Today is a pretty major milestone – I have now been a full-time nomad for twenty years! That seems like it should be a pretty big deal – but after twenty years of living like this, it’s just another day. Today’s plan of exploring a scenic state park and then cruising the Natchez Trace Parkway […]
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Wrapping Up our Winter 2026 Season in Benson, AZ at SKP Saguaro Co-Op
Wow, did the past 2.5 months go by fast! This winter season was our longest time on our lot at SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park, and it was abundantly full of awesome. In 2018, we officially became lifetime leaseholders in the park, but have only managed to get back to Arizona for a couple months […]
How an Attempt to Buy Beer Turned Us Into Nomadic App Developers – And Made $474k!
Our journey as app developers all started when we tried to buy some beer… in Kansas. As many of you might not know – up until recently, it was illegal to sell “real” beer in grocery stores in the Sunflower State. But way back in November of 2009 when we were working a stint at […]
Back to Van & Bus Life – Maryland to Florida to Arizona! Return to SKP Saguaro Co-Op & Zephyr!
Whew… it’s been nearly 3 months since we left Y-Not stored in northern Maryland for winter and hit the road. And now I’m sitting in Zephyr, our vintage bus, in Arizona! So how’d we get here? Certainly not the direct route! Let’s get caught up on the adventures before winter gets too far behind of […]
2025 Travel Route & Year in Review
And the end of another year is upon us! 2025 wraps up 19 years on the road for us together! We brought in the new year in Austin, TX and end is in Sante Fe, NM – with many adventures in between. Y-Not (boat): 976.2 nautical miles – 218 nights Blooper (van): 8565 miles – 110 […]
Best of the Chesapeake: Wrap Up of our 2025 Cruising Season – Favorite Stops & Statistics
Our 2025 cruising season was dedicated to just the Chesapeake Bay. We departed Chesapeake, VA on the southern end on April 25, 2025 and had our final stop in the northern end in Havre de Grace, MD six months later. Great Loopers following a more traditional 1 year journey might only have time to spend […]
Annapolis, Baltimore and More – Wrapping Up our 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cruising Adventures!
After Labor Day weekend was over (affectionally also known as ‘Nomad Liberation Day’) – we left the Chester River, re-entering the Chesapeake Bay. After a few weeks of poking around quaint small towns on the Eastern Shore of the upper bay, we decided we were ready for some bigger city life. And we had two […]
Eastern Bay & Chester River – Upper Chesapeake Bay Great Loop Cruising
We had explored just about all we could along the Choptank River on the Upper Chesapeake’s Eastern Shore, so it was time to transit to the next bay north. After some weather moved through, we ventured back out from Oxford (with a couple quarts of ice cream, of course) and passed through Tilgman Narrows. We […]
Choptank River Adventures – Upper Eastern Chesapeake Bay: Great Loop Cruising
After our highly social visit to Solomon’s Island after cruising back down the Potomac River concluding our adventure packed 40-nights in DC – we were now officially in the Upper Chesapeake Bay. And we had a choice. We could either continue up the Chesapeake Bay to explore Annapolis and Baltimore – or we could cross […]
Anchoring vs Marinas: Which is Better?
We get a lot of questions about why we choose to anchor out so much, and what criteria we use when we do choose to stay at a marina. It may come as a surprise – but anchoring out is not always about saving money. We anchor out not because it’s free, but because it’s […]
