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11 Million RVers Are Hitting the Road This Labor Day-How to Outsmart the Crowds
The RV industry’s new 2026 survey says more than 11 million Americans are RVing this Labor Day weekend. Here’s where the crowds will be,…
Build Your Own Tiny House: 8 Steps to Get Started
Building your own tiny house is one of the most challenging and rewarding projects you can take on. Here are the eight steps, with…
Tiny Homes for Sale in Florida: Builders We Love and Red Flags to Avoid
Florida is one of the friendlier states for tiny living, but the builder you pick makes or breaks it. Here are the builders we…
2 Dead, 15 Missing After Flash Flood Tears Through the Grand Canyon. Here’s What We Know.
A flash flood destroyed nearly every footbridge at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, leaving one man dead and about 15 people unaccounted for…
I’ve Spent 3 Months Renting Campers in Europe. Here’s How I Keep it Cheap.
I drove a rented campervan through Europe for seven weeks and kept every receipt. Here are the ten things that actually saved me money,…
I’ve Loved Yosemite for Years. What Trump Wants to Trade Away Makes Me Sick.
The Trump administration is weighing a land swap that would give a strip of Yosemite to a Las Vegas developer for a private road…
Hi, I’m Kristin Hanes!
I’m a former journalist turned blogger at The Wayward Home. I split my time between a DIY Sprinter van conversion and a sailboat, and I hope to inspire you to live a simpler, more adventurous, alternative lifestyle.
I’ve been living tiny since 2016, when I was laid-off from KGO Radio in San Francisco and had to reinvent my life.
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