Love or hate work camping?
For those of you that have lived in your rig for work have you loved it or hated it as compared to living in a home?
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I lived in my RV for over six years traveling around the country working contract network projects. The projects ranged in duration from a couple of days to 3+ months. For some of the shorter stays I would overnight at the nearest WalMart. Some of the clients allowed me to stay on their parking lot while completing the project. For longer stays I would find a suitable RV park nearby.
I loved it!!
Only two significant complaints:
1) The work circumstance that allowed me to enjoy the work/travel lifestyle has ended. The company that I was working for went out of business.
2) As I had very little input on the scheduling I sometimes found myself in Minneapolis or Detroit in February and Las Vegas or Phoenix in August.
I absolutely loved the lifestyle and would jump at the chance to do it again. I love to travel and see new things. I was able to spend time in 40+ States and was making great money doing it.
We had a nicely converted Eagle Model 10 that was very comfortable to live in. We put over 250k miles on it during that time.
While we traveled I met a number of folks living a similar lifestyle. Traveling nurses, radiology techs and union electricians. Funny thing, after a couple of years I started running into people that I had met on other parts of the country. I would pull into an RV park in Michigan and there would be Mike that I met in Texas and so on.
If you have the ability to earn an income that suits you and still have a bit of time to enjoy the places you visit I cannot see any reason not to GO FOR IT!
I loved it!!
Only two significant complaints:
1) The work circumstance that allowed me to enjoy the work/travel lifestyle has ended. The company that I was working for went out of business.
2) As I had very little input on the scheduling I sometimes found myself in Minneapolis or Detroit in February and Las Vegas or Phoenix in August.
I absolutely loved the lifestyle and would jump at the chance to do it again. I love to travel and see new things. I was able to spend time in 40+ States and was making great money doing it.
We had a nicely converted Eagle Model 10 that was very comfortable to live in. We put over 250k miles on it during that time.
While we traveled I met a number of folks living a similar lifestyle. Traveling nurses, radiology techs and union electricians. Funny thing, after a couple of years I started running into people that I had met on other parts of the country. I would pull into an RV park in Michigan and there would be Mike that I met in Texas and so on.
If you have the ability to earn an income that suits you and still have a bit of time to enjoy the places you visit I cannot see any reason not to GO FOR IT!
