live. work. dream.

As the RV industry knows, baby boomers are becoming the largest group of fulltime RVers out there. Sure enough, in most places, Jim and I have been the youngest adults at the campground (Jim’s 41, I’m 38), That is, until we met Chris and Liz (ages 35 and 30). Finally, we randomly met two people from our generation who have also said Adios to careers and the conventional life.

As we sat around the campfire in Myrtle Beach, the four of us wondered how many fulltime travelers are in our age bracket. So I turned to RV.Net Forums to do an informal survey of RVers. Check out these great stories people are telling.

This doesn’t even scratch the surface; there are tons of offbeat travelers out there; Backpackers, train hoppers, hitchhikers, hippies driving converted school buses, you name it. These guys make us RVers look really conventional, but personally, I’ll take the security of my rig anyday.

Does that mean I’m getting old?

Question: What is the number one killer of domestic pets in the U.S.?
Answer: Euthanasia at animal shelters. Over 9.6 million pets are euthanized every year.

Jim and I have always talked about starting up an animal rescue. We’d buy some rustic land, put rental cabins on it for revenue, and build an animal shelter with a focus on older and special needs dogs. We joked we’d call it “Jerry’s Kids.”

So when Workamper Magazine had an ad with an opportunity at Safe Harbor Animal Farm in Maysville, South Carolina, I thought it would be a great chance to find out if running a shelter is something that might be in our futures. Safe Harbor’s founder, Dr. Lynn Swanson, was kind enough to give us our first workamper opportunity, and invited us to come on over.

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