From Tent to RV--And 49 States

Did you hear the one about the boondocking tenters who thought an RV might be warmer? Well, it's all true. After waking up in Nova Scotia one cold November morning, Joseph and Betty Knoch thought maybe an RV would be a warmer way to go. So the tent went, and a small Class-C motorhome came into their life.

At first they mixed "business" with pleasure--using the motorhome to work a 7-state business territory where they sold orthodontic supplies. But somehow, traveling that wide-open territory that boondockers are so fond of got into their blood. On the road to Alaska they decided to "retire" and see the country. Indeed they have: 49 states are now under their tires, and they'd have done the 50th if there was an economical way to get the motorhome to Hawaii.

The price of fuel is to be accounted for, but it hasn't stopped them. They told a reporter from the Columbus, Ohio Dispatch, ""But you don't buy (an RV) to save money. You buy it to go where you want, when you want, sleep where you want, eat where you want. It gives you the ultimate flexibility." There's no doubt that the rest of us boondockers would agree. Read the full story here.

Photo, Columbus, Ohio Dispatch