Taking Our $5,500 RV on a 5,500 Mile Road Trip

Wild RV Life • April 27, 2025

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We’re Victoria & Craig, full-time RVers of 4+ years. Here's our story: We’ve always loved adventure, change, and a good challenge. Married since 2012, we sold our house in 2021, bought an old fifth wheel (that we renovated ourselves), and hit the road full time. Since then, we’ve traveled the entire U.S. (from Baja to Alaska), learned to live off-grid, bought a new Brinkley RV, and took it places we probably shouldn’t have. Then, because we like a challenge, we took on our biggest DIY project yet: rebuilding a 34-year-old motorhome for an epic road trip. You might find us anywhere...from broken down on the side of the road in our DIY project to living the RV resort life in our fifth wheel. We like to keep folks guessing (including ourselves!). Our goal is to show what real life looks like when you actually live out your “what ifs”, the good, the bad, and everything in between. And our hope is that it inspires you to chase some of your “what ifs,” too.

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We're taking our DIY renovated $5,500 RV on a 5,500 mile road trip across the US to Mexico and along Route 66! At least, that's the plan. However, our vintage campervan might have other plans because we're already having issues that could leave us stranded 500 miles in! Mentioned in this video: - Our etrailer link: https://bit.ly/etrailer-wildrvlife - Get access to our private community (including our FULL google map): https://wildrvlife.com/community/ - Our spice jars: https://amzn.to/42xO672 THANK YOU To Our Main 2025 Channel Sponsor: eTrailer.com: https://bit.ly/etrailer-wildrvlife 🔔 Subscribe to continue following our full time RV living adventure: https://urlgeni.us/youtube/channel/wildrvlife HUGE Thank You to Team WRVL Ray and Margie Welker, Sapulpa, Oklahoma Freddy and Bryan with @RVingRway Kaleb with Kegs Wedding Films Charlie and Jacki Bullio, Marengo, Illinois Mike & Kim Wierowski, Buffalo, NY Brandon & Colleen Smith, Maryville TN (Heavenly Rose Candles) Bryan McDonald & Karen Mount, Westford, Vermont RV Lost Travel @RVLosttravel Ashley with Alpaca Your Bags Travel Jason and Nikki Pangle Liz C. and Brian N. Jeff, Amy, Gypsy June & Maverick🐾 Todd & Magda IG: @seekingadventure247 Dan & Darci with Camp Life Therapy Join our Community: https://wildrvlife.com/community/ **SHOP & SUPPORT US** - Amazon store: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/wildrvlifestore - Shop Lectric eBikes: https://lectricebikes.sjv.io/4Pd6vG - Save 15% on a Harvest Hosts membership! https://bit.ly/3EzLXuG - SAVE 5% on solar products with code WILDRVLIFE5 at SanTan Solar: https://bit.ly/santansolar - Our Vlogging Gear: https://wildrvlife.com/vlogging-gear/ If you shop the links above, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 🙂 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 We have leaks 1:43 Running from Tornadoes 3:43 Free camping in Texas 9:08 Fixing the leaks 17:04 Problem Recap 20:32 COE Campground 25:26 New spice jars 27:28 The leaked stopped?? *Who are we?* We’re Victoria & Craig, a full-time travel couple currently living the RV lifestyle! In 2021, we realized life was too short to wait to chase our dreams, so we purchased a used fifth wheel camper and completely renovated it. After selling our house in Florida, we set off on our journey as full-time RVers. Full time RV living has taken us across the United States, Baja Mexico, and Canada, where we’ve fallen in love with boondocking in stunning locations and living an epic adventure travel lifestyle. In 2023, we upgraded to a brand new Brinkley RV Model Z 3100. Join us as we explore new destinations and embark on new adventures. From hiking, rock climbing, and paddle boarding to surfing, off-road exploring, and cooking around a campfire, we live our travel couple lifestyle to the fullest! Subscribe to our channel (https://bit.ly/3JF0VmZ) and come along on our adventure travel life!