road
STRUCTURING YOUR DAYS and following a regular, consistent schedule is beneficial to your physical, mental, and emotional health. It helps your body operate in peak condition. Your daily routine has a direct impact on your mood, sleep habits, stress l
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Meet The Team
Jamie is an author and perpetual wanderluster whose passion for slow travel has taken her to live in some of the most breathtaking and scenic places all across America for days, weeks, or months at a time. The biggest adventure of her life (prior to
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Jumbo Meatballs Recipe
I HAVE NEVER MET a kid who didn’t like a meatball. In fact, I’ve never met an adult who didn’t like them either, vegetarians notwithstanding. What’s not to like about a tasty, tender, jumbo ball of flavor? Simmered in your favorite sauce and topped w
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Big Easy Eats On A Budget
WHETHER YOU'RE HEADING to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras or it’s an easy stop as you make your way across the southern states along the I-10, you'll find a city world famous for its food. Have an unlimited budget for dining out? No problem! You
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RV Upgrade
THE PAST YEAR has seen record-breaking RV sales. More people are setting out to explore and work from the road, and developing a newfound love of traveling in their own contained space. Maybe this influx has increased the number of RVs popping up on
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The Dreaded Breakdown
WE’VE ALL SEEN it—a stranded RV on the side of a highway. A familiar dread rises from the pit of your stomach as you send good vibes to the broken-down traveler. If you travel long or far enough, chances are you will eventually find yourself broken d
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From Hollywood to YouTube
MY WIFE AND I are no strangers to heartache or turmoil. We lost one of our six children to suicide, and I lost my brother to suicide a year and a half after that. I was let go from a great job as a Hollywood editor, and then my wife was diagnosed wit
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Ways to Homeschool Your Kids While Traveling
HOMESCHOOLING on the road is an excellent way for families to ensure their children continue learning while exploring the wonders of the world. With all the resources available today, homeschooling on the road is totally possible, and not as hard as
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Park and Participate
HAVE YOU EVER had the opportunity to do something out of your normal routine and been amazed by how rewarding or fulfilling the experience was? This is the story of our experience, and we hope it leads you to imagine where you might want to lend a he
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Traveling Solo in a Kia Soul
MY FIRST DAY on the road was three days after my college graduation. I left on June 19, 2019, with my Kia Soul built out to be a temporary home on wheels, and headed east, driving toward Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, to cross off the first sta
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Balancing Work And Family Time On The Road
ONE OF THE biggest questions of modern life may very well be how to balance work and family time. Those of us living on the road face additional challenges since we are traveling, working remotely, and spending almost all of our time with our familie
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Working on Your Own Terms
OVER THE PAST couple of years, travel nursing has seen a massive increase in popularity. In August 2021, the number of travel nursing jobs available nationwide reached a total that was 30% higher than January of 2020, according to SimpliFi, a healthc
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Buying Time, Not Things
FOUR YEARS AGO, Eric and I seemed to be living the American dream. We were living in a two-bedroom home with a white picket fence in a nice suburb. Together, we were making enough money to live comfortably indefinitely. But despite how it looked on p
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Seek More Wilderness
IT STARTED WITH an idea—what if we could create a new way for people to give back to the wild places in which they adventure? Maria and I had a personal breakthrough in 2016, when we began uprooting our lives to become digital nomads and start a busi
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8 Things You Need to Know Before Backpacking with Kids
THERE ARE FEW things better than being out in the wilderness, and for us, backpacking with our kids is one of the best parts. There’s something about disconnecting from our devices and spending time together out in the backcountry that really can’t b
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The Land of Oz
I NEVER EXPECTED TO travel around Australia in a van on my own. I used to see vanlifers on Instagram and envy how exciting it must be, wondering how they paid for it and whether it was really as dreamlike as their posts suggested. My mum likes to rem
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Taking The Show On The Road
IT’S BEEN A few months since Georgie Boy and I hit the road together. We’ve spent our time traveling all over California and the Pacific Northwest, enjoying the ever-changing weather, navigating roads and parking spaces, and meeting an incredible amo
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31 National Parks With A Family Of 8
BEFORE WE EMBARKED on our full-time traveling adventure, we decided a large bucket list item would be visiting the 51 major national parks in the lower 48 states. We had visited two or three previously, but we never imagined the love we would gain af
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Driving the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire
AFTER MANY YEARS of dreaming of visiting New England in the fall, we finally made it a reality this past year, and it was absolutely worth the wait. Over the span of a month, we road tripped around Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in search of the b
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Masthead
Publisher Demian Ross Chief Editor Nikki Kirk Managing Editor Jess Stiles Art Director Melinda Gonzalez Operations Manager Jamie May Copy Editor Kristin Skaggs Social Managers Brandi & Jonny Peterson Anjikay Loth Christina Stawiasz Kaitlin Musser Ann
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Gear Guide
If pancake breakfasts around the picnic table are your jam, then your family needs a compact and portable griddle like this. Easy to set up and take down, plus you get to cook in the great outdoors! Tired of the kids running in and out of the RV to g
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Boondocking Spots
St. George, Utah GPS: 37.5105, -112.618 One of our favorite things about full-time RV life is being able to camp in spots like this one! We love boondocking and being immersed in nature. This mountain oasis (10,000 ft. elevation) is near Duck Creek V
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Podcasts For The Drive
Pull up a chair, they’ve saved you a seat! Join best friends Berry and Will in The Lodge as they recap and discuss the TV show, Yellowstone. Dr. Priyanka Wali is a licensed and practicing physician who specializes in Internal Medicine and is also a s
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From The Founders
IN 2019, I decided to call this magazine Rootless Living for two reasons. One was that I wanted to use a term no one else was using, but the second was that I didn’t want to pigeonhole the lifestyle into one narrow definition of living in an RV full

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