RV Life Isn’t Always Glamorous
🛞 RV Life Isn’t Always Glamorous: The Hard Truth from the Road
Hey y’all — it’s Amanda & Chris from Outland Adventures. We love the RV lifestyle. We really do.
The freedom. The weird towns. The starry skies. The cornbread from strangers.
But here’s the truth no Instagram filter can fix:
RV life is also hard.
And weird.
And sometimes really gross.
So today, instead of showing you another peaceful campsite or slow morning coffee, we’re talking about the parts of full-time travel that don’t make the highlight reel — because being real is part of the adventure too.
😩 1. Things Break. Constantly.
Wildebeest is a tough old gal — a 1990 E350 shuttle bus that’s seen a lot of action. But still, something’s always rattling, cracking, leaking, or randomly falling off the wall.
Just in the past few months:
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We've had noises for no reason.
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Our door was flapping in the wind at 50MPH.
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A propane regulator hissed at us like an angry raccoon.
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Our “new” fan quit mid-heatwave.
You can either learn to fix it yourself or get really good at Googling and praying.
💨 2. The Wind Is Not Your Friend
Rain we can handle. Snow, we can avoid. But wind?
That’s personal.
Wind will shake your whole rig at 3 a.m., rattle every cabinet, and make you question whether you parked on cursed ground. And if you have slide-outs (we don’t — thankfully), wind might try to rip them off like foil on a TV dinner.
🚫 3. Campgrounds Aren’t All Created Equal
We’ve stayed in amazing places… and we’ve stayed in parking lots that charged resort prices. Sometimes you pull in and find:
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Muddy, slanted sites
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Screaming neighbors
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Nonexistent Wi-Fi
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“Bathhouses” that are haunted (and probably biohazards)
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A vibe that says you should leave… soon
But you’ve already paid. So you make the best of it, close the curtains, and whisper to each other, “Just one night.”
🧍♀️ 4. Lack of Personal Space
We love each other. We live in 98 square feet. Both of those things are true.
But sometimes you just want to:
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Close a door that doesn’t exist
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Pee without an audience (or awkward curtain separation) while boondocking
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Work in silence without hearing the other person chew, breathe, or mutter at a laptop
Even in the best relationships, close quarters = learning a lot about each other’s habits.
🧼 5. Hygiene Can Be… Complicated
We don’t have a black or grey tank. No built-in shower. No indoor plumbing.
So our reality looks like:
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Sponge baths
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Hand-washing laundry and hanging it in creative places
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Chasing down bathhouses and hoping for good water pressure
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Using camp bathrooms with questionable lighting and one working stall
Some days we feel fresh and clean. Some days… we embrace the hat and dry shampoo lifestyle.
💻 6. Working From the Road Isn't Always Cute
Chris codes & writes. Amanda blogs and manages our social media. We love creating and connecting with our online community — but the behind-the-scenes looks like:
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Hotspot roulette
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Campground Wi-Fi that couldn’t load a potato
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Editing YouTube videos in the front seat because the table’s covered in craft supplies & makeup
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Charging laptops off solar and praying the clouds hold off
“Remote work” sounds dreamy until your upload stalls at 92% and the neighbor’s kid knocks over your tripod.
🏁 7. Travel Burnout Is Real
Yes, it’s exciting. But moving every couple weeks (or days) wears on you. You forget where you are. You get tired of packing up. You miss routine, grocery stores that make sense, and mail that doesn’t take three weeks to catch up.
Some days, you don’t want to explore.
You just want to stay put, eat familiar food, and not make content about it.
💬 So Why Keep Going?
Because even with the hard parts — the leaks, the bad Wi-Fi, the weird neighbors, the weeks where nothing goes as planned — we still believe this life is worth it.
We’ve seen sunrise in silence.
We’ve met strangers who became friends.
We’ve figured out who we are without the noise of the world.
And honestly? Every cracked hose and rattling drawer just becomes part of the story.
📍Currently troubleshooting: Probably something electrical. Or finding water. Or both.
If you’re considering the road life and want the truth — ask us anything. We’ll tell you the good, the bad, and the ridiculous.
Because at the end of the day, it’s not perfect.
It’s just ours.
And that makes it pretty damn beautiful.
Our latest video:
It has everything to do with fun, and nothing to do with fails!
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