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

Y-Not Upgrades & Modifications: Two Year Update and Tour

It is hard to believe we’ve been (mostly) living on Y-Not for over two years now – wow! In that time, we’ve tackled some pretty big upgrades and maintenance projects. Some long pl… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Our Mobile Internet Setup for RV and Boat – How We’ve Kept Online for 13 Years Of Technomadic Travel

When we first hit the road in 2006 to travel full-time in a super tiny travel trailer, we were in our early 30s and took our existing careers with us – working remotely as software developers… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Ramblings: Tales from Nomads – RV Love (Then and Now)

Meet Marc & Julie Ok first.. anyone having flashbacks?!? It’s been nearly 4 years since we’ve published a Rambling video interview! So why are we now? Well, four years ago we very s… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

St. Johns River Cruise – Part 2: Deep Creek to Georgetown (Twisty Creeks and Tasty Shrimp)

Time to pick back up the travelogue, this time the second part of our St. Johns River cruise heading into Sanford. If you missed the first part, click on back to get an overview of this little side… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Our Class-B Van Hunt Continues – Clarifying Some Criteria

First of all, super huge thanks for all of the insightful and supportive comments to our recent post announcing our plans to integrate in a Class-B conversion van to our nomadic fleet. We’ve … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Is It Time For #vanlife?!? – Starting our Hunt For a Class-B Van RV

First off – lets answer the obvious questions… NO – we are not looking to sell or replace our vintage bus conversion Zephyr. Nor are we looking to give up on boat life aboard Y-No… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Taking Time Off

We’re not interesting enough. We don’t play social media games enough. Whatever the reason – no comments = no love. And we’re tired of it. I spent 6 hours writing a blog pos… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

Starting our Cruise Up the St. Johns River

First of all, happy new year!  We hope it’s off to a great start. Ours has been a little rough with fighting ‘holiday crud’, a crazy workload, boat projects and multiple midge inv… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 5 years ago

2018 Travel Route & Year in Review

Year end is a great time to be a bit retrospective and to try and summarize the past 12 months of this 12th year of our nomadic life together. If you judged 2018 by our map alone, it doesn’t … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Happy Holidays from Technomadia!

Wishing you and yours a joyous holiday season! For the first time in a few years, we are spending the holidays at home – instead of traveling off to visit family. We’ve been enjoying ge… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

How Much Does It Cost to Stay in Marinas?

When you share your life online, one of the most common questions you’ll get is ‘How Much Does It Cost?’. You either have to get good at saying ‘None of your Beeswax’ … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Letting Serendipity Do the Steering (We’re Staying on the Boat This Winter)

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned over our years of perpetual travel is to trust. Trust that things will work out. Even when you think you have a plan, look at it as setting intentions … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

2018 Gift Giving Guide for RVers and Cruisers

And just like that, the holiday season is upon us again. And popping up on every RVer and boater blog, are gift giving guides full of affiliate linked ideas of stuff that keeps their travels going … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

“By All Rights, That Engine Should Start” – Suzuki DF15A Outboard & Customer Service Failure

Our first stop after leaving Jacksonville to cruise up the St. Johns River was Doctors Lake – only 12 nautical miles up stream. We figured this would be a good short first hop to get back int… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

‘Living the RV Life’ Book Release & Full-Time Freedom Week – Exciting RVing Stuff!

This upcoming week is a super exciting one for the RV world. Lots of amazing stuff up, and we’re honored to be involved with two significant events we’d like to invite you to come along… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Two Months in Jacksonville – Getting our City On, Boat Projects, Social Life

We pulled into the Marina at Ortega Landing in Jacksonville in mid-August with a one week reservation. And ended up staying two months. We’re pretty sure by now you’re no longer surpris… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Wrap Up: Great Loop 2018 Cruising Season – Florida’s ICW

With our arrival to Jacksonville, we consider this 2018 Great Loop cruising season to be a wrap. When we set off from Miami in April, we had intentions of making it to the Chesapeake by summer to e… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Announcement: Technomadia to Host ‘The RVers’ TV Show on PBS!!

Over the years, we’ve been approached by many documentaries, realities shows and film projects to share about our nomadic lifestyle. We turn most of them down – it’s just not our … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Rendezvous in Jacksonville – Tides & Currents and a Rescue!

We could have easily stayed in St. Augustine on our mooring ball a few more days.. perhaps even weeks. But we had an exciting rendezvous planned up in Jacksonville with dear friends. So.. we untied… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Feeding a Cat on the Road (Robotic Wi-Fi Controlled Food Dispenser!)

Hi guys.. it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post. But I wanted to introduce you to my new best friend – I call him ‘Robot’. I like food. I like it a lot. Whe… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

This Wasn’t in the Cruising Brochure! Realities of Boat Ownership

When you announce you’re shopping for a boat, I can almost promise you that within 5 seconds you’ll hear at least one of these comments: You do know what BOAT means, right?  Break Out A… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Having a BALL in St. Augustine, Florida

There was no doubt that we’d be stopping in St. Augustine on our way north – it’s been a stop we’ve looked forward to for quite a while. So after a nicely balanced visit to … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Tips for RVing in Texas State Parks

While we’re currently on our boat in north Florida, we’re starting to make preps and plans to store the boat and return to our bus this winter. Out bus is currently stored in Texas, whi… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Hurricane Irma – 1 Year Later: Hurricane Tracking Tips

One year ago this morning, we were sitting in our bus parked in Alabama watching Hurricane Irma make landfall in the Florida Keys. We had just tied up our boat in Marathon, picked up our bus in Mel… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Oh No!! Bridge Closed – And Exploring Marineland, Florida

In the days leading up to our departure from New Smyrna Beach, we hadn’t quite figured out where our next stop would be. And frankly, there’s not a lot of choices anyway. We knew St. Au… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Pouring Rent Into the Tank: A Perspective on Fuel Costs for Full Time RVers and Boaters

A life of perpetual motion in your own home that moves is a fantastic way to explore the world around us. We’ve enjoyed nomadic travels since 2006 in several types of RV and now also a motor … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

One Week Turns to Five in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

We arrived to New Smyrna Beach in thanks to a dinner invitation from a YouTube fan. The marina had fabulous reviews, so we had booked a week at their very reasonable rates of $7.50/ft. We figured a… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Boat Generator Upgrade: Replacing a Westerbeke 12.5 KW with a Northern Lights 6 KW in a Bayliner 4788

Our Bayliner 4788 came originally equipped with a hefty Westerbeke 12.5KW diesel generator. Like most stock boat and RV generators – it was sized so that absolutely everything on board could … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Cruising the Space Coast – Melbourne to New Smyrna Beach

After the extended project-packed time in Ft. Pierce and then cruising with crew – we were more than ready for some time just being at home and on our own schedule. So we pulled out of Melbou… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Just Because Y-Not Is More FUN Than Why (Limited Edition T-Shirts Now Available!)

For years we’ve had readers and viewers ask if we had any ‘Technomadia swag’ they could purchase. We’re just not ‘swag’ sort of bloggers – we do this for F… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Ft. Pierce to Melbourne with Mom Aboard!

We ended up staying in Ft. Pierce just shy of 2 months to complete our projects. While we loved the city, we were itching to move on the moment the carpenter turned his last screw. Continuing to wa… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Urgent Advisory: Right to Vote in Jeopardy for RVers and Cruisers (St. Brendan’s Isle, Clay County, Florida)

The Election Supervisor Chris Chambless of Clay County Florida has sought an opinion of the Florida Department of State on qualifications to be registered to vote. The summary of that interpretatio… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Two Months in Ft. Pierce, Florida – Causeway Cove Marina, Tackling Boat Projects & Enjoying ‘City Life’

When we pulled into Ft. Pierce in early April for the MTOA Rendezvous, we were only thinking we might stick around a few weeks. But then boat projects were taken on, and at that point you might as … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

We Bought a House…. !! Our Long Term RVing Plans at SKP Saguaro in Benson, AZ

Ok.. well, not technically. First, we didn’t buy property. We purchased a lifetime lease. Next, it’s not really a ‘house’ but an RV lot with a casita. But still, we’re… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Continuing North up the ICW – Boca Raton to Ft. Pierce & the MTOA Southern Rendezvous

I had intended to cover our entire repositioning up from Miami To Ft. Pierce in one post – after all, 125 nautical miles shouldn’t require that much content! Maybe it’s because we… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Leaving Miami in the Rear View – Heading North up the ICW!

It feels so fricken good to be back to our cruising lifestyle! Leaving Miami was a huge milestone for us after 5 weeks ‘living on the hard’ then juggling storing the boat while we pursu… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Essential RV Travel Mobile Apps for 2018

It’s been a few years since we updated our list of favorite mobile apps for RVers. We just came off an extended RV trip for the winter season, and it was fun to see which apps we still love a… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

1 Year ‘Loopiversary’ – Why So Slow? And What Has it Cost?

Last month we toasted a year of owning our motor yacht Y-Not (a Bayliner 4788). And this week, we nod our heads to remember shoving off from Punta Gorda, FL to start our American Great Loop Adventu… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Leaving Miami and Resuming our Great Loop Cruising Season for 2018!

Now that our winter RVing season has come to a close and our bus is safely in storage in Texas – it’s time to get back to cruising! Our MINI Roadtrip took us back to Miami where we had … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

The ’10 Year Rule’ – Do RV Parks Really Turn Older RVs Away?

Since our RV is based on a 55+ year old bus chassis, we’re often asked if we get turned away from RV parks for being too old. There are, unfortunately, some commercial and private RV parks th… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

The Math is Undeniable: Boondocking Is About To Be Busted

Though rushed, our recent RV trip from Florida to Texas was a reminder of just how much we love living on the road, and in Zephyr. Splitting our time between boat and bus has been our plan since th… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Nomadic Friendships: When ‘Until Next Time’ Might Be A Long Time

Community on the road is quite a bit different than the community you might experience while living stationary. The people you’re hanging out with can shift as often as you change locations. … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

A Cat, a MINI Cooper and a Road Trip – Last Bus Stop in Austin and Return to the Boat in Miami

Wow, you blink and it’s over already. That was a quick 6-ish weeks on the road in the RV and the time had come to store Zephyr and return to our cruising season. Here’s our video recap … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

Decongesting at Pedernales Falls State Park – Johnson City, TX

After the RV Entrepreneur Summit, we knew we’d be tired – big events always wear us out. So we planned ahead and had booked an extended stay at nearby Pedernales Falls State Parks, and … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago

The RV Entrepreneur Summit 2018 – Recap (#RVESummit)

We just wrapped up an amazing time at The RV Entrepreneur Summit in Fredericksburg, TX – held at Jellystone RV Park (awesome park!). This conference is founded and hosted by Heath & Alyss… | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 6 years ago