A Week in the Life of Full-Time RVers

📍- Somewhere on the Road, USA

When you imagine the daily routines of people who live on the road, perhaps you think of a slow-paced lifestyle. Maybe they use the rising sun as their alarm clock, stretching as they look out their window to be reminded of what new and exciting scenery surrounds them on that particular morning. Birdsong welcomes them to the new day as they sip their morning coffee, crosslegged, on a handmade blanket atop morning dew. Not being held down by the demands of a mortgage, they have escaped the rat race and move throughout the day at a slower pace than the rest of the world.

Sorry to put this pointy little pin in that bubble of yours, but… POP!

I don’t know where the idea that traveling nomads live a slow-paced lifestyle originated from but Drew and I have been busier than ever since starting full-time RV life over a year ago. Much like life in a sticks-and-bricks home, there is always a chore looming over our heads while we travel the country, and more often than not, the views from our bedroom window are of another person’s RV.

I don’t say this to disappoint you, but rather to give you an accurate depiction of what life on the road actually looks like. I have a feeling that many people who are reading this blog are interested in transitioning into the lifestyle themselves, and if that’s you then you should be prepared for the reality of this way of life. What better way to do that than to open up our own schedules to you, and share everything that makes up a week in our lives as full-time RVers.

To set the stage, Drew and I are in our mid-20s, and travel in a 32-foot Class A Motorhome with our dog, Charlie. Drew works full-time as a software engineer for Spotify, and I work part-time as a travel blogger and freelance writer for travel magazines. The rest of my time is occupied by handling the day-to-day duties of keeping our home-on-wheels in fighting shape which allows Drew and I to explore our destinations during our free time.

As we will show you, RV life gives us amazing experiences which are only possible with a good deal of elbow grease. Some weeks have more work than play. Others are quite the opposite. The week I am sharing with you below was spent in Columbia Falls, Montana, right outside of Glacier National Park, and after we had just spent 5 days boondocking in Mount Rainier National Park. Sounds exciting right?

If I’ve managed to spark your interest, please keep reading to discover what a week in the life of full-time RVers actually looks like. You’ll find nothing but an honest depiction of our one and only week in Montana.