Stories from the road and beyond

The ROVA gang takes a trip to upstate New York, with the help of RV rental company Outdoorsy.

Diner culture and road-tripping

There's one thing you're guaranteed to find as you make your way around this enormous country, and that's booze. Bartender Branden and sommelier Lauren from Rotten Journal live on the road in their 1989 Yukon Wilderness travel trailer, sampling liquor (not while they're driving—don't drink and drive, kids) and rolling around the Southwest.

Yes, a new edition of ROVA is upon us! We're pretty flippin' proud of this one (but let's be honest, we're proud of all of 'em. No favorites here. No siree!). 

Many of you might know Alyssa and Heath Padgett; they really seem to have this full-time RV living thing worked out. Their YouTube channel and podcast are great sources of information for RVers, particularly when it comes to working on the road, and their enthusiasm and sense of adventure are contagious. 

In the most recent edition of ROVA, we profiled a couple, Laura and Shane, who bought themselves a Ford transit van and got busy building it out into their dream home on wheels—now known as Vanna White. Here are some before and after shots that show you how much work they actually put into this sweet van conversion. 

If it was possible to have a crush on someone's life, Noël Russell's would be a contender for our hearts. Noël works with California's homeless, devoting her weekdays to helping those in need, and spends weekends in the Sprinter van that she shares with her husband Jonnie, living in the wild and taking some of the best images on Instagram along the way. 

Living a 'regular' life, it's easy to get bogged down in the cycle of buying and paying off stuff. When Jenn and Shaun from Living Driven decided to take the plunge and hit the road full-time, they realized just how little is actually essential to living a full, happy life. 

It’s not uncommon to take a bus to get from A to B, but it IS uncommon to do it with as much comfort and style as the Davis family does. As of two days ago, this little family no longer owns a sticks and bricks house, and they are on the adventure of a lifetime.

When you’ve made the decision to live the RV life (high five, by the way!), you’ll likely have a bunch of ideas about what you’ll get out of the experience. Part of the beauty of RVing, though, is that you can’t possibly predict what’s going to happen, or how you’ll feel about it.