We have posted about numerous folks who have traded stationary homes for RVs. People make this choice for a variety of reasons. They might want to see the world, live a more minimal existence, reduce overhead and so on. Despite these attributes, many bristle at the idea of a roving home that depends on a fossil fuel hungry internal combustion engine.
Recent fulltime RVers Ching and Jerud had similar reservations, but ultimately decided an RV was the best type of home to do what they wanted to do: live self-directed, outdoor-centered, low-overhead lives. Today?s guest post by Ching goes into some of their story: why they chose to live in an RV, the ups and downs of the experience and even how they made it work with their environmental sensibilities. Read more about their journey on Live Small Ride Free. My desire to downsize my life from a 1,200 sq. ft. house to a 200 sq. ft. RV was driven by my love for the great outdoors and need for exploration. Yearly two-week-long vacations always ended in a blink of an eye and I felt time was becoming more and more my enemy. I didn?t want to wake up one day to realize that I was too old, too comfortable and had too many strings attached to live the life I always wanted. And I was tired of reading about other people?s adventures while daydreaming about  mine. It finally hit me that there wasn?t any reason I couldn?t live the way I wanted–traveling fulltime on the road.
Living in an RV wasn?t initially our first choice because of...