About Me

At age 47, I left my “normal” life behind and adopted the nomadic lifestyle of a fulltime RVer.

This is actually Adventure # 2.

Adventure # 1 began on my 40th birthday, exactly 7 years ago today.   I quit my most excellent job to the dismay of many, rented my excellent house, which I sold a year later, and left my somewhat excellent (certainly contented) life in Raleigh, NC, got in a car with a friend, his 2 year old son (who was in the middle of potty training), and my two dogs (who were already potty trained), and headed north to Alaska.  16 days and over 6,000 miles later, we arrived and began looking for work and a place to live.  I have never looked back.  That was the best move I had made in life to date.  These past 7 years, through ups and downs, have been indescribably wonderful.  I am indeed most fortunate.  If it weren’t for  a perfect storm of circumstances, I would not now be leaving Alaska on Adventure # 2, but am most excited about the prospect.

As mentioned earlier, I am a single, 47 year old, who will be traveling around North America and possibly Mexico and Central America with my two dogs, Misty and Mosely.  I am not retired and have no pension or other income to rely on, so I will be working as I go.  I have been a professional, business to business salesperson since graduating from college and plan to employ these skills as I travel.  (more on this plan another time)  Additionally,  I have never been RVing and have never even spent the night in an RV.  Crazy, huh?

Many months ago when I first began to research this idea, my first post on one of the RV forums asked for help regarding Income vs Expenses for fulltime rvers.  Fulltimers are described as people who live in an RV all year long and have no other residence.  While looking back I do see my initial questions were naive for sure, it is interesting however to see the responses I received.  One person wrote, “…but you sound like a very naive young lady headed for potential financial disaster”  while someone else wrote, “If I was 40  and single with no obligations, I’d jump on your idea like a frog on a junebug….I admire your guts!”  Jumping in headfirst with absolutely no experience is certainly not recommended by those in the know, it is just working out that way for me and I am positive Adventure #2 will be as fulfilling as Adventure #1 has proven to be.

Jumping ahead to 2015, I am now living and working in Asheville, North Carolina having moved here in the summer of 2014 to be near and of service to my aging parents.  After a long respite, I have restarted my blog and it is now all about Backyard Chickens!