We get a lot of questions about living and traveling full-time in an Airstream. It’s different enough from mainstream living that curious people want to know how it all works – everything from staying organized to staying sane on the road. We asked you to share your questions and now we’ll do our best to answer them!

Keep in mind, we’ve only been on the road two months – so we won’t pretend to be experts on the topic, but we will share our honest experiences and thoughts!

General day-to-day lifestyle questions

Q. What’s a normal day like?
A. So far I’d say we have THREE kinds of “normal” days – travel days, exploring days and catch-up days. Travel days (2-3 days a week) are when we are towing our trailer from one spot to another – on those days we travel 1-4 hours in the truck. We usually eat a big breakfast and then snack in the car (sometimes packing lunch). We listen to books on tape, the kids play LEGOs and we don’t plan a lot for travel days. Exploring days  (2-3 days a week) we generally do schoolwork in the morning (I will work while Jeremy homeschools the kids) and then we head out by noon to spend the day exploring a city. Catch-up days (2 days a week) are days where we do 3-5 hours of school work, get laundry done, clean the trailer and basically take it easy. We need all three types of days to keep everyone happy and healthy.

Q. How many miles a day do you try to travel?
A. We are travel wimps. Or should I say, we prefer to not have crazy travel days – we stick to 150 to 200 miles on travel days. That limits our time in the car to 3 to 4 hours (remember we travel slower than a typical car). That seems to be just enough to keep us all happy – especially the kids.

Q. Do you get tired of moving and sightseeing all the time and just want to sit and stare out your window?
A. Yes. .  .me more than anyone else in the family. That’s why we have a good mix of travel, explore and catch-up days. When we have too many exploring or traveling days in a row we all get cranky and need a catch-up day. 🙂

Q. How do you choose campgrounds/where you’ll set up?
A. We start with our preferred destination and then we use Campendium and Google to check reviews. While our water tank was broken we stayed at a lot of KOA campgrounds because they are predictable, well maintained and almost always have a swimming pool for the kids. We also take into consideration wifi (usually works at KOAs) because of my need to work.

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