Rootless Living

IF YOU’VE BEEN reading our magazine regularly, you might have caught on that we categorize our stories into three sections—“travel,” “work,” and “explore.” And if we put these in order of importance to becoming a full-time traveler (aka living rootle

@aventuraroad “Between the spicy food, live street music, colorful alleyways, beautiful architecture, and warmth of the locals, Guanajuato, Mexico has over-delivered.” @mountaintop.adventures “We are so thankful to have spent over five years married

IN SEPTEMBER 2018, I spent a week in Italy cooking for a yoga retreat. We stayed on an old Tuscan vineyard in cottages that were originally built in the 1500s for farmhands and their families, and the kitchens were tiny. I was immediately overwhelmed

WHEN WE DECIDED to move our family of five into an RV in May 2021, I only had two months to prepare for our new roadschooling journey. I had no idea what that would look like, but based on previous experience with a purchased complete curriculum, I k

ONE OF THE best things about having a heart filled with wanderlust in America is the freedom to travel all over in an RV while exploring its many parks, attractions, and food. But eating and exploring food across America when you have celiac disease,

TRANSITIONING FROM A traditional home to a tiny one on wheels can feel daunting, especially when it comes to organization. How much do you need to bring? Where should you make sacrifices for space? The list of questions goes on and on! Fortunately, t

OUR JOURNEY INTO the alternative living movement began during the COVID-19 pandemic, when our experience of the world changed forever. Finding ourselves in each other’s close company all day every day, responsible for managing our four children’s sch

OUR RV JOURNEY started out pretty similar to everyone else’s—we wanted something different. When we decided to go full time in a 2018 Jayco Northpoint 377RLBH RV, we had been living in New Mexico while my husband Dave finished up his four-year appren

WHAT DOES IT cost for a family to RV full time for an entire year? We travel in a fifth wheel around the United States with two adults, two kids, and a dog, and here’s what we spent in 2021. We hope this gives you some perspective on what RVing costs

MERGING HIS PASSIONS to create, travel, and get out in nature, Keith Cronin purchased an ambulance and converted it into a liveable space. His shiny white 2009 Ford E450 named Amboghini was not just any ambulance, though—it was a children’s transport

@caravandecasey “I work as a full-time virtual and live event producer. I work remotely from my van until I’m needed onsite for the event.” @wenowrv “I work for a surrogacy agency sharing my story of our surrogate baby and supporting intended parents

WHEN I INITIALLY decided to travel full time in the summer of 2017, I had some savings, but I knew I needed to earn money while traveling. I set out to find a job in the ecommerce and affiliate marketing space, but while searching for jobs I could do

AS PEOPLE WHO never owned an RV growing up, and basically never drove anything bigger than a Toyota Prius, transitioning to full-time RVing came with a huge learning curve. We relied on sources such as Rootless Living, YouTube, and Instagram, and we

I REMEMBER BEING STUCK in my cubicle like it was yesterday. I was only four years into my career as a commercial interior designer when I realized it was not for me. Blame it on being pigeonholed or the suffocating industry itself, but every day I wa

ON A FRIDAY afternoon in November 2020, I was sitting in my fifth wheel, parked on Bureau of Land Management land in the Arizona desert. I closed my laptop, walked outside, and popped a bottle of champagne with the friends we were caravanning with. I

WINTER ON THE water is the best type of winter, if you ask me, and what better place to be on the water than on an island? This year, we traveled around the islands of the Florida Keys for about two and a half months. The Keys are really special to u

IF OCEANFRONT PROPERTY is on your wishlist, but not quite in your budget, then Padre Island National Seashore is your answer! With 67 miles of totally undeveloped beach, this barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico was on our RV travel bucket list since

GREETINGS FROM THE state of Guanajuato, Mexico, or more specifically, the city of San Miguel de Allende, a mecca of colorful art, history, enticing food, and expats. After nearly three years of full-time RVing throughout the United States, my husband

WHEN I LANDED a job working remotely as a nurse, I knew taking advantage of the benefits by traveling the country, and eventually the world, would be an end goal. After a while, I started to think—why keep saying “someday,” when we could just do it n

OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, and Great Sand Dunes, Black Canyon of the Gunnison is the least visited of Colorado’s four national parks, but don’t expect it to be any less beautiful than the others. During a two-month Colorado roa

I F YOU HAVEN’T RVed through the Canadian Rockies, take this as a sign that you need to add it to your list. The iconic views alone are worth the trip, but it’s so much more than that—for an active, outdoorsy family, there’s no better place to be. Ba

GPS 33.6752, -115.8072 We are always looking for inexpensive places to camp that are close to the places we want to visit most, so imagine our surprise when we found out we could camp for free right outside the famous Joshua Tree National Park in Sou

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