Curated articles from across the work camping, RV, and nomad world.
More RV shoppers are moving away from big motorhomes and toward Class B, B+, and smaller Class C models. That shift brings one big choice with it, because many of these RVs are built on a Mercedes ...
By Cheri Sicard Carrie did not replace her Sprinter van. She added a cheap toy hauler trailer and solved the problems the van could not.
One of the things that drew us to getting a lot at SKP Saguaro Co-Op RV Park was that many of the lots have casitas on them. Now, just what is a casita?
While vanlife is about the aesthetic, overlanding is about the adventure. Here's why 12 million people like me are trading paved roads for self-reliance and remote, off-grid landscapes.
Last we left you, we had just departed Benson, AZ in our van after abundant winter season at SKP Saguaro Co-Op. We left out on March 13 to start heading eastward, with plans to caravan with our fri...
Grand Design’s move into compact motorhomes gets more interesting with the 2026 Lineage LVP2. This Ram ProMaster-based camper van keeps the footprint small, but it packs in the kind of lounge, stor...
By Cheri Sicard In the video at the bottom of this article, Bob Wells from Cheap RV Living interviews Kelly, an engineer by trade, who created just about the most advanced DIY camper van you will e...
From powering Starlink to running diesel heaters, these portable power stations handled real off-grid use better than traditional electrical setups.
By Cheri Sicard In the video from Nate Murphy at the end of this post we meet Kirby, who shares a tour of “Baltica,” his 15th camper van build. Some vans feel built.
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 anothe...
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.
By Cheri Sicard While this video was apparently made in Japan, its ingenious DIY sink idea can definitely be used for van life here in the U.S. Let’s face it, van life gets old fast when basic clea...
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 ...