Our (changing) summer travel plans

Like everyone else, we were super excited for summer to get here.  We were planning to head to Colorado for 5 months, hang out with family and friends, ATV a couple times a month, take in Red Rocks concerts, visit Rocky Mountain National Park, find new restaurants…we could go on and on. Well, our plans …

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How to NOT freak out when you get an IRS audit notice

We all fear getting that dreaded letter from the IRS saying we’re being audited or owe additional taxes.  Well, we got one of those letters last summer while we were on the road last summer. We weren’t completely surprised by the IRS letter.  2017 was a complicated tax year for us.  We sold our home …

5 things no one told us about RVing in early retirement

We have absolutely loved being on the road 5 months this summer.  AND, we are 100% ready to head home for the winter. We set out for New England on May 15.  We had our route, itinerary, and campground reservations set for the entire summer, and we didn’t really deviate.  The only time we didn’t …

RV living…everybody’s got something to do

We get asked a lot of questions about who drives, who cooks, who cleans…basically, who does everything while we’re traveling. We’ve never even thought about roles and who does what. I guess we just kind of started doing what we’re doing and it’s worked! Carter’s Roles President and CEO. Carter likes to think he’s in …

How can we afford to be on vacation 5 months of the year?

We get asked a lot of questions about how we retired so early. We get even more questions about how we can afford to be on vacation 5 months of the year. Well...truthfully, we don’t see this as a 5-month vacation.  We’re just living life on the road.  We feel 100% blessed that we get …

Weird stuff we do in the RV that we’d never do at home

Whether out of desire or necessity, we’ve realize we do some pretty weird things while we’re traveling in our RV.  Some of these help us save money while others are just part of life on the road! Scavenge for firewood After paying $7 for a bundle of wood for our first campfire this summer, we …

8 Lessons Learned During Our First 6 Weeks On the Road

We left Arizona on May 13th and headed to the Grand Canyon.  Since then, we’ve been to Lake Powell, Goosenecks, Grand Junction, Grand Lake, Denver, Scottsbluff, Lincoln, Kansas City, Lake of the Ozarks, St Louis, Columbus, Ohiopyle, Rocky Gap, Annapolis, and many more. Whew!  As you can imagine, we’ve learned a lot! 1Our biggest learning …

Just Ask The Google

We aren’t the most technologically savvy people out there (don’t tell Carter I said that…he worked in technology for 20+ years and fancies himself an expert!). In fact, it feels like we were slow on the uptake when it comes to relying on Google. Now, we use if for pretty much EVERYTHING.  Every day, you’ll …

A Perfect Week in Colorado

We lived in Colorado for 20+ years.  Now that we’ve moved away, going back really feels like a vacation and we realize we miss everything about the state!  Colorado is an amazingly beautiful place full of kind people and limitless activities.  It’s no wonder everyone wants to live in Colorado.  Who can blame them, right?  …

How to make your money go further when you’re on a road trip

Plan fuel stops with Gas Buddy Gas Buddy is one of our favorite travel apps.  We search our route for inexpensive fuel so we know where to stop for a fill-up.  We’ve all been in those small towns with 1 station and the fuel is $.50 more than everywhere else.  With Gas Buddy, we know …