Full Time RVer

As technology continues to make advancements, the footloose lifestyle is attracting more professionals: They’ve even got a name for them: Neo-bedouins. A take-off from the wandering Arabian nomads, the neo-bedouins don’t ride a camel, many of them pack about in motorhomes or trailers.

Take Richard and Angela Hoy for example. With four offspring and a budget, they were trying to get a grasp on how to economically visit relatives at nearly opposite ends of the country–Texas and Wisconsin. Airfare for the family was seemingly astronomical, so they settled on buying an RV, figuring they’d at least be building some sort of equity.

As time went by, their RV use began to evolve. Already into electronic book publishing, the Hoys had a handle on contemporary e-work. The proliferation of wifi hotspots around the country suddenly took a stuck-in-one-place business and put it on wheels. The family overcame the hurdle of education for the kids by enrolling them in a home schooling program and off they went. For 18 months the family rolled as fulltimers, making the rounds of the country from Maine to Alaska.

The two oldest Hoy offspring eventually brought the neo-bedouin lifestyle to a temporary halt: As teenagers, that growing independence caused them to lobby their parents for a return to a stix and brix school, and the parents reluctantly pulled to a stop. But when the obligation is over, the Hoys say they’ll get back on the road fulltiming. This time they’ll have yet another little bedouin to break in–Angela Hoy recently had yet another child.

The Hoys story can be found online here. You’ll also find references to a couple of books dedicated to the lifestyle that may help you make the transition.

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