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The original RV full-timers were people following a mobile job. But the newest full-timers in the RV landscape are the growing number of women. We’ve talked with women RVing alone, single women, as well as widows and divorcees who are either childless or empty-nesters. The lure of the adventure of the open road is common, and the ongoing development of lighter, towable trailers and smaller, easier-to-maneuver motorhomes has made it far less daunting for anyone to indulge their dream.

Sometimes the women we talked to had been unhappy, trapped in a little apartment and an unfulfilling 9-to-5. But more than a few we’ve met found themselves trying to care for a 3,000-square-foot house with a big yard, and couldn’t figure out why they were doing it. A 30-foot universe is a universe that can be handled. A condo or even a retirement community is an option, but it can seem like a retreat from life, with more potential for loneliness.

This was the situation with Lora, our friend and neighbor, the first person we personally knew who told us, with no warning, that she was selling her large suburban house and most of the stuff in it to hit the road in an RV. Lora is a bright, happy woman with all sorts of choices. She wasn’t destitute or desperate when she made this one. And this is the ultimate point — most of us are out here RVing because we want to be. We want to see the world and experience life on a higher plane. We’re living a fun life that’s much cheaper than the old-style suburban house, car, and 9-to-5 job. We’re here, out on the road, because we’re nomads by nature. And when we pull up stakes to move on, we don’t ever say “goodbye,” we say, “See you down the road!”