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Prepare for Road Life

These RV resources will help prepare you to live out your road-life dreams:


  • How to Prepare for an RV Lifestyle  
  • Quiz: Are You Ready to be a Full-Time Camper?  
  • Is a Solar Powered Full-Time RV Life More Sustainable? 
  • Helpful Apps & Online Resources for RVers 
  • How to Make Travel Expense Planning Less Stressful  
  • Tips for Hygiene & Bathrooms on the Road 
  • Escapees RV Club: A Total Support Network for All RVers


Hutch & Shari waving from the cab of their new Nissan truck, and Hamlet.
A Vintage Camper Christmas, on the shores of North Padre Island, Texas.

Find Free / Unique Camping & Boondocking

Finding free, low cost, and epic camping is a breeze with a few key apps and resources in your back pocket!  Discover how we spend less than $100 per month for camping expenses, making our full time RV lifestyle both affordable and sustainable.


  • How to Camp Like a PRO with The Dyrt!
  • The Best Way to Find Free Camping - Public Land Locator
  • Meet Sarah Smith & Kevin Long, The Dyrt Co-Founders
  • Apps & Online Resources for Finding Off-Grid, Free, & Low Cost Camping​
  • Harvest Hosts: Unique & Fun Overnight RV Experiences
  • Boondockers Welcome: Bring Your RV & Make New Friends

Power Your Mobile Life with Solar

Solar power frees us from expensive electrical hook up campsites, restrictive reservations, and gas generators.  We've been living a solar powered RV lifestyle since 2012!


  • Resources, Tips, Advice, Videos, & More.

Vintage camper parked at a Harvest Host location in Maine.
Launching sea kayaks from a ramp, Stonington Maine.

Find Work on the Road

We run into a lot of people who waited to retire before hitting the road.  They always say, "We wish we'd done this sooner!"  So, don't let that pension hold you back.  There are literally thousands of ways to earn enough as you travel.  These RV lifestyle resources will help you think about how to make working from the road work for you.


  • Full-Time Campers Share Their Secrets for Finding Work on the Road
  • The Reality of Working in Paradise
  • Meet the Xcapers Community!

Find RV Volunteer & Work-Trade Opportunities

Finding your community on the road becomes easier when you volunteer side-by-side with others who share your values and passions.  Volunteering and doing work-trade from the comfort of our own little camper is one of the best gifts we've given ourselves.


  • Solar Powered RVolunteering   
  • Our Solar Powered Adventure Rig Has Opened Up a Whole World of Volunteer Opportunities  
  • Volunteer in National Parks & Other Federal Lands

National Jr. Ranger Day Volunteer Ranger, Acadia National Park.
Road Atlas and National Parks Guide reflection in windshield on a rainy day in Olympic NP.

Discover America's National Parks

We are self-proclaimed National Park Nerds and have had the pleasure of exploring, working, and volunteering in hundreds of national park service sites since we hit the road.  Below are some resources we typically share during our RV show seminars:


  • Exploring America's National Parks. Part 1
  • Tips & Tricks for Exploring America's National Parks in Your RV, Part 2
  • Nat Geo Road Atlas (Adventure Edition)
  • Nat Geo Guide to the National Parks 
  • Experience Our National Parks through a Naturalist's Lens
  • 1000 Places to See Before You Die 
  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea (Documentary)
  • America's National Park Podcast 
  • National Park Service Website 
  • National Park Service App 
  • Get Your Pass 
  • Volunteer in the Parks (with your RV)

Gourmet Cooking & Camp Kitchen Hacks

We are foodies on the move who love the challenge of making gourmet meals on a campfire, two burner, or even a single burner stove in the backcountry.  Here are our tips, techniques, recipes, and a few fun RV lifestyle hacks that we've whipped up along the way.


  • Make Your Camping Meals an Event
  • Gourmet Camp Cooking: Our Favorite Roadlife Recipes
  • Solar Solution for Ice Cold Food Storage​
  • Small RV Kitchen Tips, Hacks, & Techniques ​
  • Gourmet Camp Cooking & Baking: Turn Your Camp Cooking up to 11!

Cooking on a fire with a Dutch oven or Banks Fry Bake.
Stackable Spice Containers, one of our favorite RV kitchen hacks.

Small Space Storage Hacks

We've happily lived and worked out of  72 square feet since 2012.  Learn how we manage to keep everything we need to live in all climates, cook gourmet food, go kayaking, backpacking, cycling, and run a small mobile business.


  • 18 Hacks for Storage & Comfort for an RV Lifestyle
  • Hamlet Open House - A Virtual Tour of Our Tiny House on Wheels
  • Small RV Kitchen Tips, Hacks, & Techniques

Vintage Camper Resources

"Is that camper vintage or retro?  Way to keep it classic!  Where can I buy one?  I traveled across country with my grandparents in a camper just like that in 1962!  How long did it take you to restore it?  You look like a postcard rolling down the road!"  

The list of comments and questions we get on a regular basis is quite entertaining.  We always say Hamlet makes easier friends than we do.  You don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to live an RV lifestyle.  If you want to join the thousands of vintage restorers, admirers, and owners, check out these resources.


  • Vintage Trailer Magazine - Classifieds
  • Tin Can Tourists - Membership Club
  • Vintage Trailer Supply - Restoration Supplies
  • Vintage Trailer Rallies & Events:

              Vintage Trailer Rallies Facebook Group

              Period Events - Play in the Past

  • Facebook Forums: 

              Vintage Camper Trailers, Vintage Camper Lovers, Tin Can Tourists

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