RV parked at a scenic desert campsite at golden hour, wide open sky behind
Life on the road

We didn't take a break.
We took a permanent hiatus.

This is the log. The RV, the miles, the wrong turns that turned into the best days. Welcome to full-time road life.

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The map got a lot bigger once we stopped commuting.

We sold the furniture, rented out the house, and pointed the RV west. That was the plan. The reality has been messier, slower, and better than anything we sketched on a napkin.

Permanent Hiatus is our running record of the trip — every campground, every national park, every small-town diner that turned out to be the best meal of the year. If you're curious about full-time RV life, or just want to ride along from your couch, pull up a chair.

Wide-angle view of a starlit sky over a national park, RV silhouetted in the foreground
Who's driving

Boyd behind the wheel — and behind the lens.

Before the RV, there was a desk, a laptop, and a calendar that never had a free Saturday. The math eventually stopped making sense. So we did the math differently.

BoydTraveler, writer, driver of the rig
What we do
01 Trip Logs Day-by-day entries from the road — where we stopped, what broke, what was worth every mile of the detour. 02 Destination Guides Real-world breakdowns of national parks, state parks, and the stretches of highway nobody bothers to write about — but should. 03 Road Photography Photos taken from the road, not stock libraries. Every image here has a story attached to the GPS coordinates.

We've been here — and we're headed there next.

The route keeps growing. Here's some of the country we've covered so far.

Southwest desertPacific CoastRocky MountainsGreat PlainsGulf CoastAppalachian trail townsNew EnglandPacific NorthwestFour Corners regionGreat Lakes circuit
Come along

The next leg starts soon.

Drop us a note, ask a question about RV life, or just say you're reading. We like knowing someone's out there.

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