About Us
Living the rv lifestyle
We LOVE to RV!
We fell in love quickly! First with each other 30-some-odd years ago and, more recently, with RVing. The travel, the friends, the events, the scenery… what’s not to love?!? (Well, there are lots of things that eat your money but we knew that before we jumped in. 🙂
We are Bill & Janie. We met in 1990 and knew very quickly that we belonged together so we married six months later (2/15/91) and immediately joined forces to raise three children together. They have since moved out on their own and we were able to start traveling (road trips by car, cruises, and lots of weekend excursions).
Then in 2020, the world stopped moving and Bill’s workplace went fully remote—and was super successful and productive doing so! So it all made sense: the safest way to continue traveling was in an RV where we could isolate whenever needed and still travel to new places and make new friends on the road. And with our new remote-work world, we were promised that we would never need to return to the office.
So in December 2020, after a lot of research and weeks of working with and learning from the previous owners, we bought our first motorhome (a 40-foot class A 2009 Newmar Ventana that we bought from Brian and Michelle from LivinRvision fame). What better place to work than from our RV—home or away (and more away than home!). An RV makes a great office that always has a great and often new view!
We called it our COVID silver lining and it was everything we hoped for and more for three years! We even upgraded to a 44-foot 2018 Newmar Dutch Star in October 2023 knowing that we were steadily working toward full-timers status. We were well on our way, at least mentally, to pulling up anchor so we could start sailing around this great and beautiful country of ours (as well as Canada and Mexico!).
Exciting, right?
But then things changed…
What we’re up to now
Our Story
In 2023, “they” pulled the rug out from under us and required us to return to the office again. So now we’re traveling when we can, working when we must, and attempting to launch a website all about the RV lifestyle.
Yes, we know there are a multitude of RV experts and media personalities out there and some really popular influencers who are well-established and offer some of the same content that you’ll find here. But we intend to share our own unique personal experiences, both good and bad, with humor and humility.
We’re not afraid to share our mistakes if they can help others avoid those same missteps and we definitely want to share our successes in case they can save you research time and effort.
And in the process, we plan to build a resource that will help you find what you need—whether it’s here, with those other RV influencers, or on some other reputable website that can help you get back to or improve your enjoyment of your own RV life.
And with any luck, we’ll find a way to camp in the same place at the same time and share some stories with many of you in person along the way. =)
SAFE TRAVELS!
–Bill & Janie