UPDATED: APRIL 5, 2024
This is the bare-bones facts of our Airstream Living in Beauty, (LIB), adventure, our travel map and facts.
We bought our Airstream, Beauty, in April 2015 in Alabama, towed her to San Diego in July 2015, moved full-time into Beauty April 2016, and finally, took her on the road full-time July 18, 2016.
So, the following statistics begin on July 18, 2016, 2832 days ago.
Below is the map of our journey… so far!
Click the map for an animated look at our LIB travels. Jim’s a Star Trek fan, so we apologize in advance.
Travel Map Legend
- Year 1 – July 2016 to July 2017
- Year 2 – July 2017 to July 2018
- Year 3 – July 2018 to July 2019
- Year 4 – July 2019 to July 2020
- Year 5 – July 2020 to July 2021
- Year 6 – July 2021 to July 2022
- Year 7 – July 2022 to July 2023
- Year 8 – July 2023 to Now
- Want to know how we create our travel map? Click here
- Want to see our travels separated by year? Click here
Now for the details…
Link to Clearsource Water Filter System
Link to Seagull IV Water Filter System
Here is a listing of all our overnight locations
This is put together beautifully.
Thank you!
Enjoyed reading your content. Seriously meticulous record keeping! Gave all that up in 2017 when we hit the road fulltime. As kids say – TMI!!!!
Hope to meet up on Alcan or in AK or down the road. Safe journey!
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Tom, glad you enjoyed the content. As a retired CFO, I have always loved numbers and statistics. Assembling this information helps keeps my mind active. It would be great if our paths crossed someday on the road. Maybe on our way to Alaska this year! Stay safe out there and happy travels! Jim
Thank you for not only the meticulous records & campsite ideas but, for the inspiration! We just got our first RV, a class C and are about 6 yrs from retirement…looking forward to visiting some of the places you have been!
Thank again.
Doug, glad you found this information helpful. Count down…. 6 years. You will be surprised how fast that goes. We cannot believe we are in our 7th year traveling full-time. Just doesn’t seem possible…. but it is. 2,330 days on the road today. Wow! If you visit any of the places we mention, let us know how it goes. Stay safe out there and happy travels. Jim
This is fantastic and so helpful for me. I’m a planner and a bit scared to go fulltime. We are not ready yet still working and in planning stage.
Linda, thank you! We found planning was a fun part of the adventure. The first six months of our blog posts, from January 2016 until July 2016 are all about the planning stage. You might find some of those posts helpful and encouraging. Hope to meet on the road someday!
Would love to know how you did the map and kept track of everything. We’re starting out and haven’t figured out the best way to do it.
TR, we created a link to the steps we use to create the animated map. Let us know if you ever create one yourself. Jim
Oh my!! That sounds daunting. Ha ha.
We use Polarsteps app, it makes it so simple. We add photos to each location and GPS. Plus we can share with friends. 🙂
It follows our journey as we go.
Rose, thank you for the tip about Polarsteps. We will checkout out! Jim
That is a fantastic and informative post. I shall be studying it more closely. Thanks for the work putting it together.
Thank you! We update it every couple of weeks.
wOw!! This is amazing how you keep such good track of everything. I just became aware of this page of your blog. I should be this organized….but nope. One thing that really hit me is your health insurance. There is no Medicare here either…even though one of us is eligible. I am just thankful for Lee’s NPS time and the government insurance we were able to carry on with after his retirement. Our’s is nearly a grand less than this. Glad we don’t have to use the marketplace! Hope you spend more nights in AZ in the future…especially the State Park we are currently back camp hosting in. Safe Travels!!
Cyndie, thanks! It is that old CFO in me that keeps these kinds of details. For decades I had to provide the board of directors reports like these in a simple easy to understand way. I love this kind of stuff, even though it drives Carmen crazy. It is also crazy that we spend almost $15,000 a year on healthcare insurance that only covers us traveling if it is urgent or an emergency. Soon I will be on Medicare, but Carmen still has a few years before she will be eligible. AND, someone in their mid 60’s pays the most expensive medical insurance premiums on the planet. When I switch to Medicare, her insurance will double and we will be paying more per month than when we were both on the plan. NUTS! INSANE!, but that is the world we live in at the moment. We do hope to be back in Arizona before the end of the year. So far we have spent 57 days in Arizona and love it!
Change your domicile to FL and show < $50K in income and your Bronze ACA plan is free.
Good information to know. Thanks!
Plenty of places in Missouri to see
It was not intentional that we missed Iowa and Missouri. Our plans include a visit to that area this late fall.
I didn’t see “beer” or “bourbon” expenses. 🙂
Frank, we left off groceries, restaurants, and alcohol because we think that is a very personal aspect of each person’s journey.
What has been your experience with having a reliable wifi? Love your blog!
Disregard my question. I found your blog about it! Great info! Thanks!
Patti, glad we could help. If you have any other questions, please reach out to us! Thank you for following LIB. Safe travels.
You two are inspirational! I’m gonna be brave and show my hubby your site. Brave because I think he’ll want to follow in your footsteps! If (When?) that happens i will be trackin you DOWN! I love all your photos and charts! Safe and fabulous travels to you all!!
Hey Linda!!! We would LOVE to meet up with you ANYWHERE you say! Come join us for leaf time in Vermont!!! xoxo
Great job on all the info that you have! This helps tremendously! Do y’all work at all during your travels?
Don, glad you found these costs and statistics helpful. We retired in July 2016 and sold all our real estate properties. Also, for 30 years I put 20% of my salary each paycheck into a 401K in the hopes of retiring early. In 2016, that became a reality. Keeping our blog up to date is a full-time job for us, although it doesn’t pay. Just a fun hobby. Thanks for your comments! Safe travels. Jim
Were you hosting in Arizona? We’re here trying to find a place to park and stay after relocating here.
David, we have not yet had the opportunity to be campground hosts. Maybe someday, but right now we like to move to a new location every week to two weeks. Safe travels!
This is FABULOUS! God Bless your journey
Denise, thank you for your kind words. We do feel blessed being able to journey through this amazing country and meet folks along the way. It gives us such an appreciation of the diversity, beauty and wonder of North America. Hope our paths cross some day!
Safe and happy travels!!
LIB
This is the most useful RV full timing information I’ve ever read. Thank you for putting this together. I am also a finance person so I dig all the financial info. We are still working but planning an early exit in the next 8 years and this has been really helpful.
Matie, thank you for your comment. We planned our exit for 2 years, although we have always been campers spending weeks at a time in National and State parks. You also being a finance person, you realize that way of thinking never leaves you. Numbers are always popping up in our heads. I am just glad I found a way to channel that into something useful by showing costs and statistics of the fantastic ‘on-the-road’ lifestyle. Safe and happy travels! LIB
Only one night in Utah? 😱 You’re missing out! We went full-time 2 years ago (also from CA) and Utah has been one of our favorite states So many stunning State, County and National Parks. An incredible amount of public lands…boondocking paradise!
Now that that’s been said 😉…Compliments on a wonderful blog full of great information that has one of the best layouts I’ve seen!
Happy travels!
Tam, we know, only one night in Utah!? We keep making plans to spend some quality time there and something has always got in the way. Usually family issues, like illness or spur of the moment family reunions. We do have plans to dedicate weeks, if not months to this amazing State sometime in the near future. As you know we love boondocking! Thank you for your kind words about our blog, we do try to make it as useful, helpful, and organized as possible. Thanks for being a LIB follower! Safe travels! Jim and Carmen
I’m impressed and envious every time a new blog shows up. I hope you turn it into a book one day. Maps, photos, reviews, opinions, stories…I would be first in line to buy that book! My fear is that I’ll do something stupid and lose my Living in Beauty file. I’m not particularly computer competent… perhaps I will print them out in the mean time. I’ve read them from the beginning and LOVE them. I’m so glad you have gotten this amazing chance and are having such a wonderful time and sharing it with the rest of us. You inspire me with every single installment! Travel on!
Jo
Jo Soos, thank you for your kind words.
A beautifully written blog…..I so enjoyed reading this, it was enlightening as well as sometimes familiar to me in the maintenance details……a wonderful life and totally doable! Thanks for your diligence to keep all this information for an extremely helpful project!
Cindy, thank you for your kind words. I do indeed enjoy keeping all this information. It comes from my years as a CFO producing reports in a graphic matter for the board of directors of non-profits.
Great information! Amazing. Thank you. We have been giving this a thought. This really helps.
Cindy, Glad you found this information helpful! Maybe our paths will cross someday on the road!
Thank you so much for sharing your info. We’ve only been on the road for 4 mos and we soak up as much info as we can from experienced FT RVers. Love your financial breakdowns.
Ah, we remember when we were on the road for only 4 months. That would have been in November 2016. My how time flies by when you are experiencing so much beauty in nature. Thank you for your comment about the financial breakdowns. MY CFO past life influences my preoccupation with numbers, statistics and data. How our paths someday on the road.
This is a really detailed summary of everything. Thank you for sharing it. We are moving from Hawaii July 2020, we are going to buy an RV and start full time from Georgia. We have followed our daughter’s adventures for the past 1 1/2 yrs. traveling full time and we can’t wait. We are going to go from Georgia to the east coast, we’ve never been anywhere near there, so any suggestions would be great. I want to see the leaves change. Also we have our 8yr. old granddaughter living with us, are kids allowed at the vineyards? Thank you
Anne, congratulations on your plan to start full-timing this summer. As far as recommendations for the east coast, we have several blog posts about our adventures on the east coast. We have posts on Savannah, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Acadia, Booth Bay, Newport, Mystic, and several more that you might find helpful. We tried to see the leaves change in Vermont last year, but it came too late.That post is called “Campground Review – Little River State Park.” We did see the leaves change in upper New York. That post is called Adirondacks. About Harvest Hosts and children. It all depends on the vineyard. In the 60 Harvest Hosts we have stayed at, none of them have had a rule about children accompanying their parents for a wine tasting. Some of them even have games and things for children to do. When you call to set up your visit, we suggest you ask the question, but I think you will have no problem with youngsters standing next to you while trying out the various wines. Unfortunately, some of them do not allow pets, so ask that also if you have a pet. Thanks for following Living In Beauty. Safe travels and we hope we meet you someday on the road.
Awesome discovery of your blog! We also hit the road full-time in 2016 after selling our home, our business, and most of our “stuff.” I’m a writer and graphic designer, and run a small business from our RV called Real Visuals for RV Parks (print, digital and social media marketing for the RV industry.) My husband is preparing to become a certified RV Inspector. I would love to know how you created all the graphics that describe your trip and financial details. Great job with this blog!
Pat, glad to hear from some other full-time travelers. Congratulations on being on the road for close to 4 years. We are meeting more “Digital Nomads” on the road lately. Hopefully our paths will cross someday on the road. You asked about the graphics on this page. All the the infographics were created in Photoshop. Most are a combination of a few things I found online and used Photoshop to morph into what I wanted. A few are made completely from nothing but my imagination. As far as financial details, they are kept in a Macintosh application call Banktivity. This is where all our expenses are tracked, and have been since 1994. The details of where we have been, how far we have gone and what kind of campground is done in an Excel like spreadsheet on the Macintosh called “Numbers.” Before I retired I was a CFO, so I love statistics, numbers, and any kind of data. Hope this answers your questions. If not, you can reach us anytime through this sites “Contact Us” form. Safe travels!
Ahh, i grew up on the gulf coast in the little town of Pass Christian and was curious. I also wonder if you guys are really happy with those recliners that you have! I’m getting ready to go in my 25 footer down on the gulf coast for 3 to 4 months and I need a good recliner! Thanks so much.
Jack, we are very familiar with Pass Christian. Our son was stationed at Corpus Christi for several years and we have hung out in Bay St. Louis, Ocean Springs and Biloxi. My dad grew up in Port Gibson and my mom grew up in Crystal Springs. Carmen’s mom inherited 80 acres near Decatur that has been in the family before the Civil War. I spent every summer of the childhood in Mississippi during the 50’s and 60’s. And yes we love our recliners. Here is a link with more information about them.
👍👍 Thanks a bunch.
Jim & Carmen, Another great blog. I am always amazed by your detailed accounting of all of your costs. I did see one thing that you need to improve on. You need to increase your time in North Carolina!
Frank, you are so right, we do need to spend more time in North Carolina! It has been two years since we saw each other at the Airstream Rally in Salem Oregon. Way too long! Say hi to Debbie for us. Stay safe! Jim
Terrific blog, just found it. Look forward to sharing in your adventures in the future. My wife and I had a similar problem several years ago in VT/NH looking for fall foliage.
Steve Heslin
Steve, glad you found us. It was a bit frustrating planning to be in the northeast for fall foliage and last year it was unusually delayed. We at least finally got to see the colors in Montreal and upper New York. Hope our paths cross some day on the road. Be safe at there.
I see you only spent 6 nights in Washington. You missed the Olympic National Park. Amazing place. You must get there on your next go around.
Tamera, we realize we messed up not planning for more time in the great northwest. We had just come down from Canada in late October and the weather was starting to get too cold for us, so we headed to a warmer area. The beauty of traveling full-time with no end date is we can always go back, and we do plan to go back to that area one of these days.
Wow! I love how you have kept track of all these numbers and the way you present your annual and monthly expenses here. A lot of work, but so well-done and a pleasure for the eyes. Sorry to see your high medial insurance costs. Only for a few more years, hopefully. Monthly camping fees seem high to me as well, but I’m sure you are much more comfortable and enjoy your stays much better than us, always boondocking! 🙂
Liesbet, thanks for the compliment on our infographics. I was a CFO before I retired and this is the kind of stuff I did for the Board of Directors. Before I got on Medicare, we were paying $1,400 a month medical premium, so what we are paying now is less than half. Welcome to the USA and its expensive medical system. We do boondock, but not all the time. About 25% of the time. We especially like state parks which can cost between $24 and $45 a night. We also occasionally like a nice resort with all the amenities. What can I say… we’re old.
Good day! We live in Edmonton, Alberta. Happy to see you have been in our beautiful province! Come back soon (when the border opens). We are looking forward to going full time once we empty and sell our house. One of 0the questions I’d like to ask is if you have encountered any dangerous situations or been apprehensive in parking in certain locations? I keep thinking of the horrible passing of the Butler’s last year in Texas. I hope this is OK to ask.
Hello Sandy! We miss Canada so much! We had intended to pop over the border this summer, but it was not to be. Thank you for reaching out. Your question about safety and security was foremost on our minds too, when we were in the preparation and planning stage. At that time we were operating on the assumption that if so many people our age were out there doing this, it must be safe. We did some online research and asked a few people we knew who were full-timing about their method of self-protection. Most people have a story or two about situations when they felt uneasy, but nothing serious happened.
Now that we’re in our fifth, year we can honestly say that we had more scary encounters when we lived in our house than in our trailer. There is no similarity between “house security” and “trailer security.” They are both very unique situations. Because a mobile unit can move you have a primary source of built-in security. Also suburban living kind of blinds one to real dangers that are lurking everywhere. When you are living mobile your senses are heightened, and sharpened. Your awareness of everything peaks when you’re on the road because you are always moving into a new neighborhood. Just like when we move into a new house in a new neighborhood, we do not presume that everyone who camps near us is the salt of the earth. We don’t have to be suspicious of everyone and everything, we just practice awareness – listen and look. We are both constantly sharing observations about where it is safe to walk, to shop and whether or not the bath houses feel safe. Does this place require a light? or is it better if we keep a low profile near the road? When we come to a new place, we stroll around together before splitting up for dog walks and personal exercise. Observe everything … is this tree safe? Will it fall in a storm? Is that dog leashed? Is our vehicle safely locked? We keep all keys close at all times. You’ll see. Your senses will develop quickly and new intelligences about living mobile and the mobile community at large will set in. Four eyes are better than two, and shared observations enhance your ability to stay safe.
As for security, nothing compares to a good watch dog with a keen sense of hearing. It’s just so comforting to get a warning BEFORE a stranger approaches the camp. Some campers in the US carry guns. But having a gun increases your chance of getting shot. Jim and I would not be living this lifestyle if we thought that gun-ownership was vital. In the event of a confrontation, a gun makes you a target by another gun-owner who might come to see what all the fracas is about – or even by the police officer if they mistake you for the intruder. And, while having a gun might make some people feel safer, advertising gun ownership is never advised since it attracts gun thieves.
A mobile-living unit has the advantage of enabling a quick exit when one perceives danger is nearby, but there is also the disadvantage of having no back door when danger is imminent. For some, a stun gun, a very loud alarm, or a container of bear spray near the door provides a sufficient sense of security against a threatening person and a quick opportunity to make a get-away. I say “sense of security” because nothing (not even a gun) is guaranteed. That’s why Jim and I have an agreement that if one of us feels unsafe in an area – day or night – upon the moment of arrival or at any time – whether in a resort or boondocking in the countryside … we instantly skedaddle if one feels unsafe.
Now, a story…
You mentioned the Butler’s tragic demise. I thought about writing a post about this, but I do not want to disturb the Butler family with anything that might come up on an internet search because my thoughts, observations and response could be taken negatively – as if I am finding fault in the poor couple’s approach. From what I understand no one really knows exactly what happened and I certainly do not claim to understand the details.
Jim and I had planned to camp on the same beach during that same summer, a bit east of the Butler’s location, and just a few weeks before the horrible event took place.
Before setting up our first-ever on-the-sand beach camp (something that thousands of campers do every year in the Padre Island area) we went to investigate as we often do – just have a look around. Whether it was because I had just read “Inside The Labyrinth” by our good friend and author Bobby DeLaughter, I do not know – but I did not like it – Beautiful as the location was – soft caramel sand, grassy dunes, flocks of exotic sea fowl, the intoxicating ocean breeze – I had a positively sickening feeling about it. Just, NO. This was not going to happen. Jim was so disappointed. He did not share my feelings at all. But, from Day 1 we kept an agreement: If one of us says, No, the answer is No. That rule applies to locations, people, events, restaurants … at any time whether it is four in the morning or midnight. We’ve kept to it and we know of two times now when it could have saved our lives.
When you are living outside, instincts sharpen. Feelings are so much more important. Sometimes it is my instincts that prevail, sometime’s it is Jim’s. We have learned to acknowledge and respect these feelings and to welcome them as gifts. And, that is our best method of security.
Thank you for asking this important and honest question. Hopefully, this answer does not scare you away. Travel would not be so amazing if it didn’t involve some risk. To us, the real tragedy would be to take no risks at all.
Now, when the Canada border opens, last one in’s a rotten egg!
Safe and Happy Travels!
LIB
I enjoyed your animated travel map. What did you use to make it?
Vince, I added a link to how we make our travel map, https://livinginbeauty.net/how-created-animated-map/
So neat! Just left a campground you were at and had to look up your site to see what it was about. Y’all sound like where we want to be when we retire! Love the part about braking for craft breweries. We do the same. We just bought our camper this year, with 2 kids in tow. I will definitely join your email to keep updated. This is a well published blog! I love everything about it! Safe travels
Amy, glad you are enjoying our blog. This lifestyle is amazing and we love to write about it. We assume you just left Port St. Joe…. sorry we missed you. Congratulations on your purchase of a camper this year. Maybe our paths will cross again someday on the road!. Hope you do decide to enter your email address and click the follow button to receive a notification every time we publish a new blog post. Stay safe out there!
Are you not members of boondockers welcome?
Donald, yes we are members of Boondockers Welcome, but haven’t yet taken advantage of the membership. What feedback can you ofer on this program? Jim
This is a great presentation. Love your map and all the charts. Great info. Love seeing your journey! Thanks.
Dan, glad you found value in our travel maps and facts page. I find it fun to document and categorize our travels and expenses and am always happy to hear our experience might help other folks understand and budget their travels. Stay safe out there and happy travels! Jim
That’s the most comprehensive breakdown I’ve ever seen, thanks!
Thank you!
Hi. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this as a resource. I lost my husband the day before Valentine’s and while I’m only 62 and should go back to work, I decided that life was too short and I was going to go do what we had planned to do before he went to hospital, which was a whole lot of RV’ing. Unfortunately, we only got to go out a couple of times in 2018 after buying our second trailer before Alzheimer’s took over, although we have RV’d quite a bit before in an old Award.
Right now I’m finishing up making my present house as maintenance free as possible so that it can be rented out. I’ve already reno’d and rented out the other on a Southern Gulf Island just off Vancouver Island. Then I’ll be heading out for a few shake out trips before heading to Arizona for six months to investigate the four corners as well as Texas and maybe come back up through Utah in the spring. Yukon next summer and then do the fall colors in the eastern provinces, which I have never visited, before following the autumn color down the Eastern Seaboard to the Carolinas and then Florida that winter.
The biggest stumbling block has been trying to figure out a budget. We have RV’d before so I’m not completely unfamiliar with how expensive it can be, but it was mostly in Canadian dollars. To have your break down in such detail is invaluable!!!
In the past two months after deciding what I was going to do, I’ve felt like I was just kind of throwing numbers around and trying to round up, well aware that full time RV’ing was going to end up costing way more than I could guess, because that’s all I’ve been doing, is guessing the expenses!
This gives me a wonderful starting point, particularly since our trucks our similar, (Mine’s a 2012 Ford F250 diesel) and the trailer is 34.5ft front of hitch to spare tire in the back so I expect similar in weight, although I think you might be getting better mileage than I am.
I know that I’ll be buying my insurance Canada side so not worried about the medical end of it and will probably do the same with roadside assistance, but I have been wondering about cell phone, satellite, RV site costs, National park costs, event costs, propane, repairs and maintenance (that’s a biggie for me and I knew I was probably underestimating it. After seeing your numbers, I know I was.) and so on. And mail?
I didn’t even know there was such a service but I’m excited to find out about it because that one has definitely been on my mind!
Thanks so much for your info on this. I like facts and graphs so this makes me happy.
I know for sure that I’ll be checking out some of the spots you’ve mentioned in posts I’ve read since joining. So perhaps our paths will cross down the road. I hope so.
Oh, and thanks especially about the post on security and feeling comfortable about your surroundings. I’m from the boonies so I’m used to grizzlies and black bears and cougar, wolves, and moose but it’s taken me a long time to trust my instincts when it comes to people. Even then, my spidey senses are not nearly as good as they are in the woods, so it’s comforting to know that if I treat my surroundings with the same alertness as I do in the bush, that all should be fine. Thanks for that.
JB
JB, so sorry to hear about your recent loss. Sounds like you had some amazing plans in place that as of yet have not materialized. At the loss of my mom and Carmen’s mom, we decided the same as you, life is too short, let’s just do it. So we did and we are!!!!! Thank you for your kind words and we are happy to hear you found these resources useful. I love numbers and statistics, so this is a fun ongoing project of mine. Your itinerary sounds fantastic! You are going to hit some great locations. We do love iPostal1 for our mail service. They have be great for us these past 5 years. Stay safe out there and we hope our paths cross some day on the road. Jim
Absolutely amazing, how you put this all together! Wanting to take the plunge and going through the early stages – cleaning out 50 years of memories and junk – passing on what is wanted to the kids, getting the house ready to sell, reading fascinating articles like yours!! I pray we make it and get to say hi to you on our journey!! Thank you for wonderful articles and beautiful pictures! Enjoy your journey and keep safe!
Brenda, Glad you found us and have found some of our writings helpful. We remember back in 2015-2016 when we had to get rid of all of our possessions. If you haven’t read “The Clearing” post about how we did that, you might find it helpful. We had to get rid of 41 years of marriage stuff… wasn’t easy. Hope our paths cross someday on the road. Stay safe out there and happy travels! Jim
Enjoyed reviewing your financial detail
Maintenance on the truck and trailer blew me away
I don’t see how a person could do this on there social social security alone. Need a job to take care of all the repairs
Bob
Bob, glad you enjoyed the financial detail. You mentioned the maintenance on the truck and trailer. Much of the costs on the Airstream was optional and a choice by us, such as solar, inverters, new flooring, new axels, lift kit, new recliners, and other cosmetic improvements. As far as the truck, putting 126,000 miles on it does require maintenance and costs, that’s for sure. We are spending far less traveling full-time than we did living in our bricks and mortar house. Plus we love the adventure of this lifestyle. Right now we have no plans to ever stop doing this, unless heath gets in the way. Thanks for following Living in Beauty. Jim
Thanks for further clarification
This is really awesome. It is very helpful as we too are full timers. Always wondering if we are off or on with expenses. So incredible helpful to be able to compare. Takes a lot of work on your part so thank you guys!
Janaea, thank you for your kind words. Yes, it does take a lot of time to document all this data, but I love doing it. Glad you have found value in the statistics and it has helped you with your planning. Jim
Wow! Your blog is great! Wonderfully written, inspiring and over 2000 days on the road, very impressive! Thank you for sharing!
Lynne, thank you for your kind words. It is hard to believe we have been traveling full-time now for 2000 days. Seems like we just started. We have no plans to stop this amazing lifestyle. Glad you found us! Say safe out there! Jim
Remarkable well documented! Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Joe, thank you!
We feel honored and lucky to have met you relatively early in your Airstream and blogging journey. April 2017, in San Diego, at Chula vista RV. It has been a pleasure to meet up with you from time to time, to enjoy some fine meals and drinks I still recommend your blog to anyone who asks about our favorite. Keep it up!
Frank, has it really been 5 years since we first met each other? Wow!!!! Thanks for recommending our blog to anyone who travels. We appreciate it! One of these days the four of us will be at the same place again and catch up. Send our love to Deb. Jim
I was wondering if you have a total average monthly cost of all these costs along with a graph showing actual monthly costs over the last 5 or 6 years. My wife and I are planning on doing this same thing in the near future. Thank you
Shane, we do not have what you are asking about. The only way we document various expenses is the infographics we have on this page. I like your idea, but as of yet we have not done such a grouping together of expenses. Hope your plans to travel full-time come to fruition, since this lifestyle is AMAZING!!!! Stay safe out there and happy travels. Jim
Absolutely love the detail to this! Inspirational and informative. Ever had a spot you stayed at make you uncomfortable or wish you had not stayed there for some reason? Thanks for sharing.
Randall, glad you found value in these infographics and statistics. Well, we have stayed at more than 400 overnight locations and some we liked a lot more than others. As far as uncomfortable… we never stayed at a place that makes us uncomfortable. As soon as we get that vibe, we move on, no matter if it is moments after we arrive or hours later. I cannot really recall such a situation, but more than likely it has happened and I just can’t remember. You know that ‘getting old and can’t remember stuff” syndrome. 🤪 Stay safe out there and happy travels. Jim
Wow! Love the info!’
Debbie, thank you and glad you have found value in the details. Jim