We’re not much for KOA-type paid campgrounds when we travel. Our camper van has everything we need: a sink, stove, refrigerator, bed, even a toilet. So why pay $50 / night to park the car and go to sleep?...
Tweaking and Optimizing
Our upcoming trip to the southwest will be our longest stretch yet living out of our Roadtrek 190 Popular camper van: three to four weeks. Prior to this, our record was back in December of 2015 when we bought...
Cash Flow Positive Travel
We do a fair amount of traveling, and when we travel, we travel a fair amount: in addition to the odd week and long weekend here and there, we’ve done two three-month treks across Europe, a month in Amsterdam,...
One Way Ticket
Later this month, we’ll be setting out on our longest camper van trip yet: three to four weeks to make a one-way journey home from Albuquerque to Seattle. The one-way part was our first bit of inspiration. We knew...
Tech Travel Tools
When we took our three month trip to Europe in 2007, the iPhone revolution was just brewing (I got my first one in January 2008, after we returned). For that trip, we had one cell phone between us, for...
Phone Games
In prep for the trip, I called our cell phone carrier, AT&T, to see if they had coverage in Europe and what international roaming would be. They didn’t offer a plan, but did offer to put my account in...
Current Currency
It’s a great time for an American to travel to Europe: at $1.14 to €1, this is the best exchange rate in at least 10 years. As it turns out, that doesn’t mean that I’ll actually be getting one...
