Hi All or Y'all,
I will be a full-time nomad in about 10 months. The idea germinated 4 years ago when I discovered some YouTubers - Nomadic Fanatic and Gone with the Wynns at first, Bob and others later. 2.5 years ago I decided to sell my condo, which took some preparation (de-cluttering). I did sell it, got out of DEBT (!!) and downsized from a 2-2 condo with 6 closets to a 1-1 apartment with 1 closet. Although I did not quite realize it only had 1 closet when I rented it... This turned out to be a great method of getting rid of even more junk! Now I'm in the process of moving into a studio apartment and a 10x10 storage unit. Methodical, planned, some would say slow downsizing. I live in Austin, Texas with 1 dog and it will continue to be my home base. Just not in the summer.
Next steps - work from home IT job and figure out what vehicle. I am in that middle aged no longer wanting to live the Cubicle Bound Existence crowd.
Sadly, my condo did not net me Earth Roamer money. I am looking at custom camper vans, used true class B/B+ (Pleasure Way or similar), or as an outlier a truck camper. Van-wise I'd prefer a Chevy or Ford. Cannot quite convince myself to go with a Fiat Ducato (err, Promaster) or a Mercedes ($). Would be great if affordable, decent van converters existed. Sportsmobile here was more expensive than I would like.
Anyone have experience with DLM - Distributors (haven't them contacted yet) or Morehead Design Lab (they have not answered my e-mail...).
See you on the open road soon, Matt
I will be a full-time nomad in about 10 months. The idea germinated 4 years ago when I discovered some YouTubers - Nomadic Fanatic and Gone with the Wynns at first, Bob and others later. 2.5 years ago I decided to sell my condo, which took some preparation (de-cluttering). I did sell it, got out of DEBT (!!) and downsized from a 2-2 condo with 6 closets to a 1-1 apartment with 1 closet. Although I did not quite realize it only had 1 closet when I rented it... This turned out to be a great method of getting rid of even more junk! Now I'm in the process of moving into a studio apartment and a 10x10 storage unit. Methodical, planned, some would say slow downsizing. I live in Austin, Texas with 1 dog and it will continue to be my home base. Just not in the summer.
Next steps - work from home IT job and figure out what vehicle. I am in that middle aged no longer wanting to live the Cubicle Bound Existence crowd.
Sadly, my condo did not net me Earth Roamer money. I am looking at custom camper vans, used true class B/B+ (Pleasure Way or similar), or as an outlier a truck camper. Van-wise I'd prefer a Chevy or Ford. Cannot quite convince myself to go with a Fiat Ducato (err, Promaster) or a Mercedes ($). Would be great if affordable, decent van converters existed. Sportsmobile here was more expensive than I would like.
Anyone have experience with DLM - Distributors (haven't them contacted yet) or Morehead Design Lab (they have not answered my e-mail...).
See you on the open road soon, Matt