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Full-time RV life, powered by sunshine

We're Nathan and Fabiola. He grew up in Michigan, she grew up in Minas Gerais, and now we both live in a fifth wheel that goes wherever we point the truck.

Everything in here runs on sunshine. The air conditioner, the air fryer, the Starlink dish that lets us both work: solar panels and lithium batteries, no generator. We film what actually happens, including the parts that go wrong, and put up a new video every other Friday.

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Fabiola beside the truck at a tight campsite

Videos
A new video every other Friday, from campground reviews to travel days that did not go to plan.

Our GEN-Y gooseneck hitch in the truck bed

Gear We Use
The things we actually travel with, and how they have held up.

Our truck and fifth wheel on a CAT scale

How-To Guides
The jobs we had to learn ourselves, written down step by step.

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This playlist runs in order, from shopping for a fifth wheel to picking out the truck and the first travel days. It keeps playing on its own, so you can just leave it running.

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More from the channel

Campground reviews, travel days, and the repairs we did not plan for.

Our fifth wheel parked at a Love's RV stop

We Paid $74 to Stay at Love's RV Stop
What you actually get for the price of a truck stop night.

Towing the fifth wheel toward Louisville

No Reservation, A Killer Bridge & A Tight Campground
A travel day with a low bridge and nowhere booked.

Installing the Blu Tech AR3 water filter

There Was LEAD in Our Campground Water
Testing the water, then installing a filter we trust.

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How we run everything on sunshine

No generator. The air conditioner, the air fryer, and our Starlink all run on solar and batteries. We broke down the whole system, every panel, battery, and Victron part, plus who designed it, in our RV solar and battery setup.

The batteries at the heart of it get their own page, and how it all fits together off-grid is in our boondocking setup.

The gear we actually use

Everything we travel with, tested on the road. A few favorites:

Our Starlink flat-mounted on the RV roof

Starlink
The internet that lets us both work from anywhere.

Seasoning the Blackstone griddle

Blackstone Griddle
The center of our outdoor kitchen.

The Victron monitor on our SOK batteries

SOK Lithium Batteries
The heart of our off-grid power.

Fabiola opening the Instant Pot to a finished beef stew

Instant Pot
Real dinners on battery power, off-grid.

Making fries in our Ninja air fryer off-grid

Air Fryer
Crispy fries on nothing but sunshine.

Our collapsible camp table holding the Blackstone

Collapsible Table
Adjustable legs to level the griddle anywhere.

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Guides to get you started

We figured these out the hard way. Here is the short version.

The F-350 hitched to our Brinkley fifth wheel

How to Hitch a Fifth Wheel to a Gooseneck Ball
The order we do it in, every single time.

Siphoning from a water bladder into the fresh tank

How to Refill Fresh Water While Boondocking
Staying out longer without moving the whole rig.

A mouse approaching a snap trap on the night camera

How to Get Rid of Mice in an RV
What worked, what did not, and how they got in.

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