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7 Ways RVs Steer a Home Office to the Open Road

   Ask almost any corporate executive or one of their employees sent home to work during the pandemic and a comment becomes clear: Why didn’t we work from home (WFH) or remotely sooner? Many learned that the corporate hive is an OK place to work. But someplace – almost any place – that’s remote can strike that spark that drives creativity and results, sometimes even better than those expensive corporate digs they’re spending a fortune to run.

What countless thousands have discovered is WFH – or teaching kids from a virtual setting – doesn’t necessarily mean home. And working or learning remotely can also mean logging on from the road. Whether in an RV, a cabin, or some other place that’s decidedly not the traditional office, newcomers and old hats alike have proven “work and education are a thing, not a place.” With the right technology – a smartphone, a laptop, cloud-based services and reliable Internet or Wifi to connect it all – and the right mindset, you can work from almost anywhere. Heck, we’ve even opened the laptop at music festivals to ply a few hours working or blogging during the downtime. 

So why not make your RV your home office?

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FloydFest Pumps the Music Festival Heartbeat

You could excuse Sam Calhoun if he gloats a bit about the success FloydFest Odyssey enjoyed earlier this year. Fresh off the fear of the pandemic, the festival, which had gone quiet like almost all others in 2020, returned loud, proud and pretty damn safe. Definitely worth boasting about.

While other fests remained locked down or overly cautious, Calhoun’s show – “FloydFest Odyssey 2021” – went on. Fans enjoyed Music. Magic. Mountains. in the hills of Virginia.

The odyssey didn’t end after the show. It seemed to endure after the closing act, like notes carrying through the hills of Virginia. One of the first to cancel in 2020, they were among the first to return with a “traditional” (no pods, no distancing) fest in 2021.

“The afterglow of getting through Odyssey is wild,” says Calhoun, producer with promoter Across-the-Way Productions.

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Bougie Wooks: The Unapologetic Glampers

One of the early “glamper” tents used by Ottoman Sultan Suleiman.

When hitting the music festival circuit, who’s your crew? Is it the RVers parked in the full hookup sites, with refrigerators and beds and toilets that flush. Or is it the primitive campers who sleep in tents and whose food and drinks are pulled from a cooler that someone damn-well better have remembered to restock with ice.

We usually camp with the glamper set, a relatively climate-controlled world where the elements are left outside – with the $100 zero gravity chairs and shoes all dry and tidy beneath the awning.

But we’ve been known to pitch our tent beside Spirit Lake, digging that primitive vibe with fellow tent campers.

Though the forces of gravity and the corrosion of age have us tending toward glamping’s softer touch, we’re comfortable with our flip flops in both camps.

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What’re You Packing? Stocking Your RV & Music Festival Go Bag

If you’re an RV owner, you’ve no doubt spent time and treasure stocking your rig with all the accessories you hope will personalize your experience. But what if you’re traveling in someone else’s RV – and they don’t quite consider “must-have” camping or music festival goodies the same as you do? How can you ensure you’re prepared to make the experience your own, even if you’re riding shotgun?

Enter the “go bag.”

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Goin’ Solar: Q&A With an RV Solar Expert

When Barry decided he wanted to be prepared to take his travel trailer off the grid and boondock when the spirit moved him, he first wanted to install a solar system to ensure he had the creature comforts only power can provide.

A DIYer at heart, knew bringing in a pro to help install the right solar array on his Grand Design Reflections 150 Series fifth-wheel would smooth the process. He hired Expert Mobile Solar LLC in Melbourne, Florida (check out his Facebook). The proprietor Jeff sent Barry a list of panels, batteries and other components to choose from.

Read on to discover what you can learn from the experience?

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