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How We Make Money on the Road

Jonathan Longnecker / January 30, 2017

We get asked fairly often how we make money on the road. And it's a great question. The truth is, many types of jobs don't lend themselves well to traveling full-time. Thankfully without realizing it we started several years ago building an income that was location independent. It was just the first step, though. Read on to find out more.

Oh, Crate.

Ashley Longnecker / January 25, 2017

It’s not always the grand adventures that gets us excited around here. You wouldn’t believe the little things that make me happy but I’ll tell you one!

Just the other day I found my second abandoned milk crate! I know, some of you may be like, seriously? But, yes!! I found my second milk crate....that I didn’t have to pay for!

The first milk crate I spotted was in the Florida Keys while we were driving around Sunshine Key looking for little key deer.  Laying off the road was the beauty. We drove right by a black milk crate and I remember telling Jonathan, ‘We have to go back and get that! We could really use it!' He looked at me with the same look you’re probably having right now. 

We turned the truck around and I got out and ran to go pick it up! I was SO excited. It wasn’t just a couple weeks ago I told him that we should get a milk crate for our leveling blocks that are always just strewn about the bed of the truck. He agreed that it was a good idea to contain them in something. But not just something. I didn’t want to go to walmart and get those cheap looking milk crates. I wanted a real one. You know what I mean, right? A heavy duty milk crate. The ones they actually used to carry milk containers. But more importantly, I didn't want to have to pay for it.

So just imagine my surprise when it’s just laying there...all alone on the side of the road. Waiting for someone to love it. Well, I’m here, my precious. I got you!

Fast forward to this morning when I was on my way to get our windshield replaced and low and behold...out of the corner of my eye, I spotted it!  Another beautiful, black milk crate just waiting on the side of the road for someone to love it. I immediately texted Jonathan, at a stop sign, to get outside and walk down the street to get it since I was going to be late to my appointment. He did! 

Now we have 2 crates, that we didn’t have to pay for! 

I can’t be the only one who gets excited about these little things. So tell me, what unexpected things have you found on the road that you love?

Airstream Renovation: Weeks 14-17 - Building the Dinette, Installing Lithium Batteries, Lighting, & Cabinetry

Ashley Longnecker / December 30, 2016

I am so excited to look back at the last few weeks and see what we have accomplished. As of our last update, we had just finished putting in the front endcap. Well, so much has happened since then. Let’s take a look!

We insulated and boxed in the wheel wells.

Airstream Renovation: Weeks 9-13 - Sealing the Outside, Insulating & Re-Installing Interior Panels

Ashley Longnecker / December 03, 2016

Five weeks have gone by without an update. Goodness. Sorry about that. So much has happened I’m going to just give a quick update of this last month and let you know where we are now.

According to our last update we had just put the back end back together and put on the new wheels! That was all fine and dandy until it rained and we had water coming in the back end. The back end of the 1972 is just a poor design. Glad they have fixed that issue in newer models.

Get a Sweet BareNeckers Shirt from Cotton Bureau!

Jonathan Longnecker / November 18, 2016

Hello friends! Our buds over at Cotton Bureau are helping us raise a little money for this crazy Airstream renovation.

We send them a design and they print shirts and hoodies on demand. But it's only for a short amount of time! As I write this we only have 10 days left.

So if you want a sweet t-shirt or hoodie (they make great Christmas gifts, by the way) go grab one before November 29th.

Buy a BareNeckers shirt now!