Vagabond exploring life with my little trailer in tow
May 2 is my Alto-versary, celebrating that day way back in 2016 when I picked up my shiny new blue Alto F1743 and became a full-time vagabond. I honestly had no idea what I was doing. I liked to travel, I didn’t mind driving, and there was a lot of America and Canada I wanted to see. Seven years later, I’m kind of surprised I’m still out here.
I always enjoy looking back at the year and seeing what I’ve done, where I’ve been, and how the numbers stack up. Here’s a link to my 2022 Year in Review.
There you are, serenely alone in the middle of a quiet, untrammeled desert. Or perhaps you’re camping at the base of a beautiful mountain range. It’s all perfect, at least until you need to get online. And then, poof, the dream of “working from your RV” vanishes, just like that cell signal you checked yesterday on your way to that perfect spot. Welcome to one of the most challenging aspects of working on the road: staying connected.
Everyone who buys a camper, whether it’s a 42-foot Class A bus or a tiny tow-behind has a list of requirements in their head as they are making their choice. Or sometimes they don’t… Some people go through 2, 3, or even 4 campers in the space of a half-dozen years, realizing that first one didn’t have X, the second didn’t have Y, and so on. So it does pay to think about what you’ll be doing with — and in — your camper before you shell out the big bucks to buy one.
Happy 6th birthday, Breeze! Woohoo!