Frommer's Exploring America by RV
Chapter One
Life on the Road: A
Personal & Public
History of RVing
AMERICANS ARE A RESTLESS PEOPLE, CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE,
always expecting greener grass and greater opportunities over the next hill,
beyond the horizon. For our predecessors, the covered wagon gave them a
traveling home despite its lack of luxury. Tent camping provided a little more
comfort for exploring America, but still slowed down the footloose.
Once the automobile came into everyday use, pioneering RVers didn't
wait for specialty camping vehicles to be invented-they began to create
their own motor homes just after the turn of the 20th century, in 1901. We
discovered RVing in the early 1990s and, after an initial shakedown period,
learned to love our life on the road. Our only regret now is that we didn't
start earlier.
Excerpts from a Road Diary; or, If We Can
Do This, Anyone Can
After over 25 years on the road as travel writers, we've traveled by just about
every mode of transportation known to man, including hot-air balloons, elephants,
and dugout canoes. But our lives change ... read full excerpt from Frommer's Exploring America by RV ebook
