Time For New eBikes for our Bus, Van and Boat Life (Farewell e-Joe Epik SE)

Five years ago we were on the hunt for our first folding electric bikes, and we had a very particular requirement – the bikes needed to fold up small enough to store in the front luggage bay … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Winnebago 2016 Travato 59G Design Flaws – Time For a New Van?

It’s now been 16 months since we purchased our van Coopernicus – a 2016 Winnebago Travato G. Over that timeframe, the van has been our daily driver, our get-away adventure vehicle, our … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Nomads on Pause: Our Longest Stay Yet!

Five months ago we arrived back to Sanford, Florida – a favorite stop in our prior travels that felt most like home to us. Effectively putting nomadic life on pause as we wait out the pandemi… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

RVing and Cruising During Hurricane Season

So here we are again, in the southeast on the precipice of peak hurricane season. Despite hopes and wishes, not only did the season not get rescheduled due to COVID – it seems like the months… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Getting Back to Abundant Desert Boondocking

Earlier this year we returned to our boondocking roots for a month in the deserts of Arizona in our bus. It was oh so wonderful to be out in nature, on our own and feeling abundant in the systems w… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Three Months Still – How We’re Mixing It Up To Keep Sane

When we pulled into Sanford back in late March, we knew we were here for the long haul. Even if the pandemic was appropriately flattened, we figured that would place us smack dab in the middle of h… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

What Killed Our RV Lithium Batteries? 8.5 Years of LiFePo4

In what seems like another world now, last December we replaced our dead lithium batteries in our vintage bus, Zephyr. We originally installed our GBS lithium cells back in August 2011 – and … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

The 12 RVs of Technomadia – Class A, B, C and Towables, Which is Better?

Earlier this month we recognized both my 13th ‘Nomadiversary’ and one year since we added our Winnebago Travato camper van to our nomadic fleet. As we were reminiscing about our years o… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Boat vs RV: Which Costs More?

Ever since we purchased our motor yacht to start exploring the Great Loop after over a decade of full time RVing – we’ve been asked the question “which costs more?” multiple… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Marooned in Sanford – One Month Down…

Hard to believe it’s been a month since we arrived to Sanford aboard our boat. It feels like both a year ago, and a day ago. How weird time flows these days. I know we’re not alone in t… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Mobile Internet Updates – Our Personal Setup, New Video Course & Coverage? App Updates

As most of our readers might be aware, Technomadia is our personal blog where we share the travel side of our technomadic lifestyle – and many years ago we branched off our mobile internet &a… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Sheltering in Place as a Nomad During COVID-19 (And a Heads-Up to Those in the Desert!)

Stay at home. Shelter in Place. Self-Isolate. Quarantine. Essential Services Only. Don’t travel! All phrases new to most of us. And for nomads, it’s been a confusing logistical landscap… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

14th Nomadiversary: A Nomad in a Locked-Down World

Fourteen years ago today, I began my life as a full-time Technomad. At the time I first set off – I was imagining RVing all around the country, exploring Alaska, paramotoring in Baja, backpac… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Evolving COVID Plans – Return to Sanford, FL

In our last update, we shared we were back to cruising after getting our boat out of storage in Savannah and heading to our home state of Florida. We didn’t have plans beyond that, except per… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Back to Boat Life – Our COVID-19 Isolation Cruising Plans & Resources for Fellow Nomads

What a crazy world we live in these days, and it’s changing faster than any of us can keep up. And while I wished we would wake up to discover we’ve all been tuned into the latest Netfl… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Happy 5th Birthday Xscapers / General Quick Update

It was 5 years ago this week that we attended the 2015 Escapade in Tucson, AZ and helped the Escapees RV Club launch their new club within a club called Xscapers! And wow.. look how far it has come… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Traveling with a Bus & Van: Convoying Two RVs

One of the most frequent questions we’ve gotten since we traded in our MINI Cooper for a Class-B Winnebago Travato van conversion was – do we flat tow the van behind our motorhome? And … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Xscapers Annual Bash 2020 & New Years Eve Blowout – What a Way to Start the Decade!

Have you ever had a vision and then came back 4 years later and realized – you totally found the exact right people to share that vision with? I’m not sure I’m ever going to be ab… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Lessons Learned After Long Term RV Storage – Getting Zephyr Back on the Road

We stored our RV for nearly 1.5 years, and learned a lot. In early 2018 we drove our bus to Texas to attend & speak at the RV Entrepreneur Summit. We had tried and tried to get a spot at the co… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

2019 Travel Route & Year in Review

The end of 2019 – the end of another year, and the end of another decade.  Crazy how fast time is flying by – and a poignant reminder to make sure you’re living your life as you w… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

A Month Docked in Downtown Charleston, SC

Ok.. time to do the time warp again as we get caught up on past due travelogues. This time, we’re taking you back to July. When the temperatures were spiking into the 100s and we decided to t… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

We Have Arrived to Benson (And a ‘Please Don’t Drop By Unannounced’ Reminder)

We have arrived to our winter basecamp in Benson, AZ – to the lot we are leaseholders at in the SKP Saguaro Co-Op Park. The bus and van convoy was a smooth 800 mile drive that we did over 3-d… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Happy Thanksgiving (And a Quick Update)

Our biggest reason for posting today is wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are so blessed to be able to live an abundant life on the road, and we’re so grateful that you choose to spend a… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Watching ‘The RVers’ TV Show as an RVer: No Cable? No Satellite? – No Problem!

In case you haven’t heard – we are co-hosts of the upcoming TV series ‘The RVers’, premiering on Discovery Channel on November 17th at 8AM eastern. We are going to be on TV! But… … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 4 years ago

Travato Van Mods for Living & Working on the Road – 3 Month Full Time Update

It’s hard to believe – we have been in our 2016 Winnebago Travato 59G for nearly 3 months as our home base. It all started with wanting to be with my mom back in early August for her su… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Join Us For Lots of Cool Upcoming Stuff – ‘The RVers’ Premier and Full-Time Freedom Week

We have been making miles in our van conversion and are currently on the outskirts of Austin, and about to go see Zephyr (our vintage bus conversion) for the first time in person since we left her … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

INTRUDER ALERT – Important Tip Learned For Reaching 911 When You’re Not Local

Last week, our boat was broken into while in storage. We’re currently nearly a 1000 miles away from the boat, traveling by van and staying with family in the St. Louis area. As we were settli… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Awesome Possum, Rum and Kazoos – Great Loop Cruising from Savannah to Charleston

Sorry for the time line disruption these past couple of months as we’ve had a few real time updates in between our travelogues. Join us as we jump back to June to get you caught up. You know,… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Transitioning to Van RV Life from Boat Life: 7 knots to 70 mph

The past couple of months have kept us super busy – between getting the boat in storage to get to my mom in Florida for her surgery, then a hurricane evacuation… then deciding to just t… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

What’s Next for 2019? Van? Boat? Bus?

Oof.  It’s been a jam packed crazy past few weeks. Between 2+ weeks heading down to Florida to be with my mom last month. And returning to the boat in Savannah just to prepare and evaluate fo… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Hurricane Dorian Update: Evacuation from Savannah, Georgia

Thanks to all who have been reaching to see if we’re impacted by Hurricane Dorian’s projected path. And, indeed.. we most probably will be. Our blog/video travel series is always a bit … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Tour of our Boat’s Electrical System – Solar, Lithium & Inverters!

As technomads – our mobile electrical systems are the lifeblood of our various nomadic homes. After all – we need to keep all this technology powered up somehow. And while stock RV and … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Getting Buzzed along the Georgia Coastline – Cruising the Great Loop

We’re so glad we booked a month long stay in Brunswick, as it gave us ample opportunity to get acquainted with our new camper van that we found waiting for us in the parking lot. We really ha… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

How Do We Afford Full Time Travel by RV and Boat?

Probably one of the most frequent questions we’ve gotten over the years is just how do we afford our lifestyle of constant million dollar views by RV and boat? We’ve gotten this questio… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

First Impressions of our 2016 Winnebago Travato 59G Camper Van

Back in May, we serendipitously purchased a camper van – a 2016 Winnebago Travato 59K we’ve named Coopernicus. Quick recap: We wanted a van to replace our Mini Cooper, which we had towe… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Nearly Ten Years in the App Store – An Update on the Technomadia App Collection

For those who have been following along here for a while – you might remember that we launched our first app State Lines way back on May 17th, 2010. Wow – it’ll be 10 years next y… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

What is the Great Loop? What is the AGLCA?

In late 2016, we announced we were starting our hunt for a boat with the intentions of pursuing the American Great Loop. It’s an adventure we feel is more akin to ‘RVing on Water’… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Back on the Great Loop – FINALLY Leaving Florida! (Or…Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag Our Anchor?)

After a wonderful winter spent on the St. Johns River and in Sanford, we arrived back to Jacksonville so we could bounce over to the RVillage Rally in Live Oak. We returned to The Marina at Ortega … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Reconnecting with our RVing Roots at RVillage Rally 2.0

In galaxy far far away, we once helped launch a social network for RVers called RVillage. It was an ambitious idea pitched to us by Curtis Coleman – imagine being able pull into an RV park, c… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Our Top 10 Trade-Offs of the Bayliner 4788 Motoryacht

We love our boat Y-Not, and we’re very pleased with our lives aboard her for the past two plus years. But every boat (or RV) decision comes with compromises. And we’re often asked what … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

The RVers – TV Show Update: Coming to the Discovery Channel!

Last October we shared with you the exciting news that we signed on to be co-hosts of an upcoming TV show called The RVers, aiming to be broadcast on PBS by the end of 2019. We were over the moon t… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Leaving Sanford and Cruising Down the St. Johns River

Whew.. lots of recent excitement over adding the Travato to our nomadic fleet this month. But we still have lots of cruising travel stuff to catch you up on to get us to Georgia! So lets do the tim… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Travato Video Tour & Naming our New Camper Van

We’ve been enjoying visiting a local regional park here in Brunswick for some shake-down camping trips in the new Travato. As amazing as our every day life is living on the water or in our RV… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Introducing our New (to us) 2016 Winnebago Travato 59G Class-B Conversion Van

Last week was an amazing whirlwind of serendipity. And the end result – we are pleased to introduce you to the newest addition to growing fleet of nomadic vessels – a 2016 Winnebago Tra… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

The Midges of Seminole County (Time to Leave Sanford)

Our stay in Sanford was on a whole, amazing. As we shared in our last post, we loved the historic downtown, the marina, the friends we made and the entertainment options. As soon as we extended our… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Oh Sanford – How you Won our Hearts (#sanfording)

I know however this post comes out, it’ll never be able to fully convey our amazing stay in Sanford. How do you summarize four months into one post? We get asked all the time ‘what̵… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

How We Hopscotch Our Car Between Marinas (For Realz…)

Long time followers know to brace themselves on April 1st around here – you just simply don’t trust ANYTHING my sweetie posts that day. Hopefully you got a kick out of his dream version… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

FAQ: How Do We Move the Car Between Ports While Cruising?

When we first moved aboard our boat, Y-Not, we were not sure if it would be practical to keep our MINI Cooper that we’ve towed behind our vintage bus conversion Zephyr since 2011. Would it be… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago