How would you feel about ditching the luxuries of a large, spacious house for a one-room RV? Technomadia’s Chris Dunphy and Cherie Ve Ard made it their lifestyle.


Chris Dunphy and Cherie Ve Ard are two “gen-x geeks” who live on the road full-time with their RV.
They’re currently making their way across the USA, headed towards Tampa. In their words, they’re “living at the intersection of Epic & Awesome – traveling, living, working and playing full-time in a small solar powered RV, embracing nomadic serendipity.”

How could you not love a couple like that?

Their secret to living this way is total lack of debt. They’re not rich, but they don’t have credit cards, mortgages, rent payments, student loans, child support, or anything of the sort.

Here’s a glimpse into their tightly compacted life, complete with all the great technology and a fluffy cat.

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About The Author

Candice Walsh

Candice is a travel writer and blogger currently stationed in St. John’s, Newfoundland. When she’s not shooting whiskey and hitting on men, she’s eating nachos and dreaming about her next big adventure. Check out her blog, Candice Does the World.

  • http://solofemaletraveler.com/ Sabina

    Wow. Inspiring! This goes to show we don’t need all the possessions most of us have.

  • http://www.technomadia.com Cherie @Technomadia

    Thanks so much for the awesome tour of our little home on wheels :) The interior space may be small, but our yard is huge.

    And would you believe, Orion is our big RV upgrade? Our first year on the road, we traveled in a trailer almost half the size.

    – Cherie

    • http://www.thefutureisred.typepad.com/ Leigh Shulman

      Cherie, not once while seeing your home did I think “Wow, that’s small.” Because it’s huge in so many other ways.

  • http://www.thefutureisred.typepad.com/ Leigh Shulman

    Thanks so much for the tour of your RV.

    We camped right next to you at Burning Man, but I was so overwhelmed with the millions of insane things going on at my first burn, I didn’t even think to ask to come in and take a look around. Next time we’re both in Black Rock City — which will probably be the next time our paths cross — I’ll bring a bottle of something for us to all share.

  • Morgan

    I love love love seeing your Orion, Cherie.

  • http://www.kaleidoscopicwandering.com JoAnna

    I had a chance to check out Orion at Burning Man and it was surprisingly roomy (not to mention ridiculously dust free, compared to my humble abode).

  • http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com Trisha Miller

    Wonderful organization of your space! We have an RV also, which we take to Burning Man, but I’m SO envious of your ability to live on the road – it’s still a few more years before my youngest stepson is “out of the nest” but boy are we anxiously awaiting our opportunity to move that nest! Until then I’ll live vicariously through your tales :) and maybe we’ll meet up at this year’s Burn if you’re going!

  • http://wheretherebedragons.com Tim Patterson

    AWESOME!

  • Ramesh Poddar

    Its a lovely tour of home I would like to own .I want this to roam in india,Bhutan,Nepal,sikkim.
    Free from paying the ridiculous rents hotels charge,Free from the limits on the amount of time, you spend in any beautiful place.

  • http://www.technomadia.com Cherie @Technomadia

    Thank you everyone for your comments on our little home on wheels – it’s so incredibly wonderful to be able to travel all over without ever leaving home :)

    @Trisha – We will indeed be at Burning Man this year. And we’ll be hosting Camp Nomadia again – for future, present and past nomads. Details are at http://www.technomadia.com/campnomadia

  • http://kafkacotton.com Brian Crabtree

    I’ve been living in my minivan (or “mini-RV”) for about 8 months. I started out just traveling but now I’m working on a business. I pop into local libraries during the day and go to a McDonalds if I need more wifi. I sleep at WalMart almost every night and have *never* had a problem. Even if I end up getting a normal corporate job for a year or two, there’s no way I would go back to paying rent. As they say, “the meat is sweeter close to the bone.”

    Here’s a little photo album of my setup: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2597128&id=4912461&l=a777914b19

  • http://articlemarketingautomationreview.net carla brown

    so sweet of you both…very sweet kitty and your orion

  • journokid

    Hi,

    Great plan, great life, wow!
    I just wanted to know how does Kiki the cat handle the travelling? I have a cat and long to go nomad but I don’t know if he’d cope.

    Thanks

  • http://alainarose.wordpress.com Alaina O’Brien

    Simply awesome.

  • http://www.technomadia.com Cherie @Technomadia

    @journokid Kiki does fantastically with the travel.. but she grew up with it. We added her to our journey when she was 7 weeks old, so she really knows nothing else. However, we have met many cats on the road who were once stationary house cats who have made the transition well. Start out by taking some road trips that don’t involve going to vet to see how he adjusts over time.. cats are adaptable, they just need to think it’s on their terms :)

  • http://www.travelswithtwo.com Melanie@TravelsWithTwo

    Kiki’s all grown up now! Please give her a cuddle from me…and hug yourselves while you’re at it. Your parking space here in Studio City awaits you anytime. :)

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